Facebook Cover Photo

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Ever before wonder why some Facebook cover images look better compared to others on mobile? The answer is always a terrific designer (not that I'm prejudiced or anything), but I just recently uncovered a clever technique to assist much less of your effort obtain cut off when watching from a mobile phone-- and also still look fantastic on desktop computer.
Horrible as I go to remembering numbers, I'm always googling "FB cover image size" (or seeing our quick-reference infographic), and also the first answer that constantly appears is 851 × 315, which is just what the cover photo presents at on a desktop computer browser. If your only issue is desktop computer, this is a great size to upload your cover photo. Regrettably, we could not neglect the 798 million individuals who access Facebook daily through their cellphones.
Before I located this method, alternatives for optimizing a cover picture for both desktop & mobile were extremely limited: either make the focal point really little to show effectively on mobile, or make it look great on desktop computer and sacrifice the mobile experience.
Ugh.
OK, I'll reduce to the chase. Publish a photo that is 851 × 475. With cover pictures taller than desktop computer programs, 2 things happen:.
Desktop computer cuts off the top & base of the image (thankfully, it removes an equal quantity from both).
Mobile will still remove several of the sides of the image, but we have a dramatically larger readable location.

Facebook Cover Photo

This offers us a far more versatile canvas to work with, as well as a richer experience on both desktop computer and mobile. Anything within the "Safe Location" above will display properly!