![]() This is simply a minimum size and in our experience we find it way too grainy and the advice gives no guidance on safe areas for text. On resolution Facebook doesn’t help when it says “Keep in mind that your cover photo must be at least 400 pixels wide and 150 pixels tall”. Universal recommended size for all all Facebook cover photos (Page, Group and Profile): 1920px x 1080pxĪs well as this dimension change we’ve gone for a high resolution recommendation because we are also considering the rise of higher res devices such as Retina Display – you want your cover photos to look all crisp and clear there too don’t you! 1920px x 1080px future proofs you to some extent and also covers off pretty much any other device currently on the market. ![]() Personal Profile: 851 x 315 (we recommend you create this in 1920 x 1080)īut for the reasons we explain below, it’s a lot better to create your photo in deeper 16:9 dimensions:.Pages: 820 x 312 (we recommend you create this in 1920 x 1080).Groups: 820 x 250 (we recommend you create this in 1920 x 1080).The OLD shallow letterbox size (which you’ll still see recommended by a lot of people) is: So there we have it – Facebook is thinking mobile and video-first. And of course you can now upload video as an alternative to an photo on your Facebook Page (that option for Profiles and Groups is bound to be here sometime soon – slideshows on Pages is also currently in an early roll-out). If you’ve spent any time working with video, you’ll know that this is the standard size for HD video. Our recommended 1920px x 1080px size is actually a 16:9 aspect ratio. That same photo will be cropped (probably badly) on tablet and desktop. If you’ve only uploaded the traditional letterbox size you’ll be missing out on a bunch of smartphone real estate. So we create on desktop, test on desktop and often never see how terrible our photos look on mobile or tablet.Ĭover images on mobile in our recommended dimensions render in full. We social media managers spend far too much time on desktop rather than using Facebook like our fans and Group members do – i.e. The tl dr version: you now need to be creating all cover photos (Page, Group and Profile) at 1920px x 1080px.Īnd yes, we are fully aware that 1920px x 1080px is WAY deeper than the traditional letterbox size. ![]() FB cover photo sizes: wake up to an era of mobile and video-first ![]() And what we have realised is most of these recommendations are far from optimal going into 2019. Ideal photo sizes have changed over the years (of course – this is Facebook after all). Well Googling it results in a mass of conflicting recommendations – mainly out-of-date. “Why don’t you just Google it?” I hear you say. We’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time in recent weeks figuring out the ideal dimensions for Facebook Group, Page and Cover cover photos. Facebook cover photo specifications: why are we so confused? ![]()
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