Shown: Story, the layout that covers the most.
Facebook story safe zone & size
1080 × 1920 px · 9:16 · keep text 159 px from the top. Tap Choose a video to check yours.
Facebook story size and format
Facebook Stories video size: 1080 × 1920 px (9:16). 9:16 shown whole. Facebook Stories itself asks for 1080 × 1920 px (at least 540 × 960 px) and up to 60 seconds, ideally as MP4 (from its publishing API).
Organic posts
| Spec | Official (Facebook Stories) | Measured by FOOH on iPhone 17 Pro, October 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Resolution | 1080 × 1920 px (API publishing)Page Stories API (Facebook Pages).Min. 540 × 960 px (API publishing)Page Stories API (Facebook Pages). | 1080 × 1920 px (9:16) MeasuredThe frame the measured safe zone is given on. |
| Aspect ratio | 9:16 (API publishing)Page Stories API (Facebook Pages). | 9:16 shown whole Measured |
| Max length | Up to 60 seconds (API publishing)Page Stories API (Facebook Pages). | — |
| File size | Not publishedNo video file size is published for stories; the Page Stories API's 10 MB limit is for photos. | — |
| File formats | .mp4 recommended (API publishing)Page Stories API (Facebook Pages). | — |
| Safe zone | Not publishedNo safe-zone margins for organic posts are published on the platform's help pages. | 159 px top MeasuredOn 1080 × 1920 px: Story.138 px top MeasuredOn 1080 × 1920 px: Reshared story. |
Official values: Facebook Stories, developers.facebook.com, checked 26 Oct 2026.
Ads
| Spec | Official (Facebook Stories) | Measured by FOOH on iPhone 17 Pro, October 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Resolution | 1440 × 2560 px | 1080 × 1920 px (9:16) MeasuredThe frame the measured safe zone is given on. |
| Aspect ratio | 9:16Aspect Ratio Tolerance: 1%. | 9:16 shown whole Measured |
| Max length | 1 second to 3 minutesAds longer than 15 seconds are split into separate Stories cards. | — |
| File size | 4 GB | — |
| File formats | MP4, MOV, GIF | — |
| Safe zone | Keep 14% top, 35% bottom, 6% each side clear | 306 px top, 819 px bottom MeasuredOn 1080 × 1920 px: Story ad. |
Official values: Facebook Stories, facebook.com, checked 26 Oct 2026.
Templates
Every layout as a transparent overlay at the platform's frame size, as SVG or PNG, for Premiere, Resolve, CapCut or Canva: the Facebook Stories interface or the safe zone as lines only.
- Story 1080 × 1920 px
- Reshared story 1080 × 1920 px
- Story ad 1080 × 1920 px
Accepted files: MP4 (H.264), WebM, MOV (H.264), JPG, PNG. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded. How the safe-zone checker works
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