Rocket Science Version
The sizing of images for the various social marketing platforms, post types, and headers is becoming a bit complex. In fact, it would be a very practical way to teach equivalent fractions and geometry in Grade 9. But if you’re long out of school and want all the details, get them on Twirp’s Cheat Sheet: The ONLY social media image sizes you need to know.
Squares and Rectangles
The diagram below shows a very simplified rule of thumb for matching image shapes to social media posts on common platforms.
Size Matters
While bigger is better, it often means a larger file size and then icky compression stuff happens and… well, you’ve probably seen it on other people’s feeds.
originally published in Work Better, Not Harder newsletter August 31, 2017
Thanks for linking to my cheat sheet…I missed this the first time it was posted!
nice post
Thanks