Facebook Profile Image Dimensions

Required the most effective Facebook photo sizes?

Here are all the information you require to size your images and graphics to look their ideal on your Facebook Fan Page. Includes Cover Image, Account Pic, and Wall Surface Photos.

Facebook Cover Picture Dimensions

Starting on top, your Cover Picture will certainly be displayed at 851 pixels (px) by 315px. You have the possibility to change the chopping, yet can not resize the picture that you publish or select from your Fan Page cds.

To guarantee you'll like the results, size in an image editor prior to uploading. Begin with a photo that goes to least 851 pixels large. Enlarging a lower resolution picture can make it look blurry or pixelated.

NOTE: Your Page Call, category, as well as buttons have actually moved inside the Cover Photo since mid-June 2014. Get my layout at the link below so they will not block an important part of your Cover design.

Facebook Account Picture Size

The Facebook Account Image is displayed on your Fan Page at 160px square, yet should be uploaded a minimum of 180px square. You can likewise upload a bigger image, preferably in a numerous of 180, such as 360, 540, or 720, as well as Facebook will resize it for you. This might offer you far better clearness, and also will certainly give you a bigger image in your Picture Album!

Facebook Follower Web Page App Images/ Thumbnails

The Application Photos, Tab Images, or Thumbnails that utilized to appear under your Cover Photo have actually relocated to the left column. Only 3 program on the web page, however when the arrowhead is clicked, every app thumbnail can be seen. It's an excellent idea to personalize them.

The Facebook application thumbnails are still 111px wide by 74px high. Keep them easy-- maybe just kind that reveals a call-to-action.

Facebook Follower Web Page Application Favicons
The FB Fan Page Apps used to have tiny 16px favicons. These have actually been removed.

Facebook Follower Web Page Apps

Your Fan Page app can be a single picture (example below). The size of the tab is 810px, as well as the maximum elevation for a full-tab photo is 1200px. This is the only Facebook picture that I've discovered to have a data dimension constraint, and also it's 400kb. Choose the suitable compression when conserving your jpeg, It won't submit if larger than 400kb.

For information on how to include personalized tabs to your Fan Page, reviewed: Facebook Timeline Follower Web Page Tabs: Add Your Site to FB

Facebook Wall Surface Image Dimension

Pictures shared on your wall are shown at 504 pixels large and also approximately 504 pixels high. When sizing your graphics as well as pictures, make them at the very least 504 pixels. Facebook is advising 1200 pixels.

Elevation can differ-- straight as well as tall photos will certainly work. I used to advise a tall percentage of 4:5, today these will be minimized to 504 pixels tall with gray bars on the sides (see sample).

Horizontal pictures will load the 504 pixel width, however will not have the influence of square. Square looks ideal on the wall.

Facebook Photo Audience Picture Dimension

Pictures you have actually posted will certainly show up in the Image Visitor, or lightbox, at the optimum resolution feasible, depending upon the dimension you published them and also the audience's display screen tool. The maximum Facebook picture size for upload and download is 2048 px square. If you post a larger picture, Facebook will reduce it so the longest side is 2048 px. Bear in mind that pictures can be downloaded and install at the complete dimension you've uploaded, a minimum of approximately 2048 px.

For ideal display, Facebook advises that you resize your images prior to submitting to one of these sizes they support:

• 720 px


• 960 px


• 2048 px

If you publish 2048 px images, be sure to select the High Quality alternative.

WARNING: Photos you upload to Facebook can be downloaded and install by any person you've enabled to view them in your permissions (and Follower Page articles are always public). Any images could be downloaded and install and reused, despite the fact that that would certainly be copyright infringement (unless you give permission). How to Report Cases of Intellectual Property Infringement.

You've also allowed Facebook to distribute your photos according to their Terms of Solution:

For material that is covered by intellectual property civil liberties, like photos as well as videos (IP content), you specifically offer us the adhering to authorization, based on your personal privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide certificate to use any IP material that you upload on or in connection with Facebook (IP License). This IP Permit ends when you erase your IP material or your account unless your material has actually been shared with others, as well as they have actually not removed it.

I recommend you NOT post your expert images at high resolution unless you have a details reason to do so (as an example, you want followers to download and install images of an occasion). I additionally recommend you watermark your photos.

Facebook Milestone or Highlighted Post Photo Dimension

Landmarks and Highlighted Messages used to extend both columns of your Timeline. Since Fan Pages have just one column for posts (as of mid-June 2014), there are no double-wide photos.

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