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Meta Ads Glossary

Safe zones

Safe zones are the parts of an ad frame that platform buttons and captions won't cover. On Meta 9:16 ads, keep the top 14%, bottom 35% and 6% on each side clear.

Facebook and Instagram put the profile name, caption, CTA and buttons on top of 9:16 Reels and Stories ads. Anything important underneath gets covered.

Meta's 9:16 safe zone

Keep text, logos and other key elements out of roughly:

  • Top 14% (269 px on a 1080x1920 frame)
  • Bottom 35% (672 px)
  • 6% on each side (65 px)

That leaves a safe area of about 950x979 px on 1080x1920. These are Meta's percentages; the pixel values are our math. Round toward the center if you're unsure.

Other ratios

1:1 and 4:5 feed ads should keep the bottom and sides clear too. A 9:16 video shown in Feed follows the same safe zones as Reels and Stories.

Full specs: Meta ad specs and sizes and CTV ad specs.

Related: static ad, carousel ad.

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