Social Media Image Sizes Cheat Sheet

If you want your social media images to look their best, you need to optimise your sizes. Keeping on top of what sizes are best for which site isn’t always easy. Did you know, in the last year the best size for your Facebook cover photo has slimmed down by 23 pixels? I didn’t even know…

If you want your social media images to look their best, you need to optimise your sizes. Keeping on top of what sizes are best for which site isn’t always easy.

Did you know, in the last year the best size for your Facebook cover photo has slimmed down by 23 pixels? I didn’t even know it had been on a diet.

This is why I love stumbling across infographics like the one below from Spredfast. All the most important social media image sizes nicely put together in one place.

And, if you’re like me and you love numbers even more than graphics, you can jump straight to the text summary below.

Happy optimising!

 

 

Text Summary

The sizes below are in pixels, width by height.

Facebook

  • Cover image: 828 x 315
  • Profile image: =180 x 180
  • Shared image: 1200 x 900
  • Shared link preview image: 1200 x 628

Twitter

  • Header image: 1500 x 500
  • Profile image: 400 x 400
  • Timeline image: 506 x 253

Google+

  • Profile image: 250 x 250
  • Cover image: 1080 x 608
  • Shared image: 506 pixels wide
  • Shared video: =506 x 284
  • Shared link image thumbnail: 150 x 150

Instagram

  • Profile image: 110 x 110
  • Image thumbnail: 161 x 161
  • Shared images: 1080 x 1080
  • Shared videos: 1080 pixels wide

Pinterest Image Sizes

  • Profile image: 180 x 180
  • Board cover image: 214 x 100
  • Pin preview: 238 pixels wide

LinkedIn

  • Banner image: 1850 x 200
  • Profile image: 400 x 400
  • Cover image: 1536 x 768
  • Shared image: 350 pixels wide
  • Shared link preview: 180 x 110
  • Logo image: 400 x 400

YouTube

  • Channel cover images: Varies by viewing platform
  • Channel icon: 800 x 800
  • Video thumbnail: 1280 x 720

Tumblr

  • Profile image: 128 x 128
  • Image post: 500 x 750 | 1280 x 1920 maximum

Snapchat

  • Geofilter: 1080 x 1920
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