Free TikTok, Reels and Stories Safe Zone Checker

TikTok publishes its safe zone as a downloadable In-Feed template rather than numbers. Measured on a 1080 × 1920 frame, the current template keeps 240 px at the top, 660 px at the bottom and 120 px on each side clear, and the right margin widens to 300 px from 840 px down, where the profile, like, comment and share buttons sit.

These are approximations, not official numbers: TikTok says the covered area changes with the caption length and the ad format, and a longer caption, anchors or interactive add-ons take more of the bottom. Treat the line as a minimum and preview the ad in TikTok Ads Manager before launch.

The templates above are transparent 1080 × 1920 PNG files: the shaded areas are what the interface covers, and the clear area is your safe zone. In CapCut, Premiere Pro, Final Cut or Canva, put the template on the top layer at full frame, line up your text and subtitles inside the clear area, then hide or delete the layer before you export.

To check a finished ad instead, upload the ad itself to the checker at the top of this page and switch between placements to see what each app would hide.

Reels cover more of the bottom: Meta's guidance is to keep about 14% at the top and 35% at the bottom free of text, around 270 and 670 pixels, where the header, caption, account name, audio label and call to action sit. The like, comment and share buttons sit on the right of the lower part of the frame; the side and button margins in the table are our estimates of that area.

Subtitles are the usual casualty. Place them higher than you would on television, above the bottom band and away from the right-hand buttons.

On Stories, the top of the screen holds the profile picture, the account name and the progress bar, and the bottom holds the reply field and the call-to-action button. Meta’s guidance is to keep about 14% of the height free at the top and at the bottom, roughly 270 pixels each on a 1080 × 1920 frame.

Put the headline just under the top band, the product in the middle, and the offer above the bottom band, never in it. Backgrounds and decorative elements can run to the edges.

Anything a viewer has to read or recognize: the headline and hook text, subtitles, the logo, the product name, the price and the discount, deadlines and any required disclosure. If one of them is covered, the ad loses its message even if it passes review.

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