Facebook story size
1080 × 1920px
Aspect ratio
9:16
Facebook Stories are 1080 × 1920 px (9:16) — keep text out of the top ~250 px and bottom ~340 px where the UI sits.
Last verified June 2026
Facebook Stories run on the standard full-screen vertical canvas: 1080 × 1920 px at 9:16, photos or short video clips, gone after 24 hours. The format is identical to Instagram Stories — Meta even lets you publish to both from one composer — but the audience skews different: Facebook Stories reach friends-and-family graphs and local-business followers who may never open Instagram. Meta’s own creative guidance for the format is specific about overlays: leave roughly the top 250 px and bottom 340 px free of text and logos.
| Variant | Dimensions | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| Story (photo or video) | 1080 × 1920 px | 9:16 |
| Top safe margin | ~250 pxProfile info and progress indicators render here. | — |
| Bottom safe margin | ~340 pxReply box, CTA, and system gestures render here (per Meta’s Stories creative specs). | — |
| Non-vertical uploads | anyDisplayed with gradient fill bars above and below. | varies |
Meta’s published guidance for Stories creative is to keep text, logos, and anything tappable out of the top ~250 px and bottom ~340 px of the 1080 × 1920 canvas — that is where Facebook draws your Page name, the progress bar, the reply box, and swipe affordances. Designing your message inside the central ~1080 × 1330 px band keeps it intact on every device. If a Story carries a link sticker, place it mid-screen where thumbs can reach it without colliding with the bottom UI.
Because the canvas and safe zones are effectively identical, every Instagram Story you design already works as a Facebook Story. Meta’s composer can share to both in one step, and schedulers automate it — SocialKit publishes the same 9:16 asset to both platforms from a single scheduled post. For local businesses especially, the Facebook Story audience is often older and more purchase-ready than the Instagram one.
Facebook Stories viewers interact less with polls and quizzes and more with plain taps and replies. Keep frames simpler: a photo, one line of text, one action. Heavy sticker stacks that feel native on Instagram look cluttered to a Facebook audience — and interactive elements that nobody taps just add noise.
The 24-hour lifespan is a feature: today’s special, this weekend’s opening hours, a flash discount, the last call for an event. Content with a built-in expiry date belongs in Stories rather than the feed, where stale promotions linger. A recurring weekly Story slot — same day, same format — builds a small but reliable viewing habit.
1080 × 1920 px at 9:16, the standard full-screen vertical canvas — identical to Instagram Stories, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts, so one export serves all of them.
Per Meta’s creative specs, keep text and logos out of roughly the top 250 px and bottom 340 px of the canvas — profile info renders at the top, and the reply box and gestures claim the bottom.
Yes — Meta’s composer offers one-tap sharing to both, and scheduling tools can publish the same 9:16 asset to each automatically. The dimensions and safe zones match, so no redesign is needed.
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