What size is a cover image or banner on each social network?

Short answer

From each network’s own pages, read on 11 October 2026: a YouTube banner is at least 2048 × 1152 and recommended at 2560 × 1440; a LinkedIn profile cover is 1584 × 396, a Page cover 1512 × 256 and an article cover 1920 × 1080; an X header is 1500 × 500; a Facebook Page cover loads fastest at 851 × 315; a Pinterest business profile cover is at least 800 × 450. Instagram, Threads and TikTok profiles have no cover image on the pages we read, and Bluesky’s documentation names no banner size.

Written by the Mellow team · Updated October 31, 2026, sources read October 11, 2026

Every cover and banner, network by network

Read on 11 October 2026, each from the network’s own help page.

Network and cover	Size	Shape and file	What the page also says
Facebook Page cover	851 × 315 loads fastest; at least 400 × 150	sRGB JPG under 100 KB; PNG for a logo or text	Shown at 16:9 on a computer and 2.4:1 on a phone; the profile picture overlaps the left of it, by about 40 pixels on phones (Facebook Help)
Facebook personal profile cover	None stated	Not stated	The page on changing it gives steps and no size
YouTube channel banner	At least 2048 × 1152; 2560 × 1440 recommended, especially for TV	16:9, 6 MB or smaller	Safe area for text and logos is 1235 × 338 at the minimum size; no shadows, borders or frames (YouTube Help). The tips page asks for at least 2560 × 1440 for the best display on all devices
LinkedIn profile cover	1584 × 396 recommended	JPG or PNG, under 8 MB	Appears behind the profile photo; how it looks changes with the window (LinkedIn Help)
LinkedIn Page cover	1512 × 256, minimum and recommended	PNG or JPEG, up to 3 MB	May be trimmed to fit a screen; keep key details away from the edges, especially the lower right (LinkedIn Help)
LinkedIn article cover	1920 × 1080 optimal	JPEG, JPG, PNG or WEBP; cropped to 16:9; no GIFs	Desktop only; the page gives no file size (LinkedIn Help)
LinkedIn newsletter	Logo 300 × 300; each edition’s cover 1920 × 1080	Not stated	A page last updated three years before we read it (LinkedIn Help)
X header	1500 × 500 recommended	JPG, GIF or PNG; no animated GIFs	60 pixels at the top and bottom may be cropped on some screens (X Help, profile help)
Pinterest profile cover	At least 800 × 450	A horizontal image at 16:9 recommended; business accounts only	You crop or pan the image to 16:9 in the app (Pinterest Help)
Bluesky banner	None stated	Not stated	The profile documentation names a banner and gives no size

Instagram, Threads and TikTok have no cover on the pages we read: their help for Instagram, Threads and TikTok lists a profile picture, a name, a username and links, and no cover or banner image. Their sizes for pictures in posts are on the image sizes page.

LinkedIn: three different covers

LinkedIn has a cover on a person’s profile, one on a Page and one on an article, and they are three shapes. The profile cover is 4:1, the Page cover about 5.9:1 and the article cover 16:9. The help for publishing an article as a Page asks for the same 1920 × 1080 cover, and images inside an article take GIF, JPEG, JPG, PNG or WEBP, with GIFs under 400 frames. LinkedIn’s pages we read give no pixel or file size for an image inside the body of an article. Photos in posts are a different set of sizes again.

One picture, five covers

Take a picture of 3000 × 1000, which is 3:1. The table shows the largest piece of it in each cover’s shape, how much of the picture that is, and how much it must be scaled to reach the cover’s width (a figure above 1 is an enlargement). The arithmetic is ours, not any network’s.

Cover	Target	Piece kept	Share kept	Scale
X header	1500 × 500	3000 × 1000	100%	0.50
LinkedIn profile cover	1584 × 396	3000 × 750	75%	0.53
Facebook Page cover, fastest-loading file	851 × 315	2702 × 1000	90%	0.31
LinkedIn Page cover	1512 × 256	3000 × 508	51%	0.50
YouTube banner, recommended	2560 × 1440	1778 × 1000	59%	1.44

The 3:1 picture is exactly the X header, and it loses half of its height to become a LinkedIn Page cover. The YouTube banner is the other direction: 2560 × 1440 is 16:9, and the piece that fits is 1778 wide, which then has to be enlarged 1.44 times. The LinkedIn Page cover is 3.3 times as wide for its height as the YouTube banner, so no single picture serves both. Make each from a picture at least as large as the biggest target, and keep the subject toward the middle.

Where the networks draw over a cover

Facebook: the Page’s profile picture covers part of the left, and the shape on a phone differs from a computer’s.
LinkedIn: the profile photo sits over the profile cover, and a Page cover may be trimmed horizontally or vertically.
X: the header may lose 60 pixels at the top and the bottom.
YouTube: text and logos belong in the 1235 × 338 safe area, which is for the minimum 2048 × 1152 size.

Making them, and where Mellow Hub fits

Mellow Hub publishes posts. It doesn’t change a profile’s cover or banner; those are set in each network’s own settings. The free image resizer cuts one picture to the Facebook Page, LinkedIn profile and LinkedIn Page covers, around a point you choose, and the YouTube thumbnail maker is for thumbnails, not banners.

Mellow Hub, whose answer this is, also has a YouTube packaging guide for a YouTube channel (thumbnail, title, description, Shorts cover, banner and avatar), an AI YouTube thumbnail generator that spends credits, and a free YouTube thumbnail tester that previews a thumbnail the way YouTube shows it.

The first 3 posts are free, however many networks each one goes to, and need no card. After that Hub is paid: plans start at $19 a month (Solo), after a 7-day trial with a card on file that costs nothing if you cancel before it ends, and a monthly plan's first month is 20% off. Publishing is unlimited on every plan, under a fair-use ceiling that stops automated floods (900 publications a month on Solo), where one publication is one post on one account, so a post sent to five networks counts as five toward it. There are no automatic overage charges.

Questions people also ask

What size is a Facebook cover photo?

For a Page, Facebook says a cover loads fastest as an sRGB JPG of 851 × 315 under 100 KB, and must be at least 400 × 150. It shows at 16:9 on a computer and 2.4:1 on a phone. The help page for a personal profile’s cover gives no size.

What size is a YouTube channel banner?

At least 2048 × 1152 at 16:9, with 2560 × 1440 recommended, especially for TV, and 6 MB or smaller. The safe area for text and logos is 1235 × 338 at the minimum size.

What size is a LinkedIn article cover image?

1920 × 1080 pixels is LinkedIn’s optimal size, and covers are cropped to 16:9. The file can be JPEG, JPG, PNG or WEBP, and GIFs can no longer be used. Article tools are on desktop, not the mobile app.

What size is an X header?

X recommends 1500 × 500 pixels and says 60 pixels at the top and bottom may be cropped on some screens. JPG, GIF and PNG are accepted, and animated GIFs are not.

Do Instagram and TikTok have a cover image on the profile?

Not on the help pages we read: Instagram’s, Threads’ and TikTok’s help for editing a profile names a picture, a name, a username and links, and no cover or banner.

Sources

Other companies’ features change. Every statement about them rests on these pages, as they read on the date above.