Resize image for an Instagram story
Resize a photo to fill the screen as a 9:16 story, at the 1440 × 2560 size Meta recommends.
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Instagram limits
| What | Official limit | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Story | 9:16, 1440 × 2560 recommendedFrom Meta's ads guide; Instagram's own help pages give no Story size. | facebook.com |
Limits verified Oct 2, 2026 against official sources.
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Stories fill a tall 9:16 screen. Landscape or square photos get zoomed and cropped, or shown with blurry bars around them.
What this preset does
This preset crops to 9:16 around the center and resizes to 1440 × 2560 so the story fills the screen sharply.
Questions
- What size is an Instagram story?
- 9:16. Meta's guide recommends 1440 × 2560 px; 1080 × 1920 also works.
- Why not 1080 × 1920?
- Meta's current guidance is 1440 × 2560, which stays sharper on new phones. Both are 9:16.
- How long can a story video be?
- Videos up to 60 seconds show as one clip; longer ones are split into several.