YouTube · shorts
YouTube Shorts ads are 1080x1920 at 9:16, up to 3 minutes, with the first 60 seconds playing in the feed. Keep the top 192px, the bottom 480px and the right 108px clear.
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Every band in pixels on the platform's own canvas. Design inside the dashed area.
Shorts: 192px top (10%), 480px bottom (25%), 0px left, 108px right on 1080x1920. Safe area 972x1248. Google keeps the top 10%, the bottom 25% and the right 10% of a Short for the channel name, the caption, the call to action and the engagement buttons.
From Google Ads Help.
YouTube Shorts feed
Non-vertical video serves with blurred bars above and below.
Google prioritises vertical in Shorts. A 16:9 or square video serves between blurred bars, which reads as a repurposed ad.
The right 10% is the like, dislike, comment and share column; the bottom 25% is the channel name, the caption and the call to action.
A 9:16 cut made for TikTok or Reels runs here too. In-stream specs are on YouTube ad specs.
1080x1920 at 9:16, with a 720x1280 minimum.
Up to 3 minutes. The first 60 seconds play in the Shorts feed, and Google recommends under 60.
The top 10%, the bottom 25% and the right 10%: 192px, 480px and 108px on 1080x1920.
Yes, with blurred bars above and below. Vertical fills the screen and is the one to make.
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