Searching for the ultimate social media cheat sheet?
I looked forever, and never found one that’s completely correct. So I made my own!
Here’s the best social media size guide 2021.
Simple – but accurate! Outdated infographics are still widely posted and shared, despite their misinformation.
Sadly, even the big companies that earn megabucks selling SaaS have incorrect info posted today.
Here are the optimal, updated social media sizes, as of January 2021.
Full chart at the end of the post. Log in as a member to get your free printable!
I’ve included ALL essential sizes for Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, AND YouTube on the chart. You’ll find notes about aspect ratio and maximum file size where known.
Tumblr, Tinder, MeWe, and TikTok sizes are listed at the end of this post, though not on the chart.
The platforms are listed in order of my audience’s interest, and I’ve added a Table of Contents if you need a quick answer. You’ll find it underneath the important cross-platform considerations below.
Please leave a comment if any need to be corrected. I’ll update as quickly as possible!
Social media image sizes that work cross-platform
Here’s a brief rundown of some critical social media photo sizes.
Best size for image posts
1200 pixels square is ideal for Facebook and Instagram posts. It also works well for LinkedIn posts – and can work for Twitter, if you keep any type or other critical elements away from the top and bottom of the image.
A square is a 1:1 aspect ratio.
Squares can also be posted on Pinterest. Test these against the recommended 2:3 Pins, and see how squares go over with your audience.
If Pinterest is your main platform, try the 2:3 images on Facebook, as they work there too. In fact, I love the impact these taller images have on Facebook.
Want to cover both Instagram and Pinterest? Try 4:5 aspect ratio. It’s my favorite size for IG, as it takes up all available height in the feed. Note that it’ll still be cropped to a square on your profile gallery.
Best size for link posts
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn all recommend 1.91:1 aspect ratio image. You need to be including this shape image on every blog post and page!
Twitter calls out 1200 x 628 pixels, and LinkedIn says 1200 x 627.
Update: Facebook is now saying 1200 x 630, but those 2 or 3 pixels won’t hurt either way. I guess they’re just trying to round up?
Multiply the width of your blog’s content area by .524 to get the image height. Since my content area is 720px wide, this comes out to 720 x 377 pixels for me.
How do I get images to these sizes?
Q: Do you have recommendation for how to get photos these desired image sizes? I am using iPhoto and I am not getting exact dimensions you describe.
A: You could use a free online photo editor like pixlr.com. Alternatively, you can use an online image creator that has lots of sizes already set up for you!
The two easiest ones I’ve found are Stencil and Snappa. Choose a size template, pick or upload a photo, and it’s automatically sized to fit. Adjust cropping as desired.
Both have a free option or free trial. The paid plans have an amazing Instant Resize feature, so you can make perfectly-sizes images for every network! Watch it on Stencil below.
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Social Media Sizes: Table of Contents
Loads of great info on this page!
In a hurry? Click to jump to the section that interests you most.
Facebook Image Sizes 2021
“New Facebook” is here!
I think I was the last person on the planet to finally get switched to it, on December 1, 2020.
The good news is, the image size changes are minor – generally a few pixels here and there on various cover photos.
Read through this section below for the overview on all FB sizes.
Need more details? Click the links for in-depth articles on specific cover photos and more.
Dive into what you need most, or open the whole array in several new tabs (be sure to right click to open tabs so you don’t lose your place).
Facebook Cover Photo sizes
In August 2018, Facebook applied Page Templates based on your business type, such as Services, Restaurant, or Store.
This hasn’t affected the image sizes though. Page cover photos are still the same.
Want one size for all Facebook cover photos? Use 16:9 proportion and allow for cropping.
This size works perfectly on mobile Pages. You must allow cropping top and bottom on desktop, so don’t place text or other critical elements near the top and bottom.
This proportion works out to: 1200 x 675, 1640 x 923, or 1920 x 1080. Your choice!
I always recommend going with a larger image for best quality. While FB sometimes specifies minimum sizes required for upload, modern displays have such great resolution that low quality images don’t cut it any more. Go BIG!
Added in June 2017: You can use a video as your cover photo.
Tell More of Your Story
Instead of a cover photo, now you can use a video. It can be 20-90 seconds and should be at least 820 x 312 pixels.
For details on the various Facebook cover photo sizes and croppings, see the linked posts:
➔ Facebook Page cover photo size: 820 x 312 desktop / 640 x 360 mobile | Optimize your Facebook Page cover photo for desktop and mobile!
➔ Facebook Group cover photo size: 1640 x 856 minimum | Optimize your Facebook Group cover photo for mobile and desktop.
➔ Facebook Event cover photo size: 1200 x 628, see the post for details: Facebook Event Cover for Desktop AND Mobile
Other important Facebook image sizes
For more details, see the linked posts.
➔ Facebook Profile photo size: displays 170 x 170 on Page | Make the best Facebook Profile Picture
➔ Facebook Link preview size: min. 600 x 315 | How to get a LARGE link thumbnail
➔ Facebook Photo post size: on the wall, 476 x varied height, larger gives better quality.
Re minimum wall post size, I hope you are using larger photos than minimum already! Up to 2048 x 2048 works for Facebook photo posts.
Want more about Facebook image quality, file types, compression etc?
Every Facebook image size marketers need
Yes, there’s more!
Find details about round profile pictures, video sizes, Stories, “Our Story,” Page services, and job postings.
Plus an infographic of ALL Facebook ad sizes!
Pin the Facebook image sizes cheat sheet, and read on.
Pinterest Image Sizes 2021
New in 2020: profile covers. Beware though! As of late 2020, if you upload a cover image, you can no longer revert to the collage of Pins.
Pinterest profile covers can be an image or a video.
Your image or video will be cropped to the standard YouTube-shaped 16:9 aspect ratio.
The size I see on my retina display is 1440 x 810 pixels, so you could use that if you want to create an image and crop it before uploading.
However, if you just have a horizontal photo, you can easily crop or pan your image to fit the 16:9 ratio after uploading it.
You could also upload your Facebook cover photo for this use, if appropriate to your Pinterest account.
Keep it simple. I wouldn’t use a YouTube video with a lot going on. A photo slideshow works well!
Remember, the main attraction is your Pins, and that profile videos will play on mute when your profile loads.
Pinterest profile cover specs:
Images: 16:9 aspect ratio high resolution JPG, PNG, or GIF up to 10MB.
Videos: 16:9 aspect ratio MOV or MP4 up to 2GB and 5 minutes.
Pin news for 2021: Pinterest is recommending we use larger, higher quality images.
And they’re backing it up with a warning! Some users are getting a notice that their Pin sizes aren’t optimal:
Once you choose your width, keep your Pin dimensions in these proportions:
- 1:1 or square
- 1:1.5 or slightly tall (Pinterest says optimal)
- 1:2.1 or moderately tall
Get more Pin size details, plus how to keep your website loading quickly with large images, at this in-depth article.
Pinterest board covers: Pinterest continues to de-emphasize boards by removing the Showcase feature and the Boards page (though you can still see boards on the “Saved” tab).
If you really want ’em though, make ’em SQUARE and at least 340 x 340 pixels. 600 or even 1000 pixels square would be better.
➔ Pinterest Profile Photo size: 180 x 180 or larger.
➔ Maximum Pin width when clicked: varies by device viewed on.
➔ Board cover: suggested minimum 340 x 340.
➔ Minimum image size that can be pinned: 100 x 200 (I can no longer verify this).
Pin the Pinterest image sizes cheat sheet, and read on.
Instagram Image Sizes 2021
Instagram posts are no longer limited to square! However, your images will still be cropped to square on your profile page gallery.
➔ Instagram Profile Photo size: 110 x 110 minimum | Rock your IG profile photo
➔ Instagram photo size: minimum 1080 width for best quality
➔ Instagram landscape photo size: 1.91:1 proportion, or 1080 x 566.
➔ Instagram portrait photo size: 4:5 proportion, or 1080 x 1350.
Pin the Instagram image sizes cheat sheet, and read on.
Twitter Image Sizes 2021
New last year: the infuriating Twitter header that could crop 100 different ways became one standard shape and size on every device and browser width (August 2019). It’s no longer responsive but stays at a static aspect ratio of 3:1.
Tweeted image size changed in 2017. Even in 2021, it’s still quoted incorrectly almost everywhere. Read on for the straight scoop.
What does Twitter say about image sizes?
➔ Twitter Header size: 3:1 or 1500 x 500 pixels | Twitter header free template
➔ Twitter Profile size: 1:1 or 400 x 400 pixels
➔ Tweeted Image size: 16:9 or 1200 x 675 pixels
➔ Twitter Card image size: 1.91:1 or 1200 x 628 pixels
Tweeted images are not 2:1 proportion! If you post that size, the edges will be cut off in the stream.
Tweet images will still be shown in full when clicked, so you can use square for portability across social media networks – but they’ll be cropped in the feed on mobile.
Multi-image tweet sizes
- For two images, the images will be side by side, both at 7:8 aspect ratios.
- For three images, there will be one 7:8 aspect ratio image on the left, with two 4:7 aspect ratio images running up the right side of the image.
- For four images, there will be four 2:1 aspect ratio images in a grid.
Pin the Twitter image sizes cheat sheet, and read on.
LinkedIn Image Sizes 2021
LinkedIn Page cover image size
Updated January 2020. “LinkedIn Pages” were formerly called “Company Pages”.
According to LI, “LinkedIn Pages are the next generation of LinkedIn Company Pages. Pages have been rebuilt from the ground up…” source
BUT LinkedIn themselves were still calling out the OLD (wrong) size for the NEW Page cover image in their help documentation!
When you go to your Page to upload this banner, you’ll see the right size recommended: 1,128 x 191 pixels.
Since the cover image actually displays larger than 1,128 wide on retina screens, I recommend you double those pixels for a nice, high-resolution image.
I created a test image at 2,256 x 382 pixels and share the results below.
This slim image is almost 6 times as wide as tall. But on iPad, it’s cut at the bottom to a slice that’s 10 times as wide as tall!
Account for the overlapping logo, which takes a big chunk out on iPhone display, and you’re left with a sliver of an image that leaves little room to design anything.
Unfortunately, you’ll have to create something and test it on different devices if it has critical elements that need to show. Or else think of it as more of a “background” image that doesn’t have faces, type, or other elements that would look bad when cropped on different devices.
What LinkedIn recommends:
Your cover image may have to be adjusted to fit the screen which may involve trimming the image horizontally or vertically. We recommend uploading a high-quality image with as little text as possible to ensure an optimal display on all devices and screen sizes. Our accepted image formats for uploads are PNG or JPEG.
You do have some ability to move this cover photo around when you upload.
LinkedIn Personal Profile
Those maddening responsive background images (banner / cover photo) on personal profiles were dumped in August 2017. The new recommended size is 1584 wide by 396 high. This is exactly 4:1 proportion.
You can also crop, filter, and adjust your photo after you upload it to LinkedIn.
Tips from LinkedIn:
If your background image appears blurry or pixelated, please choose an image with a file size as close to the maximum (8 MB) as possible, as images with larger file sizes typically look better. Photos will also look better than images with logos.
LinkedIn link share images
Sharing links to articles and blog posts on LinkedIn?
Whether for your profile or Page, “Link share” images for LinkedIn closely match those for Facebook and Twitter.
1.91:1 is the correct aspect ratio. LinkedIn says:
When adding custom images to a Page update with a URL, please keep the following image display guidelines in mind:
- Use a 1.91:1 ratio (1200×627 px).
- Image must be more than 200px wide.
- If your image width is less than 200px, it will appear as a thumbnail on the left side of the post.
- Note: This doesn’t apply if you’re posting an image only or an image and text. The image will be enlarged to fit the feed.
- Images on mobile won’t be cropped. Images of other ratios will show in full with subtle white padding.
LinkedIn post image size
LinkedIn photo post size seems difficult to determine. It appears to be a slightly taller shape than previously, but no one seems to agree on the size (see this discussion). If you find someone who makes picture quotes specifically to a LinkedIn size, won’t you let us know?
One woman suggested 792 x 528px. I checked and it did look the same on desktop and mobile. However, when you click on desktop, it gets so much bigger. I’d double those dimensions for best clarity.
I like square for portability across platforms.
1200 x 1200 square looks best on desktop, but gets cropped to horizontal in the mobile feed. The link share size works best there.
Decide how most of your audience is using LI and choose accordingly.
LinkedIn image recap
Max file size 8MB and file type must be PNG, JPEG, or GIF.
➔ LinkedIn profile cover photo: 1584 wide by 396 high. This is exactly 4:1 proportion.
➔ LinkedIn profile picture: Per LI, upload any size between 400 x 400 pixels and 20,000 x 20,000 px.
➔ LinkedIn blog post link shares: 1200 x 627 px.
➔ LinkedIn photo share: 1200 x 1200 square looks best on desktop, 1200 x 627 on mobile.
➔ LinkedIn Page cover photo size: 1,128 x 191 px.
➔ LinkedIn logo size: 300 x 300 square. No more horizontal.
More company and career page image sizes on LinkedIn here.
Pin the LinkedIn image sizes cheat sheet, and read on.
YouTube Image Sizes
➔ YouTube Channel Art size: 2560 x 1440 | Right click to download template
➔ Be sure to check the template as cropping varies widely from TV to mobile to desktop
➔ Video thumbnail: 1280 x 720
➔ Channel icon: 800 x 800
Tumblr Image Sizes
It’s hard to find image sizes for this platform, and one reason may be that it’s pretty freeform. Different themes can vary greatly.
I don’t use Tumblr and decided not to add it to the cheat sheet, since I won’t know if things change.
Here’s an excellent Tumblr sizes overview offered by reader Morgana Johnson:
Although all themes are different, the most common sizes still display 500 and 400 width posts (and most “photography” themes either display everything with a width of 1280, or even the highest resolution available).
However, anything on the dashboard feed is shown at and resized to 540. Size limitations have also risen to 10MB for pictures, and supposedly 3MB for animated .gif images (However animated gifs are just buggy on tumblr, it’s best to “aim” between 1-3MB.)
Anyone using tumblr as a portfolio would have the best experience, and largest variety of themes to choose from, if they create images with a width of 500 or 400. However, those who plan to market themselves and gain a following on tumblr should create images meant to be displayed at 540. Those particular users should also pay close attention to the following new feature:
Tumblr has implemented a “dashboard pop-over” with a header, which works both as a mobile theme and allows desktop users to have a quick glance at a blog without leaving the dashboard. The header displays at “various sizes” with an aspect ratio of 16:9. Generally, it displays at 1240 x 700 for desktop browsers, but is optimized at 640 × 360 for mobile.
