LinkedIn Image Size Guide 2026 — Profile, Banner, Posts and Articles
LinkedIn is the professional network where first impressions matter most — and image sizing plays a bigger role than most people realise. A pixelated profile photo or a banner that looks cropped wrong undermines an otherwise polished profile. Here is the complete, accurate guide to every LinkedIn image dimension in 2026.
LinkedIn Profile Picture
- Recommended size: 400 × 400px
- Minimum size: 200 × 200px
- Maximum file size: 8MB
- Display: Shown as a circle — keep your face/subject centred
- Format: JPG or PNG
LinkedIn Profile Banner (Background Photo)
- Recommended size: 1584 × 396px
- Aspect ratio: 4:1
- Important: Your profile photo overlaps the bottom-left of the banner — avoid placing important content there
- Safe zone: Keep key text/graphics in the centre-right area
Why the Banner's Safe Zone Matters So Much
The 4:1 aspect ratio of LinkedIn's banner is unusually wide and short compared to most image formats, which catches a lot of people out — a banner designed without checking the actual proportions often ends up either heavily cropped on the sides or with important content squeezed into a thin strip. Combined with the profile photo overlay covering part of the bottom-left, the effective "safe" area for text or important graphics is smaller than the full banner dimensions suggest. Before finalising a banner design, it's worth sketching out roughly where your profile photo circle will sit (bottom-left, overlapping into the banner) and designing around that, rather than placing content across the full width and discovering afterward that your profile photo is covering part of a logo or headline text.
LinkedIn Post Images
- Single image post: 1200 × 627px (landscape) — displays well in feed
- Square post: 1200 × 1200px — takes up more vertical feed space, often gets more engagement
- Vertical post: 1080 × 1350px — maximum feed presence on mobile
- Multiple images (carousel): 1080 × 1080px each for consistency
Why Square and Vertical Images Often Outperform Landscape on LinkedIn
The reasoning behind square and vertical images getting more engagement comes down to how much vertical space they occupy in a feed that's primarily scrolled on mobile devices held vertically. A landscape image, constrained by the feed's width, ends up relatively short — a small visual block compared to the surrounding text. A square or vertical image of the same width takes up significantly more vertical space, meaning it occupies the viewer's screen for longer as they scroll past, increasing the chance they pause to actually look at it rather than scrolling straight through. This is purely about screen real estate and attention, not anything inherent about the content itself — the same image cropped to different ratios will get different amounts of "dwell time" simply based on how much of the screen it fills.
LinkedIn Article Cover Image
- Recommended size: 1280 × 720px
- Aspect ratio: 16:9
- Tip: This image also appears as the thumbnail when your article is shared elsewhere
LinkedIn Company Page Images
- Company logo: 300 × 300px (square, displays at various sizes)
- Company cover image: 1128 × 191px
- Square logo (used in some contexts): 60 × 60px minimum
LinkedIn Video Thumbnail
- Recommended size: 1280 × 720px (16:9)
- Format: JPG or PNG
LinkedIn Document Posts (PDF Carousels)
LinkedIn allows uploading PDF documents that display as swipeable carousels — extremely popular for thought-leadership content.
- Recommended page size: 1080 × 1080px (square) per page
- Maximum file size: 100MB
- Maximum pages: 300
- Create with our Images to PDF tool — design each slide as an image, combine into one PDF
Why Document Carousels Work So Well
Document carousels occupy a unique position in LinkedIn's feed — they combine the visual impact of an image post with the depth of written content, and they require active engagement (swiping) that a static image doesn't. Each swipe is itself an engagement signal, which is part of why carousels often perform well in terms of reach. From a creation standpoint, since each "page" is really just a square image, the same design principles that apply to square post images apply here — clear, legible text and visuals that work at the size they'll actually be viewed (often quite small on mobile). Keeping each page focused on one idea, with consistent visual styling (the same colour scheme, font, and layout structure) across all pages, makes the carousel feel like a cohesive piece rather than a disjointed set of slides bolted together.
How to Resize Images for LinkedIn for Free
- Open the Social Media Image Resizer
- Select LinkedIn from the platform presets
- Choose the specific format (profile, banner, post, article cover)
- Upload your image
- Choose Cover (crop to fill) or Contain (fit with padding)
- Download your perfectly sized image
Pro Tips for LinkedIn Images
- Profile photos with a simple, professional background perform better than busy ones
- Square (1:1) posts often get more feed real estate than landscape on mobile
- Document/PDF carousels consistently outperform single images for engagement
- Always preview your banner with your profile photo overlay before publishing