Vertical safe-zone checker

See where TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts cover a 9:16 frame with buttons and captions. Check your own frame; it never leaves your browser.

TikTok: the safe area on a 1080 by 1920 frame
TikTok
Keep text and faces inside the dashed box: top 14%, bottom 26%, left 8%, right 15%.
Instagram and Facebook Reels: the safe area on a 1080 by 1920 frame
Instagram and Facebook Reels
Keep text and faces inside the dashed box: top 14%, bottom 35%, left 6%, right 6%.
YouTube Shorts: the safe area on a 1080 by 1920 frame
YouTube Shorts
Keep text and faces inside the dashed box: top 14%, bottom 20%, left 6%, right 15%.

How these zones are set

These are the same margins Wavemaker uses when it places captions on a vertical video and when it reviews a finished one. Each app draws its buttons down the right edge and its caption, account name and controls along the bottom. The Reels zone also keeps clear of the call-to-action button that ads add. Apps move their buttons from time to time, so treat the box as a margin of safety rather than an exact outline.

For a video, the tool shows the frame one second in. To check another moment, pause there and take a screenshot.

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