why it's important
Each social media network has its own image dimensions for displaying images and videos across both desktop and mobile devices. Selecting the correct image size for each specific social media network ensures that you post images appear without any white spaces or grey spots. To put this into perspective and to give you an idea of how messy it can potentially look, we’ve pulled a few screenshots from British Airways LinkedIn page:
Before image resizing
after image resizing
selecting the right image size
Using the the correct image sizes within your social media posts which is often overlooked by many businesses, can be the difference between your business coming across as professional or amateurish when marketing across social media channels. So we’ve gone ahead and put together a short blog post to run through the optimal social media image sizes for each social network:
facebook image sizes
- Profile Picture: 180 x 180 (Displays 170 x 170 on Desktop)
- Cover Photo: 820 x 312
- Facebook link image size: 1200 x 628
- Facebook image post size: 1200 x 900
- Facebook highlighted image size: 1200 x 717
- Facebook event image size: 1920 x 1080
- Facebook video size: 1280 x 720
- Maximum Facebook video length: 240 minutes
- Facebook ad size: 1280 x 628
- Facebook video ad size: 1280 x 720
- Facebook Story ad size: 1080 x 1920
twitter image sizes
- Profile Photo: 400 x 400 (Displays 200 x 200)
- Header Photo: 1,500 x 500
- In-Stream Photo: Minimum 440 x 220 (2:1 Ratio)
- Minimum Instagram video sizes: 600 x 600 (square), 600 x 315 (landscape), 600 x 750 (portrait)
- Maximum Instagram video length: 60 seconds
- Minimum Instagram image ad size: 500 pixels wide
instagram image sizes
- Instagram Profile Picture: 110 x 110
- Instagram photo sizes: 1080 x 1080 (square), 1080 x 566 (landscape), 1080 x 1350 (portrait)
- Instagram Stories size: 1080 x 1920
- Minimum Instagram video sizes: 600 x 600 (square), 600 x 315 (landscape), 600 x 750 (portrait)
- Maximum Instagram video length: 60 seconds
- Minimum Instagram image ad size: 500 pixels wide
linkedln image sizes
- Personal Profile Image: 400 x 400 (Recommended)
- Personal Background Image: 1584 x 396
- Company Logo Image: 300 x 300
- Square Logo: 60 x 60
- Company Cover Image: 1536 x 768 (recommended)
- Banner Image for Company Pages: 646 x 220 (Minimum)
- Hero Image: 1128 x 376
- Shared Image or Link: 1104 x 736 (Recommended)
useful social media tools
sprout social - image resizer
If you’re unsure how to resize each image for each specific social network or if you simply don’t have the the time to sit and resize 100’s of images (who does!), you’ll be pleased to know that Sprout Social offer a Free Image Resizing tool which automatically resizes images based on your selected social media networks. Simply upload your images, select your networks and the image resizer will do the rest.
shutter stock - premium stock images
Have a fully stocked album of images to post to your social networks can be a challenge, especially if your images are of poor quality. If that is the case, we recommend using a mix of both paid stock images and your own images (where possible) to ensure that your posts are gaining the maximum reach. Many websites offer paid stock images, but we highly recommend ShutterStock for the quality of images and videos they provide.
I hope this blog post has proven useful for you, and if you’ve got any questions in regards to social media images or social media marketing in general, don’t hesitate to get in contact with our team by emailing info@lowaire.com or by calling: 01509 357 587
