Instagram Story Resizer
Stories fill the phone screen from top to bottom. This page resizes your photo to 1080×1920 so it covers the screen with no bars and no surprise crop. Everything runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded. Need a smaller file instead? Compress or convert.
Drag the preview to choose which part of the image is kept. The same framing is used for every image in the batch.
Getting the Instagram Story right
Stories are full-screen and short-lived. The exact 9:16 size fills the screen, and respecting the safe zones keeps your words readable.
Full screen 9:16
No bars and no automatic crop.
Top ~150 px busy
Name and progress bars sit at the top.
Bottom ~250 px busy
Reply box and buttons sit at the bottom.
Room for stickers
Leave an empty area for polls, links and mentions.
About 320 KB–650 KB as JPG
A typical photo at 1080×1920 saves to roughly 320 KB–650 KB at good quality — well within the upload limit.
You choose the crop
Filling 1080×1920 from a 3:4 phone photo trims about 25% of it. Drag the preview to choose what stays, or tick the fit option to keep everything.
Instagram Story size at a glance
| Size | 1080×1920 pixels (2.07 MP) |
|---|---|
| Aspect ratio | 9:16 (vertical) |
| Ratio | 9:16 (vertical) |
| Safe zone top | About 150 px |
| Safe zone bottom | About 250 px |
| Same size as | Reels, Facebook Stories, TikTok, WhatsApp Status |
Make a Instagram Story in 3 steps
- Add your image — drag it onto the box above, or tap to choose it. Several at once is fine.
- The size is set to 1080×1920. Drag the frame onto the subject, keeping faces out of the top and bottom edges.
- Click Resize, download the file, then upload it from the Instagram app: Your story › pick the photo.
New to image resizing? Read the full resizing guide.
Square sizes
Same width and height — profile photos, icons, product shots:
Landscape sizes
Wider than tall — screens, banners, covers and thumbnails:
Portrait sizes
Taller than wide — passport photos, forms and phone screens:
Change the aspect ratio
Paper, print & photo sizes
Paper and photo sizes in mm, cm and inches, plus DPI tools:
Resize for a platform
Ready-made sizes for social profiles and posts:
Online shop sizes
Product photos, banners and logos for Etsy, eBay and Shopify:
Resize tools
Batch resizing, DPI and crop tools:
Keeping your story clear of the stickers and buttons
Safe zones. The top of a story holds your profile name and progress bars; the bottom holds the reply box and send button. Keep text at least about 150 pixels from the top and 250 pixels from the bottom of a 1080×1920 image.
Leave space for stickers. Polls, links and mentions are added on top in the app. Plan an empty area, usually in the lower middle, where they can go without covering faces.
Posting a feed photo as a story leaves bands around it. Resize it to 9:16 here, choosing the part to keep, or use the fit option to put the whole photo on a background.
Related sizes and tools
Often used together with this page:
Frequently asked questions
What size is an Instagram Story?
1080×1920 pixels (9:16). Keep text about 150 pixels from the top and 250 pixels from the bottom so the app’s buttons do not cover it.
Why does Instagram zoom in on my story photo?
If the photo is not 9:16, Instagram fills the screen by zooming and cropping. Resize it to 1080×1920 first to control the crop.
Can I post a landscape photo to my story without cropping?
Yes — tick the fit option. The whole photo is placed on the 9:16 canvas with bands above and below.
Are Stories and Reels the same size?
Yes, both are 1080×1920. Reels covers have an extra grid crop — see the Reels cover resizer.
Are my images uploaded?
No. Resizing happens entirely in your browser. Nothing is transmitted or stored, and you can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it still works.
Social media sizes
Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Discord, Pinterest and more: