When you take your first steps into promoting your music online, you will discover a a crazy world where you need a banner image here, a banner image there, a profile image here, a bio image there and none of them seem to be the same size. So frustrating and sometimes it is hard to find out what sizes you actually need. As I go through the process of adding images to different sites I thought I would keep a rolling document of the different images and required sizes that I encounter on the way.
Social Media
This is potentially quite a large area. Personally, at the time of writing, I do not actively use a lot of social media so this list may grow slowly.
Facebook Page Cover: The image that sites at the top of the page, as a header image, has a minimum size of 820px x 312x. The Facebook cover image is a bit of a pain when it comes to displaying on different devices as different amount of the image shows depending on the screen resolution. Something that looks good on desktop might look terrible on mobile phone, for example.
Streaming and Selling Services
Amazon Music
Once you claim your artist profile on https://artists.amazon.com/ you can get the chance to upload both a profile photo and a background image. You can also do additional things such as connect to a Twitch Channel and record audio messages to your fans.
Amazon Music Profile Photo: “Files must be jpeg, or png, at least 500px x 500px and no larger than 5MB. Avoid text, logos, and busy images.”
Amazon Music Background Image: Files must be jpeg, or png, at least 1920 x 1440px and no larger than 10MB. Avoid text, logos, and busy images.
Image Size Summary Data
| Platform | Name | Width (px) | Height (px) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Music | Profile Photo | 500 | 500 | Minimum dimensions.. Max file size 5MB. |
| Amazon Music | Background Image | 1920 | 1440 | Minimum dimensions. Max file size 10MB |
| Bandcamp | Track Art | 1400 | 1400 | Minimum Dimensions |
| Bandcamp | Custom Header | 975 | 40-180 | 2MB max |
| Patreon | Cover / Header | 1600 | 400 | Recommended |
| Patreon | Logo/Top Image Spot | 1024 | 1024 | Recommended |
| Soundcloud | Profile Image | 1000 | 1000 | This is a recommendation. Smaller images work fine. Max file size 2MB |
| Soundcloud | Profile Header | 2480 (1240) | 520 (260) | Recommended (Minimum) |
| Spotify | Avatar Image | 750 | 750 | Minimum dimensions. Max file size 20MB |
| Spotify | Header Image | 2660 | 1140 | Minimum dimensions. Max file size 20MB |
| Spotify | Image gallery | 690 | 690 | Minimum dimensions. Max file size 20MB |
| Width (px) | Height (px) | Use | Notes |
| 500 | 500 | Amazon Profile | |
| 690 | 690 | Spotify Gallery | |
| 750 | 750 | Spotify Avatar | |
| 975 | 40-180 | Bandcamp Custom Header | |
| 1000 | 1000 | Soundcloud Profile | |
| 1024 | 1024 | Patreon Top Logo / Image | |
| 1400 | 1400 | Bandcamp Track Art | |
| 1600 | 400 | Patreon Cover / Header | |
| 1920 | 1440 | Amazon Background | |
| 2480 | 520 | Soundcloud Header | |
| 2660 | 1140 | Spotify Header | |