The New Updated Facebook Cheat Sheet of Sizes and Dimensions
Well due to the frequent changes in Facebook, we are experiencing many good’s and the bad’s features and some of them are buggy also. Many people keep on searching the exact dimensions and sizes of their respective upload centers such as Fan Page’s Profile Picture, Facebook Custom Tab, Cover Pictures etc. so as to give a stylish look to their profiles/pages in a proper centered resolution. Sizes matter a lot when you are possessive for your customization’s. As an over size or low size picture won’t give you the desired satisfactory looks. Have you checked out the Facebook Cheat Sheet of Sizes and Dimensions ? Keep Reading then! 
After the recent introduction preview of Facebook Timeline Brand Pages, some new styles have been added and the previous ones have been modified.
It is quite necessary that you should be aware of the exact Length and Breadth of the popular boxes, especially your Timeline Cover Picture, as you create an amazing Photoshop art for your cover picture but when you upload it the portion you want to be visible gets cropped while re-positioning. Even if you drag the photo and bring it to your desired showcase then the portion that was seen before will be hidden. Thus it’s better to create something within the known limits so that your hard work doesn’t gets hidden. It could be seen within the timeline cover!
The Original Cheat Sheet has been carried out by Priit Kallas, where all the necessary sizes and dimensions of Facebook have been mentioned. Below are the Updated Facebook Cheat Sheet of Sizes and Dimensions. Check them out after the Jump! ;)
{Thanks to DreamGrow}
Big Picture for Timeline
This is the big picture (also known as cover photo) for Facebook’s timeline.
Width : 851px
Height : 315px
Application Icons for Timeline View
These are the icons that are displayed on a fan page that has Facebook timeline enabled. If your picture exceeds these limits, your icon will be resized and converted.
Width : 110px
Height : 74px
Maximum file size : 5MB
Facebook Application Favicon Size
This is the tiny icon that is being displayed on the left hand side of your news feed, where the applications that you use are.
Width : 16px
Height : 16px
Facebook Milestone Picture Size
This is the size you use for milestone pictures such as company’s foundation date.
Width : 843 pixels
Height : 403 pixels
Profile Picture for Timeline Pages
Recently updated sizes for timeline. It’s extremely important to choose a picture that can be scaled down as the profile pictures that are displayed on timeline posts are really small. Best practice is to choose your logo. The new width and height are 180 px which will be automatically scaled down to following:
Width : 32px
Height : 32px
Thumbnail
The image that is displayed next to the link when you click like or share somenthing.
Width : 90px
Height : 90px
Facebook Page
The usable area of your Facebook Brand Page.
Width : 779px (Update: The CSS of Facebook has some errors, so we’re not actually sure what the final width will be. We suspect it will be 810 px)
Height : Unlimited
Uploaded Images
This is the maximum size of the image you can upload.
Width : 2048px
Height : 2048px
Pictures Displayed in Facebook
This is the maximum size of the image as shown in slide show or album.
Width : 960px
Height : 720px
Facebook Ads
Picture in the Ad
Width : 110px
Height : 80px
Size : 5MB
Text in Ad
Header : 25 characters
Body copy : 135 characters
Facebook Status Update
Status Update Length : 63,206 characters
Comment Length : unlimited
Facebook Video
The maximum size of vide you can upload on Facebook :
Size : 1024MB (1 GB)
Length : 20 minutes
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Radhikesh Sahu
Woow this is called research work …..
This will make many issue simpler..
Good job..
Abhisek Das
Thanks Radhikesh for your Words. I know many people out there, were unable to determine the exact dimensions so now I guess these would help them to make some creativity within the box!
Saikrishna
Oh..Dint know about it. Thanks for posting
Abhisek Das
You’re welcome Mate!
situnrocks
Thanks for the great info bro,I think its a good step from fb.Fan pages are looking more impressive.
Abhisek Das
You’re welcome Buddy
Facebook changes eventually. You can’t expect what you see new in the next moment. But this time, the Brand Pages are something worth commendable. I loved them but the only demerit of it is that they don’t have a Default Landing Tab where you could have welcomed your Visitors! 
Zinedine
Timeline on profiles looks good but on pages – I don’t know. Maybe its the new effect but I don’t like it.
Abhisek Das
Hello Zine,
Timeline is a kind of scrapbook where all your activities, past and present have been compiled together which you can enjoy seeing after. However on profiles it is suitable for as the concept of Brand pages is new, so it’s a bit odd to accept them. But slowly we’ll be able to adjust with the new layouts !
