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Characteristic dimensions on Facebook [Update]

Characteristic dimensions on Facebook [Update]

What are the maximum dimensions of a profile picture on Facebook? What are the dimensions of the Cover Image? What is the size of the video clip? Most letters on status?

You can find all these answers in the picture below.

[Update 12.01.13.]

You can find all these answers in the picture below.

Big picture for timeline

This is the big picture (also known as the cover photo) for Facebook’s timeline.

Width: 851px

Height: 315px

Application icons for timeline view

These are the icons that are displayed on a fan page that has a Facebook timeline enabled. If your picture exceeds these limits, your icon will be resized and converted.

Width: 111px

Height: 74px

Maximum file size: 5MB

Facebook application favicon size

This is the tiny icon that is being displayed on the left-hand side of your news feed, where the applications that you use are.

Width: 16px

Height: 16px

Facebook milestone picture size

This is the size you use for milestone pictures such as the company’s foundation date. This is also the size for starred (highlighted) posts. The image in the post will be scaled down accordingly if it exceeds the limits.

Width: 843 pixels

Height: 403 pixels


Profile picture for timeline pages

Recently updated sizes for timeline. The new width and height are 180 px which will be automatically scaled down to the following:

Width: 32px

Height: 32px

It’s extremely important to choose a picture that can be scaled down as the profile pictures that are displayed on timeline posts are really small. The best practice is to choose your logo.

Thumbnail

The image is displayed next to the link when you click like or share something.

Width: 90px

Height: 90px

Facebook page

The usable area of your brand's Facebook page

Width: 779px (Update: The CSS of Facebook has some errors, so we’re not actually sure what the final width will be. We suspect it will be 810 px)

Height: Unlimited

Uploaded images

This is the maximum size of the image you can upload.

Width: 2048px

Height: 2048px

Pinned post picture size

This is the size of the picture of your pinned post. Will not be scaled down so that the smaller dimension matches 403 pixels. Facebook will take the center of the image and cut it out accordingly. You can later adjust the horizontal (landscape images) or vertical (portrait images) position of the picture.

Width: 403px

Height: 403px

Pictures displayed on Facebook

This is the maximum size of the image as shown in the slide show or album.

Width: 960px

Height: 720px

Facebook ads

Picture in the ad

Width: 100px

Height: 72px

Size: 5MB

Text in ad

Header: 25 characters

Body copy: 135 characters

Facebook status update

Status update length: 63,206 characters

Comment length: unlimited

Video

The maximum size of video you can upload

Size: 1024MB

Length: 20 minutes

(Source:  dreamgrow.com )

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