Social Media Specs mixup

[zoran]

There are many sites that provide Social Media image specs. Too many sites on this matter not all providing the same specs.. what a mixup.
Also there are inconsistencies for each business that do not follow the spec rules/dimensions that each pic should have. There are different sizes in FBCover photos, or FBProfile pics...etc.
What is going on? Is there atleast some site, providing image size specs thats reliable and can be counted upon for use?

 

[hg.wells]

Services change dimensions all the time and external articles don’t get updated.

It’s always best to look at the services website:

Pages profile picture and cover photo dimensions | Facebook Help Center

Learn more about the dimensions of your Facebook Page's profile picture and cover photo.

m.facebook.com

 

[zoran]

Hard to read and understand what each setting concerns... it needs a WYSIWUG interface... do u agree?

 

[hg.wells]

Not sure what you’re trying to get, it lists out the exact sizes and recommendations for your profile photo and then the cover photo.

As a designer those are the key things you need to know.

 

[zoran]

I’m trying to get specs for the basic images in all social media… fb, LinkedIn, tweeter, Instagram etc.

 

[hg.wells]

You’re not going to find a source that has it all in one place that’s always accurate that’s why it’s always best to go to the individual platforms support documentation.

Google is your friend - “Twitter Profile Picture Sizing”

How to upload X profile photos and headers and best sizes

If you're having trouble uploading a profile photo to your X account, read this article for help.

help.twitter.com

 

[zoran]

Does each platform have support documentation stating the sizes of the pics to be uploaded?

 

[hg.wells]

Does each platform have support documentation stating the sizes of the pics to be uploaded?

Probably you just need to look it up!

 

[zoran]

For starters, i can't find Facebook's page that states the correct image sizes and dimensions.

 

[hg.wells]

For starters, i can't find Facebook's page that states the correct image sizes and dimensions.

The link is in my first post!

 

[zoran]

I dont understand the first direction... "Displays at 176x176 pixels on your Page on computers, 196x196 pixels on smartphones and 36x36 pixels on most feature phones."
Do i make it 176x176 or 196x196... shouldnt there be one size for all? :-(

 

[organicCPU]

Do i make it 176x176 or 196x196... shouldnt there be one size for all? :-(

If you click on the first link from @hg.wells and then click through that link you can read this an Facebook:

For best quality, your profile picture should be at least 320 pixels wide and 320 pixels tall.

I recommend some common width, like 768, 1080, 1200 or 1920 pixels by the same height. With higher density displays it´s no fault to take more pixels to make the graphic appear crisp on all devices. How large the size of an image makes sense, also depends on how it will get compressed and downsized from the platform (inspect the natural size of your image in Safari). Especially for JPG format but also for others, it´s a good idea, if the width and height can be divided by 16 and the result is an integer (dividable by 16). Another thing is image cropping. If it´s wrapped into a circle, like our avatars here on the forum, consider that especially for squared image dimensions in your design.

I agree, it´s hard to find any info for image sizes on social media. And worse, next time you´ll need to know it, it might have changed. Even more worse, you never know, if there will be a more recent info around somewhere. Maybe the page you´re gathering your specs from, is just outdated. Another pitfall is, that clients often don´t know what publishing format they use on social media and thus you don´t know, if you´re looking up the right image format at all.

 

[MacGizmo]

I always refer to this Google Docs spreadsheet hosted by Hootsuite. It's updated regularly (sometimes multiple times per week) and you can get an email to notify you when it is. Just click the tabs across the bottom for the social media site you're interested in and it'll list the sizes for each type of image.