How to use the Instagram Story Size
- Drop your image — 1080 × 1920 is already selected.
- Pick Crop to fill, or Fit inside with a background color.
- Download and add it to your story.
Keep the edges clear
Instagram puts your profile name at the top of a story and the reply bar at the bottom. Keep text and faces out of roughly the top and bottom 250 px so nothing important is covered.
Same size everywhere
1080 × 1920 also fits Facebook Stories, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and WhatsApp Status. For feed posts, use Instagram post size.
Also searched as: resize image for instagram story, 1080x1920, story size, reel cover size, 9:16 image.
Tools that pair well with the Instagram Story Size
- Image Resizer — Resize a photo to exact pixel dimensions or a percentage, crop it to fill a social-media size, or fit it inside a frame with a background color — all locally in your browser.
- Add Text to Image — Put text on any photo — captions, titles, labels or quotes.
- Image Cropper — Drag the frame or type exact pixels to crop a photo — square, 16:9, Instagram 4:5, Open Graph 1.91:1 or a perfect circle — then download it as PNG, JPG or WebP.
- Image Compressor — Reduce photos and graphics by up to 90% with no visible quality loss, depending on the image and settings.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Instagram Story size?
1080 × 1920 pixels, a 9:16 ratio. The same size works for Reels covers, TikTok and YouTube Shorts.
My photo is landscape — what happens?
With Crop to fill, the sides are trimmed. With Fit inside, the whole photo stays and the space above and below is filled with your background color.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The image is resized on your device.
Can I install Instagram Story Size as a web app and use it offline?
Yes. Instagram Story Size is an installable web app (PWA) — installed from your browser, not downloaded from an app store. Click Install app at the top of this page in Chrome or Edge (Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS) or on Android, use Share → Add to Home Screen on iPhone and iPad, or File → Add to Dock in Safari 17+ on a Mac. It then opens in its own window with its own icon, and because it runs entirely in your browser it keeps working offline. Firefox on desktop can’t install web apps. How installing works.