Social Media Image Size 2018 Update

Social media platforms, - Facebook, Twitter, and more, have size specifications for images for the setup and postings. You may wonder, what is the standard size of Facebook header image? what is the preferred picture size of Twitter profile? what is the optimum size of graphs posted to Instagram? and so on. It is important to make the size right for images on each platform. The following guide provide the updated social media image size for 2018.

Facebook

    Facebook cover photo: 851 x 315 px
    Facebook profile picture: 170 x 170 px
    Facebook link image: 1200 x 628 px

Twitter

    Twitter cover photo: 1500 x 500 px

    Twitter profile picture: 150 x 150 px

    Twitter link image: 506 x 253 px

LinkedIn

    LinkedIn cover photo: 1584 x 396 px

    LinkedIn profile picture: 130 x 130 px

    LinkedIn link image: 520 x 272 px

Instagram

        Instagram profile picture: 320 x 320 px

        Instagram portait image: 1080 x 1350 px

        Instagram square image: 1080 x 1080 px

        Instagram landscape image: 1200 x 628

Pinterest

       Pinterest profile image: 165 x 165 px
       Pinterest board display: 222 x 150 px
       Pinterest pins image: 236 px wide

More Info

Websitehub.com provides an info graphic "Social Media Image & Video Sizes 2018" in PDF which covers more platforms:
https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/social-media-image-sizes-2018-a4.pdf

There are tips and tricks for social media image design on Planable's blog:

https://blog.planable.io/social-media-images-size-infographic/

A detailed "Always Up-to-Date Guide to Social Media Image Sizes" is provided by Sprout Social:
https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-image-sizes-guide/