Safe zone preview
for vertical video.
Toggle TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts to see danger margins and a recommended caption band on a 9:16 frame.
Overlay for a 1080×1920 vertical frame. Red zones are where TikTok UI most often covers your video. The dashed green band is a practical default for burned-in captions.
- ·Keep hooks and CTAs out of the top 250px (username, tabs).
- ·Bottom 420px is risky — description, sound pill, and buttons stack here.
- ·Right 170px overlaps the like/comment/share column.
- ·Default caption band: roughly 47–69% from the top on a 1080×1920 frame.
- Top margin
- 250px
- Bottom margin
- 420px
- Left margin
- 60px
- Right margin
- 170px
Deep dives: TikTok safe zones 2026 and Instagram Reels safe zones.
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Frequently asked
What is a safe zone on TikTok or Reels?+
The area of your vertical video least likely to be covered by platform UI — username, buttons, captions, and CTAs. Keep hooks, logos, and subtitles inside the central field.
Where should burned-in captions sit?+
Lower-middle band on 1080×1920 — above the description stack but below the face on talking-head clips. This tool shows a dashed green caption band per platform.
Are these margins official?+
They are practical working margins based on common 1080×1920 layouts and platform ad specs. UI varies by device and experiments — always preview on a real phone.
Can I download an overlay PNG?+
Yes — use the free SVG overlays linked from our TikTok and Reels safe zone blog posts, or align captions using this interactive preview before export.