TikTok story covers fill the entire phone screen in the vertical 9:16 format. Viewers scroll through hundreds of covers deciding what to watch. A blurry, poorly cropped cover gets scrolled past. A sharp cover at 1080x1920 pixels grabs attention and earns the tap. The cover is your video's billboard on the For You page.
Recommended Size
1080 × 1920
pixels

TikTok designed their app around vertical video. The 9:16 aspect ratio at 1080x1920 pixels fills modern smartphone screens completely. No letterboxing, no pillarboxing, no wasted screen real estate. Your cover displays exactly as TikTok intended, maximizing visual impact in the scrolling feed.

The For You page is where videos go viral. Viewers scroll quickly, spending fractions of a second on each cover before deciding to watch or keep scrolling. A properly sized cover at 1080x1920 pixels displays crisp text and clear faces. Blurry covers from wrong dimensions get passed over for better looking competition.

Your profile displays all your video covers in a grid. Consistent sizing at 1080x1920 pixels creates a clean, professional look. Inconsistent covers with random crops make your profile look chaotic. Viewers browsing your profile judge content quality by cover quality before watching anything.
From your library on your device, choose the image you would like to use as a TikTok Story Cover.
Upload your image and, within a few seconds, our tool will automatically resize your image to TikTok story cover
Once ready, click the Download button to save your TikTok Story Cover to your device.
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The recommended story cover size for TikTok is 1080 x 1920 pixels. This size ensures that your story cover is clear and visible on all devices.
Here are more Tiktok asset sizes with their own dimensions.