Youtube Sizes

Find out the correct dimensions for Youtube graphics such as video thumbnail, channel icons, display images and more with Appy Pie’s size guide.

SIZE DIMENSION
Video Thumbnail 4.27 × 2.4 in
Channel Icon 2.67 × 2.67 in
Desktop and Mobile Display 5.15 × 1.41 in
Channel Art 8.53 × 4.8 in
Desktop Display 8.53 × 1.41 in
Tablet Display 6.18 × 1.41 in

Youtube is the largest video sharing platform and world’s second most popular search engine and it has 1.8 billion active users worldwide. The platform is localized in 53 countries and it has more than 300 hours of video uploaded every minute. Youtube has become such an integral part of our lives that we cannot even imagine our lives without Youtube.

Since Youtube now allows you to adjust the size of your channel’s logo and channel art, now is the right time to optimize them for your channel. Youtube channel logo is the image that appears in the top right corner of your channel’s profile. The channel art is what is displayed in the channel itself. It’s very important to set an accurate size and dimension for Youtube icons, logos, channel arts, and more.

YouTube Channel Art/ Banner Size

YouTube channel art is a small square image that is displayed behind the channel name and is used as the logo for the channel. The square size is 90×90 pixels. It can be uploaded from your computer or directly from the YouTube website. If you upload it from the website it is recommended that you also upload a square image for use as a banner if you want to. So for a better result, we recommend you to use 2560 x 1440 pixels as maximum and 2048 x 1152 pixels as minimum sizes as well.

Youtube Channel Icon Size

Your channel icon is the image that will show up next to the title of your video on YouTube. It is also the image that will show up next to your channel name on Google searches. It is important to get all of your channel information matching up correctly. We recommend a size of at least 800 x 800 pixels for Youtube channel icon.

YouTube Thumbnail Size

YouTube Thumbnail is a small image that you can create and upload to youtube.com/about/video_thumbnails. This image will be used as the thumbnail for your video. YouTube will use this image when your video is shared on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+. Follow this size guide for YouTube Thumbnail:- Minimum dimension of 250 x 250 pixels, Maximum dimension of 1280 x 720 pixels.

Youtube Intro Size

YouTube Intro is a tool that allows you to create a custom introduction for your YouTube videos. You can use it to add a custom logo, play music, and display a video or image. Your youtube video intro should be within 5 seconds but not longer than 20 seconds.

Youtube Display Ad Size

YouTube display ads are based on the same technology that powers their video ads, but are presented in a separate, display-only format. The best Youtube ad size should be at least 300×60 pixels. The minimum size should be 300×60 pixels.

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