(It can also display animated gif images with the same size restrictions as posts. From my personal experience, however, I can’t get any header to animate if it’s larger than 1.5MB.)
It’s also worth noting that users who choose to keep the default theme show the same header at 3000 x 1055 on their blog, and displays posts with a width of 540. ~MJ
Tinder Photo Sizes
Nope, I don’t use Tinder, but due to the popularity of this article, Google is sending searchers here for Tinder photo dimensions.
Not one to disappoint, I’m including them for you!
Tinder requires photos be cropped to square for upload.
According to Photofeeler, on an iPhone 6, the required Tinder pixel dimensions are 640 x 640.
In the swiping deck, however, this will be zoomed into and displayed at 600 x 848 pixels. This aspect ratio is 1:1.325, or 7:10.
The exact number of pixels will vary by the viewer’s device.
My suggestion is to start with a photo where your face doesn’t fill the square from side to side, since you can anticipate those sides being cropped off in the swiping deck.
And don’t use a photo where your face is way off to one side, as you’ll lose part of your face in the swiping deck.
Or, you can use an app like Square Instapic that will add borders to the sides of your portrait-shaped portrait to make it a square.
BTW, 8 x 10 is the standard portrait shape. So not exactly Tinder’s 7 x 10, but close. 🙂
TikTok image sizes
This one’s easy.
Videos will be in a standard 9:16 shape (be sure to film with the phone vertical).
Shorter ones, down to square size, are accepted but will have a black border top and bottom.
Meh! Go tall.
If you’re making graphics for a slideshow, use the IG Stories size of 1080 x 1920.
Leave a 150px margin on top and bottom and 64px margin on each side for TikTok text overlay.
➔ TikTok profile image size: 200 x 200. JPG, PNG. Minimum size is 20 x 20.
➔ TikTok video size:1080 x 1920. File size: 287.6 MB (iOS) and 72 MB (Android). MP4, MOV.
➔ TikTok video ads size: 720 x 1280px / 640x640px / 1280 x 720px. File size: 500 MB. MP4, MOV, MPEG, 3GP, AVI.
MeWe image sizes
MeWe provides limited info on the best image sizes for their platform.
The optimal banner/cover photo size is called out as 945 x 320 px. This is approximately 3 times wider than tall.
For the optimal profile photo, they suggest 144 x 144 px. If you have a larger image, I don’t think you must size it down to this dimension. MeWe will reduce it to the proper display size. source
As far as posts, MeWe tells us that you can safely share photos, videos, documents, voice messages, Dual-Camera MeWe’s chats, GIFs, memes, doodles, disappearing content, stories, and much more – but they don’t clue us in on best sizes.
Save time and repurpose content from other networks you use.
The maximum file size you can upload is 500MB, whether you have a paid account or not. This applies to videos, photos, documents, audio files, and anything else you might choose to upload.
If you have any tips for MeWe images, please leave a comment!
Social Media Cheat Sheet 2021: Conclusion
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Toni Nelson says
This was your best infographic yet! To have all these sizes in one place is amazing. I had to initially look all over to find the sizes for twitter, FB etc. Very helpful!
Louise Myers says
Thanks Toni, I thought it was awesome too!
Sabrina says
Nice to have this all in one place. thanks
Michelle Nichols says
One word – Awesome!
Louise Myers says
Enjoy! 🙂
Brad Attig says
Louise,
This is great, I’ll share it with the designers I work with here at the MAC. Is it possible to get a file so we can print out a large version? I’d love to have it on a wall.
Best,
Brad
Louise Myers says
Great call, Brad! I added a link above the graphic where you can download the PDF. Thanks so much for sharing it!
Here’s the link: https://louisem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/social-media-cheat-sheet-photo-sizes.pdf
kevin says
I like to use twitterheaders.co , they have a twitter creator tool.
Louise Myers says
Is it legal to use the images for commercial use? Many look like they might be under another company’s copyright.
Jill Case says
I love the graphic too, however when printing it only downloads as one page, with only one part being printable. Any suggestions?
Louise Myers says
If you’re using Adobe Reader, here’s the solution: use the Snapshot Tool to grab different areas as you work down the graphic.
http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/print-portion-page-acrobat-reader.html
Hope this helps!
Jorj says
Simply awesome, great work.
Will you be updating this anytime soon? Some changes recently occurred on Facebook, it will be nice to have an updated graph.
Great work again!
Louise Myers says
You’re right, the FB ads have changed. I’ll look into that!
Alan Hough says
Thank you ever so much for the Social media design sheet.
Excellent resource.
Louise Myers says
Thanks for visiting, Alan, I’m glad you found it useful!
jalal basharat says
Hello there, great work! No doubt you are creative.
Louise Myers says
Thanks Jalal, glad you liked it!
Gary says
Great up-to-date social media tips. Thanks for sharing.
Louise Myers says
Glad you found it useful!
Vitaly says
Essential cheat sheet. Thanks for sharing, Louise!
Just to clarify – the word “cheet” in title and Facebook App/Tab image minimum size 111×741 in your cheat sheet look a little weird to me. Are they just plain typos or something special?
Louise Myers says
Oh my! That just shows to go you, there’s no such thing as error-free! LOL I’ll fix that right now.
Thanks Vitaly!
Beverly Lewis says
I love your infographics. May I post this on my blog with proper credit and a link back to you? (Saw this on the buzz club and already referenced back to it- great tool)
Louise Myers says
That would be great, Beverly! Thanks so much for sharing.
Charity Sapphire says
How about Tumblr?
Louise Myers says
Hi Charity!
Check this out on my tumblr:
http://howtographics.tumblr.com/post/92663717447/dashboard-image-sizes
robert says
thanks so much Miss! this is so helpful, you rock!
Louise Myers says
Glad you enjoyed it, Robert!
Stephanie Bousquet says
Hi Louise! Just signed up for your newsletter so I can stay updated but wanted to share a recent infographic Flightpath created about formatting social media ads. Check it out: http://bit.ly/2014socialads
Louise Myers says
Thanks Stephanie! Great share.
Brianne says
Looks great–left out the size of the Facebook event cover photo which is 784×295.
Louise Myers says
Thanks! For sure I don’t have everything on there, just the most commonly requested sizes. I will go ahead and add that, as well as the group cover photo, in the text!
Khurram says
Thank you Louise. This is very helpful 🙂
Louise Myers says
You’re so welcome, Khurram!
Jennifer says
Hi,
Thanks for posting this. It is so helpful!
If we want to post the same images on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (ideally at the same time), do you recommend making them all square? Do you think the square sizing is going to last? All of the images I want to post are horizontal rectangles. I know there are Instagrams apps I can use to add a border to make the horizontal image square, but when I use it to share the image, the extra white on the top and bottom does not look so good on Facebook.
I would love to hear what you recommend.
Thanks and best wishes,
Jennifer
Louise Myers says
Hi Jennifer!
Square is what I use. Yes, I think due to the increasing use of smartphones, square will be with us for a while.
I suggest posting the horizontal images without the white borders to Facebook and Twitter, instead of going thru IG. You can schedule them at different times with a scheduling tool. Horizontal is perfect for Twitter, and also good for Facebook mobile users. Otherwise I’d prefer square for FB. But horizontal is fine, and much better than having the white borders.
Jennifer says
Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. I really appreciate it!
Oscar says
Louise!,
Thank you very much for your Cheat Sheet
it is already being very useful for me!!!
thanks
Oscar
Louise Myers says
That’s great, Oscar!
Thanks for taking the time to let me know.
Eve says
The information came in handy when I was trying to set up accounts with all these social media platforms. This makes my work much easier. Thank you so much.
Louise Myers says
You’re welcome! Appreciate your letting me know it came in handy, Eve.
Kemya Scott says
I was getting ready to create a few Pinterest images and I was wondering what size to use. I knew you would have the info. Thanks Louise!
Louise Myers says
Glad you found it useful, Miss Kemya!
LeighAnn Tufts says
Hi Louise –
Wondering if you’ve run into this issue… I’ve been using a 2:1 ratio (1024×512) for tweeted images, and they display perfectly on desktop Twitter. But on the Twitter mobile app (iPhone 5), those photos are getting cut off horizontally when viewed in-stream. Turns out the app is actually using a 16:9 ratio for in-stream pics. Very weird and so annoying!
Louise Myers says
Hi LeighAnn,
Thanks for bringing this to my attention! That IS ridiculous and annoying! I also noticed that Twitter would cut off one end or the other, or both equally, at its own discretion. That doesn’t give you much to work with.
We have different shapes for each platform – it’d be nice if at least each platform could have consistency between desktop and mobile!
I will try find time to make a template for this. Thanks again!
Ivy says
Have you noticed any issues with image color on Facebook vs Twitter. The same image posted on Facebook seems fine (or as close to the original as I can expect with social media), then posted on Twitter I noticed the image looked totally over-saturated and had awful color accuracy. Do you know what I could have done wrong, or if there is a way to avoid this?
Louise Myers says
That sure sounds weird, Ivy! I just compared several images and they looked virtually identical. My images are small file sizes – maybe yours are large, and getting compressed in some strange way? Would be curious to hear the file size. My Twitter images are typically 100 – 200 K.
Ivy says
I found out the issue! I checked and double checked and my file was indeed RGB so that wasn’t my issue. I was uploading the profile photo image file on Twitter as a JPEG, which was resulting in a loss of color (and quality), instead of a PNG. That seemed to resolve my color issue! I’ve been uploading all Facebook image posts as JPEGs, but now I’m not so sure that’s the smartest thing to do. Is there any way you could include which optimal photo types work best for each social media platform, or if you could share a general rule of thumb? I’m not sure if Facebook supports PNGs or if I need to save out multiple file types for an image that is being shared across social media platforms.
Jamie says
Great post Louise, nice and easy to digest and understand. Since you’re a designer and a blogger, how do you create one image that renders nicely on all the major networks, as well as your blog? Is it possible? What are the “magic” dimensions or aspect ratio?
Louise Myers says
Hi Jamie,
For your blog, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and G+, I use the Facebook link dimensions. This won’t work on Instagram and isn’t ideal for Pinterest, but it’s the best workaround.
Samantha says
Thanks so much! Also, Twitter’s TOU now requires the bird to be the only thing representing their brand, not the “T”. 😉
Louise Myers says
Interesting! Not a bad idea. But – I searched all over their policies and couldn’t find it. Could you provide a link?
Thanks!
David Fradin says
You might consider adding 640 x 400 for Linkedin “Posts”. But, just so you know or I am going nuts, after upload such Linkedin gives a warning of 600 x 400 look best. Then one puts up a graphic of that size and Linkedin says “640 X 400 looks best.
Also, do you know of a tool whereby one can put in one standard size graphic and then have it output all the other formats nicely labeled and stored? There use to be a Mac product called Debabelizer that did that?
Louise Myers says
Thanks David, I never even knew there was a recommended photo size for LinkedIn! I see Peg Fitzpatrick recommends “698 x 400 pixels works for the post images AND the status updates in the new Newsfeed on LinkedIn” so I’ll add that at my next opportunity.
As far as the tool, I’m not aware that there’s anything like that. I create the different sizes manually.
Karen says
This is a great help, thanks!
Louise Myers says
so happy you found it useful, Karen!
Sean Steezy says
Thank you for taking the time to put this together Louise, it is much appreciated!
Louise Myers says
Thanks Sean, glad to hear it was useful!
Andrea Mendez Brandam says
Gracias !!! Gracias!!! Gracias!!!!
Best handy data E V E R !!!
Thank you so much for sharing your work!
cheers from Argentina
:))))))
Louise Myers says
De nada. Thanks for your kind comment, so glad it helped you!
Yoram says
This is great Louise, I have just shared it on Twitter 🙂
Louise Myers says
Thanks Yoram, happy to meet you!
waleed says
thank u 🙂 i save the template it’s very nice , smart and easy
Louise Myers says
Glad you liked it, Waleed!
Sara Kanwal says
Great post Louise! I think its a great comprehensive go-to resource for double checking dimensions 🙂
Louise Myers says
Thanks Sara! I’m happy to hear you found it so useful!
wen says
Thank you for this Ms.Louise (^_^)
Louise Myers says
You are most welcome, Wen!
Incey says
Totally ace! As you say, the list is constantly changing. Like you I make my own templates and found your cheat sheet because we’ve just opened an Instagram account, your info and the pointer from your comments have been invaluable – I love the internet! Many thanks 🙂
Louise Myers says
You’re most welcome, Incey!
Jesús Zamarron says
Very useful. Thank you. I use this regularly!
However, I have an issue with Facebook Group and event covers resizing on mobile devices. Anyone having this issue? Ways around it? It’s the top, bottom, and sides being chopped off.
Louise Myers says
Hi Jesús,
The difference between mobile and desktop is a problem. I haven’t tried to resolve it myself, due to so many different devices as well as app versions in use. If I see anything or hear from a reader, I’ll post it here!
mike Tobias says
Thanks For The Very Valuable Info, Love You 🙂
Louise Myers says
You’re welcome, Mike! 🙂
Jennifer says
Hi Louise, thank you for sharing this info! Maybe a video size cheat sheet next? 😉
Louise Myers says
What, there are video sizes? 😉
I’m glad you like this. Videos I know very little about!
Paula S. says
Thank you so much for sharing this and including a revision date. There are SO many inaccurate guides and so few indicate a date.
Louise Myers says
So true Paula! It drove me crazy, so I endeavor to keep mine accurate!
Ramon Mosterd says
Hi Louise,
Thanks for putting this together.
I tend to get a lot of jpg-artifacts in my twitter profile picture. I upload them in like 1500 x 1500 or bigger. From what I understand, 500 x 500 would be better?
Kind regards,
Ramon
Louise Myers says
Hello Ramon,
While I don’t know the specifics of Twitter’s compression algorithm, it’s likely that larger images get compressed more, resulting in more artifacts.
If you try the 500 x 500 image, I’d love to know what your results are!
Best,
Louise
me says
just a note: linkedin just killed the 100×60 company logo.
Louise Myers says
Thanks Matt! Wow, another update for me. Changes in social media never end!
Patti Ryan says
Louise,
Thanks for keeping this information up-to-date. It a great serviced to non-profit education sites like ours (run by my husband and myself).
Louise Myers says
So glad it’s helpful, Patti!
Cristina Pavelescu says
Just today I finally got to start working on my website’s Facebook page and your post came in great. Thank you, Louise! Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/ozinparis.
