{"id":111498,"date":"2023-03-31T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialchamp.com\/?p=111498"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:13:38","slug":"social-media-video-sizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialchamp.com\/blog\/social-media-video-sizes\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ultimate Guide to Social Media Video Sizes in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social media marketing has recently witnessed a dynamic transformation, with diverse content types getting an edge on mainstream content ideas. Ever since then, video marketing has gained immense popularity among the masses and has managed to do certainly well for businesses promoting their brand through engaging video content.<\/p>\n

With the number of viewers of online videos reaching a whopping 3.5 billion<\/a>, the inclusion of video marketing has become quite necessary for business managers.<\/p>\n

While managing the creation and scheduling of video content on popular social media platforms has become easy with the right video-scheduling tool<\/a> in use, social media video sizes are quite complex to understand and maintain.<\/p>\n

Hence, to keep your mind out of the chaos, here is an exclusive guide covering all the basics of video sizes for social media for all mainstream platforms.<\/p>\n

Social Media Video Sizes for Facebook<\/h2>\n

Beginning with the undisputed giant among social media platforms<\/a>, Facebook has been releasing video content and attracting a million people every day. However, delivering a video through this platform comes a bit tricky due to the number of different ways, formats, and techniques to execute so.\"Facebook<\/p>\n

Buying an ad video, posting it for business purposes, and posting a general musical video are two entirely different ideas that will appear differently on every mobile, desktop, etc. Hence, it calls for a proper guide to learning about the different Facebook video sizes and choosing the one that matches the goals of your campaign.<\/p>\n

Regular Facebook Feed Video<\/h3>\n

File Type<\/h4>\n

Supported file type includes MP4, MOV, or GIF.<\/p>\n

Size Recommendation<\/h4>\n

4GB should be the maximum file size.<\/p>\n

Minimum Width & Height<\/h4>\n

120 pixels<\/p>\n

Resolution<\/h4>\n

It should be at least 1080 x 1080 pixels.<\/p>\n

Tips & Hacks<\/h4>\n

For Facebook’s social media video specs<\/a> to be the most accurate, the video should be within the ratio 1:1 (for desktop or mobile) or 4:5 (for mobile only). Do not add any edit lists or special boxes in the file containers. In addition, to bring a creative element to the video, text captions, and video sound can be great options for better brand promotion.<\/p>\n

Here is an example.<\/p>\n