Guide · 4 steps
Twitch profile banner size, and how to upload it
The profile banner is the wide image at the top of your channel's About page. It's easy to confuse with the offline banner, which fills the video player, but it has its own size and its own quirks.
Short answer
Twitch recommends a 1200×480 px profile banner, up to 10 MB, as JPG, PNG or GIF. Upload it in the Creator Dashboard under Settings › Channel › Brand › Profile Banner › Update. Keep the important part on the left, because the banner is scaled and stretched on wide windows.
Profile banner vs offline banner
| Profile banner | Offline banner (video player banner) | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it shows | Top of your channel page | In the video player while you're offline |
| Size | 1200 × 480 px | 1920 × 1080 px |
| Max file size | 10 MB | 10 MB |
| Formats | JPG, PNG, GIF | JPG, PNG |
For the offline banner, see our offline banner guide.
Step by step
Open the Creator Dashboard
Click your avatar at the top right of Twitch and choose Creator Dashboard.
Go to Brand settings
Open Settings › Channel and select the Brand tab.
Upload the banner
Under Profile Banner, click Update and choose your 1200×480 image.
Check it on a wide window
Open your channel's About page in a wide browser window and a narrow one, and make sure nothing important is cut or stretched.
How Twitch crops it
Twitch scales the banner to 480 px high and stretches it when a browser window is wider than the image. Twitch's own advice is to make the image as wide as possible and keep the graphics on the left. Put your name and key artwork in the left part and let the right side be background that can stretch.
What to put on it
Your name or logo, and one line at most, such as your schedule or what you stream. Your profile picture and channel name already sit nearby, so the banner can be mostly mood.
