What Are the Video Guidelines on SocialPilot?

Introduction

As a versatile social media management tool with advanced scheduling and publishing capabilities, it allows users to post all types of content to connected social media profiles, including videos. 

Now, users can only post one video in one post, irrespective of which social media channel they are posting on. There are some basic guidelines for videos you should know before you go on to create video posts.

In This Article

  1. Facebook Video Guidelines
  2. Instagram Video Guidelines
  3. X (Twitter) Video Guidelines
  4. LinkedIn Video Guidelines
  5. Pinterest Video Guidelines
  6. YouTube Video Guidelines
  7. TikTok Video Guidelines
  8. Bluesky Video Guidelines

Here are all the specifications that you should follow from your end for videos:

Facebook Video Guidelines


Facebook Video Post Facebook Video Story Facebook Reel
File Format .mp4, .mov, .webm, .qt .mp4, .mov, .webm, .qt .mp4, .mov, .webm, .qt
File Size 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
File Length 4 hours 3 to 60 seconds 3 to 90 seconds
File Aspect Ratio 9:16 to 16:9 9:16 9:16
Custom Thumbnail Yes NA Yes
Thumbnail File Size 10 MB or less NA 10 MB or less

Instagram Video Guidelines


Instagram Post & Reel Instagram Story
File Format .mp4, .mov, .webm, .qt .mp4, .mov, .webm, .qt
File Size 512 MB 100 MB
File Length 3 seconds to 15 mins 3 seconds to 60 seconds
File Aspect Ratio Between 0.01:1 and 10:1 Between 0.01:1 and 10:1
Custom Thumbnail Yes NA
Thumbnail File Size 8 MB maximum NA

X (Twitter) Video Guidelines


Twitter Video Posts
File Format .mp4, .mov, .webm, .qt
File Size 512 MB
File Length 0.5 to 140 seconds
File Aspect Ratio 16:9 (landscape or portrait), 1:1 (square)

LinkedIn Video Guidelines


Videos for LinkedIn Profile Videos for LinkedIn Page
File Format .mp4, .mov, .webm, .qt .mp4, .mov, .webm, .qt
File Size 75 KB to 200 MB 75 KB to 200 MB
File Length 3 seconds to 10 min 3 seconds to 10 min
File Aspect Ratio 1:2.4 to 2.4:1 1:2.4 to 2.4:1

Pinterest Video Guidelines


Pinterest Personal Pinterest Business
File Format .mp4, .mov, .webm, .qt .mp4, .mov, .webm, .qt
File Size 200 MB 512 MB
File Length 4 seconds to 15 minutes 4 seconds to 15 minutes
File Aspect Ratio Between 1.91:1 and 1:2 Between 1.91:1 and 1:2

YouTube Video Guidelines


YouTube Videos
File Format .mp4, .mov, .webm, .qt
File Size 512 MB
File Length 12 hours (Verified users) or 15 minutes (Unverified users)
Custom Thumbnail Yes
Thumbnail File Format .JPG, .PNG
Thumbnail File Size 2MB

TikTok Video Guidelines


TikTok Videos
File Format .mp4, .webm, mov, and qt
File Size 512 MB
File Length 10 minutes
Aspect Ratio NA

Bluesky Video Guidelines


Bluesky Videos
File Format .mp4, .qt, .webm & .mov, .gif
File Size 50 MB
File Length 60 seconds
Custom Thumbnail NA
Thumbnail File Format NA
Thumbnail File Size NA

All the above information is taken from the official API documents provided by their respective social media platforms.

👍 Note: SocialPilot transcodes videos that do not meet the API requirements of video & audio codecs, video & audio bitrates, frame rates, and video dimensions. This allows video posts to go through and get published with fewer errors.

You can also read all the guidelines for image posts in SocialPilot.

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