Quick answer: Twitch has two banners — the profile banner at 1200×480 (a thin strip at the top of the channel page) and the offline video-player banner at 1920×1080 (the 16:9 rectangle that fills the player when you are not live). The profile picture is 256×256, and panels are 320 px wide.

The two banners

Twitch's channel page stacks graphics in two distinct slots, and conflating them is the most common mistake. The profile banner sits behind the avatar and name across the top of the page; Twitch fixes its height at 480 px and stretches the width, so a 1200×480 file is the safe minimum. The video-player banner replaces the stream when you are offline — Twitch calls it the video player banner, and it occupies the same 16:9 rectangle as a 1080p broadcast, so 1920×1080 means zero crop.

The offline banner is the higher-value graphic. It is where a new viewer lands from a clip or a raid, and it can carry the stream schedule, the next-go-live time, and a link to other platforms.

The size table

Asset Dimensions Ratio Notes
Profile picture 256×256 1:1 JPG/PNG; renders small
Profile banner 1200×480 2.5:1 Height fixed at 480 px
Offline banner 1920×1080 16:9 Fills the player; no crop
Panels 320 px wide variable Under 2 MB each; 300 px tall typical
Clip/VOD thumbnail 1280×720 16:9 Auto-generated or uploaded
Emote 28/56/112 set 1:1 PNG, transparent
Highlight thumbnail 1280×720 16:9 Uploadable for affiliates

Panels

Panels sit below the video player and are the persistent body of the channel — about, schedule, PC specs, sponsor links, social links. Each panel image is 320 px wide, and the platform caps file size around 2 MB. Because panels stack vertically, tall graphics are fine, but the first two panels (usually about and schedule) are the only ones most visitors scroll past.

Thumbnails and emotes

VOD and clip thumbnails render at 1280×720 16:9; affiliates and partners can upload custom thumbnails for highlights, which is worth doing because a clip with a readable title frame outperforms a random frame. Emotes need a three-size PNG set (28, 56, 112) with transparency, and the same rules apply to sub badges.

Graphics beyond gaming

Twitch is no longer game-only — software streams, game-dev channels, and watch-parties all use the same graphics. The set that makes a channel look finished is small: a 256 avatar, a 1200×480 profile strip, a 1920×1080 offline banner with the schedule, and a handful of panels. Neatico generates the banner variants together from one description, so the profile strip and the offline frame share the same visual language without rebuilding them by hand.

Frequently asked questions

What size is the Twitch profile banner? 1200×480 pixels. Twitch fixes the height at 480 and stretches the width, so wider files crop top and bottom.

What size is the Twitch offline banner? 1920×1080 at 16:9. It fills the video player when you are not live, so keep the schedule and next-stream time in the center.

How wide are Twitch panels? 320 pixels, with a roughly 2 MB file cap. Height is flexible; 300 px is a common finished height.

What size is the Twitch profile picture? 256×256. For the full set of network specs, see the social media image sizes hub.