Social media sizes & safe zones
Drop in an image to see it inside every platform's frame, with the safe zones marked so captions and buttons never cover what matters. It all runs in your browser, nothing is uploaded.
Most vertical formats share one size: Instagram Reels and Stories, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Facebook Reels are all 1080 by 1920 pixels (9:16). Instagram feed posts are 1080 by 1350 (4:5 portrait) or 1080 by 1080 (square). Pinterest pins are 1000 by 1500 (2:3).
Every size, in one place
Pixel dimensions are stable. The safe-zone insets are approximate and shift when the apps redesign their interface, so re-check them on a real device before a big launch.
| Format | Pixels | Ratio | Safe zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 1080×1920 | 9:16 | top 220 · bottom 430 · sides 130 Action buttons sit on the right, caption and audio along the bottom. |
| Story | 1080×1920 | 9:16 | top 250 · bottom 250 · sides 60 Profile and close button up top, reply bar along the bottom. |
| Feed portrait | 1080×1350 | 4:5 | Full frame No in-app UI covers feed posts. The whole frame is usable. |
| Feed square | 1080×1080 | 1:1 | Full frame No in-app UI covers feed posts. The whole frame is usable. |
| TikTok | |||
| Video | 1080×1920 | 9:16 | top 130 · bottom 484 · sides 140 The action rail eats the right side and the caption stack eats the bottom. |
| YouTube | |||
| Shorts | 1080×1920 | 9:16 | top 110 · bottom 420 · sides 140 Title and buttons along the bottom, like and share buttons on the right. |
| Reel | 1080×1920 | 9:16 | top 220 · bottom 430 · sides 130 Same idea as Instagram Reels: right buttons, bottom caption. |
| Pin | 1000×1500 | 2:3 | Full frame Standard pin. No overlay covers the image in the feed. |
What a safe zone is, and why it matters
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Every app adds its own UI
Captions, usernames, action buttons and progress bars are drawn on top of your video once it's posted. Anything underneath them gets covered.
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Keep key content in the safe area
Put text, logos, faces and calls to action inside the green box. The red bands are where the app's interface usually sits, so leave them clear.
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Export at the native size
Use 1080 by 1920 for vertical video and don't upscale a small image. The previewer shows you exactly how a given image lands in each frame.
Safe zones are approximate and move when the apps redesign, and a longer caption eats more of the bottom. Use them as guides, and preview on a real phone before you post.
An Instagram Reel is 1080 by 1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical ratio. Keep important text and logos away from the top 220 pixels and the bottom 430 pixels or so, where the username, caption and buttons sit, and clear of the right edge where the action buttons appear.
TikTok videos are 1080 by 1920 pixels (9:16), full screen. The safe zone is the big one to watch: leave roughly 130 pixels clear at the top, about 484 at the bottom for the caption and audio, and around 140 on the right for the action rail.
A safe zone is the central part of the frame that the app's interface does not cover. Buttons, captions and progress bars are layered on top of your post, so anything important, like text, a logo or a face, should stay inside the safe zone to avoid being hidden.
Vertical video is 1080 by 1920 (9:16) across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Facebook. Instagram feed posts work best at 1080 by 1350 (4:5) or 1080 by 1080 (square). Pinterest pins are 1000 by 1500 (2:3). The table on this page lists every format in one place.
No. Feed posts and Pinterest pins don't have app UI covering the image, so the whole frame is usable. Safe zones mainly matter for full-screen vertical formats like Reels, Stories, TikTok and Shorts, where buttons and captions sit on top of the video.
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