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Instagram ad mockup
Preview your Reels ad with Meta's safe zones drawn on the canvas - so the caption, CTA and icon rail never swallow your copy on a real phone.
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01 / Your ad
Stay inside the zones
Your Reels ad
Shown as a lowercase @handle, the way Instagram renders it.
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Reels show about a line before truncating - front-load it.
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Dashed lines mark Meta's safe zones - profile, caption, audio and CTA UI cover those areas on a real phone.
02 / Specs
Instagram ad specs
| Canvas | 9:16 - 1080 x 1920 px |
| Safe zone, top | 14% (about 270 px) - profile name and audio UI |
| Safe zone, bottom | 35% (about 670 px) - caption, CTA and icon rail |
| Safe zone, sides | 6% (about 65 px) each side |
| Stories | Lighter UI - about 20% bottom; designing to the Reels zones covers both |
| Feed placements | 1:1 or 4:5 - 1080 x 1080 or 1080 x 1350 px |
Source: Meta Business Help Center safe-zone guidance, checked August 2026.
03 / Answers
Frequently asked questions
Why does 35% of the bottom need to stay clear?
The Reels UI stacks your profile name, caption, audio attribution, the CTA button and the icon rail into the bottom third of the screen. Any text or logo you place there gets covered on a real phone - the mockup draws the zone so you see the collision before your audience does.
Do Stories and Reels have the same safe zones?
No. Stories have a lighter interface and lose roughly the bottom 20%; Reels lose 35%. Design one 9:16 asset to the Reels zones and it is automatically safe on Stories - which is why Meta's own unified guidance uses the Reels numbers.
Should I design for sound off?
Yes. A large share of Reels and Stories views happen muted or in contexts where the first second decides. Burn captions into the video inside the safe zones, and make the first frame carry the offer without audio.
Can I run a static image as a Reels ad?
Meta will accept and adapt a static image for vertical placements, but Reels is a video surface and static creative typically underperforms there. If video is out of reach, a simple animated cut of your image with burned-in text beats a stretched still.
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