X (Twitter) header photo (banner) size
X (Twitter) gives 1500 × 500 px for a header photo (banner). That is a 3:1 shape. File types: JPG, GIF, PNG.
How To Customize Your Profile says: “Header photo, also known as a “banner” (recommended dimensions are 1500x500 pixels)”
Crop an image to 1500 × 500
Choose an image, then drag and zoom until it looks right. The download is exactly 1500 × 500 px.
1Choose an image, then drag and zoom
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2X (Twitter) header photo (banner)
3Your image
1500 × 500 PNG
X (Twitter) header photo (banner) specs
Every value links to the page it came from. Where a row says “worked out”, we did the arithmetic from the published size. Where the source gives no number, there is no row.
| Spec | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Published size | 1500 × 500 px | Source: How To Customize Your Profile, read on the source page |
| Aspect ratio | 3:1 | Source: How To Customize Your Profile, read on the source page |
| File types | JPG, GIF, PNG | Source: How To Customize Your Profile, read on the source page |
| Safe zone and cropping | 60 pixels on the top and bottom could be cropped (common-issues-when-uploading-profile-photo) | Source: How To Customize Your Profile, read on the source page |
| Megapixels | 0.75 MP | Worked out from 1500 × 500 / 1,000,000 |
What this tool made at 1500 × 500
We ran this tool on our example photo (sample-avatar.jpg, 1600 × 1200 px). Cropped to 1500 × 500, it saved as a 306 KB PNG and a 48 KB JPG (Chrome 156, ). A photo with more detail makes a bigger file.
Other X (Twitter) image sizes
Related size pages
- Discord server banner: 960 × 540
- Discord user profile banner: 680 × 240
- YouTube channel banner: 2560 × 1440
Questions
What size is a X (Twitter) header photo (banner)?
X (Twitter) gives 1500 × 500 px for a header photo (banner). Source: How To Customize Your Profile.
Which file types work for a X (Twitter) header photo (banner)?
JPG, GIF, PNG, per How To Customize Your Profile. This tool saves PNG or JPG.
This page lists the numbers X (Twitter) publishes for a header photo (banner). It can't promise X (Twitter) will accept a given image, and X (Twitter) can change these numbers at any time: check the source link before you rely on one.
X (Twitter) is a trademark of its owner. CrispKit is not affiliated with or endorsed by X (Twitter). Names are used only to say what an image is sized for.