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UPDATE: Facebook Cover Image Size
UPDATE
I was playing around with the new Facebook Timeline [the "playing around with it" happened during Beta period ] and realized that people are going to want to get creative with the new Cover image feature [check out some creative ideas on socialmediaexaminer.com].
Here are the dimensions for your Facebook Cover image:
- 850 px wide
- 315 px tall (minimum) – you can reposition your Cover image so you can make it as tall as you want but only the 850×315 area will be seen.
Keep in mind that the Facebook iPhone app version 4.1 (includes Timeline update) displays a slightly different ratio of profile-picture to cover-image .
For now, use the 850 px by 315 px and you’ll have near poifect results on both mobile and desktop, see:
Hope this little nugget of info helps you out.
I’d love to see how creative you can get with your FB cover images. Post a link or screenshot on Twitter and tag me @mysocialnuggets.
Happy Socializing!
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Becca Bernstein
October 20, 2011 at 11:54 amThanks for the specs. This will be helpful when my brand is switched over.
marcgarc
October 21, 2011 at 10:00 pmYou're welcome :)
gokhan
October 22, 2011 at 1:02 pmThanks a lot for your little nugget of info :) It helped a lot :)
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Abel
December 19, 2011 at 5:18 pmAre you positive? I came up with 851 pixels (width) by 315 pixels (height). I'm hoping to get creative with my cover image, too.
marcgarc
December 22, 2011 at 4:44 amHi Abel. 850 x 315 seems to be the magic number! I wrote this post during Beta testing on Timeline and 833 x 310 worked just fine at the time. I say keep your design simple since the look on a mobile device will vary slightly. Thanks for the comment :)
azam
January 1, 2012 at 2:17 pmthnx lot.......
MGa01
January 19, 2012 at 1:21 amVery helpful info, thank you for the specs. I like the Facebook Timeline Covers on this site very much! - http://designfacebookcover.com/
shan madhawa
February 7, 2012 at 2:57 pmNice
Tracy
March 2, 2012 at 4:28 pmThis actually did not work for me... But I think this is a Facebook flaw because it would not let me drag and move the picture (the photo had words to the right of it, but facebook kept cutting it off even though the photo was actually within the specs you gave).
marcgarc
March 9, 2012 at 12:01 amHmm.. I'm sorry you had trouble :/ Try making the image longer than it should so you can drag and place it where you want it. FYI: some other websites will add a couple of extra pixels - which shouldn't make a huge difference. Check out my FB cover image in my profile here www.facebook.com/mysocialnuggets. Let me know if I can help you with anything! MG
shaikh hafiz
March 3, 2012 at 10:26 amcool
Brian@Blogging for Business
March 17, 2012 at 5:00 pmWorked for me, I had been messing about trying to figure out the best size and then thought I'll bet someone has already done this. 5 minutes later I was sorted out and my image was in place. I haven't been too adventurous yet but it fits the envelope and looks OK for a starting point. I have put my Facebook page as the website address if anyone wants a look.
Alex Wheeler
March 18, 2012 at 1:22 pmDoes anybody know how many PX the profile picture is??
Potts Connolly
March 29, 2012 at 9:36 pmLooks like the Cover Pic on FB Groups has changed because they have changed the group layout - vertically stretched. If anyone finds out the new pixel size - please post. I will also play around. Must be bigger than 315 px in height.
Potts Connolly
March 29, 2012 at 9:36 pmLooks like the Cover Pic on FB Groups has changed because they have changed the group layout - vertically stretched. If anyone finds out the new pixel size - please post. I will also play around. Must be bigger than 315 px in height.
Potts Connolly
March 29, 2012 at 9:42 pmSorry - I realised the groups used to be 850 x 200 px, but now they are the same as profile cover pics. 850 x 315 px. Please delete previous post. Sorry for wasting the mods time. :-O
Potts Connolly
March 29, 2012 at 10:53 pmActually it is somewhere between 250 and 300 pix in height. Need to play around with it. Maybe edit my 3 posts to be useful for others. ;-)
sronan
April 12, 2012 at 3:36 amDo you know how it is possible to include an attribution for a Facebook cover photo, e.g., for a photo obtained from Wikimedia Commons?
marcgarc
June 16, 2012 at 6:43 pmI would add it as a description to the cover photo. Click on your cover photo, and click on the link "add a description." Add the photo credit to this section. This is just my suggestion!
Facebook Cover Dimensions
April 27, 2012 at 9:26 pmThanks for the update! I'm working to re-do my business' page cover photo now.
Bruce
June 8, 2012 at 9:38 amFor some reason, my profile photo looks different a lot between desktop and iPhone. I tried to fix it by resize it to 851X350 but still the same. In my desktop, it looks perfect but in my iPhone, it got cutoff in either landscape or portrait mode. Any idea? Thanks. /Bruce
marcgarc
June 16, 2012 at 6:48 pmUnfortunately, the iPhone FB app distorts the cover image photo. It looks different even when you flip your phone sideways. I'm sorry, not much that can be done there with specific sizing; however, you can maybe do something cool visually where the focal point is closer to your profile pic.