Instagram Media Sizes
Prepare feed photos, carousel slides, Stories, and Reel cover artwork with room for different profile previews.
Working canvas recommendations, not a list of every upload limit. Check the platform and publishing method before exporting. Reviewed September 2026.
| Format | Dimensions | Ratio | Crop image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Square feed / carousel | 1080 × 1080 px | 1:1 | Use size ↗ |
| Portrait feed / carousel | 1080 × 1350 px | 4:5 | Use size ↗ |
| Tall photo canvas | 1080 × 1440 px | 3:4 | Use size ↗ |
| Story / Reel canvas | 1080 × 1920 px | 9:16 | Use size ↗ |
Leave room for the crop.
Square and 4:5 portrait canvases are useful across publishing workflows. Taller 3:4 photos may be supported in the Instagram app while API and scheduling workflows have different requirements. Profile previews can crop the original, so keep essential text near the center.
Work from a high-resolution original and keep important text away from the edges. Cropping changes the framing; resizing changes the pixel dimensions. A larger export will not recover detail that is missing from the source.
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