Instagram story size: 1080 × 1920 (9:16)
Use 1080 × 1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical that fills the phone screen. Keep text, logos and faces 8% from the sides and 14% from the top and bottom, clear of the app's name and reply bar - Melon Cut makes every story at exactly this size.
- pixels
- 1080 × 1920
- aspect ratio
- 9:16
Instagram story size: the specs
- Size
- 1080 × 1920 pixels
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16 (vertical, full screen)
- Safe area, sides
- Keep logos and text 8% in from the left and right
- Safe area, top and bottom
- Keep them 14% in from the top and bottom
- Why the safe area
- Your profile name and the progress bar sit over the top of a story, and the reply bar over the bottom
Make it at exactly this size
Ask for stories
In Melon Cut Design, ask for the stories you need - "3 stories for the weekend offer" - and they appear as items in a plan.
Add your brand
Type your brand's @username so each story follows its colours, fonts and style, with your real logo placed inside the safe area.
Make and download
Remove any item you don't need, press Make all and download the stories, each at 1080 × 1920.
Full screen, edge to edge
Stories are watched full screen on a phone held upright. A 9:16 picture fills that screen; a square or landscape picture leaves empty space around it, and your message looks smaller.
What sits over a story
Your profile picture, your name and the progress bar run across the top of a story, and the reply field and buttons across the bottom. Anything placed there can be hidden, which is why the top and bottom margins matter most.
What is the Instagram story size?
1080 × 1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical that fills a phone screen.
Where should text go on an Instagram story?
Keep it 8% from the sides and 14% from the top and bottom, so the app's name bar and reply field don't cover it.
Other sizes
- 9:16 · 1080 × 1920 Instagram Reels size 1080 × 1920 px, 9:16 vertical video, with its safe area.
- 4:5 · 1080 × 1350 Instagram post size 1080 × 1350 px, 4:5 portrait, 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 story? Make Instagram stories 1080 × 1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical that fills a phone screen. The app shows your profile name at the top and the reply bar at the bottom, so keep text, logos and faces 8% from the sides and 14% from the top and bottom. Melon Cut makes stories at exactly this size, with this safe area.
- Social media What is a safe zone on social media? A safe zone is the area of a post, story or video where important content won't be cropped or hidden behind the app's buttons, names and captions. Keep text, logos and faces inside it. Melon Cut uses 13% from the sides and 12% from the top and bottom for 4:5 posts, 8% and 14% for stories, and 8%, 14% and 20% for vertical videos.
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.