Instagram Reels and Stories Image Size Guide (2026)
Exact pixel sizes for Reels covers, Stories, and feed posts so Instagram does not crop or blur your visuals.
Instagram’s vertical surfaces run on a 9:16 frame. For Reels covers and Stories stills, design at 1080 × 1920 pixels. Keep critical text and faces inside a safer center band — UI chrome can cover the top and bottom edges.
Feed posts still favor 1080 × 1080 (square) or 1080 × 1350 (4:5 portrait). Uploading the wrong ratio invites automatic crop that cuts off headlines and product edges.
Export JPG or WebP around 80% quality after resizing. Oversized 4K stills do not look sharper in-feed; they only trigger heavier platform compression.
Use PixelsKits Resize presets for Instagram and TikTok vertical frames, then Compress before upload. You stay in control of sharpness without sending brand assets to a random cloud converter.