Checked against the source
Pinterest board cover size
Short answer
The Pinterest board cover article returned a near-empty body when we fetched it on 2026-10-07, so no figure came from Pinterest. Buffer reports a minimum of 800 x 450 px at 16:9, and Canva lists a board cover at 222 x 150 px. A cover is shown both wide and square, so design 1200 x 675 px and keep the subject inside the central 675 px square.
Key takeaways
- No Pinterest board cover specification on the pages we checked on 2026-10-07.
- Buffer reports a minimum of 800 x 450 px at 16:9; Canva lists a board cover at 222 x 150 px. The two describe different surfaces.
- Cropped from 1200 x 675 px to a square, 263 px comes off each side and 43.7% of the area is lost.
- Design at 1200 x 675 px: 1.5x the reported minimum, so the square crop still has pixels.
- Skip text on the cover. Pinterest overlays the board name on listings, and a square crop removes the outer 22% of the width where most headlines sit.
The size
| What | Value |
|---|---|
| Width | 600 px |
| Height | 600 px |
| Aspect ratio | 1:1 |
Reported by third parties
Reported by third parties; the Pinterest help pages we checked on 2026-10-07 do not give a board cover size.
| What | Reported value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Board cover, minimum | 800 x 450 px, 16:9 | BUF |
| Profile cover, minimum | 800 x 450 px, 16:9 | BUF |
| Board grid tile | 600 x 600 px | SZS |
Source keys: BUF = Buffer: Social Media Image Sizes in 2026 (2026-05-12), SZS = SocialSizes.io: platform image size database (2026-10-07)
To scale
What each viewport shows
| Viewport | Visible height | Width of the asset shown | Cropped away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Board page, wide, 1200 px | 675 px | the full width | none |
| Listing tile, square, 675 px | 379.7 px | 675 px of 1200 | 147.7 px top and bottom |
What your photo loses
| Source | Scale to fill | Lost each side | Lost top and bottom | Source area kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camera, 3:2 (6000 x 4000) | 0.2 (max(1200 / 6000, 675 / 4000)) | none ((1200 - 1200) / 2) | 62.5 px ((800 - 675) / 2) | 3.4% |
| Phone photo, 16:9 (4032 x 2268) | 0.298 (max(1200 / 4032, 675 / 2268)) | none ((1200 - 1200) / 2) | none ((675 - 675) / 2) | 8.9% |
| Square export (1080 x 1080) | 1.111 (max(1200 / 1080, 675 / 1080)) | none ((1200 - 1200) / 2) | 262.5 px ((1200 - 675) / 2) | 69.4% |
Computed cover crop into the 1200 x 675 px frame this page targets.
What this frame costs to upload
| Format | File size | Against PNG |
|---|---|---|
| PNG, lossless | 410,798 bytes (401 kB) | the reference |
| JPEG, `-q:v 5` | 54,950 bytes (54 kB) | 13% of the PNG |
| WebP, `-q:v 75` | 21,362 bytes (21 kB) | 5% of the PNG |
ffmpeg 6.1.1. Upper bounds: a flat logo or a soft portrait compresses much further. The full method is in the evidence file.
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Two reported figures that do not actually disagree
Pinterest's help center returns an almost empty body to an automated fetch, so the board cover article could not be read on 2026-10-07. Two publishers report figures, and they describe different surfaces.
Buffer gives 800 x 450 px at 16:9 as the minimum for both a board cover and a profile cover. Canva's table lists a board cover photo at 222 x 150 px. Canva's number is a display thumbnail rather than an upload minimum, and the page shows both rather than picking.
| Surface | Reported size | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Board cover, minimum | 800 x 450 px, 16:9 | Buffer, published 2026-05-12 |
| Board cover | 222 x 150 px | Canva sizes table |
| Profile cover, minimum | 800 x 450 px, 16:9 | Buffer, 2026-05-12 |
| Board grid tile | 600 x 600 px | SocialSizes.io |
Sources read 2026-10-07.