Keep up the good work and have fun! 😀
Louise Myers says
Looks great, Cristina!
Cristina Pavelescu says
Thank you! 🙂
Jacob says
Thank you, Louise, this cheat sheet is really useful! If you want to resize an image to the prefect size, you can use Photoshop, or an online image resizer such as Resizeimage.net 😀
Louise Myers says
Thanks Jacob.
alexa says
Great page. Very handy to refer to. I’m trying to confirm the size change. All I can find is Instagram increased size to 1936×1936. Do you have a link to where you found the info? I crop most of my photos on desktop, so before I spend time doing my next batch I want to verify. Again, thank for the great info.
Louise Myers says
Hi Alexa,
If you search “Instagram 1080”, you’ll find a number of references, dated July 6 2015. Here’s one:
http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/6/8899807/instagram-1080p-pictures-photo-upload
And if you share through to other platforms like Facebook, you can verify the size there.
I don’t believe the 1936 size is posted on Instagram. If you have info otherwise, could you post the link? I found that as the size taken with the Instagram camera and saved to your camera roll on the iPhone 4. As I mentioned in this post, if you edit in IG and plan to use the images later where you’ll need a higher resolution, start with that resolution and save it.
Rasha says
This information is very helpful! I have one question though: What is good standard size that will work for most social media platforms? Sometimes I’m on the go and need to publish the same image across multiple platforms [Facebook, Instagram & Twitter] and just want a decent image. What is your suggestion?
Thanks in advance!
Louise Myers says
Hi Rasha,
Square works great on IG and FB, and is OK on Twitter. That’s what I use.
I’m sorry for the extreme delay in replying – I just found a number of valid comments in my spam folder.
LE says
Hi,
Thanks for the great cheat sheet.
How about the user profile picture size for youtube? I have mine at 800×800 but it still shows smaller than everyone else’s profile pic. Thanks.
Louise Myers says
How strange! I haven’t run across that and can’t think of an explanation for it!
ing says
Hi Louise, I have read many a blog similar to yours, but am still learning so much. You write amazingly simple, clear, no clutter nor crowding etc. This is exactly what I’m teaching myself and here it is, I tripped on the Louisem path. Great blog of content in layman’s terms, not time consuming. Looking forward to the rest of your blogs 🙂
Louise Myers says
I’m glad you like the posts, unfortunately I can’t link to your site.
Ingy says
Hi Louise, we have .com.au and the .com domain but won’t link until we are ready to go internationally. That may be the issue as I have had past suppliers asking for web links as they were unable to find them through .com for our Australian .com.au sites.
Louise Myers says
Let me clarify, I won’t send my readers to your site by supplying a link. I’m sure you can find more suitable blogs.
Krista says
Has anyone noticed that in FB groups, if you upload a png file, it converts it to a jpg? Maybe it is just me! But, my graphics aren’t as crisp and it is very annoying. 🙂 Any tips or suggestions?
Louise Myers says
I don’t think there’s anything you can do about it, sorry!
If you found out anything in the meantime, please let me know. I apologize that your comment was caught in my spam filter!
Melanie says
I love your template! Thank you for making the different mobile/tablet version too!
-Melanie
Louise Myers says
You’re welcome, Melanie!
Cassandra says
Hey there, I’ve started designing for clients and want to stay within trademarked guidelines of social media branding. But with social media, each platform has their own and the “official” icons are all a miss-match to other media icons (when following to a T). So I was curious to know, how do people get away with creating their own stylized social media sets? Is there a legal loophole or a way to get permission? I just want a nice set that match each other. haha Designer problems.
Louise Myers says
That’s a great question – unfortunately I don’t know the answer! It’s commonly done, but seems to break the terms of use of each platform.
eddu vaz says
Hey, its a common problem here, and I saw lotta designers using a different branding and nothing happen’
Louise Myers says
I haven’t heard of anything happen – which isn’t the same as saying nothing did or could happen 🙂
Sultan I. Maulana says
Hey, Thanks for the post ^_^ ! I’m thinking these are the best tips for people who are active on Social Media. (Sorry for bad grammar, cause I’m not American or British people, but I’m Indonesian)
Louise Myers says
My pleasure!
juji delos trino says
brilliant! thanks 🙂
Louise Myers says
I’m happy it was useful!
Tamara Tabel says
Louise,
You are a kind and generous soul! Thank you so much for putting all this info together in one place. I am a writer/marketer, but like to do some of the simple stuff myself. You have empowered me! Thank you so much.
Tamara
Louise Myers says
Dear Tamara,
Thanks so much for this lovely comment! Made my day.
Louise
Kristen says
can you please put tumblr up here? i have been looking for ages and i can’t find an up to date one for tumblr, thanks so much!
Louise Myers says
Hi Kristen,
I added what I could find, which is mostly that sizes vary by theme. There were some min / max sizes though.
Cheers,
Louise
Deb says
Hi Louise! Thanks so very much for your helpful list here! Great stuff! Do you happen to know the correct/updated dimensions for Tumblr header/profile picture design? There are lots of ideas around the web but I’m not sure which to go with… Any idea?
Thanks! 🙂
Deb
Louise Myers says
Hi Deb!
I don’t know my way around Tumblr! I added what I could find, which is mostly that sizes vary by theme. There were some min / max sizes though.
If you feel it’s incorrect, let me know. Thanks!
Louise
Stefan says
Here is my size summary:
Twitter – 1500 x 500
Facebook – 851 x 315
Google Plus – 2120 x 1192
Tumblr – 3000×1055
Linkedin cover – 1500 x 500
Youtube channel cover – 2560 x 1440
Pinterest Board – 222 x 150
Instagram post – 640 x 640
Louise Myers says
Thanks Stefan. The Instagram sizes updated in July, so 640 is no longer optimal. Your Pinterest cover may be slightly off too. But I haven’t tried it – I planned to make large ones but then read they only show on desktop now.
Stefan says
It’s true, I combined sizes from few posts, so didn’t know which is acurate.
Tnx for correction Louise!
Jean-Charles de GeekArts says
This article is great but G+ needs to be updated
Louise Myers says
Thanks Jean-Charles, I’ll have to get up to speed with last week’s updates! I won’t be able to get to it for a week, but I’ll jump on it then.
Thanks for the reminder!
Julie-Anne says
I am using pixlr to resize my pictures for LinkedIn logos for my groups and it doesn’t give me too many options. Do you have any websites recommendations that could help me resize my pictures?
Louise Myers says
Canva now offers resizing, it may be more intuitive: https://photo-editor.canva.com/
If not, let me know what you’re trying to do. Resizing should be pretty straightforward.
Julie-Anne says
I used Canva and i customed the dimensions of the picture for a LinkedIn logo (100×50) or (60×30) with a maximum size of 100 KB. With those dimensions the picture is very blurry and still very small. It seems impossible for me to fill the square logo with any picture. I also tried (400×400) just in case, didn’t work. I tried with different pictures found on the web. It’s for an open law group, i can choose any picture about law. Do you have an idea of what i could do?
Julie-Anne says
I think i found the problem. I will share the link with you. My solution was to put a picture with a white background because there is no solutions. https://community.linkedin.com/questions/339111/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-blank-the-white-space-arou.html?page=1&pageSize=10&sort=votes
Louise Myers says
What a weird issue! I see that LinkedIn is calling it a glitch – but people have been complaining about it for almost 6 months. I wonder if you try uploading via a different browser?
Randy Devost says
This is perfect! Thank you for the information.
Louise Myers says
Glad it was helpful!
Glen says
Hi Louise, thanks very much for you cheat sheet which I consulted with need! I have a question however about the optimal sizes for Twitter you mention. I arrive at something rectangular like 1200*717 px. Can you check?
Louise Myers says
Hi Glen,
I have checked, and it seems to vary by the device used. I took a little survey in a visual marketing group a few weeks ago.
Two months ago Twitter announced they were no longer cropping images in the stream. At that time, everyone started seeing up to a square on desktop, and on the newest phones (iPhone, anyway). While some phones haven’t upgraded and still see horizontal, I believe square is the best going forward.
Would love to hear what you see, and on which devices!
Annie Gavrich says
Thank you so much Louise! I have been a long time admirer of your work and the free help you delightfully share! I truly appreciate it! Annie aka sGa 🙂
Louise Myers says
Thanks for your kind comment, Annie!
Nikolas Branis says
Louise hi,
Thank you for the info.
Please update the “Facebook Cover photo size: 828 x 315”
Regards,
Nikolas
Louise Myers says
Thanks Nikolas!
I plan to do that. I hear there are other changes afoot to the FB cover photo! But, aren’t there always 😉
I’m going with a mobile optimized size of 828 x 462. Tried it the other day and it worked well.
Eva says
THANK YOU for saving my day! Been surfing for hours searching for the latest Facebook event pic size and finally found help via this post.
Why or why is Facebook making this so hard for us?
Louise Myers says
Facebook likes to complicate things! I’m glad this helped.
Ben says
Hey Louise, quick question for you: I was just searching through LinkedIn’s photo guidelines, and their profile photo instructions specify a 400×400 pixel size. Knowing that website design teams and support/documentation teams don’t always coordinate with each other that closely, I’m trying to figure out whether your recommendations or their instructions are more current. Where is your 500×500 pixel size coming from?
Louise Myers says
Hi Ben,
Thanks for pointing this out. It may have changed. I don’t have anything definitive. I’ve run into the same thing with the LinkedIn background – both 1000 x 425 and 1400 x 425 are recommended by LinkedIn! Big difference.
As far as the profile pic, I always prefer to go larger if uncertain.
I’ll keep my eyes peeled and hope I come up with something a bit more specific!
Lillian De Jesus says
Hey there Louise,
Love the cheat sheet! I’m in the middle of writing up a post and would like to embed it. I’m using the embed code but it’s not showing up for some reason. If not, I’ll embed your Pinterest pin. Of course, if that’s okay with you.
Such an excellent resource!
Thank you!
Lillian
Louise Myers says
You are most welcome to embed the pin! I’ll have to look into why the code isn’t working – I won’t get to that for a while as I’m on vacation 🙂
Thanks Lillian!
KW says
Thank you so very much for creating this page, Louise. I can’t tell you how invaluable it is, and that you update it regularly. In my work I use this page multiple times a day, EVERY day. It is a lifesaver and you are a genius! 🙂
Louise Myers says
You’re so welcome! Thanks for such a great compliment 🙂
Frank says
Hi Louise & Thank you. I post photos only, and usually to Instagram and then share it to Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler. Sometimes separately to my Frank Gross Photographer fb Page. So prepping the files to a ‘one size fits all’ dimension would be most convenient! I was intrigued by this line in your post -“My TOP recommended size: 1200 pixels square is ideal for Facebook posts, Instagram photos, and Twitter images.” So, if I prep my photos to 1200px in the long dimension (& let the short dimension proportionately fall where it may) will each social media platform scale it accordingly for optimum viewing (desktop/mobile) ?
Frank
Louise Myers says
Hi Frank,
Nope, sorry the platforms do NOT scale for optimum viewing. They will reduce the image, but it won’t be optimum. Square works best across Instagram, FB and Twitter.
Tall images will be cropped on Twitter, and reduced in size on the FB wall. On Instagram you have to stay within these proportions or be cropped.
I can’t speak to Tumblr as I don’t use it.
Frank says
Thanks again. But unfortunately still clear as mud. That link to Instagram sizing seems, and I may well be wrong, to say that 1080px (not 1200px) is the optimum.
Since most 35mm camera photos are either vertical or horizontal and not square, they either have to be cropped (not an option composition-ally) or some canvas area added to the short dimension in photoshop to make them square (tedious).
I just want optimum quality and to avoid any enlarging /stretching/pixelating. Image size reduction is kinda ok. So primarily for Instagram and Facebook (& Twitter) I can prepare the files to the longest (1080 or 1200px?) and then use the little icon in the bottom left of the Instagram app to change from square to the proportionate full frame?
Frank says
If I had editing privileges I’d delete my previous message.
Reading it again and trying it out, I got it wrong & I think what your cheat sheet is saying is that Instagram wants a max Width of 1080 or a max Height of 1350. For example, a landscape image might be 1080 Width x 811 Ht, or a portrait orientation might be 1014 W x 1350 Ht. A square 1080×1080 would be most convenient but pictures don’t often lend themselves to being cropped square.
Facebook however wants a max of 1200 x1200. So if the image is 1350 it’ll be reduced (not cropped) to 1200.
So when you say “My TOP recommended size: 1200 pixels square is ideal for Facebook posts, Instagram photos, and Twitter images.” you are essentially finding the best compromise across the different media – it’ll match fb ‘s maximum, be reduced a little for Instagram & Twitter’s max
Correct ?
وب سرويس پيامک says
thats great thank you for share
ava says
Hi Louise, I’m new at this so got very excited over the cheat sheet. But then I got back
to confusion very quickly. For Facebook you have one size for wall and an alternate for newsfeed. Can you please explain a bit. When would I want to use the newsfeed size?
You’ve done a great job putting this together. Thank you.
Louise Myers says
Hi Ava,
You’re right, that’s confusing!
The huge majority of people will see the post in their newsfeed. So use those sizes.
The only reason I can think of to prefer the wall size is if you will “pin” that post to the top of your page. Then whoever visits your page will see that at the top, so square is best.
Personally I really like square for FB posts anyway. 1200px square is my go-to size. 🙂
Tonje says
Interesting, do you use 72 or 300 dpi/ppi (never remember what’s what 😉 )
I used to use 1800px 72dpi/ppi and the images looked ok pretty much wherever I used them in facebook and instagram. But in may 2016 images started looking BAD on facebook. I’ve been trying 1200 with no luck. But I hope now that I know the exact sizes, dimensions I’ll have better luck. 🙂
Louise Myers says
The ppi doesn’t matter, only the overall pixel dimensions. A 4 inch image at 300 ppi and a 16.66666 inch image at 72 ppi are exactly the same to a screen display.
Eberechi Dike says
Hi Louise. You’re the best. Thanks for the your generosity and selflessness. I’m semi-pro at this, and this cheat sheet has got me excited. Cheers.
Louise Myers says
You’re most welcome, Eberechi! Thanks for leaving an “upper” of a comment!
mohammad says
Hi
Thank you so much Louise Myers for the sharing nice articles
Bree says
Thanks for these!
Louise Myers says
My pleasure!
placera says
Question: If i want to create one image I can use on several plataforms would you recommend i use 1200 x 1200 for all news feeds: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, pinterest etc. Is that the best?
