The way your brand is represented in social media can directly impact your business. A lot of prospective customers and clients get their first peek at a business and its practices by visiting their social media accounts. It's very important that you have the right image proportions on all your social media channels in order for your business page to convey a professional atmosphere.
With 500 million active users daily, Instagram is perfect for advancing your business. Unlike other social media channels, Instagram is primarily focused on using high-quality images to promote your brand.
Profile Picture: 110 x 110 px
Your profile picture should either be a clear image of your brand logo, or an image representing your brand's values.
Instagram has three main image profiles: landscape, square, and portrait.
Landscape (horizontal) - 1080 x 566 px
Instagram landscape dimensions recommended size: 1080 x566 px.
It's also possible to use a smaller size such as 600 x 400 px.
Square - 1080 x 1080 px
Instagram square dimensions recommended size - 1080 x 1080 px
Instagram will show these images as a maximum of 600×600 pixels.
Make sure to maintain an aspect ratio of 1:1, when posting a square photo.
Portrait - 1080 x 1350 px
Instagram portrait size recommended 1080 x 1350 px.
Keep in mind Instagram will show the image as 600 x 749 px.
Photo Thumbnails - 161 x 161 px
When a visitor comes to your page they will see your images in a cascading row of smaller images called thumbnails. When someone clicks on the thumbnails the image will expand.
The thumbnails will appear on the page at 161 x 161 pixels.
Instagram Stories: 1080 x 1920 px
With the ability to add images or video, Instagram Stories have become an essential component of a company's social media strategy.
Image Guidelines - 1080 x 1920 px
Video Guidelines - 750 x 1334 px.
Facebook is the most popular social media platform with 1.32 billion daily users. Not a channel to be ignored, Facebook should form a large part of your social media marketing strategy. Knowing the optimal image sizes for all your Facebook posts will help you stay ahead of the competition.
Business Profile Photo - 180 x 180 px
The business profile photo should represent your business ethics, a logo or an image that encapsulates your brand.
Image Guidelines
Cover Photo - 820 x 310 px
This cover photo is a large detailed image that only appears on your Facebook business page. HD photos or images that you feel outlines your brand’s mission statement work best here.
Image Guidelines
Highlighted Image - 1200 x 717 px
A good way to highlight company milestones and product releases is a highlighted image, a bigger image alternative to a standard shared image. A highlighted image is a great way for a business to broadcast/promote their company achievements.
Image Guidelines
Shared Image - 1200 x 630 px
The most common image form on Facebook, these images appear on your timeline and show up in your follower's news feeds. The more that people like or comment on your post, the more followers will see that post.
Image Guidelines
Shared Link Image - 1200 x 627 px
While similar to a shared image, the shared link gives you more display options. You can choose to create a shared link with a small square image to the left and text on the right or with a larger rectangular image on top with text underneath.
Image Guidelines
Twitter currently has 330 million active global users, of which (according to Twitter) 80% are affluent millennials. Twitter is usually the first social media channel consumers go to discuss your brand. Since Twitter has a character limit to its's tweets, images can speak volumes.
Profile Photo - 400 x400 px
Your Twitter profile photo is visible to everyone and is you brand id on Twitter. It will be visible on your home page, and on the Twitter stream of your followers when you tweet. This image should be high resolution and represent your brand.
Image Guidelines
Header Photo 1500 x 500 px
Your header photo appears on top of your Twitter profile page. It's much bigger than your profile photo, so make sure you have a high-resolution image. The header photo is often the first thing people see when viewing your Twitter profile. Make it memorable, and in-sync with your brand.
Image Guidelines
In-Stream Photo - 440 x 200 px
Twitter users can attach up to four images to their tweets. Uploaded photos will appear in your followers’ streams and if retweeted in the stream of their followers.
Image Guidelines
Shared Link 520 x 254 px
A link shared on your profile will have these dimensions.
Like Instagram, Pinterest is primarily image focused, and with 40% of Pinterest users having a household income of $100k plus that's a lot of buying power concentrated in one social media channel. In fact, 93% of active pinners said that they use Pinterest to plan their future purchases. So it’s very important for your business to make sure you’re optimizing your Pinterest page and using proper image sizes for your boards and pins.
Profile Picture - 165 x 165 px
If you are signing in with your email, upload a large square photo (Pinterest will resize it) that you feel represents your brand. You also have the option to use your Facebook or Twitter photo as your Pinterest profile image.
Image Guidelines
Board Display
Creating boards by categories and keywords, and organizing images by these boards is an essential part of Pinterest. It's important that these images fit the right parameters in order to look professional on these boards.
Image Guidelines
Pin Sizes
When adding a pin to your board, it’s important to remember that Pinterest puts a limit on the width of the image but not the length. This gives you the opportunity to add a photo that’s square or one that will scale to be even taller. Just remember to make sure you’re creating large images because they add more value, not just because you can.
Image Guidelines
LinkedIn is used primarily for businesses to connect with other businesses and influencers in the field. A great channel to establish relationships, and find brand advocates.
Company Logo Image - 400 x 400 px
Your company logo that appears next to your brand name on your LinkedIn homepage. This image also appears in the “Companies you may want to follow” section.
Company Cover Image - 1584 x 396 px
The business background image covers the entire top of the page, so make sure you pick an HD image that represents your brand.
Image Guidelines
On your page or in LinkedIn boards, you can post either a shared image or a shared link.
Shared Image
520 x 320 px
Shared Link
520 x 272 px
YouTube has more than 1 billion unique users every month, and 400 hours of video uploaded every minute, with over a million brands on YouTube already, YouTube is the perfect social media channels for businesses to reach consumers.
Channel Profile Image: 800 x 800
This image gives the audience a glance at your brand, so make sure you pick an image synonymous with your brand and its ethos e.g. brand logo. Keep in mind that it's possible to have more than one YouTube channel, so maybe a variation of your logo to match channel contents.
Image Guidelines:
Channel Cover Photo: 2,560 x 1,440
The channel cover photo should be a high definition image telling viewers what kind of videos should they expect to see on your YouTube channel.
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Note - There are a lot of different ways users can stream YouTube, so make sure your cover photo is optimized for different devices.
Display Sizes
Video Uploads: 1280 x 720
Uploading videos are the main way for brands to connect with their audience on YouTube. Videos could be anything from product demonstrations to conference highlights, as long as they give the viewer a positive look at your business.
Video Guidelines
Using the correct image dimensions for all your social media channels, and picking out enticing high-quality images that give viewers a glimpse into your business is essential for maintaining a strong social media presence for your brand.
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