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YouTube Shorts Safe Zone Checker
Drop in a video or an image and see exactly where YouTube Shorts’s buttons and caption will sit over it. Nothing is uploaded: the file stays on your computer.
Platform
Or drop a file on the phone. It is read in your browser and never uploaded.
| Edge | Pixels | Share of the frame |
|---|---|---|
| Top | 290 px | 15% |
| Bottom | 672 px | 35% |
| Left | 60 px | 6% |
| Right, beside the buttons | 192 px | 18% |
| Buttons start, from the top | 840 px | 44% |
How to use it
01
Add your video or image
Choose a file or drop one on the phone. A 9:16 frame fits exactly; anything else is cropped to fill, as the platform would.
02
Read the overlay
The hatched bands are where the interface sits. Keep words, logos and faces inside the outlined area.
03
Take the template with you
Download the overlay as a transparent 1080 × 1920 PNG and lay it over your timeline in any editor.
What YouTube Shorts covers
On Shorts the top of the frame carries the search and menu icons. The bottom carries the channel name, the Subscribe button and the title, and the right edge carries the like, dislike, comment, share and remix buttons.
YouTube publishes template files, not numbers, so these margins are read off its layout and rounded up. Treat them as a careful minimum.
What belongs inside the safe zone
Anything a viewer has to read or recognise: captions, headlines, prices, a logo, a call to action, a face. Background footage can run to every edge; that is what it is for.
The right-hand buttons do not reach the top of the frame. Above the point where they start, the right margin is as narrow as the left, so a headline high in the frame can run wider than captions lower down.
Posting the same video everywhere
Switch the checker to All three. It shows the strictest margin on each edge, so text inside it is clear on TikTok, Reels and Shorts at once.
| Edge | TikTok | Reels | Shorts | All three |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 150 | 270 | 290 | 290 |
| Bottom | 484 | 672 | 672 | 672 |
| Left | 60 | 65 | 60 | 65 |
| Right, beside the buttons | 180 | 65 | 192 | 192 |
| Buttons start, from the top | 800 | 1080 | 840 | 800 |
Questions
What is the YouTube Shorts safe zone in pixels?
The table on this page gives each margin for a 1080 × 1920 video, in pixels and as a share of the frame. The margins scale with the frame, so the percentages hold at any 9:16 size.
Is my video uploaded anywhere?
No. The checker reads the file in your browser and draws over it there. Nothing is sent to us or to anyone else, and closing the tab forgets the file.
How do I use the overlay PNG in my editor?
Put the PNG on a track above your video, sized to the full frame, and move your text until it sits inside the outline. Hide or delete the overlay before you export.
Do safe zones change?
Yes. Platforms move their buttons from time to time, and a long caption covers more of the bottom than a short one. Leave a little more room than the minimum, and check again after a redesign.
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