Social recruiting – Image size guide

Using social media to find, connect and engage candidates? Make sure your professional profiles are branded properly. Use the social media image size guide to help create a powerful, memorable social brand.

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Twitter image dimensions

Twitter images can be in any of the following formats: JPG, GIF, or PNG. Twitter does not support animated GIFs.

Twitter social image sizes

Header photo
Recommended dimensions are 1,500 x 500 pixels.

Profile photo
Recommended dimensions are 400 x 400 pixels.


LinkedIn image dimensions

LinkedIn images can be in any of the following formats: JPG, GIF, or PNG.

LinkedIn company profile

LinkedIn company social image sizes

Logo image
Recommended dimensions are 100 x 60 pixels.

Logo icon
Recommended dimensions are 50 x 50 pixels.

Banner image
Recommended dimensions are 646 x 220 pixels.

Attached image
Recommended dimensions are 700 x 520 pixels, smaller images can be used but may not work as well.

Link preview image
Recommended dimensions are 180 x 110 pixels. Version displayed in the graphic is the preview version which LinkedIn resizes.

LinkedIn personal profile

LinkedIn personal social image sizes

Background image
Recommended dimensions are 1,400 x 425 pixels.

Profile image
Recommended dimensions are 500 x 500 pixels.

Post image
Recommended dimensions are 698 x 400 pixels. Version displayed in the above graphic is the preview version, resized by LinkedIn.


Facebook image dimensions

Facebook images can be in any of the following formats: JPG, GIF, or PNG.

Facebook company social image sizes

Cover photo
Recommended dimensions are 851 x 315 pixels.

Profile picture
Recommended dimensions are 180 x 180 pixels.

Wall image
Recommended dimensions are 1,200 x 600 pixels. Version displayed in the graphic is the preview version which LinkedIn resizes. Displayed in user feed with at maximum width of 470 pixels and within a page feed at a max width of 504 pixels.


Google Plus image dimensions

Google Pus images can be in any of the following formats: JPG, GIF, or PNG.

Google+ company social image sizes

Cover photo
Recommended dimensions are 1,080 x 608 pixels.

Profile photo
Recommended dimensions are 250 x 250 pixels.

Post image
Recommended dimensions are 620 x 620 pixels. Image resized on the Google Plus feed, width variable height scaled in relation to the width.

Link preview
Recommended dimensions are 150 x 150 pixels. The preview image is pulled through from the shared link.


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