Full Guide to Social Media Image Sizes for 2025 (So You Don’t Look Amateur)

We’ve all seen it: stretched profile pictures, cropped logos, blurry thumbnails, and Reels with key text cut off.

And let’s be honest, when your image is your introduction, looking “off” isn’t an option.

In 2025, content isn’t just about what you say. It’s about how you appear. Whether you're a consultant, coach, or founder, your visual presence is either building credibility or quietly eroding it.

At Avramify, we help clients upgrade the perception of their brand. That starts with the basics: your sizing.

Quick Reference: 2025 Social Media Image Sizes

📸 Instagram

• Profile picture: 320 x 320 px

• Post (square): 1080 x 1080 px

• Post (portrait): 1080 x 1350 px

• Story & Reel: 1080 x 1920 px

• Carousel: Stick to 1080 x 1350 px for best uniformity

Pro Tip: Keep core text inside 1080 x 1420 safe zones to avoid cropping.

🎥 YouTube

• Channel banner: 2560 x 1440 px (safe zone: 1546 x 423 px)

• Thumbnail: 1280 x 720 px

• Shorts: 1080 x 1920 px (vertical)

🎯 LinkedIn (2025 update!)

• Profile photo: 400 x 400 px

• Banner: 1600 x 400 px

• Post image (single): 1200 x 1200 px

• Link preview: 1200 x 627 px

Tip: Banner cuts off on mobile—design center-focused.

🗣 TikTok

• Profile photo: 200 x 200 px

• Video: 1080 x 1920 px

• Safe margin: Keep text centered in the middle 960 x 1440 px zone

Why This Matters More in 2025

In a crowded feed, polish is a shortcut to trust.
Imagine two founders pitching the same message one with clean, sharp branding… the other with pixelated headers and cropped faces. Who looks ready for the press? For funding? For the stage?

That’s the lens through which people scroll.

Even before they read your caption, they feel whether you’re serious or not.

What to Do Next

🧩 Audit your last 9 posts. How many of them are cut off, blurred, or misaligned?
📐 Create a set of templates in Canva or Figma at the correct ratios
📈 Let Avramify help you go from “just active” to visually credible, with services that polish your presence and increase visibility without forcing you to be online 24/7.

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