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Social Media Cheat Sheet 2019: Must-Have Image Sizes!

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Updated for 2019 Social Media cheat sheet with image sizes for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube

Searching for the ultimate social media cheat sheet?

I’ve been looking forever, and can’t find one that’s completely correct. So I made my own!

Here’s the best social media size guide 2019.

Simple – but accurate! Outdated infographics are still widely posted and shared, despite their misinformation.

You may find a blogger who isn’t a designer and is just reiterating what they found online, whether or not it’s correct or optimal.

Here are the optimal, updated social media sizes, as of July 2019.

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 and Tinder sizes are listed at the end of this post, though not on the chart.

The platforms are now 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!

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Social media image sizes 2019 that work across platforms

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 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.

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 are all recommending 1200 x 628 pixels, which is 1.91:1 aspect ratio. You need to be including this shape image on every blog post and page!

Multiply the width of your 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 Page image sizes 2019

Pinterest image sizes 2019

Instagram image sizes 2019

Twitter image sizes 2019

LinkedIn image sizes 2019

Tumblr image sizes 2019

Tinder image sizes 2019


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Facebook Photo Sizes 2019

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. Cover photos are still the same.

Recommended proportion for all Facebook cover photos: 16:9.

This works perfectly on mobile. 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!

New in June 2017: You can use a video as your cover photo.

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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.

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.

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.

For more details on Facebook image sizes, see the linked posts.

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Facebook image sizes cheat sheet


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Pinterest Photo Sizes 2019

Pinterest has verified that Pins taller than 2.1 times their width will be cropped in the feed. They recommend 600 x 1260 as the tallest proportion for Pins. However, taller Pins will be seen in full when clicked (March 2018).

I still recommend tall infographics! They perform for me. Read all the details on Pinterest sizes.

Pinterest’s recommended sizes are 600 x 600, 600 x 900, and 600 x 1260. You can still use your favorite width, and keep your Pin dimensions in these proportions:

  • 1:1 or square
  • 1:1.5 or slightly tall
  • 1:2.1 or moderately tall
  • Tall as you like, but will be cropped in feed

Note that Pins no longer appear at 736 pixels wide when clicked (changed Fall 2017). Now they’re never seen bigger than 564 pixels wide.

I had a reader who made Pin images to 564 width and reported that gave her the best quality result after uploading. However, I’ve also been told that Pinterest says not to go smaller than 600px width.

Pinterest is recommending 2:3 proportion as optimal (example: 600 x 900 pixels), and also saying squares are fine. I don’t see squares performing as well as taller Pins, though. If you already have square images for Instagram, test with your audience on Pinterest.

Pinterest board covers are SQUARE. I recommend 600 x 600. If you use the Showcase feature, you’ll want to make sure you make them at least 340 x 340.

Note: Few Pinners look at profiles and boards, so covers aren’t a necessity.

  • Pinterest Profile Photo size: 180 x 180 or larger
  • Maximum pin width when clicked: 564
  • Board cover: suggested minimum 340 x 340
  • Minimum image size that can be pinned: 100 x 200 source

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Pinterest image sizes cheat sheet


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Instagram Photo Sizes 2019

Instagram posts are no longer limited to square! However, your images will still be cropped to square on your profile page gallery.

For details, read: Instagram Photo Format Breaks Out of the Box!

  • Instagram Profile Photo size: 110 x 110 minimum | Rock your IG profile photo
  • Instagram photo size: minimum 1080 width for best quality | Instagram photo size tips
  • Instagram landscape photo size: 1.91:1 proportion, or 1080 x 566.
  • Instagram portrait photo size: 4:5 proportion, or 1080 x 1350.

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Twitter Photo Sizes 2019

Tweeted image size changed in 2017 and is still quoted incorrectly almost everywhere.

In addition, the Twitter header display changed in August 2019. It’s no longer responsive but stays at a static aspect ratio of 3:1 – no more weird cropping!

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

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.
LEARN MORE: Twitter Image Sizes: This Is All You Need to Know

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Twitter image sizes cheat sheet


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LinkedIn Photo Sizes 2019

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.

You can crop, filter, and adjust the NEW LinkedIn background photo – August 2017.

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.
  • Linked in profile picture: Per LI, upload any size between 400 x 400 pixels and 20,000 x 20,000 px.
  • LinkedIn blog post link shares match Facebook’s! 1200 x 628 px.
  • LinkedIn photo share: 1200 x 1200 square looks best on desktop, but gets cropped to horizontal in the mobile feed. The link share size works best there¹.
  • LinkedIn Company cover photo size: 1536 x 768 px².
  • LinkedIn logo size: 300 x 300 square. No more horizontal.
  • More company and career page image sizes on LinkedIn here.

¹LinkedIn 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.

LinkedIn company cover photo

²There’s some question as to how they work. The height is greatly cropped. I suspect that the cover image proportions work for mobile.

Just as with Facebook 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, 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.

Here’s a LinkedIn company cover photo template from Breanna Tillman that a reader shared: Download the LI company cover.

The proportions don’t seem correct, but I’ll let you mess with that if you want. With these responsive headers, I recommend uploading an appropriate photo background and letting the cropping fall where it may. With different crops on different devices, LinkedIn company page headers have become too difficult to place text on.

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LinkedIn image sizes cheat sheet

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YouTube Photo 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
LEARN MORE: How to Make the Best YouTube Thumbnails


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Tumblr Photo 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


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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 .7:1.

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 to make it a square.

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Here’s how your Tinder image crops on the swiping deck.

 

MeWe image sizes

There’s at least one person searching for this info. And, it simply does not exist.

