TikTok video size: 1080 × 1920 (9:16)
Make TikTok videos 1080 × 1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical that fills the screen. Keep words, logos and faces 8% from the sides, 14% from the top and 20% from the bottom, clear of TikTok's own caption and buttons - the safe area Cutlin's Generate for social media keeps to.
- pixels
- 1080 × 1920
- aspect ratio
- 9:16
TikTok video size: the specs
- Size
- 1080 × 1920 pixels
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16 (vertical, full screen)
- 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 username and caption 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.
Lead with the hook
Describe the video with its most striking moment first, or attach photos in the order they should play.
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 TikTok yourself - Cutlin does not post for you.
What covers a TikTok
The username, the caption and the sound run along the bottom of the screen, the buttons run up the right side, and the feed tabs sit at the top. Keep anything important away from those areas, with the biggest margin at the bottom.
One video for TikTok and Reels
TikTok videos and Instagram Reels are both 9:16 verticals, so one video made at 1080 × 1920 with its words and logo inside this safe area can go to both.
What size is a TikTok video?
1080 × 1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical that fills the phone screen.
Can I post the same video on TikTok and Instagram Reels?
Yes. Both are 9:16 vertical videos; one made at 1080 × 1920 with words and logos inside the safe area works on both.
Other sizes
9:16 · 1080 × 1920
Instagram Reels size
1080 × 1920 px, 9:16 vertical video, 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.
9:16 · 1080 × 1920
Instagram story size
1080 × 1920 px, 9:16 vertical, with its safe area.
People also ask
- Social media What size is a TikTok video? Make TikTok videos 1080 × 1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical that fills the phone screen. TikTok lays its caption, username and buttons over 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.