Instagram Story / Reel size — 1080 × 1920 px
Keep the top ~14% and bottom ~35% clear of text — the profile bar and the reply box sit there.
Drop an image here or click to choose a file
It is centre-cropped and resized to exactly 1080 × 1920 px in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
Instagram Story / Reel specifications
Keep the top ~14% and bottom ~35% clear of text — the profile bar and the reply box sit there.
Why the exact size matters
When you upload something bigger than the platform expects, it is resized on their servers — usually with a fast algorithm that softens edges and introduces artefacts around text. Resizing to the exact pixel dimensions first means the platform has nothing to change, and what you approved is what appears.
The tool above centre-crops to 9:16 and then scales to exactly 1080 × 1920. If your source has an important element near an edge, crop it yourself with the image cropper first.
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