Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet: Image & Text Specs [June 2014]

The social media world is moving so fast that we can barely keep up. Social networks are constantly introducing new features, improvements of existing features or even completely new designs (Facebook and Twitter). Keeping up with that pace and being in line with the latest change is a serious challenge for any person using social media for business or communications purposes.

Remember the social media cheat sheet I posted in January? Well, it's no longer relevant or correct. And that's just after 5 months. Nevertheless, I believe such infographics are extremely useful, which is why when I stumbled upon an updated and enhanced version yesterday I thought I had to share it with you.

Below you'll find an extensive infographic with all image dimensions for Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn and YouTube. The visual also offers guidance on the characters length for various posts, titles and descriptions as well as Facebook ads.

This is pretty neat to hang on the wall or save on your desktop and look for reference whenever you need a specific image or text parameter.

I do advise you to optimise all of your social media images in accordance with that guidance. Image optimisation is an important part of your storytelling because your visuals not only need to be appealing, but also readable, qualitative and fitting to each network.

(Click on the infographic for a larger view)

Infographic and image by Omnicore