Louise Myers says
That’s what I recommend if you must use one only. But tall images are best for Pinterest.
placera says
And continuing from this question: Is it not possible to use regular photo dimensions eg. 1200×900 so as not to crop photos, but just to resize?
Louise Myers says
Yes you can, but your photo will appear smaller in the feed due to less height. This has the biggest disadvantage on Pinterest, but some disadvantage on FB and IG too.
placera says
Thank you! So if I used 1600×1200 would that be better?
Louise Myers says
No, sorry. The width in the feed is restricted by the platform or app – making the pixel size bigger won’t help. A horizontal photo will have less height (ie, take up less space in the feed) just because it’s horizontal.
Claire Greenhow says
Just what I was looking for to double check the current sizes of Linkedin media. Thanks Louise.
Knows Something says
Too bad you’re using an old Facebook logo and a very old Twitter logo in your banner image. :/
Louise Myers says
Don’t forget Instagram and Google+! Wow, I’m really behind the times. I’ll get on it with the next update. Thankfully, the social media image sizes are still correct.
Justin says
Has FB recently changed their photo post size from 504×504? They’re not filling the post like they used to.
Louise Myers says
Not that I’m aware of. But I recommend that as a minimum only. With both mobile and desktop screens cramming in more pixels, bigger images are better.
Valeria says
Awesome, thank you! But I have a question for you regarding the Facebook Timeline Photo. I can see Facebook resizes the images at 470 px width in the desktop news feed… How come you recommend a square dimension 504×504? Where does Facebook displays the timeline photo at 504 px width? Thank you very much!
Louise Myers says
Hi Valeria,
That’s the size seen on your profile or page wall.
kumiya says
Thank you so much Louise! I have been a long time admirer of your work and the free help you delightfully share! Thank.
Louise Myers says
Thanks for your kind comment, Kumiya!
Karen Montgomery says
Is there a difference between company LI pages and personal pages regarding image sizes? I’m having the damnest time getting a size that works on desktop AND mobile without severe cropping.
Louise Myers says
Yes, personal and company pages are totally different. And the personal “banner” is subject to extreme cropping depending on device, or even browser window width. It has to be a simple image that can withstand cropping on all sides.
Harsha says
Hey Louise, Thanks for these size update really helped me design my posts !
Louise Myers says
Good to hear, Harsha!
Dan says
Hi,
Thank you for this great article and information!
When using OG tags, facebook uses the image correctly (1200X628px) but when sharing a post on linkedin, the image gets cropped, is there a solution for this?
Thanks
Dan
Louise Myers says
Unfortunately, the only solution is creating separate images for each platform. But that only works when you post it yourself, not for others sharing from your blog.
FB images can be specified in your HTML, so don’t have to appear on the page. I don’t know of any way to specify for LI though… you might want to check out the plugin Social Warfare. At the least, I know it does specify an image for Pinterest. Not sure if for any others.
Hailey says
Hi there, just want to make sure I understand correctly. When preparing a photo for Instagram, to then post on Facebook at the same time, the best dimensions would be: 1080 px x 1080 px? or 1200 px x 1200 px? Your help is greatly appreciated!
Louise Myers says
I use 1200, because that’s what Facebook suggests, and bigger is always better quality.
M S says
Many thanks! I’ll be referring to your awesome cheat sheet often.
Louise Myers says
Terrific! You are welcome.
Rustyantlers says
Hey Louise,
I’ve been looking for detailed information about different sites regarding resolution sizes and ive found it, all in one place 🙂
This site will be my goto site from now on when recommending picture sizes to others. It’s been bookmarked.
One suggestion for future updates to this article if you can; add in the max file size of each site and the supported file types of each site but apart from that this has everything you need, thanks for all your hard work making this.
Louise Myers says
Thanks, I’ll add that info as available. Good tip!
antonio says
Thanks Louise, great work on the “cheat sheet” definitely going to bookmark and share this with others they will find this information useful. The only things i would like to see added are the file formats support on each site (should be relatively the same) and the max file size of each site (if this info is available)
Louise Myers says
Max file size was only listed for LinkedIn, I believe.
Re file formats, I recommend PNG24 for quality. Some of the sites may accept GIF or BMP or something else – don’t use ’em! PNG or JPG.
More info: recommended file types. Written for FB but applicable to all.
Tonje says
Hi!
Thanks for all this great information! ? ?
I’ve been reading everything about the facebook sizes and there are a small difference on link image and cover photo, between your text and chart.
What is the correct size?
Link image: 600×314 or 600×315 ?
Cover photo mobile: 828×462 or 828×464 ?
Now that I am finally taking the time to check up all the sizes, I thought I would get it 100% correct. 🙂
Thanks in advance, this is a great resource ?
Louise Myers says
Facebook has said 1200 x 628 or 600 x 315 – which doesn’t make sense. 314 is closer to their stated proportions of 1.91:1.
Facebook says cover photos display at 640 x 360 on mobile. So with a 828 width, that would come to 466 tall. But they may display slightly differently on different devices. I got my size from screen-shotting my iPhone 6+.
Some people are seeing an entirely different cover photo design now. So I haven’t been too concerned about a pixel here and there, it’s always changing! 😀
Anne says
Thanks for the awesome post. Is there a recommended catch-all size then? If I’m making just one size for a blog post and I want it to show up properly both on Pinterest and Facebook, which size would you recommend?
Thanks a bunch!
Louise Myers says
Unfortunately there’s no catchall size. To succeed on Pinterest, you really need to use a tall shape, which doesn’t work well on any other platform.
Punit says
Hey Louise,
Thanks for the cheatsheet! Loved the Infographics and pinned it to my account!
Social media plays a major part in getting traffic for my blog posts!
Louise Myers says
You are welcome, Punit.
Kimbyrleigha says
I am stumped. It seems like a lot of people have this issue: my youtube thumbnail looks terrible on desktop! A lot of ours do, even huge youtubers. My photo is high res and I resized to 800×800 and it looks fine on mobile and as the smaller version on comments and great on google plus but absolutely terrible on my main YouTube channel, why is this? can you help.
Louise Myers says
Sorry I can’t help! YouTube isn’t my thing.
Paul says
may thanks for this – most useful – subscribed as a thanks (sure you wont spam me 🙂 ) Will check out the rest of your work – just coming back to web graphics creation after 5 years out (as a boss) – originally started in 1997 with 16 colours and 20K a page – oh how times change. Best wishes from Guernsey (near France).
Paul
Louise Myers says
Thank you Paul! Glad you like it.
gigi says
Hi Louise! I’m wondering if you know what size to make the new Pinterest Board Covers (as of August 20, 2016)? Or,…maybe the question is,…what size should the graphic you want to show be??? Thank you so much!!!
Louise Myers says
Hi Gigi,
Can I just say that I hate this change? Ugh. Sorry about that 🙂
I just measured it on my Retina display as 472 x 222. That probably means in realty it’s half that, but I’d use the bigger size anyway.
I think board covers are very attractive, but I don’t bother with them because only 20% of Pinterest traffic is on desktop. Too bad they don’t show on mobile.
sadeeq ullah says
Hi,
I want to be a graphic designer ,but i don’t know how to become a graphic designer.
Give me Some Advise…….
I will Be Thankful to You . . . . . ………. . . . ..
Louise Myers says
You would need to take a course, either online or at a college. Good luck!
Gina says
Hi! Do you know the new size for images in the updated LinkedIn post (article). It still accepts the 700×400 BUT some have a very nice full screen width image & I was wondering how to accomplish that.
Thank you!
Louise Myers says
This is all I could find on LinkedIn itself: For best results, cover images should be 744 x 400 pixels. source Updated 12 days ago.
Gina says
Thanks!! I’m glad to know it’s not just me 😉
Gina says
Actually — that worked perfectly!! I never thought only a 44 px difference would work but it did!
Felita Daniels says
Thank you so much for this helpful information. I built a post for my authors.
I gave you credit and put in a link to your home page, because I believe they would get a lot out of some of your other posts too!
Louise Myers says
Thanks!
Marina says
Thanks for this information Louise! I set up an Instagram account today and your cheat sheet was very helpful.
Louise Myers says
So glad to hear it, Marina!
Sarah says
Thanks for this. I was having trouble with the Facebook cover photo – even Facebook’s official help pages give outdated info.
I think something might have changed with Facebook’s profile photos by the way. Uploading 180×180 images gives a warning that the image is too small and might be blurry. I uploaded a much larger photo (1200×1200) to cover my bases, but not sure what the minimum is now.
Louise Myers says
Thanks, I’ll check into that. Facebook isn’t much help at all! 😉
Lisa says
Thank you! Louise. This is amazing. I normally use canva dimension size – I like the social media size, 800px by 800px which I call the ‘one size fits all’ goes and fits on all social media platform
Louise Myers says
Yes, I like square too, though I prefer to go higher resolution that 800. But it works!
Glad you like my resource 🙂
Akash says
Thanks a ton Louise! Exactly what I was searching for… Have bookmarked the link. This single post of yours must have saved hours for internet marketers such as myself who manage multiple social media accounts. Seriously, I can’t thank you enough.
Louise Myers says
So glad it helped! Thanks for leaving such a nice comment.
Albert Barkley says
Thank you very much for sharing social media cheat sheet that will help me to make improvements in social media strategies for business.
Louise Myers says
You’re welcome, Albert.
Kalpana says
Hi Louise ! Excellent information about Social media cheat sheet 2016: Must-have image sizes. Now I keep in my mind your information before planning my social media activities. Thanks for sharing these valuable information with us
Louise Myers says
You bet.
Denise says
Thank you so much! You were the only one with the correct sizes!!
Louise Myers says
Glad it helped 🙂
Amol Shah says
Excellent information about Social media cheat sheet. Thanks for sharing..
Lara says
So thankful you posted this! I’ve been searching for the accurate specs too and none seem quite right. Page bookmarked! 😀
Louise Myers says
Awesome! Glad it helped.
Jaime says
Hello! I’m curious to know about the Facebook Business/Like page cover photo dimensions — are they the same as the FB personal page dimensions? thanks!
Louise Myers says
Nope See this post to optimize your FB page cover for desktop and mobile.
Sandi says
This is awesome! Thank you for taking the time to make this, Louise! It’s already just saved me a lot of googling and research time. 🙂
Louise Myers says
Happy to hear it, Sandi!
Laura Wise says
social media is so important for well graphics design.social media cheet sheet are included different sizes photo shop.This is a nice article for all.
Timothy Eaton says
Hi Louise,
Thanks for your streamlined social media guidelines here (and all the other awesome resources on your blog)!
Most of my clients are pretty old school and deal mostly in printed design or custom images for their own websites, so when somebody asked me to create an ad graphic for Instagram, your guide was such a quick easy way to find the optimal dimensions!
Thanks again,
-Tim
Louise Myers says
Awesome, I’m glad it helped!
Shawn Jasper says
Thank you very much for sharing social media cheat sheet.
Louise Myers says
You’re welcome!
Sonia says
Does your cheat sheet cover any device or is it targeted to desktop?
Louise Myers says
Hi Sonia,
These are all the Facebook-recommended sizes. The “ad” section calls out both desktop and mobile ad sizes.
As I mention in the post, I don’t agree with Facebook’s recommendation on the cover photo. I optimize for both desktop and mobile. You can find that info here.
Robert says
Very nice Cheet Sheet….. if I had office space, it would be a poster 😀
Wonder if you would be willing to do the same thing for today’s Social Media Sharing. This sheet happens to be from the social media “account” definition POV.
Would be terribly helpful for developers (big and small)
Louise Myers says
Hi Robert,
Can you explain further? I’m afraid I don’t understand what you mean!
Kokiat Bin says
Thank you very much.
Vicky YuPinG says
Thank you so much, this social media guidelines helps me a lot.
Again Thank you for this wonderful post @Louise Myers
Cher Goodchild says
THANK YOU for this. We work at a radio station and do a lot of advertising for social media and web. I print updated copies and share with the team often. This is a wonderful resource and I appreciate it!
Louise Myers says
I’m so glad to hear it, Cher!
Ahmad says
Hi,
I’m looking for youtube channel profile actual thumbnail size. I want to make a channel art so it will seem like it has 2 profile pics on the left and the right. Is it possible? Can you help me? Thank’s
Cheers
Louise Myers says
Hi Ahmad,
That sounds like a great idea, but… Sorry I don’t know the answer! Maybe you can take a screen shot and create your image by following that as a template.
Best of luck with it!
Pyramidions says
Thanks for the cheat sheet, i liked it ! Good work Louise Myers!
Louise Myers says
You’re welcome!
Diana Nashif says
Great cheat sheet!
Any news on 2017? I can’t find anything yet, but you have the right channels for info so I will be coming to your site for everything social.
Cheers!
Louise Myers says
Pinterest board covers have changed to square, and LinkedIn has an entirely new layout. Will update in January, but the main images haven’t changed.
Dhaval says
Thank you very much for sharing social media cheat sheet that will help me to make improvements in social media strategies for my upcoming project.
Monish Sinthala says
Great to see this social media cheat sheets, thanks alot for sharing this awesome blog post.
Bobby Flarf says
Oh my god, thank you so much for this lol.
Rebecca Fordham says
Thanks for this great article! Does anyone have any updates on the LinkedIn company page hero image issue? I’ve created mine to the size specified by LinkedIn and it’s still not right, but the article linked above has been deleted…
Thanks in advance.
Rebecca
Louise Myers says
Darn them for deleting that page! Here’s what I think. The cover image proportions work for mobile. Just as with FB and Twitter, the height gets cropped on desktop – although much more severely. Unfortunately you’ll have to create something and test it on different devices if it has critical elements that need to show. Or else think of it as more of a “background” image that doesn’t have faces, type, etc.
I’ll update the article.
Chris says
Amazing guide Louise – had to share it straight away! Social media will be a force to deal with in 2017. So many useful tips – I’ve already added some to my social accounts. Thanks!
Louise Myers says
Thanks for sharing!
Would appreciate if you leave your real name on future comments so I don’t have to edit out your keywords.
Holly Wolfe says
Thank you so much for this information. What a great resource!
Taylor Scanlon says
Very useful article.
1.) A time saver is to create a layer in your photo editing tool showing the outline of the “narrow” area (desktop) overlaid on the fatter (mobile) layout – this way you can see both images at the same time as you edit the image.
2.) I wasted a few minutes trying to figure out where the shadow overlay was coming from at the bottom of my cover image once posted. The brightness of my image was reduced at the bottom – this is especially true on the mobile view. FB is adding this and designers need to avoid putting thing like text at eh lower edge if they want their original brightness maintained.
