What size is a YouTube banner?

2560 × 1440 px at 16:9, up to 6 MB. The minimum upload is 2048 × 1152 px.

Why is my YouTube banner cut off on mobile?

Phones show only the middle 1546 × 423 px of the banner. Anything outside that strip, especially text near the edges, is cropped away.

What is the YouTube banner safe area?

The centered 1546 × 423 px rectangle, starting 507 px from the left and 508 px from the top. It's the only part every device shows.

Can I upload a 2560 × 423 banner?

No. YouTube needs at least 2048 × 1152 px. Place the strip on a full 2560 × 1440 canvas, for example with Fit whole image and a blur fill.

Should a YouTube banner be JPG or PNG?

JPG for photos, PNG for flat graphics and text. Either way it must be under 6 MB, which the tool handles for you.

Yes, every tool is free to use, with no account and no watermark. Free use covers 20 images per batch (50 with a free account) and files up to 20 MB. Pro ($9 a month or $65 a year) and the $2.99 Day Pass add 500-image batches, 50 MB files and one-click ZIP downloads.

Are my photos uploaded to a server?

No. CropDen crops, resizes and compresses images in your browser, so the files never leave your device and nothing is stored on a server.

Do I need an account?

No. Every tool works without signing up. A free account raises the batch limit from 20 to 50 images, and paid plans need one for billing.

Can I resize many images at once?

Yes. Drop several images into the tool and each one is resized to the size you pick, cropped from the center or the top, or fitted whole with a fill. Free use handles 20 per batch (50 with an account), downloaded one by one; Pro and the Day Pass handle 500 at a time with one ZIP.

Does CropDen add a watermark or lower the quality?

No watermark is added. Exports keep the full resolution of your crop, or the exact platform size, and are saved as JPG at 90% quality unless you change the format or quality; where a platform caps the file size, the export is kept under it.

YouTube Banner Size 2026: 2560 × 1440 px & Safe Area

Image	Pixels	Ratio	Minimum	File limit
Channel banner TVs show it all; phones show only the 1546 × 423 middle 16:9 · Minimum 2048 × 1152 · File limit 6 MB	2560 × 1440 px	16:9	2048 × 1152	6 MB
Profile picture Displayed as a circle 1:1 · Minimum 98 × 98 · File limit 4 MB	800 × 800 px	1:1	98 × 98	4 MB
Video thumbnail (4K) YouTube's recommended size; 50 MB limit on desktop 16:9 · Minimum 640 × 360 · File limit 50 MB	3840 × 2160 px	16:9	640 × 360	50 MB
Thumbnail (phone upload) Kept under the 2 MB limit for uploads from the YouTube app 16:9 · Minimum 640 × 360 · File limit 2 MB	1280 × 720 px	16:9	640 × 360	2 MB

Minimum upload: 2048 × 1152 px
Max file size: 6 MB
Formats: JPG, PNG, GIF (static), BMP

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Area	Pixels	Where it shows
Full upload	2560 × 1440	TVs show all of it
Minimum upload	2048 × 1152	Smallest YouTube accepts
Desktop strip	2560 × 423	Rows 508 to 931
Tablet strip	1855 × 423	Starts 352 px from the left
Safe area	1546 × 423	Starts 507 px from the left; visible everywhere

The file has to be the full 16:9 canvas even though most screens show a thin strip of it. The limit is 6 MB in JPG, PNG, BMP or static GIF.

You upload one 16:9 image and YouTube shows a different slice of it on each kind of device. These areas come from YouTube's own banner template. The vertical band is the same everywhere: rows 508 to 931, the middle 423 px. A narrow desktop browser window shows less than the full width, but the safe area always stays in view. The tool draws all three outlines on the banner preset.

A layout that works on every device:

Center the channel name, logo and tagline inside the 1546 × 423 safe area.
Use the space between the safe area and the tablet outline for supporting graphics that can disappear on phones.
Fill the full 2560 × 1440 with something sensible, because TVs show all of it. A plain color or a blurred continuation of the photo works; a stretched logo doesn't.
Make text big. On a phone the 1546 px safe area is squeezed onto a screen about 400 px wide, so lettering under about 60 px tall in the file ends up smaller than body text.

More layout examples are in the YouTube banner safe area guide.

2560 × 1440 vs 2048 × 1152

Both are 16:9 and both are accepted. 2048 × 1152 is the floor: anything smaller is rejected. 2560 × 1440 is what YouTube recommends and what TVs display, so a 2048 px banner gets enlarged on big screens. Start from an image at least 2560 px wide when you can; the tool warns you before it exports an upscaled banner.

Drop your image above, paste it with Cmd/Ctrl+V, or start from the sample.
The channel banner preset opens with the device outlines on. Drag and zoom until the important part sits inside the dashed safe area.
If you only have a wide strip (say 2560 × 423), choose Fit whole image with a blur or solid fill to make up the height.
Download. The export is kept under 6 MB automatically and never leaves your browser.

Phones show only the middle 1546 × 423 px. Text near the left or right edge, or above row 508 and below row 931, is cropped away. Move it inside the safe area outline and it shows on every device.

The source was smaller than 2560 px wide, so YouTube enlarged it for big screens.
Small text in a JPG. Fine lettering softens after YouTube recompresses it. Make text larger or export lettering-heavy banners as PNG, which the tool still keeps under 6 MB.
A screenshot or a downloaded social image as the source. Those are already compressed; start from the original file.

The other YouTube images

The profile picture is 800 × 800 px, shown as a circle, under 4 MB. For video thumbnails YouTube now recommends 3840 × 2160 px (16:9, at least 640 px wide), up to 50 MB from a computer but only 2 MB from the YouTube app, so there's also a 1280 × 720 preset kept under 2 MB. The length badge covers the bottom-right corner, so keep faces and words away from it. All three presets are on this page; for other 16:9 work use the 16:9 cropper. Sizes verified in October 2026; other platforms are on the social media image sizes cheat sheet.