LinkedIn Banner Size in 2026 (Exact Dimensions + Safe Zones)

Your LinkedIn banner is the biggest piece of personal real estate you have on the platform. It’s also the easiest thing to get slightly wrong: scroll your feed for two minutes and you’ll see banners with text clipped by a profile photo, logos cut off on mobile, or upscaled stock images going soft.

This is the short, current version: exact dimensions, safe zones, mobile crop math, and the design rules that keep your banner from getting half-eaten on a phone.

LinkedIn banner size at a glance (2026)

Banner type	Upload size	Aspect ratio	Max file size	Formats
Personal profile	1584 × 396 px	4 : 1	8 MB	PNG, JPG
Company page (cover)	4200 × 700 px	6 : 1	3 MB	PNG, JPG
Company “Life” tab cover	1128 × 376 px	~3 : 1	3 MB	PNG, JPG
Showcase page (cover)	4200 × 700 px	6 : 1	3 MB	PNG, JPG

Most people only need the first row. If you’re posting from your personal profile, design at 1584 × 396 pixels and stop reading. The rest of this post explains why that exact size, and what to do inside the frame so nothing important gets cut.

Quick note on the company page number: third-party guides have cited 1128 × 191 px for years. That’s the rendered display size on the page, not the upload spec. LinkedIn’s current official guidance is 4200 × 700 px, which is what we’d recommend uploading. The image still displays at roughly 1128 × 191 in the layout, but the higher source resolution stays sharp on retina screens and survives LinkedIn’s compression.

Personal profile banner: 1584 × 396 px

This is the banner that sits behind your profile photo on your personal page. The supported size is 1584 × 396 pixels, a 4:1 aspect ratio, max 8 MB as PNG or JPG.

• Don’t go smaller: anything under 1584 wide gets upscaled and looks blurry, especially on a Retina display.
• Don’t go larger: LinkedIn will downscale, but you’ll waste file size and risk text becoming softer than necessary.
• Stick to PNG or JPG: PNG keeps text sharper, JPG keeps photographic backgrounds smaller. Skip GIF and WebP.
• Don’t max out the file size: an 8 MB banner is overkill. Photographic backgrounds compress well as JPG quality 80–85, usually landing under 500 KB. Flat-color designs as PNG often land under 100 KB.

The safe zone (the part of your banner nobody can see)

This is the rule everyone misses. Your profile photo sits over the bottom-left of your banner on desktop, and slightly more centered on mobile. The horizontal edges also get cropped on phones. So three areas of your banner are unreliable, and you have to design around them.

The three unreliable zones on a personal profile banner:

• Profile photo overlap: a circular area in the bottom-left covers a chunk of your banner on desktop. On mobile, the photo shifts toward the center and sits lower. Don’t put critical text or your face here.
• Mobile horizontal crop: phones display a narrower slice than desktop, so content near the left and right edges gets clipped. Mobile is the majority of LinkedIn traffic now, so design for the mobile crop first.
• Top edge bleed: a thin strip along the top can be hidden by LinkedIn’s UI on certain layouts (mostly when viewing other people’s profiles). Don’t anchor anything tight against the top edge.

The reliable zone is the upper-center of your banner. Put your headline, logo, or call to action there. A simple working rule: imagine a centered rectangle covering roughly the middle two-thirds of the banner width and the upper two-thirds of the height. Anything important goes inside that rectangle.

The cleanest way to handle this in a design tool: place a 1584 × 396 frame, drop a circle representing your profile photo in the bottom-left as a guide, and never let any text overlap that circle or sit within ~10% of any edge. If you preview at 50% width to simulate the mobile crop, anything that disappears in preview is cropped on a phone.

Company page banner: 4200 × 700 px

Company pages use a much wider banner than personal profiles. LinkedIn’s official spec is 4200 × 700 pixels at a 6:1 aspect ratio, max 3 MB as PNG or JPG. The image displays at roughly 1128 × 191 in the layout but uploading at the full 4200 × 700 keeps it sharp on retina displays.

Things to plan around:

• Logo overlap: your company logo sits in the bottom-left of the banner. Keep that area visually quiet.
• Mobile crop: company banners crop less aggressively than personal banners on mobile, but the outer edges still get clipped. Don’t put a tagline or contact info in the corners.
• Centered focal point: the safe target is the upper-center horizontal third of the frame. Put product visuals, headlines, or product launches there.

If you also use the LinkedIn “Life” tab (the recruiting and culture section), that cover is 1128 × 376 pixels: same width as the rendered company banner but much taller. Treat it as a separate design, not an upscale of the main one.

