This Is the Best Facebook Event Image Size [2021 Update]

What’s the best Facebook event image size?

It differs from both the Fan Page and the personal profile!

Photos on the event page wall will be seen at 470 pixels wide, up to 470 pixels tall, depending on the shape photo you upload.

Feel free to make them bigger (but not smaller, for best results). Both myself and Facebook often recommend a 1200 pixel width.

And the event cover photo? It’s the easiest of all!

New Facebook Event Cover Photo Size for 2021

Great news! The “New Facebook” redesign has not changed the aspect ratio of the Event Cover Photo.

Verified December 3, 2020: The recommended Facebook event cover photo size is 1200 x 628, same as a link share. This is a 1.91:1 ratio.

I strongly recommend you use a larger photo! I checked the display size on iPhone, iPad and desktop, in both the Event and the linked Group.

Four of these six display at greater than 1200 pixels wide on retina display. Friends, you don’t want Facebook stretching your beautiful Event Cover Photo.

I recommend 1920 pixels wide by 1005 pixels tall. This is 1.91:1 aspect ratio.

I tested 3 different event cover photos and found that the mobile cropping varied between them. Thus, you’re better off to start with a cover photo that fits perfectly on desktop.

Here’s one example of how Facebook cropped the mobile from the desktop Event Cover Photo:

You’ll see that New Facebook adds a gradient at the top sides – this is on desktop only, and is drawn from the colors at the top of the photo. If your photo has different coloring on either side, then so will your gradient.

Weird.

Now as I mentioned, the mobile cropping can vary. Here’s a different example where FB cropped a little off the top instead of all off the bottom. Unfortunately that cut off a bit of the logo.

So obviously you need to be careful to keep important elements away from the edges. I’d also recommend using more color in your image, as the gradient for the above cover photo is pretty weak.

I suggest trying to incorporate one of your brand colors in the top portion of your cover photo so you get a gradient of that, instead of a nondescript neutral color.

If you can’t set a specific pixel size in your design tool, look for a Facebook Link Share size. That should be 1.91:1, same as the optimal Event Cover Photo.

Or another option is to start with a standard 16:9 shape. This is also the proportion of a video filmed with your phone held horizontally.

However, if you use the 16:9 shape instead of the optimal 1.91:1, know that there will be a bit of cropping top and bottom on desktop (see the template farther down this article). Then you’re subject to even more variation in the mobile crop.

Here’s an example where the desktop version had some cut off the top when compared to mobile (green dotted line). This won’t happen if you use the correct 1.91:1 proportion, which fits perfectly on desktop.

But if you use very little type and it’s placed far from the edges, this cropping won’t bother you.

If you make your cover photo at 1920 x 1005, you can expect approximately 60 pixels in width and 50 pixels in height cropped out when going from desktop to mobile view.

And it’s not necessarily centered.

Don’t place type or logos too close to the sides, top, and bottom! Give a little breathing room, and you’ll be fine.

If you do that, you don’t really need a Facebook event photo size template… but you can keep one as a reminder of these dimensions!

You’ll find one towards the end of this article to download.

Facebook retired the separate Groups App on September 1, 2017, so we no longer need to be concerned with the weird cropping of the event header in that app.

Facebook Event Cover Photos made easy!

You don’t have to keep up with every change Facebook makes to event image sizes.

You don’t have to mess with Photoshop.

You don’t have to stare at a blank canvas and wonder where to find photos and fonts.

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You can toss together eye-catching Facebook Event Covers in seconds!

And in a couple clicks, your cover photo can become a perfectly-optimized:

Facebook Page Cover Photo
Twitter header
YouTube channel art
Facebook ad

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How to create your Facebook Event Cover Photo in Snappa

Snappa’s powerful and easy-to-use graphics builder makes it incredibly simple to create a FB Event header.

1 | Under the HEADERS section, choose the Facebook Event cover photo preset for a perfect size – automatically!

2 | Next, choose a premade Facebook Cover template (which is fully customizable), or create a cover photo from scratch.

The only hard part may be selecting which template to use! There are so many beautiful options, all professionally designed.

Here are just a few:

3 | With your template selection, you can upload your own image – or choose from Snappa’s library of free images.

4 | Add text, graphics, shapes, and effects to any part of the image.

All of these add-ons can be:

Dragged and dropped easily.
Defined as to the opacity you desire.
Placed on whichever layer you choose.

5 | Once you’ve tweaked everything to your liking:

Save.
Download.
Resize to any other image type you need!

It literally takes just a few clicks.

Try it out for free right now!

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Already have a favorite design app? Read on…

New Facebook Event Cover Photo Template 2021

Know your way around a design app, and don’t want to use Snappa?

Or maybe you just want to “eyeball” your cover photo. Kinda “wing it.”

Most iPhone design apps offer a 16:9 crop. There’s even one in your Photos app!

Horizontally-shot video is also this 16:9 proportion.

This template will help if you don’t have software that lets you set a specific pixel size – or you’re using a video cover photo! You can use a standard 16:9 shape, and visualize the small amount that will be cropped out.

Right-click and choose “Save Image As…” to download the full-size template.

Instructions for using my social media templates

1. Open in Photoshop or other graphics editing program that has layers.

2. Change Image > Mode to RGB (the template is an indexed color PNG).

3. Add guidelines to match template, or use template as a translucent layer for guidance.

4. Delete template from image file when your design is done.

If your design program doesn’t have layers, you can use them for size and visual reference.

There are more social media templates in the Free Member Area.

How to upload your Facebook Event Cover Photo

Read my above suggestion that the FB-recommended size below is too small. Here are the sizes I measured as of January 2, 2018:

Seen in iPad group 1128 x 590
Seen in iPad event 1210 x 632
Seen on iPhone (both) 1242 x 650
Seen on desktop event 1250 x 656
Seen on desktop group 1190 x 624

So go larger! Nonetheless, below are Facebook’s own tips.

To add a cover photo or video to an event as the host:

Go to the event and click Upload Photo or Video or .
For best results, choose photos or videos that are 1200×628 pixels (about a 2:1 ratio).
The recommended length for videos is between 30 seconds and a maximum time limit of 5 minutes.
Choose your photo or video and reposition it if you like, then click Save.

Note: Keep in mind that you can’t edit the size of a main photo or video after it’s been added to an event.

If this is a public event, anyone who views the event can see its photos and videos.

Photos and videos posted on private events are only visible to people who were invited. source

More Facebook Cover Photo templates!

First, save this post to Pinterest: Click here to repin.

You can also find constantly updated cover photo sizes for:

| Facebook Page Cover Photo size

| Facebook Group Cover Photo size

| Facebook Personal Profile Cover Photo size

To learn ALL the updated social media sizes: Read this blog post.

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This post was originally published on October 8, 2014, and last updated in December 2020.

Please share if these updated tips helped you with the correct Facebook event image size!