How to Convert and Resize Images for Social Media — Free Guide
Every social platform needs different image sizes. Learn the exact dimensions for Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube, and resize for free.
Uploading an image at the wrong size to social media makes it look blurry, cropped, or stretched. Each platform has specific dimensions, and getting them right makes your posts look professional. This guide lists the exact sizes and shows you how to resize images for free.
Social media image size chart showing correct dimensions for Instagram Facebook and Twitter
Social Media Image Size Cheat Sheet
- Instagram square post: 1080 × 1080 px
- Instagram portrait: 1080 × 1350 px
- Instagram story: 1080 × 1920 px
- Facebook cover: 820 × 312 px
- Facebook post: 1200 × 630 px
- Twitter/X header: 1500 × 500 px
- Twitter/X post: 1200 × 675 px
- LinkedIn banner: 1584 × 396 px
- YouTube thumbnail: 1280 × 720 px
- YouTube banner: 2560 × 1440 px
How to Resize Images for Social Media
- Go to the PureFileConverter Image Resizer tool page.
- Upload your image.
- Enter the target width and height from the cheat sheet above.
- Download the resized image and upload it to your platform.
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Keep the aspect ratio to avoid stretching. If the original is 1920×1080 and you need 1080×1080, crop it square first — don't just enter 1080×1080 and distort it.
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