Using social media to promote your business or thinking about starting? Don’t worry we got you!
All the socials have different image and video dimensions and we need to keep them in mind while designing posters, ads, posts, or while editing videos. So this is a complete guide, where you can find dimensions for every feature of top socials.
Instagram is the most used social media platform and has numerous features such as posts (images and videos), stories, IGTV, live and not to forget, the most recent, reels!
Each of these features has a set dimension,
Post ( image)
Landscape - 1080*608 px
Square image - 1080*1080 px
Portrait image - 1080*1350 px
Post (video)
1080*608 px
1080*1350 px
Stories
1080*608 px
1080*1920 px
IGTV
1080*1350 px
1080*1920 px
IGTV cover
420*654 px
Live and reels
1080*1920
Facebook has been over shined by Instagram yet it is a good place to build an audience and promote your business as it has many tools for business pages and you can even share links through Facebook, which is not a possibility through Instagram.
Images
1,200 x 628 pixels
Link with an image
1,200 x 628 pixels
A carousel post
300 x 300-pixel square
Sharing Stories
1,080 x 1,920 pixels
Twitter has a word limit for each post or as it is popularly known as a tweet, that is 140 characters, though it is being said that they are planning to increase it. But this word limit allows you to publish short introductions to your brand and of course add a little sparkle with the images and the videos.
Sharing a single image: 1,200 x 675 pixels
Sharing multiple images: 1,200 x 675 pixels
Sharing links with an image: 800 x 418 pixels
Linkedin is a very professional app and is used primarily to promote your work and connect with people sharing the same interest worldwide. A great platform to find potential customers or even look for job openings.
Sharing images to Company Page or personal profile: 1,104 x 736 pixels
Sharing links with an image to Company Page or personal profile: 1,200 x 628 pixels
Pinterest is an app that is solely dedicated to images and can rank up your concerned image on a search engine, it is an app where people look for ideas, for instance, if they want to decorate a room they search for ‘room decor’ and every image that matches to the keyword is shown to the user and if the user likes it, they pin it!
The best aspect ratio for Pinterest images is 2:3, with a minimum width of 600 pixels.
Going with 800 pixels wide by 1,200 pixels tall is recommended to ensure that your image will look impressive on retina screens, too.