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 Melon Cut's social media videos use.
- 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 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, made at 1080 × 1920.
Lead with the hook
Describe the video with its most striking moment first, or attach photos in the order they should play.
Download and post
Download the video and upload it to TikTok yourself - Melon Cut 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. 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.