The Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet Everyone Needs to Have!

Last week I was searching the Internet and came across this post by Dan Wilkerson, social media project manger with LunaMetrics. I left a comment, asking if I could repost this, and they graciously granted permission. Their website is a GOLDMINE of information and I encourage you to drop by the LunaMetrics Blog for a visit and to get acquainted. You can also follow them on Twitter here.

We’ve all been there – hastily combing through SERPs, looking for the correct sizing for your new Google+ cover pic or the appropriate sizing for the branding and text in the background of your new Twitter profile. Fortunately, we’ve got you covered with a one stop shop for all of your social media sizing headaches – just go ahead and right-click save this bad boy into your documents and never get stuck with pouring through search results for the correct Facebook cover photo size again.

Prefer text for easy copy-pasting reference? No problemo – here’s all of the sizing information written out for you to see.

Facebook Image Sizes

• Cover Photo
  • 851 x 315 pixels
• Profile Picture
  • 160 x 160 pixes
    • Must be uploaded sized at least 180 x 180 pixels
• Distance between left boundary and profile picture
  • 23 pixels
• Distance between top boundary and profile picture
  • 210 pixels
• Profile Picture border size
  • 5 pixels
• App Preview Image
  • 111 x 74 pixels
• Distance between App preview images
  • 8 pixels
• Total length of adjustable app preview images, with gaps
  • 349 pixels
• Shared Image size on Timeline
  • 403 x 403 pixels
    • Up to 960 x 720 pixels in lightbox, can be uploaded up to 2048 pixels
• Status Update
  • 63,206 characters
• Link Preview
  • 90 x 90 pixels
    • Both Title Tag and Meta Description can be edited by clicking on the preview text
• Highlighted Post/Milestone
  • 843 x 403 pixels
• Profile Picture In Stream
  • 50 x 50 pixels
• Shared Image In Stream
  • 398 x 298 pixels
• Profile Picture on Facebook Sponsored Story Ads
  • 32 x 32 pixels
• Sponsored Story Body Copy
  • 90 Characters
• Sponsored Story Image Size
  • 194 x 139 pixels
• Album Image Preview type 1
  • 129 x 129 pixels
    • Can show either 6 or 9 photos at this size
• Album Image Preview type 2
  • 398 x 264 pixels
    • Three 129 x 129 pixel boxes underneath
• Album Image Sizing type 3
  • 196 x 196 pixels
    • Two preview images
• Facebook Ad Image Size
  • 100 x 72 pixels
• Facebook Ad Title Copy
  • 25 characters
• Facebook Ad Body Copy
  • 90 characters
• Shared YouTube Video Preview
  • 130 x 73 pixels
• Shared Facebook Video preview
  • 398 x 223 pixels

Twitter Image Sizes

• Profile Picture
  • 128 x 128 pixels
    • Must be <700kb 48="48" in="in" li="li" pixels="pixels" resized="resized" stream="stream" to="to" uploaded="uploaded" when="when" x="x">
• Brand Banner
  • 835 x 90 pixels
    • Only available to select Twitter partners
• Tweet Length
  • 140 Characters
• Background Sizing (Visible space between left side and content)
  • 90% see 71 pixels
  • 65% see 199 pixels
  • 40% see 242 pixels
  • 20% see 279 pixes

Google+ Image Sizes

• Cover Photo
  • 940 x 180 pixels
    • Can be animated using a .gif
• Profile Picture
  • 250 x 250 pixels
• Profile Picture border size
  • 5 pixels
• Ribbon Photo
  • 5 x 110 pixels each
    • Can be animated using .gif’s
• Profile Picture In Stream
  • 48 x 48 pixels
• Shared Images
  • 497 x 373 pixels
    • Up to 2048 pixels in lightbox
• Post length
  • 100,000+ characters
    • Cannot edit link Title Tags or Meta Descriptions

Pinterest Image Sizes

• Profile Picture
  • 49 x49 pixels
    • Resized from 160 x 160 pixel profile picture
• Pinned Images
  • 600 x Infinite pixels
• Pin Description Length
  • 500 Characters
    • Can include hyperlinks