Social Media Images Sizes Guide 2023
As a graphic designer or any type of content creator, it is imperative that you stay on point when it comes to social media image sizes. Different platforms require different image sizes, for posts, stories, profiles, headers, and so on. When you are creating social media posts through online designers you don’t really have to think about the sizes because they have already made templates for you to use but when you are not using them knowing the right image size for each platform is crucial.
Here you can find all the image sizes in pixels for the major social media platforms.
For best results upload files with less than 100KB, JPG, images with text or logos in PNG
Cover photo size – 820 x 312px for desktop, 640x360px for mobile
Profile photo size – 180 x180px for desktop, 140x140px for mobile
Banner dimension – 1200x630px
Post – 1080x1080px
Story – 1080 x 1920px
Event cover image size – 1200 x 628px
FB group cover photo – desktop 1640 x 662px, for mobile 1640 x 859px
Profile picture- 400x400px (less than 2MB)
Cover photo – 1500x500px (less than 5MB)
Shared image – 900x450px
In-stream photo size: 440x220px
File size should be less than 10 MB and file type can be JPG, PNG or GIF.
Linked In
Personal:
Profile Photo – 400x400px
Cover image – 1584x396px
Business:
Company logo – 300x300px minimum (4MB file size max)
Cover image – 1128x191px
Blog post – 1350x440px (max 10MB)
Profile - 165x165px
Banner image - 1920x480px
Board image sizes - 222x150px
Standard pin - 1000x1500px
Square pin - 1080x1080px
Long pin - 1000x2100px
Best recommended photo size – 1200x1800px, 1920x1080px
Profile photo - 110x110px
Post – 1080x1080px
Story – 1080x1920px
Highlights – 110x110px
YouTube
Channel cover photo – 2560x1440px
Channel icon – 800x800px
Video uploads: 16:9 ratio, 4K,2K, 1080p (HD), 720p (HD), 480p, 360p, 240p, 144p
Maximum file size for upload – 128 GB
Thumbnail images - 1280x720px or 1920x1080px, JPG OR PNG
I hope these guidelines improve your visual content and get you extra engagement on your future posts.
