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Photo size cheat sheet for 2026
The right pixel sizes for social media, online shops, email and US government photos, all on one page. Every number comes from the platform’s own help pages, and each row links to its source.
Updated October 22, 2026
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Social media image sizes
| Image | Size (pixels) | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Feed post | 1080 px wide; 1080 × 1080 (square) up to 1080 × 1440 (3:4) | Widths 320–1080 px are kept; wider photos are scaled down to 1080. Source |
| Story | 1080 × 1920 (9:16) | From Meta’s Stories specs; minimum 600 × 1067. Source |
| Image | Size (pixels) | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Page profile picture | 320 × 320 | Shown as a circle. Source |
| Page cover photo | 851 × 315 | JPG under 100 KB loads fastest; minimum 400 × 150. Source |
| Personal cover photo | At least 720 px wide | Source |
X (Twitter)
| Image | Size (pixels) | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Profile photo | 400 × 400 | JPG, PNG or GIF, up to 2 MB. Source |
| Header | 1500 × 500 | Up to 60 px may be cut from the top and bottom on some screens. Source |
| Image | Size (pixels) | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Profile background | 1584 × 396 | JPG or PNG under 8 MB. Source |
| Company Page logo | 400 × 400 | Up to 3 MB. Source |
| Company Page cover | 1512 × 256 | Up to 3 MB. Source |
YouTube
| Image | Size (pixels) | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Video thumbnail | 3840 × 2160 (16:9) | Minimum 640 px wide. Up to 2 MB from a phone, 50 MB on a computer. Source |
| Shorts thumbnail | 2160 × 3840 (9:16) | Source |
| Image | Size (pixels) | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Pin | 1000 × 1500 (2:3) | Taller Pins may be cut off in the feed. Up to 20 MB on the web. Source |
| Profile cover | At least 800 × 450 (16:9) | Source |
TikTok
| Image | Size (pixels) | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Profile photo | At least 20 × 20 | TikTok gives only a minimum; a square of 400 px or more looks sharp. Source |
Instagram, Facebook (personal profiles) and Pinterest don’t publish a profile picture size. A square of 400 × 400 or larger works for all of them.
Online shop photo sizes
| Marketplace | Size (pixels) | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Etsy | 2000 px or more on each side | First photo at least 635 px. Files over 1 MB may fail on slow connections. Transparent areas turn black. Source |
| eBay | At least 500 × 500; about 1600 × 1600 recommended | Up to 12 MB each, up to 24 photos. Source |
| Shopify | 2048 × 2048 for square images | Up to 5000 × 5000 and 20 MB. Source |
More detail in our Etsy photo size and eBay, Amazon and Shopify pages, which also resize your photos for you.
Email and chat attachment limits
| Service | Limit | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Gmail | 25 MB per email | Source |
| Outlook.com | 25 MB per email | The Outlook desktop app sets its own 20 MB limit for whole emails. Source |
| Discord (free) | 20 MB per file | Raised from 10 MB in August 2026. Source |
Email makes attachments about a third bigger on the way, so aim for about 18 MB of photos in Gmail or Outlook.com (about 14 MB from the Outlook desktop app). Compress photos for email shrinks a whole batch to fit, or see 4 ways to send a photo that’s too big.
US visa and passport photo files
| Photo | Size (pixels) | File rules |
|---|---|---|
| US visa photo (DS-160 / DS-260) | Square, 600 × 600 to 1200 × 1200 | JPEG, 240 KB or less. Source |
| Diversity Visa (DV) lottery | Exactly 600 × 600 | JPEG, 240 KB or less. Source |
| US passport online renewal | No fixed pixel size | 54 KB to 10 MB. JPG, PNG and HEIC are accepted. Source |
These are the file rules only. The photo must also meet the State Department’s rules for background, head size and expression, so check the official page before you apply. To make the file, use our US visa photo orDV lottery photo tool.
Printing a photo?
Print sizes work differently: you need about 300 pixels per inch. See how many pixels you need to print a photo.
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