What’s the Best Header Image Size for LinkedIn Articles?

Updated on October 6, 2026

Quick Summary – Upload your LinkedIn article cover image at 1920 × 1080 pixels, a 16:9 aspect ratio. This is the size LinkedIn recommends, and LinkedIn crops cover images to 16:9. Keep your headline text, logo and faces inside the centre of the frame, away from the edges, so they stay visible wherever the article is shown.

LinkedIn updates its image specifications from time to time. Before you design a batch of covers, check the current recommendation in LinkedIn Help. If you need to adjust your images to these dimensions, you can use a resize image online tool to ensure your visuals look perfect across different platforms.

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Why your LinkedIn Header Image gets Cropped

A cover image that looks perfect in the editor can look chopped once the article is live. That happens for two reasons.

• The upload is not 16:9. LinkedIn crops cover images to a 16:9 ratio. A square, portrait or very wide image loses whatever falls outside that frame.
• The cover appears in more than one place. Readers can see your cover at the top of the article, as a preview when the article is shared in the feed, and on mobile screens. Each placement may show it at a different size, and smaller previews make edge details and small text hard to see.

You can’t control every placement. You can design one image that survives all of them.

Image	Recommended Size	Aspect Ratio	Supported Formats
Article cover (header) image	1920 × 1080 px	16:9	JPEG, JPG, PNG, WEBP (GIFs are not supported as covers)
Images inside the article body	Use a 16:9 or similar landscape image	Flexible	GIF, JPEG, JPG, PNG, WEBP

Source: LinkedIn Help, “Add images and rich media to your article.“

How to Create a LinkedIn Article Header that never gets Cropped

You don’t need to be a designer. Any image editor works: Canva, Adobe Express, Figma, Photoshop or even Microsoft Paint.

1. Start with the right canvas. Create a blank image of 1920 × 1080 pixels. Many tools offer a “16:9” or “Presentation” preset of this size.
2. Place your main message in the centre. Keep the headline, logo and any faces within the middle of the canvas. A comfortable rule of thumb is to leave about 10% clear space on every side.
3. Use large, bold text. Your cover may be viewed as a small preview on a phone. If the text is hard to read when you zoom the image out to thumbnail size, make it bigger or use fewer words.
4. Add contrast. Dark text on a light background, or light text on a dark background, stays legible at small sizes. Avoid placing text over busy photos.
5. Export in a supported format. Save as JPG or PNG (WEBP also works). Use PNG for graphics with text and JPG for photographs.
6. Preview before you publish. After uploading, use LinkedIn’s crop and preview options, then check the published article on both desktop and mobile.

Tip: If you already have an image in a different shape, don’t stretch it. Place it on a 1920 × 1080 canvas and fill the remaining space with a solid brand colour, so the whole image stays visible.

Common LinkedIn Header Image Mistakes

• Text near the edges. Anything close to the border is the first thing lost when the image is cropped or shown small.
• Too many words. A cover is not a slide. A short headline of five to eight words reads better than a paragraph.
• Low-resolution images. A small image scaled up to 1920 × 1080 looks blurry. Start with an image at least that size.
• Using an animated GIF as the cover. LinkedIn does not accept GIFs as cover images. Use them inside the article body instead.
• Using images you don’t own. Use your own visuals or properly licensed ones, and credit the source when the image isn’t yours.

Wrapping UP

A good LinkedIn article header comes down to three things: upload at 1920 × 1080 pixels, keep the important content in the centre, and make the text large enough to read on a phone. Get those right and your cover will look professional on every screen your readers use.

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