How to make a LinkedIn banner the right size
- Choose a photo or a design for your banner.
- Pick Personal banner, Company page cover or Profile photo.
- Move the box, keeping important parts to the right of centre.
- Download it and add it from your LinkedIn profile.
LinkedIn sizes
- Personal banner (background photo): 1584 x 396 pixels, JPG or PNG, under 8 MB.
- Company page cover: 1512 x 256 pixels, JPG or PNG, under 3 MB.
- Profile photo: a square shown as a circle. 400 x 400 is a good size.
Saving at the exact size stops LinkedIn stretching or cropping your image in ways you did not choose.
Where your profile photo covers the banner
On a computer, your round profile photo sits over the bottom left of the banner, and on phones it moves nearer the middle. Anything in that area is hidden. Put text, logos and faces in the upper half and to the right, and treat the bottom left as background.
- Keep a plain or blurred background behind where your photo sits.
- Avoid small text: the banner is shown much smaller on a phone.
- A company cover is very thin, so a simple pattern or one short line of words works better than a photo.
Your image is cropped and resized on your device and is never uploaded here.
Ideas that work in a thin strip
A 4:1 banner is very wide and very short, so most photos lose a lot when cropped to it. Wide scenes suit it best: a skyline, a desk from above, your shop front or a plain background in your brand colours. If you add words, one short line such as your job title or website is plenty. Check how it looks on your phone after uploading.
Questions people ask
What size is a LinkedIn banner?
1584 x 396 pixels for a personal profile. It must be a JPG or PNG under 8 MB.
What size is a LinkedIn company page cover?
1512 x 256 pixels, as a JPG or PNG under 3 MB.
Why is part of my LinkedIn banner hidden?
Your profile photo covers the bottom left on a computer and the middle on a phone. Keep important parts in the upper right.
What size should a LinkedIn profile photo be?
Upload a square photo, 400 x 400 pixels works well. LinkedIn shows it as a circle.