What size is a Spotify Canvas?

9:16 vertical, 720 to 1080 px tall, 3 to 8 seconds, MP4 or JPG. Spotify doesn't publish a width; at 1080 px tall 9:16 would be 607.5 px wide, so this maker uses 594 × 1056, which is exactly 9:16.

Does a Canvas have sound?

Spotify doesn't say. The Canvas plays with your track, so the maker exports a silent MP4.

Who can upload a Canvas?

Spotify says the first main artist on the track, or a main artist on both the track and the release, with an Admin or Editor role in Spotify for Artists.

Is my video uploaded?

No. It's read, cropped and encoded in your browser and never leaves your device.

Spotify Canvas Size Checker & Maker

Check a Canvas against the rules Spotify publishes — 9:16, 720–1080 px tall, 3–8 seconds, MP4 or JPG — or make one from a video or a photo. It's all done in your browser; your file is never uploaded.

Checked and made entirely in your browser — your file is never uploaded anywhere.

Your video or photo is read, cropped and encoded in your browser. It is never uploaded or stored by CAPTD.

Promote it with Spotlight

Canvas uploaded? Spotlight writes the release posts — captions, hashtags and platform versions — to send people to the track.

Spotlight, CAPTD's workspace for promoting your work, is part of CAPTD's paid plans — see pricing.

Open Spotlight

How to use this

What it does

Checks a file against Spotify's published Canvas rules: MP4 or JPG, a 9:16 vertical shape, 720–1080 px tall and 3–8 seconds long. The maker crops a video or photo to 9:16 and encodes a silent 594 × 1056 H.264 MP4 at 30 fps in your browser — as a plain or a rebound loop for video, with an optional slow zoom for a photo.

What you'll need

A short video (MP4 or MOV) or a photo (JPEG or PNG).

Steps

Choose the file and read the checklist.
Move and zoom the 9:16 frame.
Set the length (and, for video, where it starts and how it loops).
Make the MP4, watch the loop, and download it for Spotify for Artists.

Reading the result

Each row is a published Spotify rule. Spotify warns that an upload can fail if the size or length is even slightly off, so the shape check allows no more than a pixel either way.

Tips

Spotify advises against rapid cuts and intense flashing, and against talking, singing or rapping in the footage.
Keep the important part away from the edges — the app draws its controls over them.
Don't put URLs, ticket links or 'follow me' text on it: Spotify's Canvas policy doesn't allow them.

Learn more

What is a Spotify Canvas?

A Canvas is the short looping vertical video (or still) that plays behind a track in the Spotify mobile app. Artists add it to a track in Spotify for Artists — including upcoming releases.

Spotify publishes the shape (9:16), the height (720–1080 px), the length (3–8 seconds) and the formats (MP4 or JPG). It doesn't publish a width, a frame rate, a file size limit or whether sound is used.

Why musicians use it

A Canvas turns a still cover into something that moves while people listen. Getting the size and length exactly right avoids a failed upload on release week.

Common mistakes

1080 × 1920 from a phone. that's 9:16 but taller than Spotify's 1080 px limit — the maker scales it down.
A 10-second clip. Canvas is 3 to 8 seconds.
Text and links. Spotify's Canvas policy rules out URLs, ticket vendors and asking for follows or likes.

FAQ

What size is a Spotify Canvas?: 9:16 vertical, 720 to 1080 px tall, 3 to 8 seconds, MP4 or JPG. Spotify doesn't publish a width; at 1080 px tall 9:16 would be 607.5 px wide, so this maker uses 594 × 1056, which is exactly 9:16.
Does a Canvas have sound?: Spotify doesn't say. The Canvas plays with your track, so the maker exports a silent MP4.
Who can upload a Canvas?: Spotify says the first main artist on the track, or a main artist on both the track and the release, with an Admin or Editor role in Spotify for Artists.
Is my video uploaded?: No. It's read, cropped and encoded in your browser and never leaves your device.