What size is a Snapchat profile picture?

Upload your Snapchat avatar or profile image at 1000 by 1000 pixels in a 1:1 square. Snapchat displays it inside a circle, so keep faces and logos centred because the corners are clipped away.

What size is a Public Profile hero image?

The Public Profile hero banner is a full-screen vertical 1080 by 1920 image at a 9:16 ratio. Keep text out of the top 150 pixels for the profile chip and the bottom 250 pixels where the UI sits.

What format should Snapchat images use?

Use PNG or JPG for profile and banner images. Sponsored Filters are the exception and must be a transparent PNG under 300 KB with the centre left clear for the user's photo.

Why is my profile picture cropped into a circle?

Snapchat masks profile avatars and Public Profile icons into circles across the app. Anything in the corners of your square upload is hidden, so centre the subject and leave breathing room around the edges.

Does this tool resize my image?

No. It is a dimensions lookup, not an editor. It tells you the exact target size and crop rules; you export from your own image tool at the figures shown. Nothing is uploaded.

Snapchat Profile & Banner Size Tool

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Getting Snapchat branding crisp means matching each asset’s exact pixel size and respecting how the app crops it. A square avatar is masked into a circle, the hero banner is full-screen vertical, and a Sponsored Filter is a tightly size-capped transparent overlay. This tool returns the correct figures for each so your uploads never look soft or clipped.

How it works

Each asset carries Snapchat’s recommended upload dimensions, and the tool derives a sensible minimum and shows the crop behaviour.

profile avatar      = 1000 × 1000  (1:1, masked to a circle)
public profile icon = 1080 × 1080  (1:1, masked to a circle)
hero banner         = 1080 × 1920  (9:16, full screen)
sponsored filter    = 1080 × 2340  transparent PNG, ≤ 300 KB
minimum upload      = recommended ÷ 2

Uploading at the recommended size avoids the soft, upscaled look you get when Snapchat enlarges an undersized image.

Tips and notes

For circular avatars and icons, centre your logo or face and leave a margin so nothing important reaches the corners that the circle mask removes. For the hero banner, treat the top 150 pixels and bottom 250 pixels as off-limits for text because the profile chip and navigation sit there. For Sponsored Filters, stay under the 300 KB cap and keep the entire centre transparent so the user’s photo shows through — you can verify clearance with the Snapchat Safe Zone Guide.