Media Requirements
Image and video requirements for TikTok posts, and the rules for media URLs.
A post holds either one video or up to 35 photos, never both.
Videos are uploaded in chunks of 5 to 64 MB.
Images
| Property | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Max photos | 35 per carousel |
| Formats | JPEG, PNG, WebP |
| Max file size | 20 MB per image |
| Aspect ratio | 9:16 recommended |
| Resolution | Downscaled to fit inside 1080 x 1920 px, aspect ratio kept; an image already inside those bounds is sent untouched |
Videos
| Property | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Max videos | 1 per post |
| Formats | MP4, MOV, WebM |
| Max file size | 4 GB |
| Max duration | 10 minutes |
| Min duration | 3 seconds |
| Aspect ratio | 9:16 vertical (the only format that works well) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 1920 px recommended |
| Codec | H.264 |
| Frame rate | 30 fps recommended |
Media URLs
Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, SharePoint and iCloud links return an HTML page, not the file, so TikTok cannot download from them.
A media URL must:
- be public, with no authentication
- return the media bytes with the correct
Content-Type - not redirect to an HTML page
- sit on a fast host
Test it in an incognito window. Or upload through the media endpoint.
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