But in reality, it’s pulling in an image that’s 640px by 640px and downscaling it for display.
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I say “about” because the size is determined by a percentage, which, when at full size, measures to precisely 291.672px. To see more than 12 thumbnails, users can click on the “load more” button at the bottom to start an infinite page with new thumbnails loaded as they scroll down. The new layout is much cleaner and faster, with your profile information at the top and a grid of thumbnails, 3 across by 4 down, below. Instagram had changed its layout and done away with the profile header that used to feature a tiled mosaic of your images at the top when someone viewed your account’s home page. And larger images will also come in handy as more and more devices more to Retina and high-density displays. You can upload one that’s smaller, but it won’t look as sharp. But for optimum quality across devices, start with an image that is at least 1080px in both dimensions. On smartphones, the images are displayed at a maximum of 1080px (automatically stretched if the original photo is smaller) for sharpest display.įor now, the web app still uses images of 640px and display them in a box 600px by 600px. There is some JPG compression applied, but it doesn’t appear to be as aggressive as that used on Facebook (which makes sense for a service based mainly on photos). When you upload a photo to Instagram, it gets converted to an image with the longest side at 1080px. But it can be useful to know if you’re resizing images elsewhere. If you’re uploading photos you took on your phone, this is mostly a moot point. But Instagram now supports rectangular images as well. You can crop it to a square (or shoot it as square to start with) before you upload or crop it in the Instagram app when you go to post. The photos you upload should be at least 1080px on the shortest side. What Size Photo Should You Upload to Instagram? See this post for details.Īll of the measurements I use below are in the order of width by height, and all are in pixels. Instagram has finally ditched the requirement that all images be square. You can also upload larger if you like, but they’ll be downsized to 1080px. Up to now, they’ve been automatically stretched when you look at them at larger or high-resolution phone display, but now there are more pixels to provide sharper photos with more detail.
Nothing will break if you still use smaller images, but using larger ones will make them look better. Now it displays squares with 1080px sides. Instagram had always used square photos with sides of 640px. In mid-2015, Instagram started rolling out support for higher-resolution images. At least with the web app, there’s some consistency you can work with. And you’re totally at the mercy of the combination of app and phone anyway. So trying to pin down photo sizes on mobile displays is a case of chasing one’s tail.
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Retina display iPhones, pre-Retina iPhones, Android phones, etc., all have different types of displays with different pixel-densities. How they’ll display through the phone apps is harder to pin down because of the many variations in screen sizes and display densities. Whatever you’re trying to do, below are the dimensions that Instagram accepts and displays through its web app. Or, more commonly, maybe you’re adding text or logos and want to make sure it’s going to be clear and able to be read easily. Maybe you’re applying sharpening and want to look it’s best.
Maybe you’re editing the photo on your computer in Photoshop or Lightroom. Sure, you’ll have to decide which part of the picture you want to upload in the square dimensions and which filter to use (or not), but issues about resolution and image size are pretty much taken care of.īut there are times when you might want more control. The whole service is very much geared towards using it on phones, after all. Most of the time when you’re posting to Instagram, you’re probably uploading the photos that you took on your phone.
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