Kat
Same here, I do not like the timeline.
The pic size will not change that. I don’t even like visiting the pages that have a timeline. It is difficult to find anything on them. I am thankful for the helpful information, and any information on how to make the best of it tho. I have found that since the switch I am only spending an hour a day on fb. That is good I guess for me, I was spending the majority of my day on here. I do more web searching on Google then time on fb now.
Abhisek Das
Hello Kat,
Well there’s a lot of people who are against the Timeline but unfortunately nothing can be to revoke back to your Old Profile Layout Permanently. Though you can use some scripts/plugins for your browser for doing so, but it won’t restore it permanently. That’s why to troubleshoot the Timeline Issues, I have mentioned all the Necessary Sizes and Dimensions of it so that people can make the Best outta it.
John
Facebook App icon for timeline not work to me with this sizes.
I read out there other sizes…. 111×74, 110×74. Look on FB of American Express, looks right!
Abhisek Das
Yeah sorry. I just checked out the size and it’s 111×73 pixels. Thanks for noticing and notifying it John. Seems this time rather than a Square Icon we need to use a Rectangular Icon !
John
This is look small. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/printerro.jpg/
Abhisek Das
Small but it is fit for the Timeline View. As you can’t give large icons for an Application!
John
how much large? what is the right size ?
Abhisek Das
That screenshot you provided, the size of the Timeline App Icon is 111x74px ! So better create an icon of this resolution or if you want to make a large one then simple multiply the edges with 2, 3, 4 . . like 222x148px, 333x222px and so on. However the large the icon may be with these dimensions it will automatically get resized after getting uploaded!
Rich Brooks
The Facebook custom tab is only 520 wide? My pre-timeline tabs were 500 and I haven’t updated them yet, but there looks to be a LOT of white space on either side.
Abhisek Das
Yes Rich. For the time, Custom Apps haven’t been updated for the New Timeline which offers 810px wide Space for the Customs Tab. The Development of iFrames is going on and soon they will be live with the New Tabs for the Brand Pages. But now, you can see much spaces on the both sides when the content is aligned at center!
Tkxel
Thank you for such a great share. Based on the information given in the presentation, I’s able to come up with this demo page, showing how these details can be used to fill in timeline based new page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Time-Line-Bakwas-Made-Easy/282819608456796
I’m more than thankful to Abhisek for sharing such a knowledge and will be open for suggestions!
Abhisek Das
Mention Not. You’re most welcome Ahmad. You have done pretty nice job on the Page.
Heather
Thank you for posting this!
Very Valuable.
Abhisek Das
Mention Not Heather. Thank you for stopping by!
Dean Craig
here’s a little known feature of the timeline cover image – check it out http://goo.gl/FBJ67
Abhisek Das
Thanks Dean!
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Barbara
This might sounds like a dumb question, but I’m going to ask anyway. If I make a template in Photoshop for a timeline cover, what resolution should it be? 300ppi or 72ppi? Thanks, Barbara
Abhisek Das
You’re free to ask any sort of questions Barbara
Well it’s choice of choosing the resolution either 300ppi/72ppi. But you should keep in mind that the resolution of the Facebook Timeline Cover is approximately 19:7 i.e. 851x315px
Jenny Wright
Nobody can seem to answer my question which is…..why are photos I diplay “highlighted” on my Timeline shown bigger ( with parts of the photo missing or not showing ) using Firefox than with IE 8. I use IE and when i set up my Timeline I upload 6 or so photos to an album and the larger wider ones I like to “highlight” on my Timeline and they fit great and look super using IE. But then someone told me to look at my Timeline shares of photos using Firefox browser and I was shocked that only the center of photos show with Firefox, and they are HUGE viewing with Firefox. Any way you know of to change the size sgowing in Firefox without reducing the size manually of the actual phpotos themselves? ( meaning using a grapics program to reduce them which then causes them to look teeny tiny on my profile using IE ). Thanks for any answer, if there is one.
Jenny Wright
In regards my previous post ( question ) just above this one, I can provide you with a screenshot of my Timeline ( one of the photos diaplayed I’m referring to ) taken both using IE and then one using Firefox, which shows how differently the same photos looks using the two different browsers. ( sorry as well for the typos in the previous post )
Abhisek Das
It’s very simple Jenny. I guess the resolution might be different in Firefox other than in IE. But you can put up your desired thumbnail while highlight any picture/post with an image. Simply click on the edit icon of the picture (highlighted one) and select “Reposition Photo”. Now you can drag the image up/down and keep a thumbnail as you want!