Sun Nov 08 2026 08:00:00 GMT+0800 (Taiwan Standard Time)
LinkedIn banner size in 2026
The personal cover is 1584×396. The company cover is 1512×256, not 1128×191. Where the profile photo overlaps.
LinkedIn publishes two different covers, and people mix them up.
The personal profile cover — LinkedIn’s help calls it the cover image, the app sometimes still says background photo — is 1584×396 pixels, JPG or PNG, under 8MB. That is the current recommendation on LinkedIn Help. The ratio is exactly 4:1.
The company Page cover is 1512×256, both the minimum and the recommended size, on the Pages image specifications. PNG or JPEG, up to 3MB. The number 1128×191 is from an older template. Do not export it.
| Asset | Pixels | Circle? |
|---|---|---|
| Personal banner | 1584×396 | Profile photo overlaps lower left |
| Company cover | 1512×256 | Logo can crowd the lower right |
| Profile photo or Page logo | 400×400 | Yes |
A profile photo can be larger than 400×400. 400 is the floor LinkedIn states, and it is the recommended Page logo (minimum 268). Export 400 and keep the mark inside the circle.
What the banner hides
LinkedIn does not publish a pixel safe zone for the personal cover. Two things are still true, and the preview draws both as approximations:
- The round profile photo sits on the lower left and covers part of the banner. On a 1584-wide file that overlap is a large disc whose center is near the bottom edge, not a 40-pixel sticker.
- The cover is cropped differently on a phone and on a laptop. Keep type away from the extreme left and right edges.
For a Page cover, LinkedIn’s own sentence is more specific: key details should stay off the edges, especially the lower right, because the image is trimmed per screen. The Life tab main image, if you use Career Pages, is a different asset at 1128×376. It is not the cover.
Type on a 396-pixel strip
396 pixels is not much height. A headline in the vertical center, clear of the lower-left disc and the side margins, is the whole design. A second line of small type usually dies on a phone. Photos with a simple horizon work better than illustrations full of labels.
Feed images are a separate question. The familiar link preview is a wide card around 1200×627. A portrait post at 1080×1350 takes more of the feed and matches the 4:5 file you may already have for Instagram. They are not interchangeable with the banner.
Check it
Export both banner sizes from the same photo, with the focal point on the part of the scene you can afford to lose the corners of. Open the personal banner on a phone before you leave it up. The overlay in the tool is there so the first export is already close.