{
 "retrievedOn": "2026-09-27",
 "page": "/guides/tiktok-video-size/",
 "tool": "none (published specifications from TikTok and 2025-2026 guides; no TikTok search calls)",
 "arguments": null,
 "note": "Specs checked on 27 September 2026. TikTok's Ads Help Center pages loaded; TikTok Help Center, Creator Academy and developer docs did not load from our location, so their figures are taken from the secondary sources named in each entry.",
 "result": {
  "organic_video": {
   "recommended": {
    "width": 1080,
    "height": 1920,
    "ratio": "9:16",
    "sources": [
     "https://postfa.st/sizes/tiktok/video (updated 25 Sep 2026)",
     "https://www.screensnap.pro/blog/tiktok-video-size-guide (updated 13 Jul 2026)"
    ]
   },
   "other_ratios": {
    "accepted": [
     "1:1",
     "16:9"
    ],
    "display": "black bars above and below in the feed; horizontal videos get a Full screen button and viewers rotate the phone",
    "sources": [
     "https://moda.app/resources/sizes/tiktok (28 Aug 2026)",
     "https://riverside.com/blog/tiktok-video-size (14 Dec 2025)",
     "https://www.tiktok.com/creator-academy/en/article/tool-full-screen-intro (TikTok, did not load)"
    ]
   },
   "horizontal_boost": {
    "claim": "January 2024: TikTok told some creators horizontal videos over one minute would get boosted views; not confirmed as running in 2026",
    "source": "https://www.tubefilter.com/2024/01/30/tiktok-horizontal-video-boosted-views/"
   },
   "minimum_resolution": {
    "tiktok_studio": "720 x 1280 (TikTok Studio upload guidance as quoted by Renderforest, 21 Jun 2026)",
    "developer_api": "360 px to 4096 px on each side (TikTok Content Posting API, via SmarterQueue)",
    "ads": "540 x 960 vertical (TikTok Ads Help Center, June 2026)"
   },
   "formats": {
    "phone": [
     "MP4",
     "MOV"
    ],
    "tiktok_studio": [
     "MP4",
     "WebM"
    ],
    "sources": [
     "https://www.renderforest.com/blog/tiktok-video-specs-dimensions (21 Jun 2026)",
     "https://moda.app/resources/sizes/tiktok (28 Aug 2026)"
    ]
   },
   "frame_rate": {
    "accepted": "23 to 60 fps",
    "recommended": "30 fps, 60 for fast motion",
    "sources": [
     "https://www.puritano.com/post/tiktok-video-specs (30 Aug 2026)",
     "https://help.smarterqueue.com/article/640-tiktok-error-unsupported-media-size-see-video-restrictions-and-photo-restrictions",
     "https://developers.tiktok.com/doc/content-posting-api-media-transfer-guide (TikTok, did not load)"
    ]
   },
   "bitrate_export": {
    "recommended": "about 8 to 12 Mbps at 1080p",
    "source": "https://www.puritano.com/post/tiktok-video-specs (30 Aug 2026)"
   },
   "file_size": {
    "iphone": [
     {
      "value": "287.6 MB",
      "source": "Puritano 30 Aug 2026; Riverside 14 Dec 2025"
     },
     {
      "value": "287 MB",
      "source": "VidCrush, updated Jul 2026"
     }
    ],
    "android": [
     {
      "value": "72 MB",
      "source": "Puritano 30 Aug 2026; Riverside 14 Dec 2025; VidCrush Jul 2026"
     },
     {
      "value": "287.6 MB",
      "source": "Screensnap 13 Jul 2026"
     }
    ],
    "desktop": [
     {
      "value": "10 GB",
      "source": "Renderforest 21 Jun 2026 quoting TikTok Studio guidance; VidCrush Jul 2026"
     },
     {
      "value": "4 GB",
      "source": "Screensnap 13 Jul 2026; PostFast 25 Sep 2026"
     }
    ],
    "developer_api": {
     "value": "4 GB",
     "source": "TikTok Content Posting API as cited by PostFast 25 Sep 2026"
    },
    "tiktok_published_phone_limit": "none found"
   },
   "length": {
    "record_in_app": "10 minutes",
    "upload": "up to 60 minutes (some accounts); TikTok Studio guidance quoted by Renderforest says up to 30 minutes",
    "source": "/guides/how-long-should-a-tiktok-be/"
   }
  },
  "safe_zones_1080x1920": {
   "tiktok_own": "TikTok publishes safe zones as downloadable template files in Ads Manager and says the zone depends on ratio and caption length; its help pages give no pixel figures (https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/tiktok-auction-in-feed-ads, June 2026)",
   "cadenus_ezugc": {
    "top": 130,
    "bottom": 484,
    "left": 44,
    "right": 140,
    "sources": [
     "https://cadenus.io/resources/blog/tiktok-safe-zone/ (28 Jul 2026, from TikTok's Ads Manager files)",
