Image Sizes

TikTok video size

1080 × 1920 9:16

JPG or PNG

Caption bottom left, buttons down the right, all over your video.

1080 × 1920

Safe zone

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

Cropped in your browser · your image is never uploaded

Local · keep subtitles above the bottom quarter

1080 × 1920, 9:16. What matters more than the resolution is that TikTok’s interface covers a large share of the frame — the caption along the bottom left and the action buttons down the right.

How to use the tiktok video 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.

The covered area is bigger than on Instagram: roughly the bottom quarter and a strip down the right-hand side, and the caption expands when someone taps it. Anything you need read — subtitles especially — belongs in the upper-middle. Subtitles matter here more than on any other platform, because a large share of TikTok is watched with sound off and the platform’s own auto-captions land in the same crowded bottom area. Burning your own captions higher in the frame is the reliable fix.

Questions

What size is a TikTok video? −

1080 × 1920, 9:16 vertical.

How much of the screen does the interface cover? +

Can I upload a landscape video? +

What is the maximum file size? +

Where should subtitles go? +

Sources

TikTok — video specifications for creators

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