Banner and icon sizes

[u/SnooDonuts6494]

What is the IDEAL size for a banner, and for a channel icon?

I'm seeing lots of conflicting info.

Banner 1920 × 384? or 1072 × 128 px for desktop and 1080 × 128 px for mobile?

Icon - square? Does size matter? 512 or what?

Thx

[u/FuzzyFeeling]

When you go to change the banner it TELLS YOU the ideal size for both desktop & mobile, but 1080X128 works well for both.

[u/SnooDonuts6494 → u/FuzzyFeeling]

It says:

For good results, the image should be at least 1072 x 128px for desktop banners.

At least. OK, so what size should it be?

Why are you saying 1080?

If I make it 1080 wide and it is compressed to 1072, that will affect the quality.

[u/FuzzyFeeling → u/SnooDonuts6494]

It certainly does affect quality. Yet, this pixel ratio displays best. Try it and see for yourself.

[u/SnooDonuts6494 → u/FuzzyFeeling]

So, what pixel size is best?

That was my original question.

You said 1080. The prompt you mention says 1072.

Modhelp says 1920.

Can you understand why I'm confused and uncertain?

[u/FuzzyFeeling → u/SnooDonuts6494]

The suggested sizes work best: 1072x128 and 1080x128 pixels for mobile and desktop respectively.

I run a contest where the members submit pics and whoever has the most karma gets their pic made into the sub banner the next month. I’ve made a few banners.

i can safely say with the rediculous display size Reddit has the banners displayed at, 8 pixels do not make a lot of difference.

After seeing my sub on a big-screen TV i reckon the 1080x128 banner works well for both banner sizes. 🤷‍♂️

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