The ultimate social media image sizing cheat sheet

With all the recent changes to our favorite (or not so favorite) social networks with Facebook covers, Twitter header images and YouTube branded channels, businesses have had to redesign their images and rethink of how they represent themselves visually online.

This gave way to a lot of new creative campaigns on Facebook, Google+ and Pinterest but is has led to a lot of social media managers scrambling to get the images just right.

Earlier this month LunaMetrics released an updated version of their widely popular Social Media Sizing cheat sheet with image and video sizes for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, LinkedIn and Pinterest. Though I bookmarked it, I thought it was actually too valuable a resource to keep to myself.

So before you post your next picture or change up your profile image, take a look at this handy cheat sheet and bookmark it for yourself.

Heather Taylor is the Editorial Director for Econsultancy US. You can follow her on Twitter, Google+ or Pinterest.

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Reader comments (31)

  1. Emma North Emma North

    Digital Marketing Executive at Koozai

    2:34PM on 29th November 2012

    This might just be the most useful Infographic I've seen all year! Perfect for optimising social profiles. I will be using this a lot. Great post!

  2. Jamie Lundgren Jamie Lundgren Enterprise

    eBusiness at LV=

    4:13PM on 29th November 2012

    Really useful resource - thanks for sharing.

  3. Heather Taylor Heather Taylor

    Editorial Director at Econsultancy

    4:25PM on 29th November 2012

    Glad I could be of help. I saw it and thought all of our Econsultancy readers would love to have a hold of this. Enjoy!

  4. Avatar-blank-50x50 Marjo Balin

    10:15PM on 29th November 2012

    Thank you so much for this very useful information. :)

  5. Avatar-blank-50x50 mayank saxena

    Project Manager - IM at Veda Informatics

    4:37AM on 30th November 2012

    amazing.. you have solved a huge problem for people like me... thanks a lot.

  6. Avatar-blank-50x50 Elena Orfanidou Silver

    Head of Internet Banking & Interactive Marketing at Piraeus Bank SA

    8:47AM on 30th November 2012

    Amazingly useful

    Thanks

  7. Avatar-blank-50x50 George

    Project Manager at Penna

    9:05AM on 30th November 2012

    This is possibly the most useful infographic this side of the Highway Code!

  8. Kris Littlewood Kris Littlewood MSc

    Digital Marketing Assistant at English Lakes

    9:19AM on 30th November 2012

    This is really useful and detailed. I will be printing this one out for the wall!

  9. Avatar-blank-50x50 Joanne Maly

    1:59PM on 30th November 2012

    Thank you for this useful and visually-appealing infographic, Heather and @Econsultancy. I anticipate that your graphic will be be a 'top seller' on the viral network within days.

    Excellent job.

  10. Avatar-blank-50x50 Andrea

    3:56PM on 30th November 2012

    Thanks! It's not hard to find the various image sizes in different sites but it's great to have it all in one spot.

  11. Avatar-blank-50x50 Amanda

    9:46PM on 30th November 2012

    Thank you so much for this.

  12. Avatar-blank-50x50 cksyme

    1:42PM on 1st December 2012

    I am indebted to you forever for this. Awesome resource.

  13. Avatar-blank-50x50 Steven Condemarin

    8:53PM on 1st December 2012

    Great post, does anyone know the font used at the top for "social media sizing cheat sheet"? Please let me know!

  14. Avatar-blank-50x50 Bonka

    5:30PM on 2nd December 2012

    This is a very useful and detailed post.

    In some other articles the recommendation for LinkedIn Spotlight Banners (or Company Page Banners) is 640x220px .

    I am wondering why the recommendation here is 646x220px?

  15. Avatar-blank-50x50 Sandeep Singh Saini

    6:43AM on 3rd December 2012

    Great post! Thank you so much. This is really useful.

  16. Avatar-blank-50x50 Eirini Pan Gold

    Sales & Marketing Executive at Outbrain

    10:59AM on 3rd December 2012

    This is incredibly useful for all digital marketers, thanks for sharing!

  17. Avatar-blank-50x50 ramon pintó

    9:25AM on 4th December 2012

    Very useful post, thanks a lot !!

  18. Avatar-blank-50x50 James Clarke

    3:59PM on 4th December 2012

    Thanks so much for sharing, I've wasted hours sizing and re-sizing images and logos, I wish I'd had this months ago!

  19. Avatar-blank-50x50 Pino Shah

    7:22PM on 7th December 2012

    Thank you for this useful info :)

  20. Avatar-blank-50x50 @jpshoiry

    12:26AM on 8th December 2012

    THANK YOU ! Keep it up !

  21. Avatar-blank-50x50 Carole Lotito

    7:14AM on 11th December 2012

    Fabulous! Thanks so much

  22. Matt Stevens Matt Stevens Gold

    Head of Digital Marketing at CEB

    8:02AM on 11th December 2012

    I think a few of the LinkedIn dimensions need updating. The Careers image is 970x240, NOT 974x238. The Products & Services banner is 640x222px, not 646x220px.

    Great article, though!

  23. Avatar-blank-50x50 Katie

    8:52PM on 11th December 2012

    Thanks! It's awesome to have all of this in one place. One problem, though...Pinterest won't let me Pin it! Well, it does, but the image doesn't show up. Ironic - and unfortunate - given the subject. Thanks for the good content, though!

  24. Avatar-blank-50x50 Carl Duncker

    3:44PM on 13th December 2012

    This is a great resource. Really useful having the image sizes. Thanks!

  25. Matt Stevens Matt Stevens Gold

    Head of Digital Marketing at CEB

    3:47PM on 13th December 2012

    It seems like LinkedIn's sizing shifts. Also, does anyone have a good sense of the optimum file size -- we find that LinkedIn compresses files substantially upon upload so our nice crisp images end up fuzzier than a newborn bear.

  26. Avatar-blank-50x50 Ronald Mason

    4:01PM on 19th December 2012

    Wow!, very nice. Best and most useful infopgraphic yet.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Ronald Mason

  27. Avatar-blank-50x50 Ailsa Illingworth

    5:02PM on 19th December 2012

    Spot on! Exactly what every digital Marketing department needs on hand.

  28. Avatar-blank-50x50 Cathy`

    10:02PM on 26th December 2012

    Great resource - I'd love to see information about Houzz requirements though - any idea where that can be found? Thanks!

  29. Avatar-blank-50x50 Barbara DeGraff

    3:08AM on 4th January 2013

    Thank you! You have created an invaluable and time saving resource. I only wish I could pin it on Pinterest. It is one of the best infographics I have seen.

  30. Avatar-blank-50x50 Ketharaman Swaminathan

    4:21PM on 4th January 2013

    Great stuff. Thanks for posting. At the risk of being attached with the saying, "give an inch, take a mile", is there any software tool / website that accepts an original image with its native size and produces "copies" with these different sizes? After all, knowing the different sizes is one thing but producing images in conformance with them is a lot bigger pain area for most digital marketers (including me).

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