Instagram Sizes and Dimensions for 2020: Learn all the different sizes
So what are all the Instagram sizes you need to know about for 2020? What about video resolution and size ratios for Instagram? After many years of the simple square for photos and videos, we now have multiple sizes. So you really need to know how to crop and arrange your images properly to stand out in this social media market. These new Instagram sizes are a massive deal!
Since you’re not ordinary and are not like the rest who don’t really care about their sizes, I’m glad you decided to learn and educated yourself to be successful in your posts and marketing strategies on Instagram. The use of multiple sizes for Social Media to develop our business or brand makes content material a lot more interesting to watch. On top of that, the wide variety of arrangements, while sometimes can be confusing, makes Instagram a lot more interesting, appealing, and an advantage in this competitive world of marketing. I personally love the variety.
So I’ve gone ahead and researched the different sizes Instagram requires for 2020 on all their styles of posts and made an easy to follow Photoshop file. You can basically drop in your image and resize it to fit within the requirements for Instagram. If you are using it for video, then you would simple give the dimensions to your video editor or person in charge of your videos so they know what your final dimensions need to be. This way you can upload to Instagram without any cropping loss of mis-aligned videos.
When uploading your horizontal or landscape images, you always want to make sure to align the image so it shows up centered on your layout. This is also the dimensions for your Instagram and YouTube videos
16:9 Aspect Ratio 1920 x 1080
The Square is the original size on Instagram and it is how your layout is displayed. Make sure to align your image in the center.
1:1 Aspect Ratio 1080 x 1080
The vertical or portrait is the the one we tend to have issues with. This is because it goes back to the original print size of an 8x10 portrait. Usually, if not sized correctly, we tend to cut off the head or feet of our images. Again make sure to align your image so it is centered in your square layout if possible
4:5 Aspect Ratio 8x10 Portrait Size 1080 x 1350
Our new size for IGTV Thumbnails is a bit tricky. It is the image you see on your IGTV wall or layout. When you crop and import your image in this size on your phone it will appear cut off on the edges of your phone. Don’t worry about that, this is normal. When you upload it and look at in on your IGTV layout, the thumbnail is perfectly aligned to the correct size. I also added tapered lines so you don’t add words or info above or below theses lines. Instagram icons and buttons are in these areas.
1080 x 1680
Your IGTV videos is the vertical format of your youtube videos. So basically invert the numbers. This version works for your Instagram Stories as well.
I also added tapered lines so you don’t add words or info above or below theses lines. Instagram icons, Facebook links and buttons are in these areas.
9:16 Aspect Ratio 1080 x 1920
So now that you know all the sizes and info, you will hopefully not cut off your images anymore or stop pulling your hairs getting frustrated why your images are not lining up correctly. And since you’ve been such an awesome reader, you won’t have to screenshot these images and try and make your own Photoshop file to make these images fit. I’ve created a .JPEG image just for you.
Use it as a guide when creating images or cropping images for Instagram. Just click on the link below and it will take you to my Sellfy store where you can download it for free. Save it onto your computer and open up photoshop and drop this image above your picture on the layers panel. It’s just that easy. You then lower the opacity to about 60%-70% ( Or what ever best works for you). You can now see your image below and can align it to what you need to fit onto which ever format or dimension you’ll upload to Instagram. Remember to mute or un-check the layer of the template when saving your image.
Bonus: A little trick I do when saving my image is to add the format in the end of the file name. For example (IMG9876_IGTV.jpeg) This way its easier when searching for your images and what you need to upload.