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Q. Your article on resizing images was super helpful, I updated my Facebook cover photo but then tried to update my other social media accounts and discovered each site has a different size! I’m going crazy trying to hunt down the size requirements for my profile pictures on Twitter, Google + and other sites. Why can’t they all be one size?
How can I find the size requirements for photos for social media accounts? I must be doing it wrong, finding the right size for my pictures shouldn’t be this difficult! 
A. Now that you know how to resize an image, you can put your newfound skills to good use on social media. You can make the most of your pages by adding photos to personalize your accounts. Make your cover photo on Facebook reflect your personality. Use a powerful header image on your Twitter account. Draw attention to your LinkedIn profile with a career photo.
See, How to Resize an Image in 3 Easy Steps!
Sounds simple, right? Well, not so much. Each of these sites has specific dimension requirements for your images which could result in wasted time and effort if you can’t find out what those dimensions are or if you have to spend a lot of time hunting for them.
Good news. The Wonder of Tech has you covered. Here’s a handy infographic from the Omnicore Agency showing you the exact image dimensions required for the most popular social media sites:
Infographic courtesy of Omnicore Agency
Note that this infographic has been updated as of July 2014 with newly revised dimensions.
Bottom Line
By knowing the dimensions for images on social media you can save time and make the most of your social media accounts. Bookmark this handy guide so you can easily find the dimensions you need without having to hunt for them.
Your Thoughts
Have you ever struggled to figure out the dimensions of images on social media? Have you ever given up trying to upload an image because you couldn’t find what size it was supposed to be? Let us know in the Comments section below! Feel free to link to your creatively crafted images on your social media sites.
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This is SERIOUSLY helpful info, Carolyn – must go to the top of the class for the most useful infographic I’ve ever come across – thanks so much for sharing this. Definitely one I’m going to cut out and keep for future reference – cheers 🙂
Hi Sue, Thanks! I’m so glad you found this infographic to be helpful. When I researched the reader’s question I found this infographic and had to share it with all of my readers. I knew it would be very helpful because I’ve spent a lot of time hunting for this information too!
The infographic is embedded into this article and Tent Social has promised to update the infographic if and when social media sites changes these dimensions. So this infographic should be kept current throughout the years.
Hey Carolyn,
Amazing article and as well as Infographic.. With the help of this infographic, I will make my social media profile more creative and professional. Thanks for sharing it…I will surely this post with my friends… Hats off to you.. 🙂
Hi Himanshu, That’s great that you found this infographic to be helpful to you. Thanks for much for taking the time to let us know and for sharing this article with your friends. 🙂
Very useful information. I have been too lazy to research the required size for my Twitter background image. I hope I will finally get all my social media profile images updated, now that you have made it so easy to find all dimensions. Thanks for the infographic.
Hi Churchill, Don’t be too hard on yourself. Each social media website has its own dimensions and we can understand the reader’s frustration, wishing that the sites could all use the same sized for their image requirements.
But they don’t so this infographic can be a quick reference guide so we don’t have to hunt down the different dimensions for the different sites.
Have fun updating your social media profiles, Churchill!
omg this infographic is so incredibly useful! We have spent waaayy too long looking up these dimensions every time we update our cover photos … and we’re pretty much on all of the social networks listed here!! I especially like the dimensions for images within timelines, optimizing those sizes is key to making sure you are putting your photo in the best light possible. An image can really affect the visibility of your post on social networks. I’ve passed this on to our team and am tweeting it to everyone. Thanks Carolyn!
Hi Summer, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! You’re exactly right, an image can make a huge difference on social media accounts. When you get a friend invitation from someone without a profile picture, you don’t know whether to trust that account really is from that person. By taking a few minutes to add a picture, you can really make the most of your account.
I’m so glad you found this helpful. Thanks for letting us know and for sharing this article, Summer!
Wow. This infographic is so detailed. I bet no one will have problem tweaking their social media designs.
Hi David, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! Yes, between this infographic and my previous article on how to resize images in 3 easy steps, people should have the tools they need to update their social media profiles!
Hi Carolyn
I struggled with the Google+ image for a long time and gave up in the end.
I never bothered with a LinkedIn image either.
Now though, I’m going to go and revisit them because I know the correct dimensions.
I’m wondering how often we should change the images on social media sites?
