MotionShine01 / Meta
14% top, 35% bottom, 6% sides
Meta's ads guide for Instagram Reels and Stories asks to keep those edges free of text and logos; 40% at the bottom when a Reels ad carries a disclaimer. Read 17 October 2026.
Free tool
Safe zone checker, nothing hidden.
Drop a vertical video or picture and see which parts can be covered by the app: the profile name and caption at the bottom, the buttons down the side, the edges on tall phones. The zone for Instagram and Facebook Reels and Stories comes from Meta's own ads guide. TikTok and YouTube do not publish theirs as numbers, so for those you set the margins, and the page tells you that plainly.
These margins are yours to set.
Your video is checked in your browser and never uploaded.
Where the numbers come from
Official where it exists.
02 / TikTok
Template files, not numbers
TikTok's Ads Manager help offers downloadable safe zone files, and says the zone changes with caption length. Set the margins to match the one you use.
03 / Shorts
No published zone
YouTube Help does not publish a Shorts safe zone, so the margins start at Meta's numbers for you to adjust.
Questions
Good to know.
What is a safe zone?
The part of a vertical video that no app button, caption or screen edge covers. Text, faces and logos belong inside it.
What is the Instagram Reels safe zone?
Meta's ads guide says to leave roughly 14% at the top, 35% at the bottom and 6% on each side free of text and logos. On a 1080 x 1920 video that is about 269 px at the top, 672 px at the bottom and 65 px each side.
What is the TikTok safe zone?
TikTok gives its safe zone as downloadable template files in its Ads Manager help, and the zone grows with longer captions. Match the margins here to the template you use.
Does YouTube have a Shorts safe zone?
Not as published numbers in YouTube Help (checked 17 October 2026).
Can I share the check with my team?
Yes. Save a frame with the zones drawn on as a 1080 x 1920 PNG.