LinkedIn OG Image Dimensions: The Safe-Zone Setup

LinkedIn reads standard Open Graph tags and renders a 1200×627 image at a 1.91:1 aspect ratio. That means the same 1200×630 card you already use for Facebook and Discord works on LinkedIn too — the only catch is that LinkedIn shaves a few pixels off the edges, so anything critical has to live inside a safe zone. This post covers the exact dimensions, that safe zone, the tags to set, and why your preview won't update until you force a re-scrape.

What are the correct LinkedIn OG image dimensions?

LinkedIn does not have a proprietary preview format. It reads the same <meta property="og:image"> tag every other platform reads and displays the image at 1200×627 pixels (1.91:1). Because that ratio matches Facebook's 1200×630 and X's 1200×628, a single well-built card covers all three.

How LinkedIn compares to other platforms

LinkedIn sits in the same 1.91:1 family as most major platforms. The differences are at the margins — minimum sizes and file ceilings — not the core ratio.

For the full cross-platform breakdown — including iMessage and WhatsApp — see the 2026 social media image size cheat sheet.

What is the LinkedIn safe zone, and why does it matter?

A safe zone is the central region of the card where you keep anything that must survive cropping. LinkedIn trims a few pixels off each edge when it renders a preview, so a logo or headline pushed to the border can get clipped. The fix is a roughly 60-pixel margin on all sides — a center region of about 1080×510 for a 1200×630 card. Keep your text and logo inside that band; let only background and decoration touch the edges.

This isn't LinkedIn-specific paranoia. Facebook trims the sides on mobile and Slack crops slightly wider, so the same safe zone protects you across the board. Design once for the tightest crop and every platform looks intentional.

Which tags does LinkedIn actually need?

Four Open Graph tags produce a complete LinkedIn preview. No LinkedIn-specific markup exists or is needed.

<meta property="og:title" content="Your headline (under ~60 characters)" />
<meta property="og:description" content="One-line summary (110–160 characters)" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://yoursite.com/card.jpg" />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://yoursite.com/post" />

The og:image value must be an absolute HTTPS URL. A relative path like /card.jpg is the single most common reason a LinkedIn preview comes back blank. For the full tag reference, see Open Graph meta tags explained; when a preview still won't render, work through why your link preview is broken.

Why a good card is worth the effort

A LinkedIn post is a link in a feed competing with hundreds of others. The image is what stops the scroll, and the data on that is not subtle.

Two cheap levers compound that effect. Headlines that contain a number earn about 73% more shares (Swanky Agency), and consistent brand color lifts recognition by roughly 80% (Metricool) — so a card with a real number in the headline and your brand palette baked in does measurably more work than a stock thumbnail.

File size and format

Dimensions decide whether the card fits; file size decides whether it loads. A scraper on a slow path can give up on a multi-megabyte image and show nothing. Aim for 100–200 KB — a 1200×630 JPEG at quality ~80 lands around 150 KB (MyOG Image, 2025). Use JPEG for photographic cards and PNG for flat text-and-color designs.

The one-line takeaway

Export at 1200×630, keep content inside the ~1080×510 safe zone, ship it as a sub-200 KB JPEG at an absolute HTTPS URL, and run the URL through the LinkedIn Post Inspector once to clear the cache. That's a LinkedIn card that renders correctly every time. Generating that card — sized, branded, and never broken — automatically for every post is exactly what Social Card Studio does.