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Media Upload Requirement and Limitations
Media Upload Requirement and Limitations

Here are some requirements and limitations that each social network have while using their API.

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Written by Marcos Plaza de Ayala
Updated over a week ago

Table of contents:

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Instagram

Feed

  • Image format: JPEG, PNG and Webp

  • Image size: 8MB maximum

  • Aspect ratio: Must be within a 4:5 to 1.91:1 range

  • Minimum image width: 320px (will be scaled up to the minimum if necessary)

  • Maximum image width: 1440px (will be scaled down to the maximum if necessary)

  • Image color space: sRGB. Images using other color spaces will have their color space converted to sRGB

  • Image amount: 10 maximum

  • Image color space: sRGB. Images using other color spaces will have their color space converted to sRGB

  • Video duration: 60 seconds maximum

  • Video amount: 10 maximum

  • Video duration: 3-sec minimum, 60-sec maximum

  • Video size: 100MB maximum

  • Maximum width: 1920 px

  • Aspect ratio: between 1.91:1 and 9:16

  • Container: MOV or MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14), no edit lists, moov atom at the front of the file.

  • Audio codec: AAC, 48khz sample rate maximum, 1 or 2 channels (mono or stereo).

  • Video codec: HEVC or H264, progressive scan, closed GOP, 4:2:0 chroma subsampling.

  • Frame rate: 23-60 FPS.

  • Video bitrate: VBR, 25Mbps maximum

  • Audio bitrate: 128kbps

  • Copy size: 2,200 characters maximum

  • Hashtags: Máximum of 30 in total

No GIFs are allowed

No combination of videos and images is allowed

Reels

  • Maximum width: 1920 px

  • Aspect ratio: between 1.91:1 and 9:16

  • Hashtags: Máximum of 30 in total.

  • Videos amount: 1 maximum

  • Video duration: 3 seconds minimum, 15 mins maximum

  • Video size: 1GB maximum

  • Container: MOV or MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14), no edit lists, moov atom at the front of the file.

  • Audio codec: AAC, 48khz sample rate maximum, 1 or 2 channels (mono or stereo).

  • Video codec: HEVC or H264, progressive scan, closed GOP, 4:2:0 chroma subsampling.

  • Frame rate: 23-60 FPS.

  • Video bitrate: VBR, 25Mbps maximum

  • Audio bitrate: 128kbps

  • Copy size: 2,200 characters maximum

  • Hashtags: Máximum of 30 in total

No GIFs or Images are allowed

Cover Image

  • Format: JPEG and PNG

  • File size: 8MB maximum

  • Color Space: sRGB. Images that use other color spaces will be converted to sRGB.

  • Aspect ratio: We recommend 9:16 to avoid cropping or blank space. If the aspect ratio of the original image is not 9:16, Instagram crops the image and use the middle most 9:16 rectangle as the cover photo for the reel. If you share a reel to your feed, Instagram crops the image and use the middle most 1:1 square as the cover photo for your feed post.

Story

  • Format: JPEG, PNG and Webp

  • Image size: 8MB maximum

  • Aspect ratio: Must be within a 4:5 to 1.91:1 range

  • Minimum image width: 320px (will be scaled up to the minimum if necessary)

  • Maximum image width: 1440px (will be scaled down to the maximum if necessary)

  • Image color space: sRGB. Images using other color spaces will have their color space converted to sRGB

  • Images amount: 1 maximum per story (you can do a series of stories)

  • Videos amount: 1 maximum per story (you can do a series of stories)

  • Video size: 100MB maximum

  • Video duration: 3-sec minimum, 60-sec maximum

  • Maximum width: 1920px

  • Aspect ratio: between 0.1:1 and 10:1 but we recommend 9:16 to avoid cropping or blank space

  • Container: MOV or MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14), no edit lists, moov atom at the front of the file.

  • Audio codec: AAC, 48khz sample rate maximum, 1 or 2 channels (mono or stereo).

  • Video codec: HEVC or H264, progressive scan, closed GOP, 4:2:0 chroma subsampling.

  • Frame rate: 23-60 FPS.

