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Image Ad Specifications

An image ad contains a headline, image, and destination URL. When someone taps or clicks your image, they’re taken to your landing page.

You can choose to enable comments for this ad type.

Image placement examples

Text

Headline

300 characters

Recommended: ≤ 150 characters

Destination URL268 characters
Display URL

100 characters

This must match your destination URL’s domain (e.g., reddit.com)

Call to action

Choose from options

Image

In most cases, any aspect ratio can be used, but it may cause formatting issues, like black bars appearing. Follow our recommendations to limit issues.

File typeJPG, PNG, or GIF
Maximum file size3 MB

Cross-device

For best results, use a single image for multiple devices, placements, and view modes. Alternatively, you can change the thumbnail to set a different image for conversation placement and compact view. All ratios are accepted, but we recommend using the following:

RatioResolution
Image Landscape 4:3Landscape 4:31440 x 1080 px

Mobile

RatioResolution
Image Square 1:1Square 1:11080 x 1080 px
Image Portrait 4:5Portrait 4:51080 x 1350 px
Image Landscape 4:3Landscape 4:31440 x 1080 px
Image Landscape 16:9Landscape 16:91920 x 1080 px

Desktop

RatioResolution

Image Landscape 4:3

Landscape 4:31440 x 1080 px

Image Landscape 16:9

Landscape 16:91920 x 1080 px

Thumbnail

This image is only shown in conversation placement and compact view. The image is automatically generated based on the main image for the ad but can be changed with an uploaded file. The uploaded image can be cropped to adjust the size.

File typeJPG, PNG, or GIF (will be converted to a still image)
Maximum file size500 KB
RatioResolution

Image Landscape 4:3

Landscape 4:3400 x 300 px

Acceptable suggestions

Using a thumbnail with these or other ratios may cause formatting issues.

RatioResolution

Image Square 1:1

Square 1:1300 x 300 px

Image Landscape 16:9

Landscape 16:9400 x 225 px

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