How to resize an image for social media
- Choose your photo or design.
- Pick the platform and the kind of image, such as an Instagram post, a LinkedIn banner or a YouTube thumbnail.
- Choose Fill to crop to the exact shape, or Fit to keep the whole picture with a background colour around it.
- Zoom and drag the preview until the important part is in frame, then download. Or download every size for that platform at once as a ZIP.
Social media image sizes (checked October 2026)
| Image | Size (pixels) | |
|---|---|---|
| Portrait post (4:5) | 1080 × 1350 | |
| Tall post (3:4) | 1080 × 1440 | |
| Square post | 1080 × 1080 | |
| Landscape post | 1080 × 566 | |
| Story / Reel cover (9:16) | 1080 × 1920 | |
| Profile photo | 320 × 320 | |
| Feed post (4:5) | 1080 × 1350 | |
| Square post | 1080 × 1080 | |
| Cover photo | 851 × 315 | |
| Link preview image | 1200 × 630 | |
| Story | 1080 × 1920 | |
| Profile picture | 320 × 320 | |
| X (Twitter) | ||
| Post image (16:9) | 1200 × 675 | |
| Header | 1500 × 500 | |
| Profile photo | 400 × 400 | |
| Profile background | 1584 × 396 | |
| Post image | 1200 × 627 | |
| Square post | 1080 × 1080 | |
| Profile photo | 400 × 400 | |
| YouTube | ||
| Video thumbnail | 1280 × 720 | |
| Channel banner | 2560 × 1440 | |
| Shorts / vertical | 1080 × 1920 | |
| Profile picture | 800 × 800 | |
| TikTok | ||
| Video cover / photo post | 1080 × 1920 | |
| Profile photo | 200 × 200 | |
| Profile photo (DP) | 500 × 500 | |
| Status | 1080 × 1920 | |
| Standard pin (2:3) | 1000 × 1500 | |
| Teams / Zoom | ||
| Video call background | 1920 × 1080 | |
Tips so nothing important gets cut off
- Profile photos are shown as circles, so the corners disappear. The preview shades them; keep faces and logos in the middle.
- Banners are cropped differently on phones. The YouTube guide shows the area every device displays. On X and LinkedIn your profile photo sits over the lower left of the banner.
- Text and logos stay sharper as PNG; photos are smaller as JPG.
- Bigger is fine if the shape is the same. A 2160 × 2700 image works for a 4:5 post, and platforms scale it down.
Sizes are from each platform's help pages and up-to-date guides, checked in October 2026. Platforms change them from time to time; if an upload looks cropped, check the app's own guidance. For any other size, use the Image resizer, and to make a file smaller in KB, the Image compressor.