LinkedIn Banner Size 2026: Profile, Company Page + More

A personal LinkedIn banner (LinkedIn calls it your background or cover photo) is 1584 x 396 pixels, a 4:1 shape, saved as a PNG or JPG under 8 MB. A company Page cover is 1512 x 256 pixels, PNG or JPEG, up to 3 MB.

Both numbers come straight from LinkedIn Help, as do the other sizes below. Keep text and faces near the center: your profile photo or Page logo covers the bottom-left, and smaller screens trim the edges.

Image	Recommended size	Shape	Format and file limit
Personal profile banner	1584 x 396 px	4:1	PNG or JPG, 8 MB max, no GIF
Company Page cover	1512 x 256 px (also the minimum)	About 5.9:1	PNG or JPEG, 3 MB max
Company Page logo	400 x 400 px (minimum 268 x 268)	1:1	PNG or JPEG, 3 MB max
Showcase Page cover	1512 x 256 px (same as Pages)	About 5.9:1	PNG or JPEG, 3 MB max
Life tab main image	1128 x 376 px	3:1	PNG or JPEG, 3 MB max
Group cover	1776 x 444 px	4:1	JPEG or PNG, file limit not listed
Event cover	1280 x 720 px (minimum width 480)	16:9	Not listed
Newsletter edition cover	1920 x 1080 px	16:9	JPEG, PNG or WEBP, no GIF
Newsletter logo	300 x 300 px	1:1	Not listed

Sources, all LinkedIn Help (checked November 2026): Photo won’t upload to your profile for the personal banner size, 8 MB limit, and no-GIF rule; Image specifications for your LinkedIn Pages and Career Pages for Page covers, logos, and the Life tab; Add or edit a group cover image; Create a LinkedIn Event; LinkedIn Newsletters best practices; and Add and edit images to your article for cover formats. LinkedIn doesn’t list a separate Showcase Page size.

If you’re only updating your own profile, 1584 x 396 is the one number you need. The rest of this guide covers where to put text so it doesn’t get cut off.

Example of my LinkedIn profile

This is the wide image behind your profile photo at the top of your profile. LinkedIn recommends 1584 x 396 pixels. The file has to be PNG or JPG and under 8 MB, and GIFs aren’t supported.

Design at exactly that size. A smaller image gets stretched to fill the space and looks soft. PNG keeps text and flat colors crisp, and JPG is fine for photo backgrounds.

Some paid plans can show a slideshow of cover images instead of one photo. LinkedIn lists Premium Business, Recruiter Lite, Sales Navigator Core, Premium Pages, and LinkedIn Learning in its cover image help article.

The safe zone: where text won’t get cut off

LinkedIn doesn’t publish a pixel-exact safe zone for profile banners, so be wary of any guide that gives you one. What it does say, for Page covers, is that the image may be trimmed horizontally or vertically to fit the screen, and that the center is the part that always shows. Profile banners behave the same way.

That leaves three areas you can’t count on:

The bottom-left, where your profile photo sits on top of the banner. How much it covers changes from screen to screen.
The left and right edges, which get trimmed on narrower screens like phones.
The top and bottom edges, which can be trimmed when LinkedIn fits the image to a different screen shape.

Put your headline or logo in the center. An easy setup: make a 1584 x 396 frame in your design tool, drop a circle in the bottom-left as a stand-in for your photo, and keep all text clear of it and away from the edges. Then upload the banner and look at your profile on your phone. That one check catches nearly every crop problem.

A company Page cover is 1512 x 256 pixels. LinkedIn lists that as both the minimum and the recommended size. It’s a long, thin strip, about 5.9:1, so it’s much shorter than a personal banner and a profile design won’t fit it without heavy cropping.

Files must be PNG or JPEG and no larger than 3 MB. LinkedIn says a high-resolution JPEG at the recommended size gives the best result. Older guides still quote 1128 x 191 or 4200 x 700, but neither appears in LinkedIn’s current Page image specs.

LinkedIn’s own placement advice for Page covers:

Keep key details away from the edges, especially the lower-right corner.
Put the important part in the center, since that’s what shows on every screen size.
Use a high-quality image with limited text.

The Page logo sits over the bottom-left of the cover, so keep that corner quiet too. The logo itself should be 400 x 400 pixels (268 x 268 minimum). LinkedIn shows it on both light and dark backgrounds and puts transparent logos on white, so check that yours reads on both.

Pages with a Premium Company Page subscription can use a dynamic cover, which is a slideshow of images. If it looks blurry, LinkedIn suggests a larger file and photos over logo-heavy images.

Showcase Page cover size

LinkedIn doesn’t publish a separate size for Showcase Pages. Its help article on Showcase Page cover uploads points back to the same Pages image spec, so use 1512 x 256 for the cover and 400 x 400 for the logo.

Life tab image sizes

The Life tab only exists on Pages that have Career Pages. Its main image is 1128 x 376 pixels, custom modules are 502 x 282, and company photos are 900 x 600 (264 x 176 minimum). The main image is a 3:1 shape, much taller than the cover, so make it a separate design instead of reusing the cover.

These come up less often, but each uses a different shape, so reusing your profile banner here usually ends in a bad crop.

Group cover: 1776 x 444 pixels, JPEG or PNG. Only the group owner can change it.
Event cover: 1280 x 720 or 480 x 270 pixels. It has to be 16:9 and at least 480 pixels wide. You can’t upload straight from cloud storage, so save the file to your device first.
Newsletter: a 300 x 300 logo for the newsletter, plus a 1920 x 1080 cover for each edition. Edition covers are cropped to 16:9 and can be JPEG, PNG, or WEBP, but not GIF.

The right size keeps a banner from looking blurry. These habits make it worth looking at:

Say one thing. Pick a single line about what you do, who you help, or what you’re known for.
Make the headline big and high contrast. If you can’t read it on your phone without zooming, it’s too small.
Don’t lay text over a busy photo. Use a flat color, or put a solid block behind the words.
Match the banner to your headshot. People see them together, so similar colors make the profile feel consistent.
Leave web addresses off. Nobody types a URL from an image, and links work better in your Contact info or Featured section.
Don’t squeeze a 16:9 slide into the banner. A 1920 x 1080 design loses most of its height at 4:1, so start from a 1584 x 396 canvas.

Any design tool works once the canvas is set to the right size. Three common picks:

Canva has ready-made LinkedIn banner templates and is the quickest route if you’re not a designer.
Figma gives you exact pixel control, which helps if you’re matching brand guidelines or making covers for several Pages.
The RightBlogger AI Image Generator makes a background from a written prompt. Choose 21:9, its widest aspect ratio, then crop to 1584 x 396 and add your text in a design tool.

FAQ

1584 x 396 pixels for a personal profile and 1512 x 256 pixels for a company Page cover. Personal banners can be up to 8 MB and Page covers up to 3 MB. Both take PNG or JPG.

Usually the image was smaller than 1584 x 396 and got stretched, or it was already heavily compressed before you uploaded it. Export again at full size as a PNG or a high-quality JPG and re-upload.

Narrow screens show less of the banner’s width, so anything near the left or right edge can drop out of view. Move important content toward the center and check again on your phone.

LinkedIn only gives sizes in pixels. Set your canvas to 1584 x 396 pixels. The inch or centimeter value depends on your tool’s DPI setting, which doesn’t change how the banner looks on LinkedIn.

No. LinkedIn doesn’t support GIFs for profile or background photos, so use PNG or JPG. If you want more than one image, some Premium plans let you set up a cover slideshow instead.