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TikTok Video Size and Safe Zone Template

Post TikToks at 1080 × 1920 px (9:16) and keep text inside the 896 × 1306 px safe area. Check a frame of your video against the overlay, then download it.

The standard TikTok video size is 1080 × 1920 px, a 9:16 vertical frame that fills the phone screen.

TikTok draws its own buttons and text over the video, so keep words and faces out of the top 130 px, the bottom 484 px and the right 140 px. To make TikToks from a long video, Exemplary AI's free plan includes 500 one-time credits.

TikTok dimensions at a glance

Facts checked .

Resolution
1080 × 1920 px
Aspect ratio
9:16 vertical
Keep clear: top
130 px: the Following / For You tabs and the status bar
Keep clear: bottom
484 px: the username, caption, sound and the navigation bar
Keep clear: right
140 px: the profile, like, comment, save and share buttons
Keep clear: left
44 px: a thin margin at the screen edge
Safe area
896 × 1306 px
How it works

How to size a video for TikTok

A 9:16 phone frame measured at 1080 by 1920 pixels

Where the safe-zone numbers come from

These margins are TikTok Ads Manager's safe zone for a 1080 × 1920 feed video, which creators use for regular posts too, since the same buttons and caption sit over both. A long caption or a sound label can reach higher, so if your caption runs past a couple of lines, keep your on-screen text higher still.

Turning a YouTube video or a podcast into TikToks? YouTube to TikTok makes vertical clips from a link, and horizontal to vertical video reframes a wide recording around the person speaking. For Shorts, see the YouTube Shorts size guide.

What it does

TikToks that fit the screen and keep the words readable

The frame TikTok fills the screen with, and the parts of it its interface covers.

A free safe-zone overlay

A 1080 × 1920 px transparent PNG with TikTok's covered margins hatched and the 896 × 1306 px safe area outlined.

Check your own frame first

Drop a still from your video into the checker to see which words would sit under the buttons or the caption. It stays on your device.

Vertical clips with captions

Exemplary AI makes clips in 9:16, 16:9, 1:1 and 4:5 from a long video, with captions you can move to the top, center or bottom.

Keep going

Turn your video into a TikTok-ready clip

Reframe a wide recording, style the spoken words, or start with a video from YouTube.

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Questions

Common questions

What size is a TikTok video?
1080 × 1920 px pixels, in a 9:16 vertical frame that fills the phone screen.
What is the TikTok safe zone?
The 896 × 1306 px area that TikTok's interface leaves clear: 130 px from the top, 484 px from the bottom, 44 px from the left and 140 px from the right of a 1080 × 1920 px frame.
Where do captions go on a TikTok?
Above the bottom 484 px, where your username, caption and sound sit, and left of the button column. Text in the middle third of the screen stays readable.
Can I post a horizontal video on TikTok?
You can, but it plays small, with bars above and below. Reframing to 9:16 around the person speaking fills the screen instead.
Does the safe zone change with a long caption?
Yes. The caption grows upward, so a long caption covers more of the bottom of the video. Keep important text higher when you write long captions.
Is there a free way to make TikTok-sized clips from a long video?
Yes. Exemplary AI makes 9:16 clips with captions from a long video or a link, and the Free plan includes 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark.

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