YouTube size guide
YouTube Banner Size: Canvas, Safe Area & Device Crops
Build at 2560×1440, protect the centered safe area, and preview the crop on phone, desktop, and TV.
Prepared and source-checked 2026-09-27
Canvas and safe area
YouTube recommends 2560×1440 pixels. The minimum upload is 2048×1152 at 16:9; at that minimum, the documented text-and-logo safe area is 1235×338. The file should be 6 MB or smaller.
Keep text and logos here
1235 × 338 minimum safe area
1235 × 338 minimum safe area
Why the middle matters
The same banner is cropped differently across devices. Keep identity and essential text in the central safe region, let backgrounds extend to the full canvas, and test the uploaded result on more than one screen.
Sources and limits
- YouTube channel branding — first-party banner canvas and safe area