Thanks again –
Louise Myers says
No prob! Re your first point, that’s just why I created my template.
Janne says
Thank you, really useful article
Morgana Johnson says
First of all thank you so much for this!! I’m trying to get into other social media accounts to promote myself but I’ve been at such a loss for formatting anything. This is such a huge help.
However, I’ve been avidly using tumblr for a long time (6+ years) and those sizes are a bit outdated. I know that wasn’t the focus of this article, but since it was requested, and it is very hard to find, I just felt it was important to share my knowledge.
Although all themes are different, the most common sizes still display 500 and 400 width posts (and most “photography” themes either display everything with a width of 1280, or even the highest resolution available).
However, anything on the dashboard feed is shown at and resized to 540. Size limitations have also risen to 10MB for pictures, and supposedly 3MB for animated .gif images (However animated gifs are just buggy on tumblr, it’s best to “aim” between 1-3MB.)
Anyone using tumblr as a portfolio would have the best experience, and largest variety of themes to choose from, if they create images with a width of 500 or 400. However, those who plan to market themselves and gain a following on tumblr should create images meant to be displayed at 540. Those particular users should also pay close attention to the following new feature:
Tumblr has implemented a “dashboard pop-over” with a header, which works both as a mobile theme and allows desktop users to have a quick glance at a blog without leaving the dashboard. The header displays at “various sizes” with an aspect ratio of 16:9. Generally, it displays at 1240 x 700 for desktop browsers, but is optimized at 640 × 360 for mobile.
(It can also display animated gif images with the same size restrictions as posts. From my personal experience, however, I can’t get any header to animate if it’s larger than 1.5MB.)
It’s also worth noting that users whom choose to keep the default theme show the same header at 3000 x 1055 on their blog, and displays posts with a width of 540.
Louise Myers says
Thanks so much for sharing your Tumblr tips!
Brent Liberatore says
Thanks for this list!!! I’ll definitely being using it and I’ve passed it along to a colleague.
Jen Borror says
Your social media articles are amazing and truly helpful! Love all the examples throughout! Thank you!!
Jen Borror
Jens Creative Store
Louise Myers says
Thanks for your lovely comment, Jen!
Shaadat Rahman says
Hello Louise
Thank you
The information you share social media cheat sheet that will really help me to make improvements in social media strategies for business
Flor says
A M A I Z I N G !
Thanks a lot! You´ve made my life so much easier!
sue says
Hi
thanks for the info, very useful as need to redo all mine. Just an fyi, I filled in the details for the free social media guide offer, but no email was ever received (yes I did check the junk ;-). Just thought I’d let you know.
Thanks again
Louise Myers says
Hi Sue,
I see that your email was sent Jan 30 at 11:32am ET. Maybe it’s caught up somewhere. Hope you get it! I don’t think I can resend the confirmation email (due to spam laws – you have to confirm before I can email you).
Thanks for visiting!
Taylor Summers says
Thank you for sharing! This is great!
From your research, what is your recommended optimal image upload size when publishing a blog on LinkedIn?
Also, on company pages, what is your recommended upload size for a single image?
Thank you,
Taylor
Louise Myers says
Hi Taylor,
I don’t work with LinkedIn, so I don’t have anything more than what LinkedIn themselves recommend.
Em says
Thank you for this awesomely helpful info(!) and I’m sorry if this question has already been covered…
I’m making social media video bumpers (title and end frames) for Facebook (4:3 aspect ratio?) and Instagram (1:1). What sizes should I make the video bumper images? 470 x 264 pixels, or 560 x 315 pixels for Facebook? And 1080 x 1080 for Instagram?
Thank you.
Louise Myers says
Hi Em,
I don’t do video so I don’t know how to answer your question. I suspect you’d want to make them at the same resolution of the video.
Brandon says
Best bet for a good answer is to “Ask Google”.
Yes, ask Google. Just as you would ask a person.
Once asked, you may have to browse a bit but
you should arrive to the destination before
long that will hold the answer or at least be
the hands that guide you among your path.
Brandon says
Thanks for that bit of info but have you figured the header for the Facebook Group as of yet?
Louise Myers says
Nope, I have no plans to work on that.
Melanie says
Can you confirm — did Facebook yet again change their event photo dimensions (Feb 2017)? Depending on the computer, I see three different sizes. My MAC is in the 300×200 range, while PC is in the 800×300 range (I did not use the exact pixels… because I don’t know them!). Then, on the featured for you section, those are also in the 300×200. Any advice — especially trying to design for all three?
Louise Myers says
I believe they did. Sorry but I have to give up on trying to keep up with them!
Pr Henrique davanso says
God bless you and your blessed work for media and for one world more color….
Stefan says
Hi Louise
Thank you for this chart, great help.
Still can’t figure out how to get a large image on LinkedIn company page update (linked).
When I add/choose an image (1200×628) it still only show up as a thumbnail on LinkedIn.
Is there a work-around?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Stefan
Louise Myers says
Hey Stefan,
I don’t do much with LinkedIn, so I can only go by what they tell me. Wish I knew!
star says
Hi – I was using your FB Page cover image dimensions of 828×465 but it was not fitting correctly. I found this in FB help and these dimensions fit exactly:
Your Page’s cover photo: Displays at 820 pixels wide by 312 pixels tall on your Page on computers and 640 pixels wide by 360 pixels tall on smartphones.
https://www.facebook.com/help/125379114252045
Louise Myers says
Hi,
Yes, that mobile size is the same proportion as my 828 x 465 – but gets stretched on computers. Unfortunately you can’t upload a separate image to appear on computers. That’s why I created the template – so you can make something that works for both.
Barbara Gini says
I found this detailed explanation on the new Linkedin company cover photo: .slideshare.net/brynnet/new-banner-for-linkedin-70248953
Thanks for the cheat sheet!
B
Louise Myers says
Excellent! Thank you!
Tormod says
Are you sure about the profile- and cover photo on Facebook? According to FB, the sizes are slightly different: https://www.facebook.com/help/125379114252045
Louise Myers says
I prefer creating the cover photo at the larger dimensions for better quality. But it’s funny that they finally changed the profile picture by 10 pixels, after saying for 5 years it had to be at least 180! I will change that in the next issue.
MP Nick says
This is so awesome! I haven’t seen this anywhere else on the web.
I know you put so much work into this and it is greatly appreciated!
–Nick
Louise Myers says
So nice to hear, Nick! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Claudia Beck says
Wow ~ what a life saver you are! A woman after my own true heart – lol! Thank you and big, fat hugs!
Louise Myers says
You’re welcome 🙂
Kristen says
Great resource! Do you have info on Pinterest favicon size? Mine is getting cut off.
Louise Myers says
Curious. I don’t see favicons on Pinterest any more. Where do you see them?
They used to be picked up from your website, so do what your website suggests. I think they can be as small as 16px up to 512px… always square of course.
Leena Tamminen says
Posted undistorted LinkedIn post image dimensions seem today 20.3.2017 to be:
min. h 628 px up-to w 948 px then scaled based on width i.e. for ex. w 1200 px x h 795 px or w 1500 px x h 994 px
Consequently, LinkedIn distorts for ex. w 948 px x h 280 px but renders correctly w 800 px x h 628 px
Bless us from USA!
—
Leena
Louise Myers says
Thanks, I’ll check it out!
Konrad Smit says
Hi Louise,
Thanks a lot for sharing the sheet, it really helped me out tonight.
See you around
Grégory LEROY says
I don’t agree with the charts, I can publish 1397 × 2048 or 2048 × 1456 pics on Facebook.
Louise Myers says
The charts are for minimal and optimal sizes. The max on FB is 2048 x 2048 (last time I checked). You’re not limited to specific sizes and shapes.
Keith says
Hello,
Do you have recommendation for how to get photos these desired image sizes? I am using iPhoto and I am not getting exact dimensions you describe.
Thanks
Louise Myers says
You could use a free online photo editor like picmonkey.com or pixlr.com.
How to size photos in Pixlr (scroll down)
Julie says
Hi Louise,
It seems that Linkedin has very recently (end of March) changed their size for images! I used your very useful recommendations earlier this month and it worked perfectly. I just tried today (both for sharing a link and for posting an image directly) and both times Linkedin cropped my image!
That is so annoying, especially as they do not give guidelines for that…
Louise Myers says
Oh man! I’ll try to find out, as I intend to update this post next week.
Corey Steiner says
The LinkedIn post dimensions aren’t correct for the desktop version. It isn’t correct for the mobile version either. Thoughts?
Louise Myers says
I was told these just changed and no info is available yet. I plan to update this post next week and will try to find out.
Prentice Preneur says
Dear Louise,
I’m trying to upload a photo to be my cover photo on a Pinterest board. The jpeg is larger than the requirements for a cover image but it still seems to not produce a clean image. Is there something I’m missing?
Thanks
Louise Myers says
Social media sites compress images to save space, and it looks worst on flat tones with type. You could try saving your files as PNG, using different colors, or switch to using photos if it really bugs you 🙂
Jennifer K. Bailey says
Howdy, I was noticing that the recommended size for LinkedIn is quite tall – much taller than I saw in actual use when viewing the site from desktop. I tried that linkedin background template you linked to and you are correct – it isn’t the correct proportions if the overall size is 1536 x 768. It does give a great visual of how things get cropped, resized and or covered up. Your post definitely clears up the muck with all this sizing shenanagins.
thank you!
Jen
Louise Myers says
Hi Jen,
Yeah, LinkedIn is really weirding out with its sizes. I think the taller shape might be used in the sidebar widget on the LI home page. But that’s pretty silly.
Did the template help?
Eileen Burns says
thanks a lot for this Louise do board covers have to be a pin or can you just load an image
Louise Myers says
You can upload an image to the board, or pin from your website, either way it appears as a normal pin on the board.
Carrington says
The LinkedIn link share picture sizes never seem to work out right. No matter which size I try it always zooms in on the center and crops the edges. It’s MADDENING!
Louise Myers says
Yeah, I don’t know what they’re up to. They don’t deal with visual content very well!
Alison Heasley says
I had a similar issue in the past, and it was that although the larger image sizes display at full size on timeline posts, if you share the images, promote the images, or send a link, it shows a “preview” of the images–and crops them to 1200×628 and is best to design at that size just to be safe.
George says
Hello Louise, I really need your help. I have tried everything (changing resolution, color map)… I tried to save is as .jpg .png but nothing happened. I am doing cover photo for my group but everytime i try to upload my image, faceboo will resize it and pixel artifacts are mainly on the red color.. I also tried to change size of the file (from 10kb to 50 to 100) nothing changed, image was resized also at 10 kb. I dont know specific resolution for group cover photo so, i tried 900×286 it fits well, but facebook compression still ruin the quality. I hope you can finally help me out. Thank you for your time.
Louise Myers says
Facebook hates red tones. Or maybe this is just a basic problem with compression, but red to red-violet tones in cover photos always come out the worst.
If you go back to your original, non-jpg file and save as PNG-24 and that doesn’t work, you could also try recreating the file at double the resolution (and save as PNG-24). Maybe use a different color than red.
Obviously you’ve tried making a small file size, so I don’t have any other suggestions! Good luck with it.
Faith says
I’m having the same issue the group photo keeps stretching the image so none of it fits! I’ve changed from the red-purple tones I had but still no good! HELP!
Louise Myers says
Hi, updated info and my new FB group cover template here.
Kristi Kirk Trent says
Hi Louise! Thank you for making it easy for me to optimize my social media image sizes. I can always count on you for concise, easy-to-understand explanations and up-to-date info.
If you have time, could you please tell me the difference between a Facebook link image and photo post? And is there a file size limit or optimal file size? At one point I thought it was 300 KB or less.
Louise Myers says
When you post a link to a website or blog, FB pulls in a link image at a very specific shape. Photo posts can vary in size and shape greatly. These you upload to FB directly (usually without a link, though you can add one later).
I make FB file sizes as large as possible. Haven’t tested this for a while though.
Kristi Kirk Trent says
Thanks Louise 🙂
Mary says
I have a question about adding a photograph to LinkedIn for “media”. I seem to be having a problem when adding a photo under the section called “Experience”, then under my positon of “General Manager. I want to add a photo of a certificate at the bottom of the description under the heading of “media”; however, it gets cut off (even when expanded for full view). Do “media” photos have size requirements and/or restrictions? I can’t seem to find a way to edit the “media” photo on LinkedIn. Two other photos I added worked fine, but this third photo does not seem to want to cooperate. Can you help?
Louise Myers says
Hi Mary, sorry I don’t do much with LinkedIn so I don’t have any more info than what’s in the article. Hope you get it sorted!
Dennis says
Hi, I think you should know that facebook tab’s images are no longer visible, you can upload an image but it won’t be visible on your fanpage.
Great post by the way
Louise Myers says
Oh my gosh! Thanks for pointing that out, Dennis.
Susan Walsh says
Hi Louise,
I love this page on your website and also follow you on Instagram. I use Canva which automatically sizes what you are creating, for example, a Facebook cover, Facebook post, email header and even print, but they don’t cover much on LinkedIn and miss some others. You have them all – so when I get stuck, I come here. The LinkedIn “Share an update” size you suggest is perfect. Now, I need to go change this in an article I wrote in regards to how and what to share on LinkedIn and change it.
Thank you,
I’m going to share this on my social networks.
Louise Myers says
Awesome, Susan!
So happy I finally found your comment in my spam folder – sorry for the delayed response!
shree says
Hey Louise, I am having challenges posting images on LI. I tried all resolutions and dimensions but not able to figure out the correct combination to upload an image that shows up as intended. The images are either zoomed out or are cropped. Any guidance on this is appreciated. Thanks!
Louise Myers says
Sorry, I don’t have any other info than what’s in the article. Apparently this is an ongoing problem, not sure why.
Please let me know if you’re able to resolve it as I’d love to share your solution with others!
Kevin says
Hey Louise, I’m having trouble with Linked In media post. I’ve export flyer with W:578px and H:400px and post it, but the image especially text get a few blurry on IOS mobile view
Louise Myers says
I would definitely use a larger size than that. Check the LinkedIn section in this post for tips.
Chris says
I’m still having trouble with Twitter and images. I’ve been using PicMonkey to create images, but even when I design them at 440×220 some people report on mobile that they are getting cut off on left or right. Help? Thanks!
Louise Myers says
Hey Chris,
Sorry, I don’t have a solution. With our graphics being viewed on so many devices, we seem to have less and less control over how they’re seen.
