Instagram Reels size: 1080 × 1920 (9:16)
Make Reels 1080 × 1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical video. The caption, account name and buttons sit over the video, so keep words, logos and faces 8% from the sides, 14% from the top and 20% from the bottom - the safe area Cutlin's Generate for social media keeps to.
- pixels
- 1080 × 1920
- aspect ratio
- 9:16
Instagram Reels size: the specs
- Size
- 1080 × 1920 pixels
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16 (vertical video)
- Safe area, sides
- Keep words, logos and faces 8% in from the left and right
- Safe area, top
- Keep them 14% in from the top
- Safe area, bottom
- Keep them 20% in from the bottom, where the caption and account name sit
- Length in Cutlin
- You choose, up to 30 seconds
Make it at exactly this size
Choose the 9:16 shape
In Cutlin, ask for a video and choose 9:16 under Shape in Configuration, labelled Reels, TikTok and Shorts.
Describe it or attach photos
Write what happens in the video, with the hook first, or attach product photos: the first opens the video and the last closes it.
Remake it and post
Choose Generate for social media in the video's menu to make it again at exactly 1080 × 1920 inside the safe area, then download it and upload it to Instagram yourself - Cutlin does not post for you.
Why the bottom margin is the biggest
On a Reel, the account name, the caption and the buttons are laid over the lower part of the video. Words or a logo placed there can be covered, so the bottom margin, 20%, is larger than the top one, 14%.
Open with the hook
Reels are watched while scrolling, and the first second decides whether people stay. Put the product, the offer or the question at the start of your prompt: the video shows what you describe, in that order.
What size should an Instagram Reel be?
1080 × 1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical video that fills the phone screen.
Where should text go on a Reel?
8% from the sides, 14% from the top and 20% from the bottom, so the caption, account name and buttons don't cover it.
Other sizes
9:16 · 1080 × 1920
TikTok video size
1080 × 1920 px, 9:16 vertical, with TikTok's busy bottom kept clear.
9:16 · 1080 × 1920
Instagram story size
1080 × 1920 px, 9:16 vertical, with its safe area.
4:5 and 9:16 · 1080 × 1350 and 1080 × 1920
Social media safe zones
Margins for 4:5 posts, 9:16 stories and vertical videos.
People also ask
- Social media What size is an Instagram Reel? Make Instagram Reels 1080 × 1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical video that fills the phone screen. The caption, account name and buttons sit over the lower part of the video, so keep words, logos and faces 8% from the sides, 14% from the top and 20% from the bottom. Cutlin's Generate for social media remakes a video at this size and safe area.
- Video How do I make vertical videos for Reels and TikTok? Make them 1080 × 1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical, open with a hook in the first second, and keep words, logos and faces away from the parts the app covers: 8% from the sides, 14% from the top and 20% from the bottom. In Cutlin, choose the 9:16 shape, then Generate for social media sets the exact size and the safe area; the hook is yours to describe in the prompt.
Every post at the right size, every time
Cutlin's Generate for social media makes posts and stories at the sizes on this page, with your logo and text kept inside the safe area.