     "https://www.ezugc.ai/blog/tiktok-safe-zones-guide (modified 1 Aug 2026)"
    ]
   },
   "recharm": {
    "top": "120-130",
    "bottom": "300-320",
    "left": 60,
    "right": 120,
    "source": "https://www.recharm.com/blog/tiktok-video-ad-specs (24 Aug 2026)"
   },
   "postfast_720x1280": {
    "top": 160,
    "bottom": 440,
    "left": 80,
    "right": 80,
    "source": "https://postfa.st/sizes/tiktok/video (25 Sep 2026)"
   }
  },
  "photo_mode": {
   "image_size": "1080 x 1920 (9:16)",
   "max_images": 35,
   "formats": [
    "JPG",
    "PNG",
    "WebP"
   ],
   "api_max_per_image": "20 MB, max 1080p",
   "sources": [
    "https://moda.app/resources/sizes/tiktok (28 Aug 2026)",
    "https://www.attentionclaw.com/blog/tiktok-slideshow-limits-and-specs (13 Aug 2026)",
    "https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/product-tutorial-photos-on-tiktok"
   ]
  },
  "profile_picture": {
   "display": "200 x 200, shown as a circle",
   "minimum": "20 x 20",
   "recommended_upload": "720 x 720 (PostFast); 400 x 400 or more (Moda)",
   "formats": [
    "JPG",
    "PNG"
   ],
   "sources": [
    "https://postfa.st/sizes/tiktok/profile (20 Jul 2026)",
    "https://moda.app/resources/sizes/tiktok (28 Aug 2026)",
    "https://support.tiktok.com/en/getting-started/setting-up-your-profile/adding-a-profile-photo-or-video"
   ]
  },
  "cover_image": {
   "size": "1080 x 1920",
   "grid_crop": "about 3:4 (Moda); 1:1.6 (Screensnap)",
   "sources": [
    "https://moda.app/resources/sizes/tiktok (28 Aug 2026)",
    "https://www.screensnap.pro/blog/tiktok-video-size-guide (13 Jul 2026)"
   ]
  },
  "in_feed_ads_non_spark": {
   "source": "https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/tiktok-auction-in-feed-ads (TikTok, updated June 2026)",
   "ratios": {
    "9:16": "min 540 x 960 (recommended)",
    "16:9": "min 960 x 540",
    "1:1": "min 640 x 640"
   },
   "formats": [
    ".mp4",
    ".mov",
    ".mpeg",
    ".3gp",
    ".avi"
   ],
   "duration": "up to 10 minutes",
   "file_size": "500 MB or less",
   "bitrate": "516 kbps or more",
   "caption": "TikTok's auction In-Feed page lists no character count; white font, no links, @ mentions or hashtags. TopView page: max 100 characters, 4 lines (https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/tiktok-reservation-topview). Influencer Marketing Hub (7 Jul 2026): 1 to 100 characters.",
   "account_name": "20 characters (10 in Chinese, Japanese, Korean), one line; Influencer Marketing Hub: 2 to 20",
   "profile_photo": "98 x 98 px, 1:1, JPG or PNG, under 50 KB, key elements in the centre 66 x 66",
   "spark_ads": "use the organic post; .mp4 or .mov; no length limit; caption from the post, up to 4 lines shown"
  },
  "export_presets": {
   "capcut": "https://www.miracamp.com/learn/capcut/how-to-export-high-quality-videos",
   "premiere": "https://www.wesjones.co/guides/premiere-pro-export-settings-for-tiktok; Hollyland (Sequence > Auto Reframe Sequence)"
  }
 },
 "derived": {
  "screen_fill_in_9_16_frame": {
   "9:16": "100%",
   "1:1": "1080/1920 = 56.25%",
   "16:9": "607.5/1920 = 31.6%"
  },
  "center_crop_of_1080p_landscape_to_9_16": "1080 x 9/16 = 607.5 px wide, so about 608 x 1080 before TikTok scales it up",
  "center_crop_of_4k_landscape_to_9_16": "2160 x 9/16 = 1215 x 2160, larger than 1080 x 1920",
  "safe_area": {
   "width": "1080 - 44 - 140 = 896",
   "height": "1920 - 130 - 484 = 1306",
   "share_of_frame": "896 x 1306 / (1080 x 1920) = 56.4%",
   "right_share_of_width": "140/1080 = 13%",
   "bottom_share_of_height": "484/1920 = 25%"
  },
  "postfast_scaled_to_1080x1920": {
   "top": 240,
   "bottom": 660,
   "left": 120,
   "right": 120,
   "method": "720x1280 figures times 1.5"
  },
  "chart_safe_zones_svg": {
   "file": "/graphics/tiktok-video-size/safe-zones.svg",
   "plots": {
    "frame": "1080 x 1920 at 0.3 scale",
    "top": 130,
    "bottom": 484,
    "left": 44,
    "right": 140,
    "safe_area": "896 x 1306, 56%"
   }
  },
  "reused_length_finding": {
   "from": "/evidence/how-long-should-a-tiktok-be-lengths.json",
   "finding": "Of 100 videos ranking for ten everyday searches on 22 September 2026, the longest was 5 minutes 18 seconds (317.6 s); none was over 6 minutes."
  }
 }
}