One profile picture for every platform
People recognise you faster when your picture is the same everywhere: at work, in chats, on your social accounts. One good square photo is enough.
Make one master crop
Take your best recent portrait and crop it square at about 1,080 pixels, your face filling about half of it, a little above the middle. That one file fits nearly every platform we checked, round or square. The cropper does it in your browser and starts around your face.
Then a size per platform
Where a platform states a size, crop the master to it. Where it states none, upload the master as it is. The table on the home page lists what each platform says, with its source.
When to use a different photo
- A dating profile has room for several photos; the first one can still be your master.
- A very formal setting may want a jacket and a plain background: a second master is fine.
- Keep both recent. People should recognise you when they meet you.