Image size on social media in 2020
In social media, it is so important to consider the size of the images depending on the platform where we want to publish them.💻
Maybe, our content is excellent and creative. Still, if we don’t have images of the required size and quality, the final message may be affected. 🚫
The size of the images that you publish on Facebook is the most complex or the least usually optimized since they depend on the format of the post. Not the same with cover and profile photos, the size of which is known to all. 🔻
Profile photo: 180 x 180
Cover photo: 820 x 312 mobiles: 640 x 360 (FYI)
Video Post: 1280 x 7230
Story: 1080 x 1920
Event Image: 1920 x 1080
Facebook Link: 1200 x 628
Photo post: 1200 x 900
An image tweet is 5 times more likely to be retweeted. You should not miss the opportunity to visually support your content for wider dissemination. It has been shown that the images on Twitter that work best are those that have 1024 x 512px. 🔻
Profile photo: 150 x 150
Header Photo: 1500 x 500
Video post (square): 720 x 720
Video post (horizontal): 1280 x 720
Video post (vertical): 720x 1280
Post image: 1200 x 675
This professional social media gives less prominence to visual content and allows less personalization. You should also take into account the recommended sizes for each of the pieces of content on your company page. 🔻
Personal Pages:
Profile picture: 400 x 400
Header: 1584 x 396
Company Pages:
Logo: 300 x 300
Header: 1536 x 768
Images with promoted content: 1200 x 628
Video post (max): 4096 x 2304
Square image: 1200 x 1200
This social media it’s super visual and inspirational. You cannot disregard the images that make up your page. Think of everything: from the profile picture, the thumbnail of your dashboards, and the size of your pins). 🔻
Profile picture: 165 x 165
Pin Image: 600 x Unlimited
Header image: 200 x 200
Board Cover: 100 x 100
We all love the simplicity of Instagram, and maybe it is about your success. You should know that although your images are viewed at a size of 600 x 600 px, it is recommended to upload them to 1080 x 1080 px. 🔻
Profile picture: 180 × 180
Square picture: 1080 × 1080
Horizontal image: 1080 × 566
Vertical image: 1080 × 1350
Story: 1080 × 1920
Square video: 1080 × 1080
Vertical video (IGTV): 1080 × 1920
Youtube
On YouTube, you can also customize the cover image. For this, you must choose a reasonably large size (2560 × 1440 px). It will not pixelate if your channel is viewed on a large screen (for example, a Smart TV).
Profile image: 800 x 800
Header Image: 2560 x 1440
Video: 1280 x 720
I hope this content can help you a lot in your content strategy!