Aspect ratio and specs for video on Social Media sites.

Following on from affect theory and ways digital media is consumed and the line between physical body and virtual media, I have began to think about how these campaigns could be consumed, It is very important to be aware of various social media specs.

Facebook Video Guidelines

  • Recommended video dimensions is 1280 x 720 for Landscape and Portrait.
  • Minimum width is 600 pixels (length depends on aspect ratio) for Landscape and Portrait.
  • Landscape aspect ratio is 16:9.
  • Portrait aspect ratio is 9:16 (if video includes link, aspect ratio is 16:9).
  • Mobile renders both video types to aspect ratio 2:3.
  • Max file size is 4GB
  • Recommended video formats are .MP4 and .MOV.
  • Video length max is 120 minutes (45 minutes if uploading in Sprout).
  • Video max frames 30fps.

Facebook 360

  • Maximum dimensions is 4096 x 2048.
  • Minimum width is 600 pixels (length depends on aspect ratio).
  • 360 aspect ratio is 2:1.
  • Max file size is 1.75GB.
  • Recommended video formats are .MP4.
  • Video length must be less than 40 minutes.
  • Video max frames 60fps.

Instagram Posts

  • Minimum resolution for landscape video is 600 x 315.
  • Minimum resolution for square video is 600 x 600.
  • Minimum resolution for vertical video is 600 x 750.
  • Landscape aspect ratio is 16:9.
  • Square aspect ratio is 1:1.
  • Vertical aspect ratio is 4:5.
  • Max file size for all formats is 4GB
  • Recommended video formats are .MP4 and .MOV.
  • Video length max is 60 seconds.
  • Video max frames 30fps.

Instagram Stories

  • Recommended resolution is 1080 x 1920.
  • Minimum resolution is 600 x 1067.
  • Aspect ratio is 9:16.
  • Max file size is 4GB.
  • Recommended video formats are .MP4 and .MOV.
  • Video length max is 15 seconds.

IGTV

  • Recommended resolution is 1080 x 1920.
  • Minimum resolution is 720.
  • Aspect ratio is 9:16 (recommended), or 16:9 is also supported. In-feed previews show at 4:5.
  • Videos are minimum 1 minute and maximum 10 minutes long. Some accounts can upload a video up to 1 hour using desktop.
  • Max file size for videos less than 10 minutes is 650MB. For videos up to 60 minutes, it’s 3.6 GB
  • The required file format is MP4

Twitter Video

  • Landscape recommended dimensions: 320 x 180 (256K bitrate), 640 x 360 (768K bitrate) and 1280 x 720 (2048K bitrate).
  • Portrait recommended dimensions: 240 x 240 (256K bitrate), 480 x 480 (768K bitrate) and 640 x 640 (1024K bitrate).
  • Minimum dimensions for both is 32 x 32.
  • Maximum dimensions for both is 1280 x 1024.
  • Aspect ratios are between 1:2.39 to 2.39:1.
  • Max file size is 512MB.
  • Recommended video formats are .MP4 for web and .MOV for mobile.
  • Video length max is 140 seconds.
  • Video max frames 40fps.

Snapchat

  • Recommended dimension is 1080 x 1920.
  • Aspect ratio is 9:16.
  • Max file size is 32MB.
  • Accept video formats are .MP4 and .MOV.
  • Video length is between 3 and 10 seconds.
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