Keep text and logos at least 269 px from the top, 672 px from the bottom, 65 px from the left and 65 px from the right of a 1080×1920 Instagram Reels video. Checked 23 October 2026.
Instagram publishes a safe zone for Reels ads only. For organic Reels nothing is published, so we use the ad numbers as the conservative proxy.
px at 1080×1920
Organic
Community measurementConfidence low. Measured from screenshots by third parties. The platform publishes nothing for this placement.
Checked 23 October 2026. We re-check every quarter.
Pixels to keep clear, Organic
Canvas
Top
Bottom
Left
Right
1080×1920
269
672
65
65
2160×3840
538
1344
130
130
720×1280
179
448
43
43
Meta publishes NO organic Reels safe zone. Community estimates span top 108-250 px, bottom 300-672 px, sides 60-120 px.
Community guides put the organic Reels zone anywhere from 108 to 250 px at the top, 300 to 672 px at the bottom and 60 to 120 px at the sides. We use the Meta ad values for both placements because they are the strictest that any source attributes to Meta. Four independent sites quote the same ad numbers; Meta’s own Ads Guide page could not be fetched, which is why confidence is medium, not high. If your ad carries a legal disclaimer, keep the bottom 40% clear.
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The PNG shows where the app draws. Super Guides shows what it draws: the Instagram Reels interface itself, with your client’s photo, handle and caption, on your Premiere timeline. One click hides it before export.
The published numbers are the ad numbers. Organic Reels show the same caption, rail and top bar, so the same zone is the safe choice for both.
Does the right-hand rail cover the safe zone?
On a current iPhone, the like and comment buttons sit inside the rectangle that the published numbers call safe. Super Guides draws the measured rail corner out of the zone, so the safe area is an L, not a box.
Which canvas size should I edit at?
Meta recommends 1080×1920 or larger. The fractions below hold at any 9:16 size; the table shows the pixels at three common ones.
