Audit your visual compositions against Instagram's native UI overlays before publishing.
Instagram Safe Area & Crop Inspector
2026 Safe ZonesInspect Instagram Stories, Reels, and Feed safe zones in real time. Ensure your headlines, text, and key visuals are never obscured by native UI overlays.
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Safe Zone Guidelines for 2026
Keep Text in the 864×1160 Box
Captions, subtitles, logos, and calls to action must stay within the centered 864×1160px safe box. This guarantees legibility across standard iPhones, taller Android displays, and tablets.
Mind the Right-Hand Margin (108px)
The right 108 pixels are occupied by the like, comment, share, bookmark, and audio disc buttons. Keep facial features and text at least 120px away from the right edge.
Check the 1:1 Profile Center
When someone taps on your profile grid, your Reel is shown as a 1080×1080 square. Ensure your visual focal point and episode title sit squarely inside the middle 1080px.
Leave Bottom 384px Clear
The lower 384px contains the creator username, caption copy, hashtags, and scrolling audio track title. Subtitles placed here will collide with the description.
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