standard size of social media post in 2020

what are the exact image sizes of post on social media in 2020?

before to post anything on your social media platform ,  we have to knowledge about some standard image sizes. Normal users can not take  much attention towards their image sizes, but in the base of organization, blogger, business, education society , fashion influencer, community , artist, dancer, singer, web developer, mobile app developer and so many category which Facebook defined , that important to give appropriate post, attractive post , exact image size post to your audience.

many of you may not worry about, but for your business process , its should be follow the exact image sizes post on social media platforms.

mostly, people are using mobile devises rather than of desktop or any other laptop, if image not sat with the exact size . your half information would be show which means whatever you wrote on banner, without image size you uploaded on cover photo, through mobile its won't be show full information.

As a marketers you should be keep in mind before upload any image.

lets talk about some standard images size on social media in 2020

Facebook 

• Facebook profile picture size: 180 x 180 or 300 x 300 pixel
• Facebook cover photo size: 820 x 462 or 823 x 315 pixel
• Facebook link ads on desktop : 1200 x 444 pixel
• Facebook link ads on mobile: 560 x 208 pixel
• Facebook link ads on sidebar: 254 x 94 pixel

• Facebook link image size: 1200 x 630 or 1200 x 627 pixel
• Facebook image post size: 1200 x 630 or 1200 x 717 pixel
• Facebook event image size: 1920 x 1080 pixel
• Facebook video size: 1280 x 720 pixel
• Maximum Facebook video length: 240 minutes
• Facebook ad size: 1200 x 628 pixel
• Facebook video ad size: 1280 x 720 pixel
• Facebook Story ad size: 1080 x 1920 pixel
• Facebook group cover image size: 1640 x 922 or 1640 x 859 pixel
• Facebook messenger image ad size: 1200 x 628 pixel

Instagram

• Instagram profile picture size: 110 x 100 pixel (means the profile picture display on the app , but will be larger on desk top, so use 180 x 180 pixel for all devices)
• Instagram photo sizes: 1080 x 1080 (square), 1080 x 566 (landscape), 1080 x 1350 (portrait)
• Instagram Stories size: 1080 x 1920 pixel
• Maximum Instagram video length: 60 seconds
• Minimum Instagram image ad size: 500 pixels wide
• Instagram photo thumbnails: 161 x 161 pixel
• Instagram ads size: 1080 x 566 pixels (landscape), 1080 x 1080 pixels (square)
• Instagram IGTV video size: 1080 x 1920 pixel

Twitter

• Twitter profile picture size: 400 x 400 pixel
• Twitter header size: 1500 x 500 pixel
• Twitter in-stream photo size: 400 x 220 pixel

• Twitter post image size: 1200 x 675 pixel
• Twitter card image size: 1200 x 628 pixel
• Twitter minimum video size: 32 x 32 pixel
• Twitter maximum video size: 1920 x 1200 or 1200 x 1900 pixel
• Maximum Twitter video length: 2 minutes and 20 seconds
• Twitter ad size (image): 800 x 428 pixel

Youtube

• YouTube Channel cover picture: 2560 x 1440 pixels (desktop) and 1546 x 423 pixels (smartphones)
• YouTube channel profile image: 800 x 800 pixel
• YouTube video thumbnail: 1280 x 720 pixel

• YouTube Display ads: 300 x 250 or 300 x 60 pixel
• YouTube Overlay ads: 480 x 70 pixel
• YouTube Skippable video ads length: 6 – 20 seconds
• YouTube Non-skippable video ads length: 15 seconds to 3 minutes (30 seconds is recommended)
• YouTube Bumber ads: 6 seconds
• YouTube Standard video: 1280 x 760 pixels

LinkedIn

Personal pages:

• LinkedIn profile picture size: 400 x 400
• LinkedIn background photo size: 1584 x 396
• LinkedIn post image size: 1200 x 1200 (desktop) 1200 x 628 (mobile)
• LinkedIn video size: 256 x 144 (minimum) to 4096 x 2304 (maximum)
• Maximum LinkedIn video length: 10 minutes

Business pages:

• LinkedIn company logo size: 300 x 300 pixel
• LinkedIn cover photo size: 1536 x 768 pixel
• LinkedIn square logo: 60 x 60 pixel
• LinkedIn Hero image size: 1128 x 976 pixel
• LinkedIn Business Banner image: 646 x 220 pixel

Pinterest

  Pinterest profile picture: 280 x 280 pixel

  Pinterest image size: 1000 x 1500 pixel (Standard Pin)

  Pinterest Giraffe pin size: 1000 x 2100 pixel

  Pinterest Board display size: 600 x 600 pixel