Guide to: Social Media Image Sizes – YouTube

Visual Content is increasingly an important part of your visibility and online presence. Visual Content and Images can be an important way to boost your branding and the promotion of your business and content online and on social media.

However, as you have probably already discovered – there is no one size fits all. You should be tailoring your images and branding for each social media platform.

Social Media Image Sizes: YouTube

• Channel Profile Image: 800 x 800 (Displays as 98 x 98 pixels)
• Channel Cover Photo: 2,560 x 1,440
• Video Uploads: 1280 x 720 (Minimum HD)

As YouTube is often viewed on a variety of devices. It is important that your photographs are optimised for each one.

• Tablet display: 1,855 x 423.
• Mobile display: 1,546 x 423.
• TV display: 2,560 x 1,440.
• Desktop: 2,560 x 423 (1,546 x 423 pixels are always visible).

Using the right sizes makes your images look better and more professional.