That said, have you tried using a larger size in that proportion? That’s the bare minimum size, and won’t be the best resolution.
Isabelle says
Thanks so much for this! It’s incredibly helpful to me, since I use multiple websites to share my art and I never know what size to make my canvas when I’m designing a backdrop or banner. 🙂
Keri says
Thank you for this post! I have been working on cleaning up my pinterest boards and had old image sizes and it looks wonky. I have a lot of work ahead to do, but your article was incredibly helpful! Thank you!
govindrajput says
Great article so i read this post and it was really inspiration for this post: “Simple – but accurate! Outdated infographics are still widely posted and shared, despite their misinformation.”
thanks for the post.
Glory says
I see that the optimal resolution for IG Profile pics shows 180×180. The tricky sizing is, IG uses a circle within that 180×180 square – so images must be designed within the circle.
Louise Myers says
Same with Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Google+. The circle profile picture is ubiquitous.
DA says
Hi There,
I think what you did here is great, and I thank you!
May I ask about sizes for the several different kind of Facebook Pages. In particular i am trying to make a Closed Social Group, (basically a ‘Create Group’ right from inside my Personal Page.) for just my friends and I to talk about Hockey (and perhaps knitting! 😉 ), but again the concern in half the group is buried in their iPhone while the other half on a computer. I’d like it to look just a s cool on both as I spend a lot of time doing the graphics myself. The sizes are definitely different than from a personal Page of even a Business page. So frustrating, but so grateful for what you are doing here. I thank you so much!
DA
Louise Myers says
See if this post will help.
DA says
Louise,
That was a life-savor! You are a life savor!
Thank You So Much!
DA
Parker Townsend says
Love it, thanks for the quick help. I bookmarked it for easy access.
Heads up, I left a link to this page on my new podcast.
Thanks, again.
Anne Keem says
Thanks for the detailed update! Though to be honest all of these different sizes and having to customize for each platform makes my head hurt a bit! No wonder most people use social media schedulers.
On that topic, I’ve been trying to find a social media scheduler that will automatically post from my RSS feed, on the occasion that I do have to go on vacation and can’t manually post everything myself. I would like my featured image to show in link preview but I’m having trouble getting this link preview to work, especially on twitter. I’ve tried symphony and hootsuite, but i can’t seem to schedule my social media posts in advance of the wordpress post being published and have the link preview work. Planning to try zapier, buffer, meetedgar, but if you have any advice am all ears!
Louise Myers says
I don’t think there’s any way for a scheduler to pull in a preview of an unpublished post. Only an admin can see unpublished posts 🙂 Just upload the pic you want!
Abel Rodríguez Vera says
Hi Louise,
I tryed this link http://bit.ly/SMsizes with no luck. Is it still active ?
Is it there any alternative donwload link ?
Thank you for all the good tips.
Greetings from Cuba.
Louise Myers says
That link is to the page you are on. The download is available in the free members area. There’s a link to join near the end of this article, as well as in the sidebar. This won’t add you to any email lists 😉
Zen says
Hi Louise,
About LinkedIn, I’m looking for a 2017 schematic that is based on actual sizes related to each other. Your example is not based on the real measurements. I’ve tested this in Photoshop by placing your schematic in a 1536 x 768 comp. None of your squares match. Things we need to know:
– what are the margins related to all cutouts, based on the biggest size.
– what areas are obscured (i.e. xx pixels from the left, top etc.).
So we can create a real template that covers all versions/dimensions that really works. Right now it’s a trial&error route. Thanks in advance!
Louise Myers says
Let me know if you find or make one! As I said, I’m not a big LinkedIn user and got this template from someone else.
Alicia P says
Hi Louise – I came upon your post from a google search for “pinterest group cover size”. After trying so many other recommended sizes that did not work, your’s was bang on! Thank you so very much for the great post!
Alicia P
Lindsey says
After doing an inspect page, it appears that LI posting images need to be 552w x 368.016h
Louise Myers says
That’s cool. Have you tested to see how it works on desktop and mobile?
Julia says
Hello, I am trying to figure out how to get my entire image to show on my Facebook event. I have tried resizing it, but no matter what I do, it seems like Facebook won’t show the image in its entirety – it wants me to drag it into position, ultimately cutting off the edges of the image. I need to whole image to show as it has necessary information on it. Are you able to help? I have been unsuccessful in my internet searches for an answer, thanks!
Louise Myers says
Sorry, I don’t know. Would love to hear if you find a solution.
Hani Anwar says
Hi,
I had your problem and I believe 1920×1080 is sometimes not accurate
Go for 1570×850 px and it’ll be fine
Olga Fytsyk says
Is there one side fits all solution?
Louise Myers says
That would be nice! It’s tough enough to even make one image work across multiple devices on the same platform.
Andy Espin says
Many thanks for all the useful info Louise!
Dave Gardner says
It’s hard to tell what is your most recent recommendation for Facebook Event Cover Photo, 1920 x 1080 or 1200 x 675. Can you clarify? The link to your post about this says 1920 x 1080, but your list in this post here says 1200 x 675.
Louise Myers says
Thanks for pointing that out, I will update it here. However it probably doesn’t matter much, as they’re the exact same proportions. Very few users will have a screen resolution as high as 1920 x 1080.
Amir Muslim says
You have made a fan out of me. Thank you very much for this. It would be nice if these companies actually had most of this information updated and visible. Thank you for doing much of the leg work.
Teri says
I added a PNG image to a Linkin Post. It was 400X224. When I submitted it the image blew out the page and become unreadable.
Louise Myers says
Sounds like you broke the internet 😉 Sorry, don’t know what you mean.
Jennifer Boyle says
For the LinkedIn shared posts, the dimensions above were cutting off text on my end. I did some searching on LinkedIn and found that 744×400 seems to be optimal after I’ve tested a few variations. Here’s a link to the source (it’s buried in the uploading an image section):
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/52988?query=image%20size
Louise Myers says
Interesting! So the article cover image also works for a shared post image of any kind. Good to know!
Amrita says
If this is really 2017 edition – why is G+ mentioned? :/
Louise Myers says
Just because you don’t use G+ doesn’t mean no one else does! 😀
It is absolutely the 2017 version, just updated less than 2 weeks ago.
John says
I think there’s a little bit of validity to that. Instagram still crops photos square in notification thumbnails and whatever that grid view of a profile is called. The edges are clipped until someone taps into the post itself.
Jeffrey K. says
To have images not crop on Twitter, you need an aspect ratio of 533:300 (or 1.777 x height to get width or 0.562 x width to get height) This means at 1066 the height should roughly be 600. Or as per your example, 1024×576 not 512. They keep changing the system, but at this moment, this is what works.
Louise Myers says
Wow, that’s great to know! Thanks so much.
Amrit says
Facebook still have the 20% text rule when creating graphics aside from the cover photo?
Louise Myers says
It’s no longer a rule, but they say they may show your post to less people if it’s an ad with more than 20% text.
Rob Garcia says
Louise I LOVE YOU FOR THIS. Great job!!!
Tom Brown says
Great Cheat sheet. Thank You. I do have a couple of suggestions for improvement.
Can you add the Event Cover sizing to the Facebook. (470 x 174) and (1920 x 1080)
Also, can you have a version that is printable with out the yellow background.
Other than those two suggestions, I love it. I especially like the effective date on the bottom right.
Louise Myers says
Sorry, just found your comment in my Trash folder! I actually do have a white background, printable version linked at the bottom of the post. I will make it more obvious, because I can see it being easily missed. New one coming in a couple weeks.
TINA M ERNSPIKER says
Great chart! Thank you bunches for your hard work in putting this together 🙂
Louise Myers says
Glad it was helpful!
Michelle says
Seems like they’ve changed the FB event cover dimensions again, just tested a few dimensions and looks like it’s now 1920×1010.
Louise Myers says
Thanks for the heads up. Recommended size from FB is now 1200 x 628, which is 1.91:1, very close to what you suggest.
Matt D says
Mobile vs Desktop?
Jeannie Hill says
Hi Louise, Thank you for your many well-documented posts. I have sent many a client to this comprehensive guide. We are preparing a new post on Google’s image guideline and AMP image requirements. I am adding a reference to this page so others can simply use it for social media image guidelines.
Let me know if you wish to add a comment within out new post. We would be delighted to feature you.
Louise Myers says
Would love to see your post, sounds interesting! Email me a link when finished.
Joni Solis says
I just read this info:
“…a Tailwind blog image in 735 x 1102 pixels on mobile which shows all the information – on an IOS phone the image is 576 x 1024 pixels…”
“about 80% of Pinterest’s daily traffic comes from mobile devices”
Louise Myers says
Did you have a question? If you’re wondering if you should use the smaller size, the answer is No. Pinterest will scale the image for different devices and feeds.
MS says
So incredibly comprehensive that I am compelled to leave a comment before fully delving in. THANK YOU!
Louise Myers says
You are welcome 🙂
Little Woo says
Thanks so much Louise for taking the time to create such a helpful resource for so many people!! I really appreciate your energy and spirit… Often, we gather resources from the internet made by other wonderful humans and we forget how much energy it took to research or put together that content. So a deep bow of thanks to you for all that you do! This is my first time coming across your work but i can tell that you give a lot of love in everything you do… Much love! xox little woo
Louise Myers says
Thanks so much for your kind words!
Lisa Hainline says
TWITTER is a nightmare and all templates may work a LITTLE but do not account for the varying sizes in computer screens. the 1500 pixel max they show on there, puts top and bottom into a field not always seen but that relation to the profile pic CHANGES with screen size (BEWARE!). SO, at 1500 pixels, my client’s image and logo were fuzzy and I had to resize it to the largest size, not use a cropped area inside the template to figure that out. SO our final banner was 1920 to get it to look crisp on a larger monitor like mine.
Ani says
Hello! Very useful guide, thank you for it! I have a problem with my instagram account and I just can’t find information about it. I want to use a logo as profile picture. There’s no such problem with the facebook account – I have saved the logo with the “save for web” option in Photoshop and it’s ok. But in instagram, the logo looks blured and low-quality, although I saved it with highest possible quality. What can i do about it? Thank you!
Louise Myers says
Are you saving it as PNG? Try that. Also try PNG-8 if it has few colors.
Ani says
Yes, I have the file as png, but for some reason, when I open the folder with it (to upload it in Instagram), it isn’t visible. It shows only the jpeg files.
Louise Myers says
Have you tried both mobile and desktop? Or can you import the image from FB… when I first opened an account that was an option. Not sure if you can do that on an already-open account.
Ani says
Thank you!
Jess says
HI Louise,
Thank you for all your help – you’re awesome!
Did the FB group cover photo dimensions just change a few minutes ago? Seems like all FB group cover photos are now cropped strangely.
Any idea what the new optimal dimensions are?
Louise Myers says
Hey Jess,
Maybe. I checked one group and saw 1025 x 415 on desktop. But I haven’t heard anything about it, or tested it.
Louise Myers says
Hi Jess, updated info and my new template here.
Sue says
Thank you SO SO much!!! I have been looking everywhere for this info – AHHH FB and not telling people. You are a rockstar!
Louise Myers says
Aww thank you!
Vera Schafer says
I just wanted to say thank you! You rock!
Suzanne Lanoue says
Help. Your post says 1602 x 500 for Facebook Group covers. When I put my photo up at that size, it’s cut off quite a bit. It’s like they’re zooming in on the photo and I don’t know how to fix it (it was done to the old photo I have there as well). I tried resizing it and the photos look very blurry.
My group is at facebook.com/groups/49277037598/
I have other groups but they don’t have the same problem…. Thanks!
Louise Myers says
Please see the updated post at https://louisem.com/3971/facebook-group-cover-photo
Ich says
Hello Louise,
I read everywhere that the best width for a pin in Pinterest is 736 (or735)px, but on my desktop every enlarged pin have a maximum width of 564px. What is wrong?
Ich says
Obviously you have already answered, here ☟
https://louisem.com/228434/pinterest-pin-size
Sorry and thanks! 😀
Louise Myers says
You are welcome! Thanks for finding it 🙂 Updating this post is on my to-do list 🙂
Kate Zimmerman says
The facebook group cover photo size isn’t correct anymore…. 🙁 Been struggling all day trying to get it set up correctly. It severely crops it, and the width is too big. Unless im reading the template wrong (pink for desktop).
Louise Myers says
Are you referring to this post / template:
https://louisem.com/3971/facebook-group-cover-photo
Pink shows the cropping on desktop, however some people aren’t able to pull the image all the way down. The proportion should be correct though.
However, if you design for mobile first (recommended) yes, you will get cropped on desktop.
Ardrena says
Well, I really don’t know about the image sizes so deeply. All the social media accounts using different sizes of the image, it’s slightly weird but it’s ok. I like the way you explain all the image sizes in one picture. Thanks for sharing such useful information with us.
Ravi Chahar says
Hey Louise,
I have recently noticed that Facebook has changed its the dimensions of its group cover photo.
GooglePlus is also digging it deep to create something better. I have just changed my cover a week ago.
Sometimes, it’s really hard to understand the concept of these dimensions. But I get it once in a while.
Thanks for sharing it with us.
Have a great week ahead.
~Ravi
Louise Myers says
Hey Ravi,
Yes, FB changed the group cover photo twice in two weeks! I have an in-depth article on that.
As far as G+, that’s interesting. I’m considering taking them off my list bc my audience has told me they have NO interest in it. I did remove their sharing button from my blog. I think it’s gonna be an uphill battle for G+.
Cheers!
Trudy Van Buskirk says
Hi Louise. The question from the beginning “Q: Do you have recommendation for how to get photos these desired image sizes? I am using iPhoto and I am not getting exact dimensions you describe.” I use Preview on my Mac (it comes with it.) You can crop an image to any dimensions you want 🙂
Louise Myers says
That’s a super tip! I never noticed that Preview had any editing functions 🙂
Trudy Van Buskirk says
When my “new” web designer redid my website in 2011 (I’ve had one since 2002) she was the one who showed me how to use Preview to change an image size. It’s Adjust Size in Tools menu. I’ve been using it ever since (although I have used Canva to create a collage header for several of my events.)
Louise Myers says
Thanks again!
Kathy says
Hi Louise,
Thank you for researching and compiling this valuable information. Very helpful. Do you happen to know why posting images on LinkedIn varies between posting on a company page vs. a personal page. When I post the same image on my personal page, it’s perfect, takes up the width of the space and is eye catching because it’s huge. I post the same image on the company page and it’s small, centered within the image space but not using the entire space. I could even send you screen shots. It’s so frustrating that there isn’t consistency!
