Safe zone checker for TikTok, Reels and Shorts
Pick a frame or a video from your phone or computer and see which parts TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts cover with their buttons, your name and the description. Keep your captions and text inside the dashed box. Your file stays on your device: nothing is uploaded.
Check your video
No file yet: the frame above is empty. Choose a picture (a screenshot of your video works) or the video itself.
Your file is {w} × {h}, a 9:16 vertical frame. Anything under the red stripes may be covered by the app.
Your file is {w} × {h}, a wide frame, not 9:16: the apps show it small, with bars above and below. Make it vertical first (GeoCaptions does this and follows the speaker).
Your file is {w} × {h}, not exactly 9:16: the apps add bars or crop the edges. The frame shows it as the apps fit it.
That file cannot be shown here. Choose a picture (JPG, PNG, WebP) or a video (MP4, MOV, WebM).
- 160 px at the top: the app's top bar and tabs
- 420 px at the bottom: your name, the description and the sound
- 150 px on the right: the like, comment and share buttons
- the dashed box: where captions and text stay visible
Your file is opened by this browser only: it is not uploaded, sent or saved.
Where the numbers come from
These are our own measurements on a 1080 × 1920 video, the same ones GeoCaptions uses to place captions when Keep captions visible on TikTok, Reels & Shorts is on. One set covers all three apps. Apps change their screens from time to time, so treat the zones as a guide, not a promise.
Questions people ask
What is the TikTok safe zone?
The part of a 9:16 video that the app's buttons, your name and the description do not cover. On a 1080 × 1920 video that leaves out the top 160 px, the bottom 420 px and 150 px on the right.
Is it the same for Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts?
Close enough to use one set: their buttons sit in the same places. The zones here cover all three.
Is my video uploaded?
No. The browser opens the file from your device to show it, and nothing is sent to GeoCaptions or anyone else.
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