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Social Media Images: The Complete Size Guide

By admin 27 January 2017
Social Media Images: The Complete Size Guide

We know that on a busy day-to-day schedule of creating, writing, posting, and general social media perusal the last thing you want is to later review the post, tweet, pin, picture or video and realise in horror that it is all kinds of obscure. No, you weren't demonstrating your appreciation of abstract art, you got the image size wrong... So, with that in mind and our real understanding of the horrifying moment, you have to admit you've made a mistake, we have created a cheat sheet. Easy, accessible and a great go-to source for when you're sharing all the content in the world (well, it feels that way) and you just want it perfect!

Here is a transcribe of the images sizes for social media, this will provide a great reference for your social media work making each image look just that much better. Taking your social media accounts from amateur to professional in an instant. Let us break down each social media platform and what image sizes they each require:

Social Media Image Cheat Sheet - Infographic

Facebook Image Sizes

 

Min

Optimal

Max

Cover Photo

399 x 150 828 x 465  

Profile Picture

180 x 180 360 x 360  

App/Tab image

111 x 74 111 x 74  

Link Image

600 x 314 1200 x 628  

Photo Post

504 x 504 940 x 788  
  Best on Wall Optimal in News Feed  

Twitter Image Sizes

 

Min

Optimal

Max

Header

  1500 x 500  

Profile Photo

400 x 400 500 x 500  

Tweeted Image

400 x 220 1024 x 512 Any height when clicked

Google+ Image Sizes

 

Min

Optimal

Max

Cover Photo

480 x 270

1080 x 608

2120 x 1192

Profile Photo

250 x 250

   

News Feed

 

800 x 600

 

LinkedIn Image Sizes

 

Min

Optimal

Max

Profile Banner

1400 x 425   4000 x 4000

Profile Avatar

200 x 200 500 x 500 4000 x 4000

Update / Blog Post

  700 x 400  

Company Cover

1192 x 220 1536 x 768 2MB

Company Logo

300 x 300 400 x 400 4MB

Instagram Image Sizes

 

Min

Optimal

Max

Profile Photo

110 x 110 180 x 180  

Photo Post

1080 x 566 1080 x 1080 1080 x 1350

Pinterest Image Sizes

 

Min

Optimal

Max

Profile Photo

180 x 180 600 x 600 600 x 600

Pins

80 x 80 736 x 1104 736 x infinite

Board Cover

214 x 100 736 x 347