Image Dimensions For The Major Social Media Sites
This past week we’ve been setting up social media profiles for one of our clients and came across some image difficulties. We found that the image dimensions are different on each site. You almost have to design several different size variations of each image you want to use.
We thought to ourselves “if we’re having this problem, others are having them too.” Every brand should have a presence on Google+, Facebook, Pinterest, Linkedin, and YouTube. You should keep your images consistent across like all sites, just like your brand messaging.
1. Google+
This social network allows you to have both a profile and cover photo.
For the profile photo, make sure your image is 250 pixels wide and 250 pixels tall. For the cover photo, make sure your image is 480 pixels wide and 270 pixels tall.
2. Facebook page
Facebook pages allow you to have both a profile picture and a cover picture.
For the profile picture, make sure your image is at least 180 pixels wide. For the cover picture, make sure your image is at least 400 pixels wide and at least 150 pixels tall.
3. Twitter
This social network gives you the ability to have both a header and profile photo.
For the header photo, the recommended dimensions are 1500×500 pixels. For the profile photo the recommended dimensions are 400×400 pixels.
4. LinkedIn
Linkedin lets its uers upload both a background image and a profile photo.
For the background image, the pixel dimensions shoud be between 1000 X 425 and 4000 X 4000 pixels. For the profile photo, make sure your image is 400 x 400 pixels.
5. YouTube
YouTube channels have channel art and a channel icon.
The channel icon is linked to your connected Google+ account. This means that channel will use the profile picture you’ve already established on Google+. Google wants you to know that edits on Google+ may take a few minutes to show on your channel. For the channel art, you want to upload an image that’s 2560 X 1440 pixels.
6. Pinterest
Pinterest allows you to have profile image and the dimensions for that are 165×165 pixels.
Conclusion
Now you know the right dimensions for your images on the major social networks. We’d love to do your branding if you feel like it needs a facelift. Look at the projects we’ve done in the past and give us a call today!
