When it comes to Social Media , the content published is just as important as the image that accompanies it, since this will be identified in the best way, being one of the best methods for identifying yourself.
Your profile pictures visually define who you are and what you want to convey to your followers.
It is therefore essential that you choose them carefully and with care and, above all, that you optimize them based on the social network where you publish them. This way you will be able to make the most of a well-optimized image.
One of the biggest and perhaps most common flaws on social media is that published images appear pixelated, taking into account that Facebook and Twitter always compress images (try to always upload them in png). To help you with this task, we have updated the recommended sizes that your images should have on the different social networks.
BEST SIZES FOR EACH NETWORK FACEBOOK
Profile photo 180 x 180 px
Cover photo – 851 x 315 px
The sizes of the images you post on Facebook are the most complex or, at least, the ones that are least optimized, since they depend on the format of the post (whether it is a post with a link or an image). The same does not happen with cover and profile photos, whose size is known by everyone.
TWITTER
Profile photo – 500 x 500 px
Header photo – 1600 x 1200 px
A tweet with an image is 5 times more likely to be retweeted , so you shouldn't miss the opportunity to visually support your content for greater diffusion.
GOOGLE +
The cover image for your Google+ profile should georgia b2b list be between 1,080 x 608 px and 2,120 x 1,192 px. Here, the smallest size you can use for images you post is 250 x 250 px. From then on, always maintain that proportion.
LINKEDIN
Company page logo 100 x 60px
Background profile 1400 x 425px
The professional social network par excellence gives less prominence to visual content and allows for less customization, but you should also keep in mind the recommended sizes for each of the pieces of content on your company page.
PINTEREST
Profile image 160 x 165 px
On a network as visual as this one, you can't ignore the images that make up your page (from your profile photo to the thumbnail of your dashboard and the size of your pins).
INSTAGRAM
Profile photo 110 x 110 px
We all know how simple Instagram is, and that may be why it is so successful. What you should know is that even though its images are displayed at a size of 600 x 600 px, it is recommended to upload them at 1080 x 1080 px.