Shown: Story, the layout that covers the most.
Instagram story safe zone & size
1080 × 1920 px · 9:16 · keep text 134 px from the top. Tap Choose a video to check yours.
Instagram story size and format
Instagram Stories video size: 1080 × 1920 px (9:16). 9:16 shown whole. Instagram Stories itself asks for at most 1920 px wide, 3 to 60 seconds and files up to 100 MB, as MOV or MP4 (from its publishing API).
Organic posts
| Spec | Official (Instagram Stories) | Measured by FOOH on iPhone 17 Pro, October 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Resolution | Max. 1920 px wide (API publishing)Story Video Specifications of the Instagram Graph API. | 1080 × 1920 px (9:16) MeasuredThe frame the measured safe zone is given on. |
| Aspect ratio | 9:16 recommended (API accepts 0.1:1 to 10:1)Story Video Specifications of the Instagram Graph API. | 9:16 shown whole Measured |
| Max length | 3 to 60 seconds (API publishing)Story Video Specifications of the Instagram Graph API. | — |
| File size | 100 MB maximum (API publishing)Story Video Specifications of the Instagram Graph API. | — |
| File formats | MOV, MP4 (API publishing)Story Video Specifications of the Instagram Graph API; video codec HEVC or H264. | — |
| Safe zone | Not publishedNo safe-zone margins for organic posts are published on the platform's help pages. The Help Center's story articles state no specs at all; the other organic Stories values come from the Graph API. | 134 px top MeasuredOn 1080 × 1920 px: Story. |
Official values: Instagram Stories, developers.facebook.com, checked 26 Oct 2026 · Instagram Stories, help.instagram.com, checked 26 Oct 2026.
Ads
| Spec | Official (Instagram 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 60 minutesAds of 16 seconds or longer may be 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 | 134 px top, 324 px bottom MeasuredOn 1080 × 1920 px: Story ad. |
Official values: Instagram 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 Instagram Stories interface or the safe zone as lines only.
- 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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