TikTok safe zone overlay
The short answer
A TikTok frame is 1080 × 1920 (9:16), and the conservative safe area leaves roughly 130 px clear at the top, 483 px at the bottom, 44 px on the left and 140 px on the right — checked 31 July 2026.
Source: TikTok Ads Manager — Creative best practices · Last checked · CORROBORATED
TikTok publishes 9:16 at 540 × 960 minimum and explicitly says the safe zone changes with caption length, ad format and add-ons — it distributes downloadable safe-zone templates rather than a fixed pixel table. The 130 / 483 / 44 / 140 px figures used here are the widely applied conservative values for a 1080 × 1920 frame and are marked as observed guidance, not a quoted rule.
Safe-zone workbench
1080 × 1920 · 9:16
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Why this asset is awkward
TikTok is explicit that the safe zone is not one fixed rectangle: it changes with the caption length, the ad format and any interactive add-ons, and TikTok distributes downloadable template files rather than publishing a table. The figures above are the conservative values that hold for a typical organic post.
What this page adds is seeing them on your frame instead of imagining them. Load a still and the action rail, caption block and top chrome are drawn where they actually fall. Export the clean frame for your editor, or the guide proof with the zones burned in.
Exact specification
| Asset | Pixels | Ratio | Formats | File limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TikTok video frame | 1080 × 1920 | 9:16 | png, jpeg | Not published |
| TikTok video cover | 1080 × 1920 | 9:16 | png, jpeg | Not published |
This one page also answers: tiktok video safe zone, tiktok safe area, tiktok text safe zone. They describe the same asset, so they share a single URL rather than getting a thin page each.
What the overlays mean
The clear rectangle is the conservative safe area. The right-hand column is the action rail — profile, like, comment, bookmark, share and the audio disc. The bottom block is the username, caption and audio row, and it grows downward-to-upward as the caption gets longer.
- TikTok safe areakeep content hereVideo frame
- The region left clear once the top chrome, the right-hand action rail and the caption block are accounted for. TikTok states the safe zone varies with caption length and ad format, so treat this as a conservative working area.
- Action railcoveredVideo frame
- Profile, like, comment, bookmark, share and the spinning disc stack down the right edge.
- Username and captioncoveredVideo frame
- The username, caption and audio row occupy the bottom of the frame and grow with caption length.
- Profile grid crop (3:4)keep content hereVideo cover
- Your profile grid shows a 3:4 crop taken from the centre of the cover. Compose the subject inside this box or your grid tile will be a crop of a crop.
- View-count stripcoveredVideo cover
- The view count and any pinned label sit over the bottom-left of the grid tile.
Three things that go wrong
- 01
Assume a two-line caption
The bottom block in the overlay assumes a normal caption. If yours is long, the usable area shrinks further — leave margin.
- 02
Burned-in subtitles belong in the middle third
Subtitles at the bottom of the frame sit behind the caption block on almost every device.
- 03
Download TikTok’s own template for ad work
If you are running paid, get the safe-zone file from Ads Manager for your exact format. This overlay is the right tool for organic posts and a good sanity check for ads.
Questions people actually ask
What is the TikTok safe zone?
The part of a 1080 × 1920 frame that TikTok’s interface does not cover. A conservative working allowance is 130 px at the top, 483 px at the bottom, 44 px on the left and 140 px on the right. TikTok states the exact area varies with caption length and format.
Does TikTok publish exact safe-zone pixel values?
Not as a table. TikTok provides downloadable safe-zone template files through Ads Manager and notes that the zone depends on dimension, caption length and add-ons. That is why this page labels its numbers as observed guidance rather than quoting them as a rule.
Is the TikTok safe zone the same as Instagram Reels?
Close, but TikTok is stricter at the bottom. If you post the same vertical video to both, compose for TikTok and Reels will be fine.
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The same job on other platforms
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