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Video Size Cheat Sheet For Social Media

Video Size Cheat Sheet For Social Media

Updated:  Dec 26, 2024
Created:  Jan 22, 2023
Time to read:  2 min

Many people nowadays do not even think about the fact that you can make your photos and videos much better and more beautiful using a few useful tools. For example, if you have too many photos, you can very simply crop them so that it looks much better. It should be understood that the video you shoot can weigh too much because of its quality, and for insistence, Facebook simply will not allow it to be posted on its page.

Video Size Cheat Sheet For Facebook

Firstly, such rules exist because Facebook and other social networks are a place where you can’t upload an hour-long video on some topic due to the ease of content delivery. Therefore, to understand exactly what size of a video or photo will be suitable, we will give you some useful tips that will help you.

Social media video dimensions

There is a massive variety of social media video post sizes that exist at the moment, but there are those that have become the most important and almost everyone knows them. Besides, a video that will be HD will be 1920 × 1080 and this is a world standard that cannot be changed. The same can be said about the high-quality 2k size that everyone is now hearing about, this size will contain 2560 × 1440, that's how many pixels. The same measures are available for photos on Instagram or TikTok, but more on that later.

Video Size Cheat Sheet For Instagram

To make the highest quality video that will ideally fit the dimensions on Instagram, you need to select the dimensions 1080 × 1080. We recommended this size because this is the most ideal size for making your story or for a photo, for example. The quality is also very much affected by the bit rate with which you will make a video or photo, lighting also plays an even greater role. If you take two identical photos, but one with more lighting, the one with the lighting will be much better. Therefore, do not neglect the lighting and social video sizes in your Instagram story.

Video Size Cheat Sheet For TikTok

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On TikTok, everything works almost the same as on Instagram with only one exception, in this social network, they mainly shoot videos and do not upload photos. Also, for videos on TikTok, they use mostly 9:16, which is 1080 × 1920, this resolution is used to watch vertical videos that can be easily swiped down or up. Just as before, use the advice of good lighting and video resolution, because it will depend on this whether your clip will get into the trends of TikTok or another social network.

Best video size for social media

As we discussed, several sizes are used everywhere and are not considered the most ideal, and social media video specs are almost the same everywhere. Therefore, before shooting your video, you need to carefully pay attention to the size of the photo or video, because if you choose something wrong, then your video simply cannot be uploaded. Many video specs for social media are 1920 × 1080 and this size accommodates the perfect combination of quality and size because 2k video is too big, and also with smaller quality and size views of videos and photos.

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IT entrepreneur and co-founder of VJump. His passion is travel photography, within which, he has already visited 75 countries. Photos taken during his travels are actively posted on his social networks. For example, his Instagram account has more than 1 million followers.
In addition, his documentary short film Terra del Fuego was awarded more than 30 international awards and certificates at film festivals worldwide.

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