Thank you,
Kathy
Louise Myers says
Are you only looking at them on the personal / company page, or also in the feed? I wouldn’t worry too much about the former. 99.9% of people will likely see your images in the feed. I just checked the other day and everything was the full width of the feed.
Anne-Kathrine says
Thank you sooo much for this article. I have been looking everywhere for the dimensions for the Facebook group cover (since they changed it again) and the help section in FB itself gives the wrong dimensions. Your measurements of 16:9 worked great on both my desktop and my phone.
Louise Myers says
So glad to hear it’s still working! 🙂
John Espirian says
For LinkedIn posts in the feed, images should have minimum dimensions of 552×368 pixels.
Any larger image is fine so long as you maintain the 3:2 aspect ratio.
Louise Myers says
That’s interesting. I’m seeing all different shapes from wide to tall in the feed.
Tanveer says
What maximum size of an infographic (lengthwise) i can post on facebook timeline, confused about it.please mention the dimension in pixels.Thanks
Louise Myers says
I’ve never heard a limit specified. You’d have to test and view on various devices.
Christine says
Is there a standard size for sharing Images on a LinkedIn company page that won’t cut off the image if seeing from my cell phone? When updating a client’s company page and sharing posts, I follow the recommended dimensions and it looks good on my desktop. If I check the same post on my phone, the image gets cut off. Is it a problem with iPhones? Or just all mobiles?
Louise Myers says
Don’t know. When I checked the feed on my iPhone a couple weeks ago, I saw all shapes of images from both profiles and pages. None appeared to be cut off.
David says
Hey Louise,
Nice infographic. I’ve shared on FB. Helpful for me as I regularly share my blogs on social media. With Instagram I face the problem, so now I have a clear idea of it.
Thanks for sharing
Jae-Lex says
This is very useful. Thanks for the information. I just wish that there was just one standard for all social media. It’s a nightmare trying to keep up to date with it all. Especially as they keep moving the goalposts!
Louise Myers says
Yes, they sure do!
Bo says
Thanks so much for this. They’re ALWAYS changing sizes! Drives me crazy.
Love that you’re keeping up to date on this for the rest of us 🙂
David Simpson says
Very helpful. Thanks for all the work you did to produce this —and for sharing.
Ryan says
Hi Louise,
Loved this! Do you have more sizes for the different creative properties of Facebook Ads?
Thanks!
Louise Myers says
This should help:
https://louisem.com/120414/facebook-image-dimensions
Angi Morgan says
What is the standard header size for Blogger?
Louise Myers says
A quick search tells me it varies by theme.
Scott Spencer-White says
Excellent information Louise! – just what i’m looking for – social media image sizes!!
Fantastic, thank you!
Ellie Martin says
Thanks for sharing this article.THis article help us to know about the image sizes of different social media.
Melinda says
Thank you, thank you & thank you! I have experience driving traffic to website’s, online bookkeeping. I was & I am an Experienced Executive Asst, former operations manager for an online business. I took another route, and hopefully on my way with my own business online real soon so I’m very excited. I am my own independent house cleaner . & my client right now is my landlord cleaning empty houses & apartments, and he has many all around the city I livein ! He must own like 1/2 the houses in my area. I’ve also been lucky to get another 2 clients to clean houses for. So I will be multi tasking online & working as a house cleaner vacant or not! Thank you so much. I’ve learned alot in my 3 yrs working online as an executive asst /operations manager /online Quickbooks task Mr using “Asana”, and an investor with empireave. com which is a great way to meet ppl all over the world. Business owners or employers /employees, Entrepreneurs as well! You ROCK Louise this is your icing on my cake lol ??
Louise Myers says
Much success to you!
Erika M. Schreck says
Thank you! Is anyone else having an issue with uploading a new LinkedIn cover image (1584 X 396)? I’ve never seen this, and I’ve tried different browsers and devices: the left side of my image is blacked out! It’s the oddest thing. I’ve contacted support, without a response yet. Here’s what it looks like: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikamschreck/
Louise Myers says
Looks fine to me.
Jay says
Hi, after couple of different sizes, finally we’ve found one today 1200x630px, big enough and good for both desktop and mobile from browser ( and also in app).
Louise Myers says
For what purpose?
Laree says
Just wanted to thank you for keeping these up to date! You’re a time saver!!
Greg says
Thank you for sharing LinkedIn specs… It was really hard to try to figure it out by myself. The template is a life-saver!
Ben says
Thank you so much for making your cheat sheet available to the social media-challenged such as me! I own a business and I really struggle with consistency in my social media marketing. Thanks again for equipping me with helpful info!
Witsel Carly says
Thanks Louise, helpful post. Do you know the recommended photo size and dimensions for Flicker cover photo? I’ve tried several times and always show me the result not fit the actual size. Thanks in advance.
Louise Myers says
I don’t use it and don’t know.
Christopher says
Louise, I love, love, LOVE this page! Thank you for keeping it updated. I really rely on your expertise, particularly for posting photos to the various social media profiles. You rock!
Jon Gomm says
You explanations of this stuff are the best on the web. Simple, clear, tested by a real person! Thanks so much Louise!
Louise Myers says
You are welcome 🙂
Juliana Adams says
Thanks to Amy Collins for connecting me to you and your wonderfully well organized, “do-able ” and highly specific Social Media cheat Sheet. Perfect timing for my life!
Louise Myers says
Awesome! Welcome 🙂
Clare says
Hi, I think the LinkedIn post size has changed in the last couple of weeks, the top and bottom of my pictures are being chopped off 🙁
Any ideas on the new size please?
Louise Myers says
I’m not seeing this on either iPhone or Chrome browser. What device are you using?
Akash Chauhan says
Great advice! I’m always second guessing myself about photo size on my blog and how to figure out the best size so I don’t significantly slow down my self-hosted server. I’m pining this for future reference!
Jessica says
Great list! I’ve bookmarked it for future use. It’ll definitely come in handy.
Just a small note as I was going through: The LinkedIn image courtesy of should be Brynne Tillman, not Breanna Tillman.
Louise Myers says
Thanks Jessica!
Ayush Gupta says
I prefer Canva for most of my designs. Give that a try. You’ll love it.
Louise Myers says
I know many people like Canva but I’m not one of them!
Dawn says
Wow I’m so confused by LinkedIn images for in posts. Just did some research and cam across the following link on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/8259
If you’re adding an image to your update, please keep the following guidelines in mind regarding image display size:
•Use a 1.91:1 ratio (1200×627 px).
•Image must be more than 200px width.
•If your image width is less than 200px, it will not display in the larger image format. Instead, images will appear as a thumbnail on the left side of the post.
•Images on mobile will not be cropped. Images of other ratios will show in full with subtle white padding.
Louise Myers says
That’s for a company page and not a regular profile. As far as I can tell, there’s a lot more flexibility in image size for a profile update.
Romario Eichlig says
Regarding LinkedIn, I have noticed that making it 1400×750 will crop the bottom and top of your image.
The most appropriate size would be 1400×725 (maybe 720); this is the only size that worked properly up to this moment.
Louise Myers says
Good to know. Is this for a link share, photo post, cover, or ??? It sounds very close to the recommended 1.91:1 link share image. I still see various sizes/shapes working for photo posts.
Valerie Cudnik says
Time to update. FB page cover proportions have changed again. (at least on my version… you know how they are at beta testing what they serve…)
Louise Myers says
Valerie, I’m not seeing or finding anything about a change. What are you seeing on desktop and mobile?
Phil says
What a great help! Thanks for taking the time to post this!
Armstrong says
Hi, just wanna say thanks very much for this! I’m a social media manager so this is so helpful!
Martin Kincade says
Hi Louise, some great information here, I will be reading and digesting very soon. You have referenced PS Templates, I cannot find links to these anywhere on your site. Please advise, thank you
Louise Myers says
PS cover photo templates are available on Creative Market: https://crmrkt.com/zBV8pM
Rana Jayant says
Louis, that’s for making all the info in one place BTW the resizing tool you mentioned was cool and should do the job on its best.
Alan says
I’ve been writing my blog posts for awhile now, making my headline banner images 1200 x 637. That was auto-delivered to FB via dlvr.it and rendered as an oblong to present my news item to my readers. That is still happening on one FB account.
BUT, this week I noticed on another FB account that the banner headline images are being rendered SQUARE! Consequently my downloaded image is truncated, and part of my headlines contained in the image look awful!
Got to love Facebook, eh?
Louise Myers says
Have you tried direct posting instead of using that service?
Alan says
Me again. Just done a further test in a Group.
Interacting as a Page in a Group, I’m seeing images rendered from websites as a square.
Interacting as myself in a Group, I’m seeing images rendered from websites as an oblong.
Louise Myers says
Interesting!
Andy says
Thankssssss
Angie says
Thank you, Louise, great to have all the sizes noted in one location.
Chris says
Hi thanks for this great article, its a great help. For you next update, I’d recommend to add the sources for the sizes and ratios.
Cheers,
Chris
Louise Myers says
Any particular reason? Are you looking for further info on some of these?
There would be so many sources to cite, so I’m wondering if there’s something in particular you need.
Also, most sizes already have links to other articles where I’ve gone in-depth into why the sizes listed on this page are optimal.
Let me know what you need more info on 🙂
claudia guerr says
Oh my! Awesome infos, thank you Louise! I fave here & create in minutes account in Stencil & Snappa for make a test lol. Do you know why the sizes of images changes on social media from time to time? 🙂
Louise Myers says
Maybe to give their employees something to do 🙂
EL says
This is fantastic. Thank you so much!
Maleah says
Thank you! What a life saver. Time saver. Money saver. XO
Meaghan says
Love this – thanks for sharing! The social sharing image card still says 2018 – you might want to update it to 2019 as everything else throughout is updated to 2019 🙂
Louise Myers says
Thanks! Updated everywhere but the share settings 🙂 Will fix it now!
Kelsey says
I am trying to create a cover image for a facebook group, I have tried all 3 sizes you recommended and sizes recommended on other blogs and no matter what size I use my whole image does not fit! I am using pixlr editor to adjust the image size, what am I doing wrong. I am getting so frustrated!!
Louise Myers says
The whole image won’t show on both desktop and mobile, as they’re cropped differently.
If you haven’t yet, I suggest you get the details on my in-depth article. There’s also a template.
https://louisem.com/3971/facebook-group-cover-photo
Ilene says
Thank you so much for the Pin graphics. I appreciate the 2019 sizes for our blog posts about our year travel in Italy!
Jeannine Dowdell says
“WOW” Thanks so much for doing the heavy lifting on this! So Appreciated!!
Rick Harrison says
Hi Louise,
I am a designer and have an issue with the cover image on Facebook in size 1200X675. It is looking fine on desktop browser and on Facebook app. But the same image when open in mobile browser is getting too blurry and pixelated. Do, you have any answer regarding to this issue. The same is for LinkedIn also.
Louise Myers says
I don’t have an answer for that… but I do wonder how many people would be using a mobile browser instead of the app.
kajal aggarwal says
Hey Editor
Thanks a ton for sharing such great content on this topic. it’s a greate and helpful for me. please add source size and ratios to make this content more helpful
Thanks and Regard
Kajal
Louise Myers says
That info is already in this post and/or the linked posts.
Jessica Wallach says
Hi Louise,
This is amazing. I am a photographer and do headshots for social media. I was wondering if there a is one size I could make them for profile photos. If I make the images 720×720 will it work for FB, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram?
Thank you so much!
Jessica
Louise Myers says
Any square size is fine. I recommend 500 but you can go larger if you like. The larger photo *might* get compressed more by the platforms, not sure.
Chris says
I had to do some playing around to fit a company cover photo for LinkedIn on both desktop (laptop) and mobile.
1536 pixels worked repeatedly for width, but I had to keep backing down the height to keep everything in the viewable confines. I got down to a 1536 x 256 resolution (just guessing and checking, nothing technical measured) and got things to fit on desktop but on mobile the edges got cropped lengthwise (despite not being cropped when height resolution was higher).
I tried 1500 x 256 and it seemed to fit on both desktop and mobile…
Until I turned my phone sideways – now 256 pixels is too high again! But personally, I find LinkedIn blows up text and images too much to making viewing comfortable with my phone sideways, so I’m not worried about it.
Louise Myers says
Thanks for your detailed explanation, Chris. Not sure why the social platforms need to make this so complicated!
I wouldn’t worry about the phone-sideways version either, as it’s unlikely many people will view LI that way.
linda says
Great! Thanks
Dianne Collins says
Thanks so much for this generous gift, Louise! I will definitely check out your graphic designs. All the best!
Kathy Steinemann says
Thanks, Louise. Great post.
What about MeWe? Do you have any information for them?
(I found you via the following Google search: optimum size background photo mewe)
Louise Myers says
Don’t know anything about that one, unfortunately.
Kami says
It would be really helpful if you looked into MeWe, especially the group image ideal size. You’ll be the first result on Google if you do!
Louise Myers says
There’s absolutely no info available for this. Maybe it doesn’t matter.
Kitty says
Thank you for putting this together.
Mark says
Hi Louise, Twitter just updated it’s interface. Do you by any chance, got the updated resolutions for the photo sizes?
Louise Myers says
Interesting, are you referring to the banner image?
Tamara Pensa says
Can I jump in on this too, sorry!
We have noticed since the Twitter interface changes our banner image is much much smaller and now looks blurry compared to before. Everywhere I have Googled it doesn’t seem like anyone is talking about it. Am I right in thinking that the banner image dimensions must’ve changed now?
Louise Myers says
Twitter is still recommending the same size, and the aspect ratio hasn’t changed. It appears to be no longer responsive (cropped on various devices).
I can test some things if you want to try uploading a smaller size. Not sure if that’ll help with the blurries though.
Britney says
Awesome, thank you for these guides!
Adrienne says
This is extremely helpful! THANK YOU!!!
Sean says
Facebook broke something after one of the past android app updates. Links that are not from ads or pages are showing small thumbnails instead of large. They are also badly cropped which has resulted in a steady decrease in traffic. Desktop and mobile web are not affected, not sure about iOS but google analytics stats suggests this is only a problem with the android app.
Louise Myers says
Thanks for letting us know! Hope it’s not the beginning of a larger effort to throttle clicks leading off FB even more.
Sean says
Probably not, the android app has had several issues from big to small go unnoticed the past few years. The “report a problem” section of the app has proved to be useless, so I’m hoping someone will see this and forward it to whichever team is responsible since there is no way else to contact them.
