Reel safe zone checker
Drop a frame or a video and see the parts of the screen Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts cover with buttons, captions and the profile row. Your file never leaves your browser: nothing is uploaded.
Your frame shows here
How to use it
- Drop an image or a video (or pick one).
- Switch between Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts.
- Keep faces, text and the product out of the shaded areas.
Questions
Is my file uploaded?
No. The checker reads the file inside your browser and draws the zones on top. There is no upload and no server copy.
Where do the zone sizes come from?
Public guides, with the date checked: Instagram Reels (2026-08-25): Meta unified Reels safe zones (Billo, Jun 2026; Adnova, Aug 2026): top 14%, bottom 35%, 6% each side: https://billo.app/blog/meta-ads-safe-zones; TikTok (2026-09-23): Measured from TikTok's safe-zone template (upload-post.com, Sep 2026): top 240 px, bottom 660 px, 120 px each side, a 300 px button column from 840 px down: https://www.upload-post.com/tools/safe-zone-checker/; YouTube Shorts (2026-09-23): upload-post.com safe-zone guide (Sep 2026): top 288 px, bottom 672 px, left 48 px, right 192 px: https://www.upload-post.com/tools/safe-zone-checker/. TikTok publishes template files rather than fixed numbers; the zones also change with caption length, so leave a margin.
What should stay out of the shaded areas?
Faces, captions, prices and your product. Backgrounds can run into them.
Is it free?
Yes, and it runs no AI at all.