Social Management - Media Formats Accepted by Facebook

Last updated: July 14, 2026

Images

When uploading an image into a social post, Facebook automatically resizes and formats your photos when they are uploaded for the timeline to be 500 pixels wide and to fit the 1.91:1 aspect ratio.

The recommended image size: 1200 x 630 pixels. The minimum size: 600 x 315 pixels

Videos

When uploading a video into a social post, Facebook recommends using MP4 or MOV formats for uploads, but here's the full list of video formats that can be uploaded to Facebook:

  • 3g2 (Mobile Video).

  • 3gp (Mobile Video).

  • 3gpp (Mobile Video).

  • asf (Windows Media Video).

  • avi (AVI Video).

  • dat (MPEG Video).

  • divx (DIVX Video).

  • dv (DV Video).

  • f4v (Flash Video).

  • flv (Flash Video).

  • gif (Graphics Interchange Format).

  • m2ts (M2TS Video).

  • m4v (MPEG-4 Video).

  • mkv (Matroska Format).

  • mod (MOD Video).

  • mov (QuickTime Movie).

  • mp4 (MPEG-4 Video).

  • mpe (MPEG Video).

  • mpeg (MPEG Video).

  • mpeg4 (MPEG-4 Video).

  • mpg (MPEG Video).

  • mts (AVCHD Video).

  • nsv (Nullsoft Video).

  • ogm (Ogg Media Format).

  • ogv (Ogg Video Format).

  • qt (QuickTime Movie).

  • tod (TOD Video).

  • ts (MPEG Transport Stream).

  • vob (DVD Video).

  • wmv (Windows Media Video).

The maximum length is 240 minutes. The maximum file size is 1 GB. The minimum width is 120 pixels. The minimum height is 120 pixels. The aspect ratio is between 4:1 and 1:4.

 

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