Resize Image for LinkedIn Banner (1584x396)

LinkedIn displays your banner at different sizes depending on device and context. On desktop profiles, the banner is 1584x396 pixels (4:1 ratio). On mobile, LinkedIn crops to approximately 1128x191 pixels — displaying only the center of the image. The profile picture overlaps the lower-left corner of the banner.

For a banner that looks correct on all devices: keep all important content (text, graphics, key visuals) centered and within the middle 60-70% of the width. Avoid placing critical elements within 200 pixels of the left or right edges.

Your LinkedIn banner is the first thing a recruiter, potential client, or professional connection sees when visiting your profile. It is prime real estate for communicating what you do and why someone should connect with you.

Effective approaches: your professional specialty and value proposition (example: 'UX Designer | Making complex products simple'), your company logo and brand colors if you are a business, a relevant background image that suggests your industry (coding terminal for developers, a city skyline for finance professionals, design portfolio screenshots for creatives).

Avoid: generic LinkedIn default banners (suggests low effort), cluttered designs with too much text, images that look bad when cropped on mobile.

LinkedIn accepts images up to 8MB. For cover photos, JPG at 80-90% quality is recommended for photographs. PNG is better for graphics with text or logos where sharp edges are important.

LinkedIn compresses all uploaded images when serving them. Starting with a high-quality, correctly-sized banner (1584x396 at 72 DPI minimum) gives LinkedIn's compression algorithm the best input. A blurry or incorrectly-sized banner often looks worse after LinkedIn's server-side compression than a properly prepared one.