  • Video bitrate: VBR, 25Mbps maximum

  • Audio bitrate: 128kbps


Facebook

Feed

  • Image file type: JPEG, PNG, Webp and GIF

  • Image size: 8MB maximum (1MB maximum recommended for PNG and 4MB maximum recommended for the rest)

  • Images amount: 10

  • Videos amount: 1

  • Video size: 1GB maximum

  • Video duration: 3 sec minimum, 20 min maximum

  • Video file type: MOV, MP4 or AVI

  • Video dimensions: 1280 x 720 pixels for landscape and portrait mode.

  • Minimum width: 1200 pixels (length depends on aspect ratio) for landscape and portrait mode.

  • Aspect ratio: between 9:16 and 16:9

  • Audio bitrate – 128kbs+

  • Channels – Stereo

  • Codec – AAC Low Complexity

  • Sample rate – 48kHz

  • Text length: 60,000 characters maximum

No combination of videos and images is allowed


Reels

  • Video Format: MP4 or MOV

  • Video aspect ratio: 9:16

  • Maximum video width 1920 px

  • Minimum video dimension: 540 x 960 px

  • Video amount: 1

  • Video size: 1GB maximum

  • Video duration: 3 sec minimum, 20 min maximum

  • Audio bitrate – 128kbs+

  • Channels – Stereo

  • Codec – AAC Low Complexity

  • Sample rate – 48kHz

  • Text length: 60,000 characters maximum

    No GIFs or Images are allowed

Story

  • Image file type: JPEG, PNG, Webp and GIF

  • Image size: 8MB maximum (1MB maximum recommended for PNG and 4MB maximum recommended for the rest)

  • Video format: MP4 or MOV

  • Video aspect ratio: 9:16

  • Maximum video width 1920 px

  • Minimum video dimension: 540 x 960 px

  • Video duration: 3-60 seconds

  • Audio bitrate – 128kbs+

  • Channels – Stereo

  • Codec – AAC Low Complexity

  • Sample rate – 48kHz

No GIFs allowed


TikTok

  • Copy length: 2,200 characters maximum

  • Videos amount: 1 maximum

  • Video size: 4GB maximum

  • Video duration: 3 sec minimum, 10 min maximum

  • Video file type: MOV, MP4 or WEBM

No GIFs or Images are allowed

No combination of videos and images is allowed


X - Twitter

  • Text length: 280 characters maximum (limited for 3rd parties platforms regardless of whether it is a premium or regular account)

  • Images amount: 4 maximum

  • Image size: 5MB maximum

  • Image file type: JPG or PNG

  • Videos amount: 1 maximum

  • Video size: 512MB maximum

  • Video duration: 0.5-sec minimum, 140-sec maximum

  • Video file type: MOV or MP4

  • GIFs amount: 1 maximum

No combination of videos/gifs and images is allowed


Pinterest

  • Title length: 100 characters maximum

  • Description length: 500 characters maximum

  • Images amount: 5 images maximum

  • Image size: 32MB maximum

  • Image file type: JPG or PNG

  • Videos amount: 1 video maximum

  • Video size: 2GB maximum

  • Video duration: 4-sec minimum, 15 min maximum

  • Video Format: MP4, MOV or M4V

  • Video Encoding: H.264 or H.265

  • Video aspect ratio: Shorter than 1:2 (width:height), taller than 1.91:1. We recommend making your videos square (1:1) or vertical (2:3, 9:16).

No GIFs are allowed

No combination of videos and images is allowed


LinkedIn

  • Text length: 3,000 characters maximum

  • Images amount: 9 images maximum

  • Image size: 8MB maximum

  • Image file type: JPG or PNG

  • Videos amount: 1 video maximum

  • Video size: 200MB maximum

  • Video duration: 3 sec minimum, 10 min maximum

  • Video file type: MP4, AVI, ASF, FLV, MKV, WEBM or Quicktime

No GIFs are allowed

No combination of videos and images is allowed


Medium

  • Title length: 100 characters maximum

  • Description length: 10,000,000 characters maximum

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