Measured from the platform's own overlay, or labeled as a guide
LinkedIn safe zone
Short answer
LinkedIn names the safe zone and does not measure it. Its video sharing page says to "Keep the edges (top, bottom, and sides) of your video free of key elements, text, and logos to ensure they are within the safe zone and aren't overlapped by the LinkedIn user interface", and gives no percentages or pixel values. The overlay here is built from recorded figures and labeled as an editing guide.
Key takeaways
- LinkedIn states the rule without numbers. The page Koldflux read on 2026-10-03 carries no percentage and no pixel value for the safe zone.
- The same page does state the video envelope: 256x144 to 4096x2304, aspect ratio 1:2.4 to 2.4:1, 10 to 60 fps, 192 Kbps to 30 Mbps, 15 minutes maximum.
- The two recorded sources disagree, so the overlay takes the larger margin on each edge and is labeled an editing guide rather than a LinkedIn rule.
- A 1080 x 1920 vertical frame sits inside LinkedIn's published resolution range and inside its 2.4:1 aspect range.
The overlay
One surface, and LinkedIn names the safe zone without measuring it. The overlay is an envelope built from the recorded figures.
Sources disagree · Video sharing troubleshooting (LinkedIn Help) · Last checked 2026-10-03
Recorded values range from 4-6% at the top, 8-18% at the bottom, 0-4% on the left and 0-4% on the right. The overlay is an editing guide, not a platform value.
Sources disagree on these margins, so Koldflux does not publish one platform value. The overlay is a cautious editing guide, not an official number.
Surfaces on this platform
One surface, in conflict: the recorded device figures and the recorded hub figures disagree, and the table below shows the gap on each edge. The overlay takes the larger.
Feed
CONFLICT · The recorded sources disagree on linkedin feed, so the range is shown below and the download is a conservative envelope.
- Top
- 6% · 115 px
- Bottom
- 18% · 346 px
- Left
- 4% · 43 px
- Right
- 4% · 43 px
| Reported | Top | Bottom | Left | Right |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallest reported | 4% (77 px) | 8% (154 px) | 0% (0 px) | 0% (0 px) |
| Largest reported | 6% (115 px) | 18% (346 px) | 4% (43 px) | 4% (43 px) |
The overlay below uses the largest figure on each edge, so a design inside it is safe under every figure on record. It is an editing guide, not a platform rule.
Source: Video sharing troubleshooting (LinkedIn Help). Checked 2026-10-03.
What LinkedIn actually published on the page it points at
The video sharing troubleshooting page carries a heading, "Video safe zones", and one sentence under it: "Keep the edges (top, bottom, and sides) of your video free of key elements, text, and logos to ensure they are within the safe zone and aren't overlapped by the LinkedIn user interface."
There is no number in that sentence and none anywhere else in the section. It tells you what to do and what goes wrong, which is enough to act on, and not enough to measure an overlay from.
The same page is unusually complete about everything else on the upload, so the useful part of reading it is what it does say. That is set out below.
The video envelope LinkedIn does publish
Read as a specification rather than as prose, the page gives a short list: maximum file size 5 GB, minimum 75 KB, maximum duration 15 minutes, minimum 3 seconds from desktop and 2 seconds from the mobile app, a resolution range of 256x144 to 4096x2304, an aspect ratio range of 1:2.4 to 2.4:1, frame rates of 10 to 60 fps, and bit rates of 192 Kbps to 30 Mbps.
Two of those bear on the overlay. A 1080 x 1920 frame is inside the resolution range, and its 9:16 ratio is inside the 2.4:1 range because 1:1.78 is shallower than 1:2.4 and taller than 2.4:1.
The aspect range is also why a single overlay is not enough for a LinkedIn upload. A frame accepted at 2.4:1 is very nearly square, and a 35% bottom band measured on a 9:16 frame is not the same proportion on a 1:2.4 one. The overlay on this page is drawn for 9:16 and says so.
| Property | What LinkedIn states |
|---|---|
| Resolution range | 256x144 to 4096x2304 |
| Aspect ratio range | 1:2.4 to 2.4:1 |
| Frame rates | 10 fps to 60 fps |
| Bit rates | 192 Kbps to 30 Mbps |
| Maximum duration | 15 minutes |
| Minimum duration | 3 seconds desktop, 2 seconds mobile app |
| File size | 75 KB minimum, 5 GB maximum |
| Safe zone | named, not measured |
Why this page is an envelope and not a number
Two figures are on record for this surface and they disagree. One gives 6% at the top, 18% at the bottom and nothing at either side. The other gives 4% at the top, 8% at the bottom and 4% on each side.
Taking the larger of each pair gives the envelope: 6% top, 18% bottom, 4% each side. At 1080 x 1920 px that is 115 px, 346 px and 43 px.
The largest disagreement is at the bottom, where the two sources differ by more than ten points of height, and the largest agreement is at the top, where they differ by two. That asymmetry is worth knowing when you decide whether to trust the envelope at the bottom more than at the top. This page does not claim LinkedIn enforces any of it.
Because LinkedIn states the rule without a measurement, a design inside the envelope is safe against every figure on record, and a design outside it might still be fine on a given device. That is the honest reading of a page that names a safe zone and stops there.
Downloads
Feed
This is a conservative envelope, not an official specification. LinkedIn names a safe zone without giving a figure, so this is a conservative envelope, not an official specification. It takes the larger of the two recorded margins on each edge, so a design inside it survives whichever source is right. The file says so on its face.
Frequently asked questions
What is the LinkedIn safe zone?
LinkedIn names it and gives no figure. The video sharing page read on 2026-10-03 says to keep the edges free of key elements, text and logos "to ensure they are within the safe zone and aren't overlapped by the LinkedIn user interface". The overlay on this page is a recorded envelope, labeled as an editing guide.
Does LinkedIn publish a safe zone in pixels?
Not in the page Koldflux read on 2026-10-03. That page states the resolution range, the aspect ratio range, the frame rate range and the bit rate range, and names the safe zone without attaching a number to it.
Is a 1080 x 1920 vertical video accepted by LinkedIn?
Its resolution is inside the published 256x144 to 4096x2304 range and its 9:16 ratio is inside the published 1:2.4 to 2.4:1 range. Both figures come from the video sharing page read on 2026-10-03.
Can I use this overlay at 2.4:1?
Not as drawn. The overlay is 1080 x 1920, and a 2.4:1 frame has a different shape. Re-scale it yourself and keep the proportions, or produce a vertical frame instead.
Sources
- LinkedIn Help: Video sharing troubleshooting (read 2026-10-03; safe zone named, not measured) (checked 2026-10-03)
The LinkedIn help page Koldflux read on 2026-10-03 is a source of video requirements and of the safe-zone wording, but it carries no numbers for the safe zone. This page quotes what it does state and labels the rest as a recorded envelope.