Caaarousel Sizes

The sizes, in pixels

Four shapes cover everywhere a photo gets posted. Each one has a page saying what it is for and why the numbers are what they are.

4:5 — Instagram post

1440×1800. Tallest the feed allows, so it fills the most screen. The safe default.

1:1 — Square

1440×1440. The classic. Crops predictably everywhere, including on a grid.

1.91:1 — Wide / link preview

1440×754. Landscape. What a shared link shows, and what Facebook prefers.

9:16 — Reels, Stories, TikTok

1440×2560. Full phone screen, top to bottom.

One thing that catches people out on carousels: Instagram locks the shape across the whole post. Slide one decides it and the rest get cropped to match, which is why choosing it at the start saves redoing the lot.

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