Mobile vs desktop: what actually changes

The banner is one image, but LinkedIn renders it differently on every screen. Two practical differences to design around:

• The crop: mobile shows a narrower horizontal slice than desktop. Content near the left and right edges of your banner can disappear entirely on a phone.
• The profile photo position: anchored bottom-left on desktop, pulled toward the center and lower on mobile.

The exact crop varies by device, app version, and screen size, so don’t trust any guide that gives you a precise pixel number. The reliable test: upload the banner, open your profile on a phone, and see what’s visible. If your headline survives the mobile view, you’re done.

5 design rules that make a banner actually work

Pixel dimensions get you a banner that’s not blurry. These get you a banner that earns the click.

1. One headline, no paragraphs. A LinkedIn banner is a billboard, not a brochure. The job is to communicate one thing in under three seconds: what you do, who you help, or what you’re known for.
2. Big type, high contrast. Minimum 48 px font size for headlines on a 1584-wide banner. White text on a dark background or dark text on a flat color will always beat gradients-with-overlay text.
3. Match your profile photo. Your banner and headshot are seen together. Same color palette, same vibe. If your headshot is warm and natural and your banner is cold and corporate, the page reads as someone else’s.
4. Skip the icons-of-tools-I-use trend. Logos of WordPress, ChatGPT, Notion, Slack, etc., as a row across your banner: this looked fresh in 2022. It now looks like every other freelance profile. Use the space for something only you would put there.
5. Don’t put your URL in the banner. LinkedIn already shows your custom URL on the profile, and people don’t manually type URLs from images. The space is better spent on your value prop.

Common LinkedIn banner mistakes

• Text behind the profile photo: you wrote a tagline, then the profile-photo circle ate the first three words. The most common mistake on the platform.
• Important elements pinned to the edges: a logo or QR code on the far right edge that no one on mobile ever sees, because mobile crops the outer slices.
• Stretching a 1200 × 300 to 1584 × 396: the upscale shows. Always start at the target size or larger, then export down.
• Stock photo with a low-contrast text overlay: the photo wins, the text disappears. Either use a flat background, or add a solid color block behind the text.
• Designing in 16:9: 1920 × 1080 is a presentation slide. LinkedIn personal banners are 4:1, which is much wider and much shorter. Designs that work for one shape rarely work for the other.

Tools to design a LinkedIn banner

• Canva: the default. Has a 1584 × 396 LinkedIn banner template built in, plus thousands of starter designs. Fastest path if you’re not a designer.
• Figma: better if you want pixel control or you’re matching a brand system. Free for individual use.
• Adobe Express: free LinkedIn banner resizer if you already have a design at the wrong size.
• RightBlogger AI Image Generator: useful if you want a banner from a written prompt instead of designing from scratch. Set the aspect ratio to 4:1 (or generate larger and crop) and describe the scene plus the headline.

FAQ

What is the ideal LinkedIn banner size in 2026?

1584 × 396 pixels for a personal profile banner, 1128 × 191 pixels for a company page banner. Both as PNG or JPG, under 4 MB.

Why does my LinkedIn banner look blurry?

Almost always one of three reasons: you uploaded an image smaller than 1584 px wide and LinkedIn upscaled it; you saved the JPG at very low quality; or you used a tool that compressed the file before LinkedIn did. Re-export at the target dimensions, JPG quality 85+ or PNG, and try again.

Why is the right side of my banner cut off on my phone?

That’s the mobile crop. LinkedIn renders banners narrower on phones than on desktop, so content near the left or right edge gets clipped. Move important content toward the center, then preview on your own phone before keeping the design.

Can I use a GIF as my LinkedIn banner?

You can upload one, but LinkedIn flattens it to a static image on display. Use a PNG or JPG. If you want movement, post a video; the banner is a still.

How often should I update my LinkedIn banner?

Whenever the message is stale. If your banner says “Open to senior PM roles” and you took the role six months ago, update it. Otherwise, every 6–12 months is plenty. Frequent banner changes don’t get rewarded by the algorithm.

The 30-second checklist before you upload

• 1584 × 396 px (personal) or 4200 × 700 px (company), exported as PNG or JPG.
• No important content in the bottom-left circle (profile photo overlap) or near the left/right edges (mobile crop).
• One clear headline, 48 px or larger, high contrast.
• Banner palette and headshot palette feel like the same person.
• Previewed on a phone before saving.

Get those five right and your banner does its job: communicates one thing fast, on any device, without anything getting clipped. That’s the whole bar.

If you’ve already nailed the LinkedIn side and want to ship the same brand across other platforms, our TikTok safe-zone template covers the same crop-and-overlap math for short-form video covers.