Free Instagram Safe Zones Checker

What covers a Reel

We measured Instagram’s Reels screen on an iPhone and mapped it onto a 1080 × 1920 px frame. The back and camera buttons sit in the top corners, below the status bar. The like, comment, repost, share and audio buttons run down the right edge from about halfway. The Watch chip, username and caption cover roughly the bottom 18%.

So the safe zone isn’t a plain rectangle. It rises between the back and camera buttons, runs almost to the right edge above the buttons, then steps in beside them, and stops just above the caption. Meta’s general ad advice is to keep the top 14% and bottom 35% clear; that’s more cautious than what the Reels screen actually covers, so the checker follows the measurement.

• On a 1080 × 1920 Reel, clear everywhere: 97 px to 812 px across and 300 px to 1,546 px down.
• Down to 864 px, above the like button, you can go right to 983 px across, and between 255 px and 831 px across you can go up to 140 px from the top.
• Phones taller than 9:16 crop about 50 px off each side of the frame, so nothing important should touch the edges.

Stories and feed posts

Stories follow Meta’s published guide: 14% top, 35% bottom and 6% sides, which leaves room for the profile name and the reply bar. We haven’t measured Stories on a device yet, so treat it as the official figure rather than a measured one.

Nothing covers a feed photo, so the feed formats show a 5% comfort margin rather than a platform rule. Instagram keeps feed photos between 1.91:1 and 3:4. Your profile grid shows a narrower preview, which you can adjust when you post.

Example: a Reel with a title card

Say your Reel opens with a two-line title. Placed at the very bottom, as many editing apps suggest, it sits under the username and caption. Move it up so its lower edge is above 1,546 px on a 1080 × 1920 video, and end each line before 812 px across so it clears the right-hand buttons. It will stay readable in the feed and on the Reels tab.