Pinterest 2:3 Pin Cropper
Maximize your pin visibility. Crop your images to the ideal 2:3 vertical format that performs best on Pinterest boards.
Last updated: August 2026
Drop your images here or click to select
Supports JPG, PNG, WebP and AVIF
Pinterest is a vertical, mobile-first surface, and its own guidance says so plainly: aim for a vertical 2:3 aspect ratio, or 1000×1500 pixels. The reasoning is layout rather than taste. Pins flow down narrow columns, so a taller pin occupies more of the screen and holds attention longer than a square one — right up until it gets too tall, at which point Pinterest notes that larger aspect ratios may be cut off in the feed. 2:3 is where that trade stops paying.
That makes cropping the whole job here, because almost nothing you own is already 2:3. A phone photo is usually 4:3 or 3:4, a camera file 3:2, a screenshot whatever your display is. Getting to a pin means choosing a tall slice out of a wider frame — and if your subject is arranged horizontally, there may not be a good one. Checking that before you start saves rebuilding the graphic later.
It is worth being precise about where each Pinterest number comes from, because they do not live together. The 2:3 recommendation is in Pinterest's Creative Best Practices. The Review Pin specs help article — the page you would reasonably expect to hold it — documents accepted file types and maximum file size, and does not state an image aspect ratio at all. Both are Pinterest's own, but a guide that cites only one of them is quoting half the picture.
What Pinterest publishes about Pins
Each row below is traced to the specific Pinterest document that states it, because the specs are split across two of them.
| Requirement | Value | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Recommended aspect ratio | 2:3 | Creative Best Practices. The stated reason is that most of the audience is on mobile, where a vertical pin fills more of the column — and that taller ratios risk being cut off in feeds. |
| Recommended pixel size | 1000×1500 | Creative Best Practices, quoted alongside the ratio as "or 1000×1500 pixels". It is exactly 2:3, so any size on that ratio is equally valid — crop to the shape, then size to taste. |
| Accepted file types | .BMP, .JPEG, .PNG, .TIFF, .WEBP | Review Pin specs. Broader than most platforms — TIFF and BMP are accepted, which few others allow. JPEG or PNG remain the sensible choices; Convert Image switches between them. |
| Maximum file size (web) | 20 MB | Review Pin specs, for uploads from the web. Mobile is documented separately and far higher. A 1000×1500 crop is nowhere near this ceiling unless the source was enormous. |
No image aspect ratio appears on the Review Pin specs page — the 9:16 figure it does carry is for video Pins, not images. Quoting it as the recommended shape for an image Pin is a common and avoidable mistake.
How to crop an image to 2:3 for Pinterest
- 1
Add your image
Drop the photo or graphic into the box above. It is processed by your browser and never uploaded, so unpublished product shots stay on your device.
- 2
Lock the frame to 2:3
Choose the 2:3 preset. The frame holds a true vertical ratio while you drag it, which matters because a pin a few pixels off ratio gets adjusted by Pinterest rather than by you.
- 3
Compose top-heavy
Put the subject in the upper two-thirds. Pinterest overlays controls and text near the lower edge on some surfaces, and the bottom of a tall pin is the part a scrolling reader sees last.
- 4
Crop and export
Download the 2:3 image. If you want to land exactly on 1000×1500, resize afterwards with Resize Image for Pinterest Pin rather than trying to hit the pixels by dragging.
Pro tip: Resist going taller than 2:3. Long vertical pins are a persistent piece of Pinterest folklore, but Pinterest's own guidance warns that larger aspect ratios may be cut off in feeds — so the extra height you add is height a browsing reader may never see, and any text you put down there goes with it. 2:3 is the tallest shape Pinterest actually recommends, and cropping to it exactly is more reliable than guessing at something taller.
Troubleshooting: If your pin appears trimmed in the feed, it was taller than 2:3 and got cut — re-crop to the ratio rather than scaling the whole image down, which would only shrink the text too. If it looks soft, the crop came from a source smaller than 1000×1500 and was enlarged; take the 2:3 slice from the largest original you have. If the upload is refused, check the file against .BMP, .JPEG, .PNG, .TIFF, .WEBP and the 20 MB web limit. And if the image looks squashed rather than trimmed, it was resized into 2:3 dimensions instead of cropped to them — only cropping keeps proportions.
After cropping, Resize Image for Pinterest Pin sets the exact output size and Compress Image brings a large file down without touching the framing. Working in other vertical formats? Crop Vertical Video Thumbnail 9x16 covers the taller stories frame. To compare ratios before committing, see Image Aspect Ratio Converter, or use the full Crop Image tool for free-form framing.
Frequently asked questions
What size should a Pinterest pin be?
Pinterest recommends a 2:3 aspect ratio, or 1000×1500 pixels. The ratio is the part that matters — any size along 2:3 is equally correct, so crop to the shape first and choose the pixel size afterwards based on how much detail your source has.
Why is 2:3 the recommended ratio for Pinterest?
Because the feed is vertical columns on mobile. A 2:3 pin occupies more column height than a square, so it holds attention longer as someone scrolls. Pinterest also notes that larger aspect ratios may be cut off in feeds, which is what makes 2:3 the practical ceiling rather than just a preference.
Can I make my Pinterest pin taller than 2:3?
You can upload it, but Pinterest warns that larger aspect ratios may be cut off in feeds — so the extra height may simply not be shown, along with any text in it. If you have more to say than fits in 2:3, splitting it across several pins works better than one very tall image.
What file formats does Pinterest accept?
.BMP, .JPEG, .PNG, .TIFF, .WEBP, with a 20 MB maximum for uploads from the web. That list is unusually broad — TIFF and BMP are accepted where most platforms reject them — but JPEG for photographs and PNG for graphics with text remain the sensible defaults.
Are my images uploaded when I crop a pin here?
No. The crop runs entirely in your browser on your own device — nothing is uploaded, stored, or logged. That matters for pins in particular, which are often product photography or campaign graphics that are not public yet.
Looking for the full-featured version? Open the main Crop Image tool.
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