WhatsApp Image Size Cheat Sheet 2026

WhatsApp stickers must be exactly 512x512 pixels in WebP format. The maximum file size is 100 KB. Both static and animated stickers follow these same dimension requirements.

Here's how: Open your image in FastEdit, select the WhatsApp Sticker preset, and it will automatically resize to 512x512 WebP under 100 KB. Download the file and import it into a sticker maker app on your phone to create a pack.

WhatsApp enforces a 100 KB limit to minimize data usage since many users are on limited mobile data plans. This is significantly smaller than Discord (256 KB) or Telegram (512 KB) sticker limits.

The recommended profile photo size is 640x640 pixels in JPEG format. WhatsApp displays it as a circle, so keep important content centered. The image is compressed by WhatsApp regardless of your original quality.

FastEdit includes separate WhatsApp targets: 1080x1920 status video under 16 MB and 480x480 circular video-message clips under 5 MB. WhatsApp may re-encode larger videos during sending.

Open your video in FastEdit, select MP4 with H.264 codec, choose the WhatsApp Status or Video Message preset, and lower bitrate until the file fits the target. Pre-compressing gives you more control than letting WhatsApp re-encode automatically.