VellmTikTok safe zone checker
Drop a video or image to see what the app's buttons, captions and tabs will cover. Switch between TikTok, TikTok Shop, Instagram Reels, Instagram Story and YouTube Shorts, check the size and frame rate, and save an annotated PNG.
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Your video or image shows here, at 9:16.
TikTok For You: top 240 px, bottom 660 px, left 120 px, right 120 px, buttons 300 px from the right edge below 840 px (on 1080×1920).
Safe zone pixel values
On a 1080×1920 (9:16) frame. Keep text, logos and faces inside the area these margins leave. Checked on .
| Overlay | Top | Bottom | Left | Right | Button column |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TikTok For You1 | 240 px | 660 px | 120 px | 120 px | 300 px in from the right edge (margin included), below y 840 |
| TikTok Shop / Spark Ads2 | 252 px | 812 px | 120 px | 120 px | 240 px in from the right edge (margin included), below y 360 |
| Instagram Reels3 | 269 px | 672 px | 65 px | 65 px | In the right margin |
| Instagram Story4 | 269 px | 672 px | 65 px | 65 px | In the right margin |
| YouTube Shorts5 | 288 px | 672 px | 48 px | 192 px | In the right margin |
- TikTok For You. The For You feed. TikTok's standard in-feed file is 720×1280: top 160, bottom 440, 80 each side, and below y 560 a 120 px button strip inside the right margin, so the buttons reach 200 px in from the right edge. Multiplied by 1.5: 240, 660, 120, and 300 px from the right edge below y 840. Source: TikTok Ads Help Center, “TikTok Auction In-Feed Ads: safe zone files” (“In-Feed Standard” file, 720×1280, scaled ×1.5). Checked 2026-10-30.
- TikTok Shop / Spark Ads. Ads and boosted posts with a product anchor and a CTA button. TikTok's anchor file is 540×960: top 126, bottom 406 with a one-line caption (up to 507 with four), 60 each side, and below y 180 the buttons reach 120 px in from the right edge (the 60 px margin included). Multiplied by 2: 252, 812, 120, and 240 px from the right edge below y 360. Each extra caption line raises the bottom by about 68 px. Source: TikTok Ads Help Center, “TikTok Auction In-Feed Ads: safe zone files” (“In-Feed with Anchor” file, 540×960, one-line caption, scaled ×2). Checked 2026-10-30.
- Instagram Reels. Meta asks for about 14% top, 35% bottom and 6% each side free of text, logos and key elements: 269, 672 and 65 px on 1080×1920. Source: Meta Ads Guide, “Instagram Reels video ad specs” (14% top, 35% bottom, 6% sides). Checked 2026-10-30.
- Instagram Story. Meta's current Stories ad guide asks for the same 14% top, 35% bottom and 6% sides as Reels (older versions said about 14%, 250 px, at the top and bottom), so the numbers match; the app covers different things. Source: Meta Ads Guide, “Instagram Stories ad specs” (14% top, 35% bottom, 6% sides). Checked 2026-10-30.
- YouTube Shorts. Google's vertical video safe zone for YouTube: 288 px top, 672 bottom, 48 left and 192 right, where the like, comment and share buttons sit. Source: Google Ads Help, “Use square and vertical video to engage mobile customers” (safe zone image, 1080×1920, labeled 288 top, 672 bottom, 48 left, 192 right). Checked 2026-10-30.
Questions
What is the TikTok safe zone?
On a 1080×1920 video, TikTok's own safe zone file keeps text and faces out of the top 240 px (the Following and For You tabs), the bottom 660 px (username, caption and sound), 120 px on each side, and from 840 px down everything within 300 px of the right edge (the 120 px margin plus a 180 px button strip), where the like, comment and share buttons sit.
What size should a TikTok video be?
1080×1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical frame. Smaller 9:16 videos are scaled up and can look soft; 16:9 landscape videos are shown with black bars above and below; square and 4:5 videos get bars or a crop. The checker warns about each of these.
What is the Instagram Reels safe zone?
Meta asks for about 14% at the top, 35% at the bottom and 6% on each side to stay free of text, logos and key elements: 269, 672 and 65 px on a 1080×1920 Reel. Its Stories guide gives the same percentages.
What is the YouTube Shorts safe zone?
Google's vertical video safe zone for YouTube is 288 px from the top, 672 px from the bottom, 48 px from the left and 192 px from the right of a 1080×1920 frame; the wider right margin is for the like, comment and share buttons.
Why do safe zone numbers differ between tools?
The apps change their layouts, captions grow with every line, and ads add buttons that organic posts do not have. We take each value from the platform's own file or ad guide, say which one, and list the date we last checked it (2026-10-30). Leave a little extra room if your caption runs long.
Is my video uploaded?
No. The preview, the checks and the PNG are all made by your browser on your device. Nothing is sent to a server.