brat generator

Guide

The right image size for every app

Published 2 April 2026. Last reviewed 7 September 2026. About 4 minutes.

Exporting too small is the most common thing that goes wrong with a brat cover, and it is the one mistake you cannot fix afterwards. Here is the number to use for each place your image might end up.

Every size, one table

Where it goes Export Type Notes
Instagram feed post 1080 x 1080 PNG or JPG Square avoids any crop
Instagram profile photo 1080 x 1080 JPG Cropped to a circle, so keep text centred
Instagram story background 1080 x 1920 PNG Export square, then place it on a story
TikTok profile photo 1080 x 1080 JPG Displays as a circle at about 100 pixels
TikTok video cover 1080 x 1920 PNG Only the middle third shows in the feed grid
WhatsApp profile photo 1080 x 1080 JPG Heavily recompressed, so start large
X profile photo 1080 x 1080 PNG Circle crop, 400 pixel minimum
Discord server icon 1024 x 1024 PNG Circle crop unless you have boosts
Reddit avatar 1080 x 1080 PNG Anything over 256 is fine
YouTube channel icon 1080 x 1080 PNG 800 x 800 recommended, 1080 is safer
YouTube thumbnail 1280 x 720 JPG Not square, so use the square as one element
Spotify playlist cover 1500 x 1500 JPG Under 4 MB, minimum 300 x 300
Spotify or Apple release art 3000 x 3000 JPG Apple will not take less for a new release
Printed sticker 2000 x 2000 PNG Check the CMYK values before you send it
A2 poster 3000 x 3000 PNG Fine at arm's length, soft up close

Platforms change these without announcing it. If something looks wrong, check the app's own help page rather than any table on the internet, this one included.

Why upscaling ruins a blurred cover specifically

Enlarging any image invents pixels that were never captured. On a photograph you get softness. On a brat cover you get something worse, because the design already contains a deliberate blur, and the two blurs stack.

The result reads as a corrupted file rather than a style, which is also why music distributors reject this kind of artwork. Export at 1200 minimum for anything social, and 3000 for anything commercial, and the problem never comes up.

Blur in our generator is measured against the canvas, not in fixed pixels, so a setting of 3 looks identical at 1080 and at 3000. Change the size and the design stays put.

Designing for a circular crop

Profile photos are circles on nearly every platform now. A square design loses its corners, which for a brat cover means losing the edge tension the design depends on.

Two adjustments fix it. Raise the margin to about 12 percent so the letters sit inside the circle. Drop the blur to 1 or below, because a 100 pixel circle destroys anything softer. The name tag template already has both.

If it is going on paper

Screens mix light and printers mix ink, and brat green sits close to the edge of what ink can reach. A printed version will look duller than your screen no matter what you do. Nothing is broken; that is the gamut.

For a sticker or a small poster, 2000 by 2000 is plenty. Send the printer the CMYK values and ask whether a spot colour is worth it if the green has to match exactly.

Pick your size and export

Open the generator Need 3000 pixels?

Size questions

What size should I export for Instagram?

A square 1080 by 1080 covers feed posts and profile photos. Stories want 1080 by 1920, which is a different shape, so export the square and place it on a story background rather than trying to make the generator produce a tall image.

Is bigger always better?

Up to a point. Exporting at 3000 for an avatar wastes a few seconds and a few megabytes but does no harm. Exporting at 400 for anything is a mistake you cannot undo, because upscaling invents detail that was never there.

PNG or JPG?

PNG for anything with a transparent background or crisp edges. JPG for photos and for anywhere with an upload size limit. A flat colour with text compresses beautifully either way, so file size rarely decides it.

My image looks blurry after uploading. Why?

Almost always because the export was too small and the app enlarged it. Re-export at 1500 or higher. Instagram and WhatsApp also recompress everything, which softens a blur that was already soft.