Instagram carousel size

1080 × 1350 4:5

JPG or PNG

The whole carousel takes the ratio of the first slide.

1080 × 1350

Drop an image to check it Optional — the spec is above either way. Nothing is uploaded.

Cropped in your browser · your image is never uploaded

Local · slide one sets the ratio for all of them

1080 × 1350 or 1080 × 1080, but the important rule is that every slide has to be the same ratio. Instagram takes the ratio from the first slide and crops the rest to match.

How to use the instagram carousel size

1 Read the dimensions above. That is the whole answer if the spec is all you came for.

2 Drop your own image in to check it against the spec — size, aspect ratio and file weight are each checked separately.

3 Turn on the safe zone to see what gets cropped or covered, then download the cropped version at the exact size.

Mixing ratios is the mistake that ruins carousels. If slide one is square and slide three is portrait, slide three gets cropped to square — usually through the middle of whatever it was showing. Decide the ratio before designing anything. Portrait is generally the better choice for the same reason it is in a normal post: more vertical space in the feed. Two design notes specific to carousels: leave a margin on the right of each slide, because the next slide peeks in slightly, and give people a reason to swipe on slide one, since the swipe rate is what determines whether the rest is seen at all.

Questions

Do all carousel slides need the same size? −

The same ratio, yes. Instagram takes the ratio of the first slide and crops the others to match.

How many slides can a carousel have? +

What ratio is best? +

Why does the edge of my slide look cut? +

Can I mix photos and videos? +

Sources

Instagram Help — supported photo and video formats

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