Format · Instagram Story
A Story fills the whole screen: 9:16 at 1080 × 1920 pixels. Each Story can hold 60 seconds of video; Instagram places controls over the top and bottom of the picture.
Stories run in portrait across the whole screen, without a margin. A landscape video stays a narrow strip there with a lot of empty space above and below – or gets cropped without being asked.
A 16:9 video becomes a Story when you place a 9:16 crop around the subject or leave the whole picture in with a filled border at the top and bottom. FrameJet does both, and the preview shows what the app covers.
| Format | Aspect ratio | Pixels (1080p) | Max. length | Free of app elements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instagram Story | 9:16 | 1080 × 1920 | 60 sPer story. Instagram splits longer videos into 60-second segments. | ≈ 67 % |
As of 12 October 2026. Lengths as stated by the platforms; they change often, and the app is what counts. No figure where the platform does not confirm a limit. "Free of app elements" are guide values from FrameJet’s preview – no platform publishes its overlay exactly.
Turn a landscape video into Instagram Story
Upload the video, set the framing, done – you pick the other formats in the same run. All dimensions in the video formats guide.
The aspect ratio is 9:16; the size is 1080 × 1920 pixels.
60 seconds per Story. Instagram splits longer videos into sections.
Yes, but it stays a narrow strip. A 9:16 crop around the subject or the whole picture with a filled border is better. FrameJet does both.
The shape is the same (9:16, 1080 × 1920 pixels); the edges the app covers differ. The preview in FrameJet shows each format’s own zone.