YouTube channel banner resizer
Crop your channel art to 16:9 at 2560×1440 px, with the safe area shown so nothing important gets cut off.
🔒 100% Secure & Private: All image rendering and cropping occur locally inside your browser RAM. Your media assets never touch any server.
Only the center 1546×423 px area appears on every device. Keep your channel name and logo inside the dashed safe area.
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JPG, PNG or WebP up to 50 MB
YouTube banner size: crop channel art to 2560×1440
YouTube channel art is uploaded at 2560×1440 pixels (16:9), but different devices show very different parts of it: TVs display the full image, desktop browsers show a wide strip, and phones show only the middle. The area visible everywhere is just 1546×423 pixels in the center.
This preset locks the 16:9 ratio and draws that safe area directly on your image, so you can keep your channel name and logo inside it. Click Recommended 2560×1440 to export at exactly the size YouTube expects.
Cropping happens on your device
Your photo is opened directly in your browser and cropped, resized, rotated and exported in local memory. It is never uploaded, so personal photos and ID pictures stay private. At original pixels, the cropped area is copied one-to-one with no resampling, so the result is exactly as sharp as your source photo.
Frequently asked questions
What size is a YouTube banner?
2560×1440 pixels with a 16:9 ratio. The minimum upload size is 2048×1152 pixels and the file must be 6 MB or smaller.
What is the YouTube banner safe area?
The central 1546×423 pixels, which appear on every device. Anything outside it may be hidden on phones or desktop screens.
Why does my banner look blurry?
Usually the source image was too small and got enlarged. Start with a photo at least 2560 pixels wide; this tool warns you whenever you enlarge beyond the original pixels.