Digital Square 1080

1080 x 1080 px sRGB 1:1 square

A 1080 by 1080 px square. The universal social-media canvas size and the dimension Spotify, Apple Music, and most album art platforms expect.

about the size of an HD video frame

About this size

When the destination is unspecified, 1080 by 1080 is the safe default for square work. It is large enough to look crisp on retina displays, small enough that file weight is never a problem, and matches the inferred size of most square social formats once platforms re-encode the upload.

The one thing to watch is the platform-specific crop. Instagram and TikTok both reframe squares depending on context, so the centre two thirds should hold the message even when the outer band gets cropped.

Square art
Social graphics
Icon drafts

Pro tips

1 A safe default when the platform context is not pinned down. Most square social formats end up at this size or smaller after re-encoding.
2 Works as cover art across Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp, and similar platforms that target 1:1 at modest size.
3 Keep the message in the centre two thirds so platform-specific crops do not eat the focal point.