Instagram Reels safe zone for 1080×1920 video
Where Instagram Reels draws its buttons and caption on top of a vertical video, in pixels, and a free overlay template to check your own edit.
On a 1080×1920 video, keep titles, subtitles and logos inside the green frame: about 220 px from the top, 420 px from the bottom and 140 px from the right edge. Everything in red is covered by the app for most viewers.
Download the Instagram Reels overlay (PNG, 1080×1920, transparent)
Put it on the top track in CapCut, Premiere or DaVinci at 100 % size, check your text, then hide it before you export.
What covers the video
| Area | What sits there | Size | Of the frame |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top | the Reels title and camera button | 220 px | 11 % |
| Right side | the like, comment and share buttons | 140 px | 13 % |
| Bottom | the username, caption and audio | 420 px | 22 % |
Instagram Reels does not publish these numbers for ordinary posts, and the layout moves a little between phones and app versions. They are the middle of what safe-zone guides and checkers gave in November 2026, checked against a real campaign brief. Treat them as a careful minimum.
Reels in the feed and in the grid
On the profile grid Instagram crops a Reel to a 3:4 rectangle from the middle of the frame. A title near the top can be cut there too, which is one more reason to keep it below the top zone.
One frame for TikTok, Reels and Shorts
If the same clip goes to all three apps, use the strictest margins of each: 250 px top, 460 px bottom, 160 px on each side. The all-apps guide has a combined template.
Check your own clip
PreflightClips checks your caption and file against the campaign brief for free. Its video tools draw these zones on your actual video and move your text clear of them (3-day free trial, no card). Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Open the checker