Social media image sizes

YouTube sizes.
Thumbnails, banners and Shorts.

A YouTube thumbnail is 1280 × 720 px (16:9). A channel banner is 2560 × 1440 px, with a safe area of 1546 × 423 px in its middle, and a Short is 1080 × 1920 px.

  • Video thumbnail

    1280 × 720 px (16:9)

  • Video

    1920 × 1080 px (16:9)

  • Short

    1080 × 1920 px (9:16)

  • Channel banner

    2560 × 1440 px (16:9)

  • Profile photo

    800 × 800 px (1:1)

Only the middle 1546 × 423 of the banner shows on every screen. Keep the name and words there.

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