My guess is, pixel dimensions don’t matter to MeWe.

The MeWe banner image appears on your profile 3 times wider than tall. For example: 1,200 pixel wide by 400 pixels high.

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.

Social Media Cheat Sheet 2019: Must-Have Image Sizes

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Comments

  1. 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!

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  4. 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

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  6. I love the graphic too, however when printing it only downloads as one page, with only one part being printable. Any suggestions?

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  7. 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!

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  11. 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?

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  12. 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)

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    • 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!

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  18. 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

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    • 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.

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  20. 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.

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  22. 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!

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    • 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!

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  23. 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?

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    • 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.

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  24. 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.

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  25. 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?

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    • 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.

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  26. Thanks so much! Also, Twitter’s TOU now requires the bird to be the only thing representing their brand, not the “T”. 😉

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  27. 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?

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    • 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.

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  35. 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 🙂

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  36. 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.

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    • 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!

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  40. 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

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    • 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

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  42. 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).

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  44. 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 😀

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  45. 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.

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    • 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.

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  46. 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!

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    • 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.

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  47. 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.

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  48. 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 🙂

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  49. 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?

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    • 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!

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  51. 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.

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  52. 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)

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  54. 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

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  55. 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!

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  56. 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

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    • 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

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  57. 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

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    • 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.

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    • 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!

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  59. 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?

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      • 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?

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    • 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?

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  62. 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?

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    • 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!

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    • 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.

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  64. 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?

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  65. 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?

    Reply

    • 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!

      Reply

  66. 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

    Reply

    • 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!

      Reply

  67. 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! 🙂

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  68. 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

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    • 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.

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      • 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?

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        • 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 ?

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  70. 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.

    Reply

    • 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. 🙂

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      • 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. 🙂

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        • 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.

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  71. 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.

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  74. 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?

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  75. 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?

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    • 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.

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        • 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.

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  77. Too bad you’re using an old Facebook logo and a very old Twitter logo in your banner image. :/

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    • 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.

      Reply

  78. Has FB recently changed their photo post size from 504×504? They’re not filling the post like they used to.

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    • 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.

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  79. 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!

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  80. Thank you so much Louise! I have been a long time admirer of your work and the free help you delightfully share! Thank.

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  81. 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.

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    • 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.

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  83. 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

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    • 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.

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  84. 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!

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  86. 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.

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  87. 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)

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    • 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.

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  88. 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 ?

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    • 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! 😀

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  89. 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!

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  90. 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!

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  91. 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.

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  92. 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

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  93. 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!!!

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    • 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.

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  94. 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 . . . . . ………. . . . ..

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  95. 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!

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  96. 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!

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  98. 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.

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  99. 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

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  100. 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.

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  102. 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

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  104. So thankful you posted this! I’ve been searching for the accurate specs too and none seem quite right. Page bookmarked! 😀

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  105. 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!

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  106. 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. 🙂

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  108. 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

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    • 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.

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  111. 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)

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  114. 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!

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  115. 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

    Reply

    • 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!

      Reply

  117. 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!

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  121. 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

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    • 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.

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  122. 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!

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  124. 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 –

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  126. 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.

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  131. 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

    Reply

    • 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!

      Reply

  132. 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

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  133. 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.

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    • 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.

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  135. 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?

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  137. 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

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  138. 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

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    • 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.

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  139. 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

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    • 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.

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  141. 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

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    • 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.

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  144. 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

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  147. 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

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  148. 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…

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  149. The LinkedIn post dimensions aren’t correct for the desktop version. It isn’t correct for the mobile version either. Thoughts?

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  150. 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

    Reply

    • 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 🙂

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  151. 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

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    • 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?

      Reply

      • 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!

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        • 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.

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  152. 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.

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    • 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.

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    • 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!

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  153. 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.

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  154. 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?

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  155. 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

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  156. 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.

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  157. 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!

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    • 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!

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  158. 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

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  159. 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!

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    • 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.

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  160. 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. 🙂

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  161. 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!

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  162. 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.

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  163. 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.

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  164. 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

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  166. 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!

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    • 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!

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    • 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 😉

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  168. 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!

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  169. 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

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  171. 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!

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  174. 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.

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    • 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.

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  175. 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.

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  179. 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.

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  180. 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.

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  183. 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.

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    • 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.

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  186. 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.

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  187. 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”

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  189. 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

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  190. 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.

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  191. 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!

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  192. 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?

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  194. 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!

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  195. 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?

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  196. 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).

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  197. 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.

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  198. 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

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    • 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!

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  199. 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 🙂

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  200. 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

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    • 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.

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  201. 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.

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  203. What maximum size of an infographic (lengthwise) i can post on facebook timeline, confused about it.please mention the dimension in pixels.Thanks

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  204. 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?

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  205. 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

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  206. 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!

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  207. 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 🙂

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  213. 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 ??

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  215. 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).

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  218. 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!

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  219. 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.

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  220. 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!

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  222. 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!

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  223. 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?

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  224. 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!

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  225. 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.

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  227. 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.

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  228. 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.

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    • 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.

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  232. 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

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  234. 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?

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  235. 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.

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  238. 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

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    • 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 🙂

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  239. 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? 🙂

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  242. 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 🙂

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  243. 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!!

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  246. 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.

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  247. 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

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  248. 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

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  249. 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.

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    • 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.

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  251. Thanks so much for this generous gift, Louise! I will definitely check out your graphic designs. All the best!

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  252. 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)

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  254. Hi Louise, Twitter just updated it’s interface. Do you by any chance, got the updated resolutions for the photo sizes?

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      • 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?

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        • 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.

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  257. 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.

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      • 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.

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  258. 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.

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