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title: "Facebook Post Sizes: Dimensions, Specs and Ratios"
description: "Every Facebook post size for 2026: feed photos, link images, Stories and Reels, carousels, cover photos, event covers, group covers and profile pictures."
datePublished: "2022-12-13"
dateUpdated: "2026-08-05"
author: "Alexandra Ceambur"
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postType: "blog"
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tags: ["facebook"]
---

Facebook displays images in more places than any other network: the feed, link previews, Stories, Reels, page covers, group headers, and event banners, each with its own crop. Upload one size everywhere and something, somewhere, gets cut off.

This guide lists the dimensions that actually hold up in 2026, format by format. If you also publish on Instagram, the companion guide to [Instagram post sizes](/blog/instagram-post-sizes) covers that side.

## Facebook post sizes at a glance

| Format | Aspect ratio | Recommended size |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Feed photo (portrait) | 4:5 | 1080 x 1350 px |
| Feed photo (square) | 1:1 | 1080 x 1080 px |
| Link preview image | 1.91:1 | 1200 x 630 px |
| Stories and Reels | 9:16 | 1080 x 1920 px |
| Carousel cards | 1:1 | 1080 x 1080 px |
| Page cover photo | 2.63:1 | 820 x 312 px |
| Profile picture | 1:1 | 720 x 720 px |
| Event cover | 1.91:1 | 1920 x 1005 px |
| Group cover | 1.91:1 | 1640 x 856 px |

You can crop an image to any of these with the free [Facebook photo resizer](/tools/photo-resize/facebook), straight in your browser.

![Facebook post sizes table](/img/blog/facebook-post-sizes/phone-wallpaper-mockup-instagram-story-design-28youtube-intro-29-28680-c3-97-400-px-29-5.webp){width="935" height="550"}

## Facebook post sizes for photos

Most feed browsing happens on phones, so vertical images win the most screen space. Portrait 4:5 at **1080 x 1350 pixels** is the strongest default for photo posts; square 1080 x 1080 is the safe alternative when you're reusing assets across networks.

Landscape photos still display fine, but they occupy the least feed height, which gives people less time to notice them mid-scroll.

When you share a URL, the link preview image is a different format: **1200 x 630 pixels at 1.91:1**. That preview is generated from the linked page's metadata, but if you upload your own image with a link post, crop it to 1.91:1 so Facebook doesn't crop it for you.

## Facebook post sizes for videos

Feed videos follow the same logic as photos: 4:5 vertical or 1:1 square, at 1080 pixels wide. Facebook accepts most common formats, with MP4 or MOV recommended.

Short vertical video is shared as a Reel and uses the full-screen 9:16 format at **1080 x 1920 pixels**, up to 90 seconds. As on Instagram, keep text away from the bottom of the frame where the caption and buttons overlay the video.

## Facebook post sizes for Stories

Facebook Stories are full-screen vertical: **1080 x 1920 pixels, 9:16**. Photos display for about 5 seconds and video Stories run up to 20 seconds per card. The top and bottom of the frame carry interface overlays, so center anything important. The specs mirror [Instagram Story sizes](/blog/instagram-story-sizes), which makes it easy to publish the same creative to both.

## Facebook post sizes for carousels

Carousel cards display at **1:1**, so export every card at 1080 x 1080 pixels. Facebook resizes mismatched cards to square automatically, and that automatic crop is centered, not smart: edges get cut regardless of what's in them. Crop each card yourself before uploading so you control the framing.

## Facebook cover photo size

Page cover photos display at **820 x 312 pixels on desktop** but only about 640 x 360 on phones, which crops the left and right edges. Keep logos and text inside the middle roughly 560 pixels of the canvas so the mobile crop doesn't slice them. Upload at least the full 820 x 312; larger files at the same ratio scale down cleanly.

## Facebook profile picture size

Profile pictures display as a circle, around 170 pixels wide on desktop and smaller on phones. Upload a square image of at least **720 x 720 pixels** with the subject centered, since the corners are always clipped by the circular crop and the image also renders tiny next to every comment you make.

## Facebook event and group cover sizes

Two formats that get missed constantly:

- Event covers: **1920 x 1005 pixels** (1.91:1)
- Group covers: **1640 x 856 pixels** (1.91:1), with edges cropped on mobile like page covers

Both are the first thing people see on the page, and both look noticeably soft if you stretch a smaller image up to fit. The other half of that first impression is the text beside them, which our [Facebook bio ideas](/blog/facebook-bio-ideas) cover for both profiles and pages.

## Size the post, then time it

Correct dimensions get your post seen clearly; timing gets it seen at all. Once your images are cropped with the [Facebook photo resizer](/tools/photo-resize/facebook), check the [best time to post on Facebook](/blog/best-time-to-post-on-facebook) and schedule your posts with Pallyy to land in those windows automatically.