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 Melon Cut's social media videos are made with.
- 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 Melon Cut
- About 10 seconds by default; up to 30 seconds on the longest-running models
Make it at exactly this size
Choose Social media video
In a Video chat in Melon Cut Design, pick the Social media video format: it is made at 1080 × 1920 with hook-first pacing.
Describe it or attach photos
Write what happens in the video, or attach product photos: the first opens the video and the last closes it.
Download and post
Download the finished Reel and upload it to Instagram yourself - Melon Cut 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. Melon Cut's social media videos are paced hook-first: the product, the offer or the question comes straight away.
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. Melon Cut's social media videos use 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. Melon Cut Design's Social media video format does all three, about 10 seconds long by default.
Every post at the right size, every time
Melon Cut makes posts, stories and vertical videos at the sizes on this page, with your logo and text kept inside the safe area.