Recommended Upload Requirements for Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and TikTok

Here are the recommended upload requirements for each platform.

From personal experience I have not had any issues with TikTok or YouTube Shorts, but Instagram will heavily compress your reel if you upload at a higher frame.

A frame rate of 30 seems to be the best setting when creating videos to upload to Instagram Reels.  In addition, set the Reels Quality to “Upload at highest quality”.

A video size of 1080 x 1920 with a 9:16 aspect ratio is recommended.  This is the best size for mobile phones and the content will utilize the entire screen.

Reels upload requirements on Instagram

YouTube recommended upload encoding settings

TikTok Video Specifications (Ads)

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