Pinterest video pin size
1080 × 1920px
Aspect ratio
9:16
Export video pins at 1080 × 1920 px (9:16) or 1000 × 1500 px (2:3) — Pinterest recommends square or vertical, never landscape.
Last verified June 2026
Video pins autoplay silently in the feed, which makes them attention magnets in a grid of still images — and makes the spec sheet matter. Pinterest’s product specs recommend square (1:1) or vertical ratios (2:3, 4:5, or 9:16); a 9:16 export at 1080 × 1920 px doubles as your Stories/Reels master, while 2:3 matches standard pins exactly. Length runs from 4 seconds to 15 minutes, but Pinterest itself recommends keeping promoted-style videos to 6–15 seconds.
| Variant | Dimensions | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| Vertical (recommended) | 1080 × 1920 pxReuses the same master file as Reels, TikTok, and Shorts. | 9:16 |
| Standard pin ratio | 1000 × 1500 pxSits in the feed exactly like an image pin. | 2:3 |
| Portrait | 1080 × 1350 px | 4:5 |
| Square | 1080 × 1080 pxPinterest-recommended alternative; smaller feed presence than vertical. | 1:1 |
Video pins inherit the feed’s narrow-column display, plus hover overlays (save button, duration) near the corners. Keep captions and product callouts inside the central area, away from the top-right and bottom edges. Because autoplay is muted, the first frames must work as a silent thumbnail: open on the finished result or the boldest visual, with any text large enough to read at feed width.
Pinterest video plays muted and is discovered through search, so it needs both on-screen text and keyword metadata. Burn captions or step labels into the safe area of the frame, and write the title the way someone would search (“small kitchen storage ideas”), not the way you’d caption a reel. The 6–15-second recommendation exists because feed viewers commit to a glance, not a watch.
The cover is what shows before autoplay kicks in — and in some placements it’s all that shows. Pick or upload a cover that works as a still pin in its own right: subject visible, text overlay readable, consistent with your image pins. A great video behind a murky cover frame performs like a murky pin.
A 9:16 tutorial cut for Reels usually works on Pinterest with two changes: a more explicit first frame (search audiences lack context your followers have) and tighter length. Front-load the outcome, trim the personality-driven intro, and let the 2:3 image-pin version of the same content link out to the full piece.
1080 × 1920 px (9:16) vertical or 1000 × 1500 px (2:3) are the strongest choices. Pinterest’s specs recommend square or vertical ratios — landscape video underperforms in the vertical masonry feed.
From 4 seconds up to 15 minutes, with files up to 2 GB in MP4, MOV, or M4V. Pinterest recommends 6–15 seconds for feed videos — long enough to demonstrate, short enough for a scroll glance.
They autoplay muted in the feed; sound starts only when a viewer taps into the pin. Design every video pin to communicate fully with captions and on-screen text, and treat audio as a bonus layer.
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