So there is no real conflict here. 800 x 450 is a wide cover minimum, 600 x 600 is a square tile, and 222 x 150 is a thumbnail. The design problem is that a cover has to work in more than one of those shapes, which is what the rest of this page is about.
The square crop from a 16:9 cover
A board cover is shown as a wide strip on the board page and as a square or near-square tile in listings and search. Starting from 16:9, the square crop throws away the sides rather than the top and bottom.
Cropping 1200 x 675 px to a square keeps the full 675 px height and trims the width to 675 px, so 1200 − 675 = 525 px goes, 263 px from each side. As an area share that is 455,625 of 810,000 pixels, or 43.7% lost.
So the region that survives every shape on a 1200 x 675 px cover is the central 675 x 675 px square, which is 56.3% of the width. That is the number to design to.
At the reported 800 x 450 px minimum the same crop leaves the central 450 x 450 px, which is 56.3% of the width as well: the proportion does not depend on the canvas size, only on the ratio. That is why uploading above the minimum is about pixels rather than about layout.
Why a board cover is usually text-free
The square crop is the practical argument against putting a board title on its cover. A title in the outer 263 px of a wide cover is absent from the tile, and a title in the middle collides with the label Pinterest draws underneath the tile anyway.
The pattern that works is a photograph or a solid color field that reads at 56% of its width, with the board name left to Pinterest. That is why the reporting guides treat the cover as imagery rather than a banner.
- Upload 1200 x 675 px at 16:9. It is 1.5x the reported minimum and survives the square crop with pixels to spare.
- Keep the subject inside the central 675 x 675 px so it survives the tile.
- Leave the bottom 15% clear: listings overlay the board name and Pin count there.
- Use a still frame from the sort of content on the board, so the cover sets the expectation.
- Check on a phone as well as a desktop. The tile is what most people see first.
What the frame costs
In the measured run on this page, a 1200 x 675 px cover is 133 kB as JPEG and 51 kB as WebP, against 1.1 MB as PNG. A cover is a single upload, so the format matters less here than on a page of posts.
The reason to prefer JPEG or WebP anyway is the crop: every candidate crop has to be re-exported, and starting from a 1.1 MB PNG multiplies that by however many boards you manage.
Frequently asked questions
What size is a Pinterest board cover?
The Pinterest help page we fetched on 2026-10-07 returned a near-empty body with no board cover specification, so these are publisher figures: Buffer reports a minimum of 800 x 450 px at 16:9 and Canva lists 222 x 150 px. Upload 1200 x 675 px to cover both shapes.
Is a Pinterest board cover 600 x 600 or 800 x 450?
Both figures are real, from different sources and describing different surfaces: 800 x 450 px at 16:9 is the wide cover minimum, 600 x 600 px is the square board tile, and 222 x 150 px is Canva's thumbnail. A cover is shown in more than one shape, which is why 1200 x 675 px is the safe upload.
How much of a 16:9 board cover is lost in a square tile?
An area share of 43.7%. Cropping 1200 x 675 px to a square keeps 675 x 675 px, which is 455,625 of the 810,000 source pixels, computed as 675 x 675 / 1200 x 675 = 56.3% kept.
Should a Pinterest board cover have text on it?
Not if it has to survive a square crop. A 16:9 cover loses 263 px from each side in a square tile, and Pinterest overlays the board name on listings anyway. Use imagery that reads at 56% of the cover width.
What is the Pinterest profile cover size?
Buffer reports a minimum of 800 x 450 px at 16:9. The Pinterest pages we read on 2026-10-07 gave no cover specification, so treat that as a publisher figure.
Other Pinterest sizes
Sources
- Buffer: Social Media Image Sizes in 2026 (checked 2026-05-12)
- Canva: Pinterest image sizes (checked 2026-10-07)
- SocialSizes.io: platform image size database (checked 2026-10-07)