TikTok and Instagram safe zone checker
Drop a frame or a video and see what the caption, username and buttons will cover. Nothing is uploaded.
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The short answer
The safe zone is the part of a vertical video that no caption, username or button covers. On TikTok, keep text and faces out of the top 160 pixels, the bottom 440 pixels and 80 pixels at each side of a 720 x 1280 frame, and out of the right 200 pixels from 560 pixels down. On Instagram Reels and Stories, Meta says to keep roughly the top 14%, bottom 35% and 6% on each side clear.
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Check your frame
TikTok In-Feed template: 160 px top, 440 px bottom, 80 px sides, and the right 200 px from 560 px down for the buttons (720 x 1280 frame).
Shaded areas sit under the caption, username and buttons. Keep your hook, text and face inside the clear box.
Runs in your browser; the file never leaves your device. Zones are TikTok’s In-Feed template and Meta’s Ads Guide figures. YouTube publishes no Shorts safe zone, so none is shown.
Use it before you post
- 01
Export one frame
Take the frame with your hook or the most text on it, or drop the whole video.
- 02
Pick the platform
TikTok has the biggest bottom area and a button column on the right; Reels and Stories share Meta’s margins.
- 03
Move what is covered
Text, faces, prices and logos under a shaded band will sit under the caption or buttons. Move them into the clear box.
- 04
Check each platform
A frame that is safe on Reels can still be covered on TikTok, where the bottom area is larger.
The zones
TikTok
720 x 1280 frame: 160 px top, 440 px bottom, 80 px each side, plus the right 200 px from 560 px down for the like, comment and share buttons.
Instagram Reels
Keep roughly the top 14%, bottom 35% and 6% on each side clear.
Instagram Stories
The same: top 14%, bottom 35%, 6% each side, where the name, reply bar and stickers sit.
YouTube Shorts
YouTube publishes no safe-zone figures. Keeping inside the TikTok zone is a safe default.
The sources
The platforms set these zones for ads; organic posts carry the same caption, username and buttons, so the same areas get covered.
TikTok In-Feed Ads specs and safe zone template
Safe zones come as downloadable templates; the In-Feed template’s clear area on 720 x 1280 runs from 160 px to 840 px high, 80 px in from each side, narrowing to 200 px from the right below 560 px.
Source: ads.tiktok.com, read Invalid Date
- Says
- TikTok zone
- Source
- TikTok Ads Manager Help
- Date
- Updated June 2026; template measured 15 October 2026
Instagram Reels ads
Leave at least 14% of the top, 35% of the bottom and 6% on each side free of text, logos and key elements.
Source: facebook.com, read Invalid Date
- Says
- Reels zone
- Source
- Meta Ads Guide
- Date
- Read 9 October 2026
Instagram Stories ads
Roughly 14% of the top, 35% of the bottom and 6% on each side free of text, logos or key elements.
Source: facebook.com, read Invalid Date
- Says
- Stories zone
- Source
- Meta Ads Guide
- Date
- Read 9 October 2026
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Your questions, answered
Short answers to what people ask next.
The area of a 9:16 video no caption or button covers. On TikTok’s 720 x 1280 template: 160 px from the top, 440 px from the bottom, 80 px from each side, and 200 px from the right below 560 px.
Meta suggests keeping roughly the top 14%, the bottom 35% and 6% on each side free of text, logos and key elements.
No. The checker reads your file in your browser only and nothing is sent anywhere.
YouTube publishes no safe-zone figures for Shorts. Keeping text inside TikTok’s zone works on Shorts too, since TikTok’s bottom area is the largest.
The hook text, the speaker’s face, prices, product names and any call to action. Backgrounds can run edge to edge.
Percify makes a short vertical video for your brand every day and posts the ones you approve; check any frame here before it goes out.