Pinterest board cover size
The short answer
Pinterest displays board covers as squares, so prepare a 1:1 image — 600 × 600 is a comfortable working size — rather than reusing a 2:3 pin — checked 31 July 2026.
Source: Pinterest Help · Last checked · CORROBORATED
Pinterest displays board covers as squares. 600 × 600 is a comfortable working size; Pinterest does not publish a dedicated board-cover upload spec, which is exactly why a square crop tool is useful here.
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600 × 600 · 1:1
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Why this asset is awkward
Board covers are the one Pinterest asset where the 2:3 rule works against you. Pinterest shows the cover as a square, so a tall pin selected as a board cover has its top and bottom removed — which is usually where the headline was.
Making a dedicated square cover fixes it, and a set of consistent covers is what turns a profile full of boards into something that looks curated. This editor crops to 1:1 and previews at board-grid size.
Pinterest does not publish a dedicated board-cover specification, which is part of why this asset is so often wrong. What is verifiable is the display shape — square — so the honest answer is to prepare a square at a comfortable working resolution and let Pinterest scale it, rather than quoting a number the platform never gave.
Exact specification
| Asset | Pixels | Ratio | Formats | File limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinterest board cover | 600 × 600 | 1:1 | png, jpeg | Not published |
This one page also answers: pinterest board cover dimensions, pinterest board image size, square pin size. They describe the same asset, so they share a single URL rather than getting a thin page each.
What the overlays mean
The whole canvas is the safe area here, because a square cover is displayed square. The thing to watch is the source: cropping a 2:3 pin to 1:1 discards a third of it, so choose a source with room in the middle.
- Square board cropkeep content here
- Board covers display as a square regardless of the pin’s real ratio, so a 2:3 pin used as a cover loses its top and bottom.
Three things that go wrong
- 01
Make a set, not a one-off
Board covers only pay off when every board has one. A profile with three custom covers and nine defaults looks worse than one with none.
- 02
One word or one icon
At board-grid size a cover carries a single label. Anything more is unreadable.
- 03
Do not reuse a pin
A pin cropped to a square loses the top and bottom third. Build the cover from the source image instead.
Questions people actually ask
What size is a Pinterest board cover?
Square. Pinterest crops board covers to 1:1 for the board grid, so prepare a square image — 600 × 600 is ample — rather than reusing a 2:3 pin.
Why does my board cover look cropped?
Because you selected a 2:3 pin as the cover and Pinterest squared it, taking the centre. Uploading a purpose-made square avoids it entirely.
Does Pinterest publish a board cover size?
Not as a specific figure — it publishes pin specs, and covers inherit from whichever pin or image you choose. That is exactly why a square crop tool is the practical answer here, and why this page marks its 600 × 600 recommendation as working guidance rather than a quoted rule.
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