Video and Reels Limitations on Instagram
In your Instagram-specific posts, the Meta platform requires you to follow the below-listed specifications for your videos and reels.
Please note that these listed limits reflect the specifications imposed by Instagram. There are also other limitations that you should consider, such as Circleboom limitations listed on below-shared help page.
Instagram Videos | Instagram Reels | |
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Container | MOV or MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) | MOV or MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) |
Audio codec | AAC, 48khz rate maximum, 1 or 2 channels (mono or stereo). | AAC, 48khz rate maximum, 1 or 2 channels (mono or stereo). |
Video codec | HEVC or H264, progressive scan, closed GOP, 4:2:0 chroma subsampling | HEVC or H264, progressive scan, closed GOP, 4:2:0 chroma subsampling |
Frame rate | 23-60 FPS | 23-60 FPS |
Max columns | 1920 horizontal pixels | 1920 horizontal pixels |
Min aspect ratio | 4 cols, 5 rows | 0.01:1 (recommendation 9:16) |
Max aspect ratio | 16 cols, 9 rows | 10:1 (recommendation 9:16) |
Video bitrate | VBR, 25Mbps max | VBR, 25Mbps max |
Audio bitrate | 128kbps | 128kbps |
Duration | 60 secs max, 3 seconds min | 15 mins max, 3 seconds min |
File size | 100MB maximum | 1GB maximum |