I see some people changing theirs every few weeks or months.
I don’t think I’ve changed mine since I loaded them on Twitter and Facebook for the first time a few months ago.
What do you think?
Have a great weekend Carolyn!
Tim
Hi Tim, You’re not alone. I think many people struggle with finding out the right size of images and with having to resize them. I hope after this week these issues are less challenging for people!
Yes, you should revisit these sites to add images. Especially LinkedIN, which may be the first time many people discover you.
How often you should change your images is a matter of opinion. My teenage daughters change theirs several times a week while some businesses keep theirs constant as a brand message. I would say changing your image is like posting an article on your blog: do it when you have something you want to convey.
I don’t design anything myself, but close to every single time that I’m going to publish a picture on Facebook or add a new profile image or a cover image, I need to use Google to find the right sizes. Now, I’ll just bookmark your post Carolyn 🙂
Thank you.
Hi Jens, Yes, these sites do make it tricky to change your photos and it can be challenging to find the most current dimension requirements.
Thanks for bookmarking this post, Jens. The infographic is embedded and the creator has promised to keep it current with updates when dimensions change.
Hello,
WOW, Just wonderful and informative post. Yeah you are right every social media account has different sizes which is really annoying to change according to their size and sometime it will look bad.
The tips are really informative, and very thank you to compile everything in one place!
Hi Vicky, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! Great point. We can be very excited to upload a new picture to social media, only to discover that the size is wrong. Compounding our disappointment is the difficulty in determining what the right size should be.
I’m so glad you were helped by this article, Vicky. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
Love the information on social media design and the size of imagery for the big social networks, thank you again!
Hi Steve, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! You’re very welcome. I’m so glad the Wonder of Tech reader asked this question because the answer has been helpful to so many people.
Oh my this must have taken someones sunday afternoons for a long time :). Though great info for us! I will surely bookmark this post so I can easily check to which sizes I should resiize my images! Life CAN be easy sometimes. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Ferdi, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! Yes, life can be easy when you have the proper resources. But when you don’t, life can be quite challenging.
Between PicMonkey and this handy infographic, adding images to social media will be much easier for you now!
Wow – thanks a lot for that. It is great to have everything in one place, even dimensions that I didn’t care about previously. I think it will be extremely time saving when preparing graphs at one time with all necessary dimensions, then reshaping them everytime when sth is posted on another social media website.
Once again, thank’s a lot and best regards!
Hi Darkan, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! I’m so glad you found this article to be helpful to you. You’re right, this guide is very handy because it provides so much information all in one place.
Hi Carolyn,
Boy I’ve struggled at times to figure out what type of dimension those social media sites want, and as mentioned in your post they are all different from one another on top of it 🙂
I’m still having troubles with Google+ and Facebook, as a matter of fact, but I’m going to have a header made for my fan page eventually.
Thank you for the very helpful infographic.
Have a great before Christmas week!
Hi Sylviane, Yes, when the reader asked this question, they did everyone a favor by inspiring this article topic. Anyone who uses social media needs this information so it’s handy to have the dimensions all in one place.
You’re right, it’s time-consuming enough to choose the right photo, then edit and resize it. If we can save time and frustration by having the dimensions readily available, then that’s one less thing we have to worry about! :-bd
That is just the most super duper post ever Carolyn and thank you so much for sharing this infographic and the sizes. I have a bookmark post of the Facebook timeline and all those image sizes because I don’t size them enough to remember what they are.
I had to go and look up the Twitter one too. I haven’t gotten to my YouTube channel yet but I would be searching for that one next.
Thank you so very much for sharing this with us and put these all in one very convenient location. You’re a lifesaver.
~Adrienne
Hi Adrienne, Yes, I don’t know of anyone who changes their photos so often that they have all of these dimensions memorized. Even if you did, the dimensions can change so you still should check on the dimensions before uploading a new photo. This infographic is embedded and the creator has promised to keep it updated and current so you can always come back to this article to check on the dimensions you need for your photos.
I’m so glad this article was helpful to you, Adrienne. Enjoy updating your photos!
Amazingly useful. Loved the infographics. It’s so exhaustive to choose different images for different social media websites. You have really cut my work in half. Thank you so much.
Hi Anas, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! I’m so glad this was helpful to you. Thanks for taking the time to let us know.