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Album Cover Size Checker

The rules don't overlap much: some distributors stop at 3000 pixels, others start there, and some only take JPG. Drop your cover to see where it passes.

Album cover size checker

The size that passes all of them: 3000 × 3000 pixels, square, as a JPG under 10 MB.

  • Spotify 640 to 10000 px · JPG, PNG, TIFFSource
  • Apple Music From 1400 px · JPG, PNGSource
  • DistroKid From 1000 px · JPGSource
  • TuneCore 1600 to 3000 px · JPG, PNG, GIF · up to 10 MBSource
  • UnitedMasters 3000 to 6000 px · JPG, PNG · up to 150 MBSource
  • Ditto Music From 1400 px · JPG · up to 10 MBSource
  • Amuse 1400 to 6000 px · JPG, PNGSource
  • LANDR 1500 to 6000 px · JPG, PNGSource
  • CD Baby 1400 to 3000 px · JPG, PNG, GIF · up to 25 MBSource
  • RouteNote 3000 × 3000 px · JPG · up to 25 MBSource

Apple's page for artists asks for at least 4000 × 4000, more than its page for providers, and that wouldn't pass TuneCore, CD Baby or RouteNote. If your distributor allows it, keep a bigger master too. Apple's page for artists

Read on November 3, 2026 on each service's help pages. These are size and file rules; each one also has rules about what can appear on the cover.

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Album Cover Size (2026): Pixels for Spotify, Apple Music and Distributors

Album cover size: a 3000x3000 px square JPG in RGB passes Spotify, DistroKid, TuneCore and CD Baby. Every platform's rules compared, with sources.

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