TikTok Ad Size
A TikTok in-feed ad is 1080 × 1920 px at 9:16, the same frame as organic video. The safe zone is not the same, though: an ad adds a sponsored label, a brand name row, and a call-to-action button beneath the caption, pushing the bottom overlay from roughly 560 px up to around 760 px. The reliable design area shrinks to about the central 1080 × 1010 px.
Specifications
| Pixels | 1080 × 1920 px |
| Aspect ratio | 9:16 |
| Supported formats | MP4, MOV, MPEG, AVI |
| Max file size | 500 MB |
| Safe zone | Tighter than organic — keep content within the central 1080 × 1010 px |
Design Tips
- →Design to the tighter ad safe zone — roughly the central 1080 × 1010 px. Creative that was built for organic and then boosted usually has its lower text swallowed by the CTA button.
- →Ads that look like native TikTok content outperform polished commercial edits. Shoot vertical, keep the pacing fast, and avoid letterboxed footage repurposed from a landscape campaign.
- →The first two seconds carry the whole ad. TikTok reports the steepest drop-off there, and a logo sting spends that window on something the viewer did not ask for.
- →Keep the file under 500 MB and use MP4 with H.264. TikTok Ads Manager rejects some codecs that the organic app accepts, so an export that uploaded fine as a normal post can still fail here.
How to Make TikTok Ad Designs in Playyy
Three steps, no design software. Set the size once — from the size options or straight in your prompt — and every design comes out at 1,080 × 1,920 px.
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Open Playyy
Playyy runs in your browser, so there's nothing to download. Sign in and you'll land on the Home page.
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Type your prompt and set the TikTok Ad size
Describe what you want in the input box on the Home page, then set the size whichever way is quicker. Pick TikTok Ad from the size options right underneath — every platform's sizes are in that list, so you don't have to look this one up. Or just say it in your prompt, like "TikTok Ad at 1,080 × 1,920 px", and Playyy matches it. Either way the design comes out at 9:16.
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Create your TikTok Ad design and download it
Playyy generates the design at the full 1,080 × 1,920 px, so it's ready to upload as it is. Accepted formats: MP4, MOV, MPEG, AVI. Keep the file under 500 MB.
Create TikTok Ad designs with Playyy
Type a prompt, pick TikTok Ad from the size options underneath it, and export at 1080 × 1920 px — no design software needed.
Start designing free →Frequently Asked Questions
What is the TikTok ad size?+
1080 × 1920 px at a 9:16 ratio for in-feed ads. TikTok also accepts 1:1 and 16:9, but both are letterboxed in the vertical player. Maximum file size is 500 MB, in MP4, MOV, MPEG, or AVI.
What is the TikTok ad safe zone?+
About the central 1080 × 1010 px — tighter than the organic safe zone. Ads add a sponsored label, brand row, and CTA button below the caption, which together occupy roughly 760 px at the bottom of the frame.
What aspect ratios do TikTok ads support?+
9:16 vertical at 1080 × 1920 px is the recommended format. TikTok also accepts 1:1 and 16:9, but both are letterboxed inside the vertical player and waste most of the screen, which measurably reduces completion rates.
How long should a TikTok ad be?+
TikTok allows up to 60 seconds for in-feed ads, but 9 to 15 seconds performs best. Drop-off is steepest in the first two seconds, so open on the subject rather than on a logo sting or a title card.
Why was my TikTok ad rejected for format?+
TikTok Ads Manager is stricter about codecs than the organic app. Re-export as MP4 with H.264 video, under 500 MB, at 1080 × 1920 px and 30 fps. An export that uploaded fine as a normal post can still fail the ad review.