What size is a Pinterest profile picture?

Pinterest recommends uploading a profile picture at 165×165 px or larger, and it displays as a circle. A square master of 800×800 px is ideal — it stays sharp and gives Pinterest room to crop cleanly to the circle.

What is the Pinterest cover or showcase image size?

The profile cover showcase displays as five pins in a wide strip; each underlying board cover is best uploaded at 800×800 px (1:1). Board covers themselves render as 222×150 px thumbnails in the grid.

Does Pinterest crop my profile photo to a circle?

Yes. The avatar always renders as a circle, so keep the subject — a face or logo — centred within an inscribed circle roughly 80% of the square's width to avoid clipping the corners.

What resolution should I export at for sharp Pinterest art?

Upload at 2× the display size when possible (for example 800×800 for a 165 px avatar) so the image looks crisp on high-density retina screens, then export as a high-quality PNG or JPEG.

What file formats does Pinterest accept for profile images?

Pinterest accepts PNG and JPEG for profile and board images. PNG is best for logos and flat graphics with text, while JPEG is better for photographs where a smaller file size matters.

Pinterest Profile & Banner Size Tool

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This lookup tool returns the exact pixel dimensions and safe-crop circle for every part of your Pinterest profile — the avatar, board covers, and the cover showcase strip. Pick an asset and it shows the recommended upload size, the visible area after Pinterest’s circular crop, and the best export format.

How it works

Pinterest stores profile images square but displays the avatar as a circle, so part of every corner is hidden. The tool models this by inscribing a circle inside the square: anything outside that circle (the four corners, about 20% of the area) will be clipped. It reports both the full upload dimension and the safe circle diameter so you can position faces and logos correctly.

Because Pinterest scales your upload down to the display size, uploading at roughly 2× the display dimension keeps the result sharp on retina screens. The tool lists that recommended master size alongside the on-screen render size for each asset.

Tips

Always export the avatar with the subject inside the central circle — corner details vanish behind the circular mask.
Use PNG for logos and any image containing text or sharp edges; use JPEG for photographs to keep the file small.
Upload at 2× the display size so the image stays crisp when Pinterest serves the high-density version on phones and laptops.
Keep board-cover imagery simple — at 222×150 px in the grid, fine detail and small text become unreadable.