Photo Size And Dimension In Instagram Guide 2020

Deepak Gupta
2 min readJan 17, 2020

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Image source: Dustin Stout

The size of photos for Instagram is something that we cannot ignore to upload quality content and edit our photos on this social network.

According to some experiments, the appropriate size and dimension in Instagram photos can help you prioritize your posts in the timeline of your followers since using the standard size of photos opens the doors of the Instagram EdgeRank algorithm.

I am not saying that your photo is going to be the first one to include it in the correct size, but it can help you to use the official Instagram size and dimension so that your photos are displayed before other images of other accounts in the timeline of the users.

SIZE OF PHOTOS FOR INSTAGRAM

1. SIZE INSTAGRAM PROFILE PHOTO:

The Instagram profile picture can be uploaded in any size and dimension. Ideally, it should measure at least 800 × 800 pixels, but it also applies to the recommended measures:

Recommended Size of Photo Profile for Instagram: 110 x 110 pixels.

Recommended Resolution of Photo Profile for Instagram: 180 x 180 pixels.

2. SIZE OF PHOTOS FOR INSTAGRAM PUBLICATIONS

The size of the photos for posts sometimes we can not control, but we can pay attention to the format. Most instagramers recommend forgetting the square format and verticalizing the image as much as possible so that it is displayed larger in the timeline.

Size of Vertical Photos for Instagram: 1080 x 1350 pixels. Even if you don’t forget that Instagram will display the photos with the size 600 x 749 pixels.

Size of Square Photos on Instagram: 1080 x 1080 pixels. And you can also share photos in 640 x 640 pixels. For your consideration, the maximum size is 2048 x 2048 pixels.

Size of Horizontal Photos on Instagram: 1080 x 566 pixels. Although you can also share lower photographs, such as 600 x 400 pixels.

3. SIZE VIDEOS PUBLICATIONS IN INSTAGRAM

Horizontal Video Size for Instagram posts:

600 x 315 pixels minimum. (1.91: 1 horizontal format).

Vertical Video Size for Instagram posts:

600 x 750 pixels (4: 5 vertical format).

Size of Square Videos for Instagram posts:

600 x 600 pixels (1: 1 square format).

The resolution should be 640 × 640 and the duration should be between 3 and 60 seconds. As for the minimum duration of Instagram videos: there is no minimum duration. The maximum duration of Instagram videos is 60 seconds.

4. SIZE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FOR INSTAGRAM STORIES

The Instagram story dimensions and sizes are somewhat different than photos.

The size of photos for Instagram Stories is 750 x 1334 pixels.

The size of videos for Instagram Stories is 750 x 1334 pixels.

Now, we can also get higher resolution, using the size of photos and videos of 1127 x 2008 px.

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Deepak Gupta
Deepak Gupta

Written by Deepak Gupta

Deepak Gupta is blogger, entrepreneur, marketer, and owner for several stunning technology blogs.

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