Louise Myers says
You don’t ever get a reply to “Report a Problem”? Ugh. Sorry to hear of this issue.
tuky says
the 1500 pixel max they show on there, puts top and bottom into a field not always seen but that relation to the profile pic CHANGES with screen size (BEWARE!). SO, at 1500 pixels, my client’s image and logo were fuzzy and I had to resize it to the largest size, not use a cropped area inside the template to figure that out. SO our final banner was 1920 to get it to look crisp on a larger monitor like mine.
Louise Myers says
Thanks for the heads up. I need to redo that template 🙂
Alice says
Thanks for your great post. I have a question: Is it okay to use a post’s featured image as social image? Is the image’s size changed?
Louise Myers says
Sure, you can do that. Whether the image size or proportion changes depends on myriad factors like the platform and specific use. You can find out more in the dedicated sections here as well as the separate, in-depth articles.
Haseeb Awan says
Thank you so much for making your cheat sheet available to the social media-challenged such as me! I own a business and I really struggle with consistency in my social media marketing. Thanks again for equipping me with helpful info! Good Luck.
JHV says
Your dimensions for Facebook are very outdated. Now FB encourages squares, like Instagram. 1:1 for post ads AND link ads. Ever since end of 2018 if I recall correctly.
Louise Myers says
These sizes aren’t outdated. Facebook recommends and accepts a wide variety of shapes for posts as well as ads. I only specified a photo post width in this article, and as opposed to saying they *shouldn’t* be square…
I actually recommend squares *first* for posts (see section “Best size for image posts”). However I’d be interested in knowing how they’re “encouraging” squares. Do you find the square format gets more reach?
Muhammad Amin says
This is extremely helpful! THANK YOU!!!
Nancy Wisgerhof says
Thank you so much for your comprehensive information about graphic sizes. This is SO helpful! I am just starting a blog to provide sm graphics for churches and I have cited your cheat sheet – it’s a must-have for any sm specialist.
Louise Myers says
Thanks for the nice comment, Nancy!
joe says
these articles are such bullshit! scrolling thru a page full of blinking ads to find out the info is totally bogus.
Louise Myers says
There’s a table of contents at the top so you can jump to the section of interest, bypassing ads.
I work very hard to keep this info accurate and updated. This takes time and money. Sorry you don’t find it worth seeing a few ads. Thank goodness hundreds of others left appreciative comments so I know my efforts aren’t in vain.
Susan Bell says
This is great information. I use Canva and seem to have to adjust files for different media despite using their designated social media templates. I still love canva though. I’ll have to implement the photoshop tips you mentioned for best quality images – also a great lead!
Susie says
I’d love to see Facebook Page image dimensions (since I believe it is different from a personal profile) and Google My Business dimensions added. Thank you for all of your hard work!
Louise Myers says
Hi Susie!
The FB sizes here are for Pages, not profiles.
Great idea on Google My Business, I will add those within a week or two!
Amy H. says
Why does my cover photo look great on my desktop but on mobile – iPad and iPhone it is extremely darkened?
Louise Myers says
Yeah, they’re going a little crazy with that now. They used to just darken a bit at the bottom for the type overlay. Now it’s practically from bottom to top.
Hoping they change this soon ??
Paula Onysko says
Hi Louise, Thanks for this valuable resource. I share it with my clients and FB group Abundant Soulpreneurs every year. I just noticed that when I shared the URL in the group, FB is still pulling the 2019 image. You may want to update that with the Facebook debugging tool.
Thanks again!
Paula
Louise Myers says
Thanks! Took numerous tries to get it to pull the right image… ! But it is now 🙂
Sherry Ellingson says
Thank you! Having all of this in one info graphic is a great find!!! Reading all of the comments has been helpful also. I appreciate that your candid and easy to understand posts.
Wendy Solum says
Hi there. So your post, and others, say that LinkedIn business cover photo s/b 1536×768, but when you go to edit the business cover photo, the online tool recommended size is 1128×191. Waaay different.
Is the business cover photo something other than what I think it is?
Louise Myers says
1536×768 had been called out as the “company cover photo size.”
LinkedIn doesn’t even mention a “Company Page” anymore. I find references to “Page” “Career Page” and “Showcase Page.”
I’m at least as confused as you are at the moment! I’ll have to do more digging to figure this out.
Feel free to let me know which one you were shooting for!
Jeffrey says
Great article. Thank you for the recommendations.
I am looking for one image size to post on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Your recommendation of 1200 x 1200 works on all the platforms but Twitter. The Twitter feed crops the picture a lot.
Any recommendations are appreciated for the one image size for the four platforms.
Thanks.
Jeffrey
Louise Myers says
Hi Jeffrey,
There’s no one size that actually works *ideally* on all platforms.
If Twitter is the most important one for you, you’d have to use the one and only image shape they support perfectly for non-ad tweeted images, which is 16:9. Recommended size is 1200×672.
This will crop on the sides on Instagram, and be a lot less eye-catching on FB and LI than a square image.
Michael says
Hello Louise,
This is a very useful resource. Thank you for putting this together and sharing.
Do you have any recommendations for Bloggers using WordPress? In particular, if there’s an optimal size to use to be able to display on big 27” Retina displays?
I’m just starting out and trying to understand this before I go off and optimize all my images prior to using.
Thank you,
Michael
Louise Myers says
Hi Michael,
Each WP theme has its own optimal size. I recommend sizing photos to your theme’s content area width before uploading.
And, I recommend NOT optimizing for retina. For website images, the main thing to optimize is small file sizes that load fast.
Google hates slow loading sites, and they rule as far as sending you traffic.
Simon says
That is a perfect reply. Also, there are some plugins that will help you optimize your image sizes. Something, else, some themes come with will optimize images specific to that theme
Kristin Burton says
The facebook group photo size listed here does not actually work. Even though that is the size listed everywhere, if you create an image that size, it cuts off. I wish someone could post the actual correct size.
Louise Myers says
Did you read the linked article on Facebook group photo size and grab the free template?
Yes, it cuts off on desktop, as shown on the template.
If this isn’t working for you, please send me screenshots, and I’ll try to help. I just tested it 2 weeks ago and it worked for me.
Christopher Benoit says
Louise, dear, I’ve been a fan for the last three years. THANK YOU for a) posting all of this fabulous information in one place and b) keeping it so thoroughly updated. You are truly enabling small business owners! I do have a question, which no one else seems to have, so forgive me if the answer should be obvious. Could I trouble you to explain the difference between “image posts” and “link posts”? For context, my wife is a food blogger so her social media content is virtually entirely site-based, or maybe site-sourced would be more accurate. Thus, she does not create separate images for social “feeds” per se (i.e., we do create images for platform/account profiles, banners, etc.) Does that make all of her social media posts “link posts”? Thank you in advance. I’m amazed you reply to every comment!
Louise Myers says
By “link posts” or “link shares” I mean using the social platform’s feature to link to a URL. When you do this, the platform ONLY allows that one specific image shape (which fortunately is the same across FB LI and Twitter).
Richard says
This is a fantastic resource, however the LinkedIn 2020 cheat sheet shows the company cover image dimensions as 1536 x 736, but in the text right above the cheat sheet you mention the Page cover size is 1128 x 191. The spec as quoted by LinkedIn (which you mention is wrong) is 1536 x 736. Does the cheat sheet need updating to show the ‘new’ 1128 x 191 dimensions? I’m confused, and my client says I keep getting it wrong 🙁
Louise Myers says
Yes, the cheat sheet itself hasn’t been updated yet. Next week!
Dave Mahen says
Love teh page you have created. Now it’s my go-to page for reference on mage sizes. Thanks!
Mark G says
Just an FYI as I ran into this today!
After changing on November 27, Facebook changed cropping on mobile again in early December 2019. You can simply use 1,640px by 859px, or 1.91:1 ratio, which will work fine on both phones and tablets. Facebook no longer places text overlay across the bottom on mobile.
But, you need to allow allow cropping for both top and bottom on desktop. Facebook isn’t allowing full control over the cropping on desktop. A portion of the top and bottom will be cropped. To prevent your image from being cropped while viewing via desktop, set a margin of 96px for both the top and bottom while still using the 1640x859px image size. Nothing will be cropped when viewing on desktop as long as you have what you want to appear on the Group Cover Photo within the top and bottom margin of 96px.
Just thought I’d pass it along 🙂
Louise Myers says
The text you pasted here is taken directly from my article on Facebook group cover photos.
It’s already linked in the FB section above for those wanting more details.
Paul says
Hi Louise,
Thanks so much for all of this information. Since I read dozens of studies in medical journals each week, I’m going to do a daily infographic made up of 3 brief sentences which summarizes one of the studies that I think people will find interesting. I assume a good compromise in sizes/shapes would be:
Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn: 1200 x 1200
Pinterest: 1000 x 1500
Twitter: 1200×672
Does this seem like a decent approach to you? I wish I could use the square post for Twitter, but there seems to be a cropping issue with that. Also, if the process eats up too much time, I’ll use the 1200 x 1200 square for Pinterest and ditch 1000 x 1500.)
Thanks again,
Paul
Louise Myers says
Hey Paul,
Yes, the sizes seem fine. I personally would put 1 sentence per graphic and keep it simple.
Not sure of your background or what you plan to link these to, but be aware that Pinterest and I believe FB (maybe others too) are taking steps to suppress medical info being posted by non-medical experts.
And definitely Google search results have been doing this for awhile, if that’s a concern.
Rio says
Could you possibly add MeWe image dimensions to this list please? It would be so awesome! I’m sure a lot of us would appreciate it, too! Thanks tons!
Louise Myers says
Hi Rio, the short blurb at the end of the article about MeWe dimensions is all that exists, as far as I could find. If you know anything else, pass it along and I’ll be happy to add it!
Megan says
Hi there,
Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the quality for LinkedIn posts? Every time I share an update on our company page, LinkedIn distorts the image and makes it blurry. I’m exporting from Photoshop at the highest setting, so not sure what else to try to get the images to look higher quality.
Thanks!
Louise Myers says
Unfortunately I can’t find ANY advice on this! But here’s what I would try and would love to know if it works.
Use PNG-24.
Upload largest possible image, in correct proportions, that doesn’t exceed the file size maximum.
Upload from computer, not mobile.
Best of luck!
Marten says
Hi Louise, what’s the size of a Linkedin Story? The same as Instagram Stories?
Louise Myers says
LI Stories are only available in test markets and not in the US, so I haven’t seen them. But I would assume it’s the same as IG.
Kimberly says
I noticed mine and many FB friends cover photos are looking a little wonky as of late… maybe Facebook changed the cover size yet again? Any insight Louis?
Louise Myers says
Have you switched to “New Facebook”? It started rolling out a few months ago but I don’t have access to it. If you change, everything *you* look at in FB will have the new layout. But I still see the old layout.
furiosa says
I wanna use 1200×1200, then what orientation i should use? Portrait or landscape? Thanks
Louise Myers says
It’s neither since it’s square.
Camilla says
Hi, I love your Cheat Sheet. Now Facebook change again(!) the formats of the header and need adjustments to view at desktop. The safe area is smaller, again. The preview is variable, round our landscape/panoramic. Giving med grey hair every time fb change. Looking forward to see your update and workarounds for it. <3
Louise Myers says
Hi Camilla!
Thanks for the heads up, sadly it seems FB has decided that I’ll be the last person to get “New Facebook.” ? I will update as soon as I can!
MARK ANDERSEN says
Hi Louise
I was just wondering if these pixel sizes need to be updated to reflect the recent changes in facebook that occurred after midyear 2020, or did the sizes remain the same?
Louise Myers says
I believe they stayed the same with only the profile picture moving. Unfortunately I still don’t have New Facebook!
vicki says
Louise, you can choose to migrate to the new Facebook by choosing that option in the settings menu next to the messenger icon on the desktop version.
Louise Myers says
I’ve seen that advice for months but I still don’t have the option. Thanks for trying though!
Larry Bradley says
Don’t have time to read all the comments, so this might be a duplicate. At any rate, MeWe banner/photo dimensions can be found here.
support.mewe.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042169733-What-are-the-correct-profile-photo-and-banner-photo-dimensions-
Louise Myers says
Great!
enso says
Rather than an ‘optimizer’ approach (tinkering with pixels to create a custom image for each of the several platforms I want to use) I’m much more interested in a ‘satisficing’ approach (using a single image with dimensions and inner margins to be Good Enough).
I’d love to see a post on that!
Louise Myers says
It’s a great idea. I do still recommend the 1200 square for posts across platforms. But it’s barely “good enough” since Pinterest prefers tall and Twitter only shows 2×1 wide.
Louise Myers says
BTW if you go to the post on social media image aspect ratio you can see which sizes cross platforms best. Not exactly what you’re looking for since nothing works on all platforms, but should help.
Naim islam says
Images are a very important thing on social media.
Many people don’t know the proper image sizes of different social media. When we are going to upload images on social media, then it is important for all of us to know the proper image size. Thank you for sharing your informative blog.
Since this post is so old now has there been any change in the image size of social media?
Louise Myers says
I know things change quickly in social media, but this post is less than 11 months old 🙂
It will be completely checked and updated in the next month but the things I’ve checked so far haven’t changed much at all. You can click through to the linked Facebook articles. They’ve all been updated for 2021.
The only thing I’m aware of that’s completely new is that Pinterest has added a cover photo. Other than that, the social media platforms have calmed down with their constant image size changes.
Nigel Willmott says
Hi Louise
I am trying to find the optimal dimensions for posting a GIF on facebook, NOT the maximum MB size, but what the proportions should be. In other words, should it be square, or landscape? I can find no information about this on the web at all.
I would appreciate any help you can offer
Louise Myers says
It would be the same as any image or video post, which is virtually any size you want. FB says the ideal width for images is 1200, but almost anything goes. In my experience, they can be horizontal, square, or up to 2:3 tall without getting cropped. If planning to use it elsewhere, make it’s the optimum shape for that platform and it should work fine on FB.
Here’s more on Facebook image dimensions.
Sean says
Not sure if this has been previous talked about, but it’s something I recently noticed when using the facebook android app. Data saver is the default option when not using wifi and I doubt many people actually change this. If enabled, all link images appear small, no matter what the size. It also shows “This post may look different because Data Saver is on) when you click the little icon that appears only when data saver is on. This affects all links, including ads.
I don’t recall seeing this before, but it’s been awhile since I’ve used facebook on an android device while not on wifi. Was there an update the past ~6 months or has it always been this way?
Louise Myers says
I didn’t know this, so thanks for sharing.