Discord Image Sizes: Emote, PFP, Server Icon & Banner Dimensions (2026)

Discord Emote Size

Discord emotes — the custom emoji you upload to a server — are 128x128 pixels, square, and capped at 256KB. One size covers static and animated emotes alike. Discord downscales anything larger, but it rejects anything over the file cap outright, so 256KB is the limit that actually bites. In chat the emote renders at roughly 32x32 — the 128x128 upload exists to keep it sharp in the picker and on high-DPI screens, not because anyone sees it that big.

• Design for 32px, export at 128. Bold silhouettes and high contrast survive the downscale; hairline outlines and small text do not.
• Bigger sources are downscaled, not rejected — but the re-encode is softer. Upload at exactly 128x128 for the sharpest result.
• Transparent PNG keeps the emote clean on both light and dark themes. A white square background looks like a sticker patch in dark mode.

Animated Discord Emote Limits

Animated emotes get no extra room: same 128x128, same 256KB ceiling, and they must be GIF. That cap is the hard part — a few seconds of full-color animation blows past 256KB quickly. Cut frames and shrink the color palette rather than the dimensions, because 128x128 is already the largest Discord will store.

Is a Discord emote 112x112?No — that figure is Twitch’s largest emote export, and it gets attached to Discord constantly. Twitch wants three separate squares per emote (112x112, 56x56 and 28x28); Discord wants one 128x128 file. If you’re porting a Twitch set across, re-export at 128x128 rather than uploading the 112 file and letting Discord upscale it. The Twitch emote sizes guide has the full three-size export list.

Drawing the emote from scratch? Start the canvas at 128x128 — Canva accepts it as a custom size — and export as PNG with a transparent background, or GIF if it moves.

Resize an image to 128x128 → Pick the “Custom Emoji” preset in the Discord platform.

Discord Profile Picture Size (PFP)

Discord’s minimum profile picture upload is 128x128 pixels, but the modern recommendation is 512x512 — higher-DPI displays render the avatar above 128px on the profile card. Like the server icon, your PFP is cropped to a circle, so keep faces and logos centered.

• Circular safe zone for the PFP. Keep faces and logos within the inscribed circle (~80% of the square). Anything in the corners is invisible.
• Upload bigger than 128. 512x512 is the practical floor today — modern surfaces (profile card, voice tiles) render the avatar well above 128px.
• Want it to move? Animated avatars are a Nitro feature with their own rules — see Discord Nitro animated avatar below.

Resize an image to 128x128 → Pick the “Profile Avatar” preset in the Discord platform. For the recommended 512x512 export, the “Server Icon” preset is the same square.

Discord Server Icon Size

The Discord server icon is uploaded at 512x512 pixels and displayed as a circle in the server list, server header, and across the Discord mobile and desktop apps. Anything outside the inscribed circle is hidden — design inside a safe zone, not corner-to-corner.

• Design for the circle. Discord crops to a circle on every surface — a rectangular wordmark with text at the edges will get sliced off. Center your mark.
• Read at sidebar size. The server icon is rendered at ~48px in the left rail. Test your artwork at small sizes before uploading — fine detail disappears.
• Animated icons need Boost Level 1. Static PNG/JPG works at any boost level.

Resize an image to 512x512 → Pick the “Server Icon” preset in the Discord platform.

Discord Banner Size

“Discord banner” means three different images at three different sizes, and picking the wrong one is the most common reason an upload looks stretched. Your personal profile banner is 600x240. The server banner is 960x540. The invite splash is 1920x1080. Only the first one is about you — the other two belong to a server and need boosts.

Discord Profile Banner Size

The profile banner sits behind your avatar on the profile card at 600x240 pixels (5:2) and is a Nitro-only feature. Nitro subscribers can use an animated GIF banner up to 10MB.

• Banner avatar overlap. The avatar sits at the bottom-left. Don’t place text or a logo behind where it will land.
• 600x240 is small. Export at 1200x480 if you want it crisp on a high-DPI display — same 5:2 ratio, twice the pixels.
• Server banner art doesn’t transfer. 16:9 cropped to 5:2 loses most of its height. Re-crop rather than re-upload.

Streamers reusing the same header art: the Twitch profile banner shares this 5:2 ratio but is uploaded at 1200x480 — see the Twitch banner size guide for its safe zones before you crop one from the other. Building the banner from scratch instead? Canva takes 600x240 as a custom canvas.

Resize an image to 600x240 → Pick the “Profile Banner” preset in the Discord platform.

Discord Nitro Animated Avatar

An animated avatar is a GIF uploaded to the same avatar slot as a static PFP — same 128x128 minimum, same 512x512 recommendation, same circular crop. The only difference is the paywall: animated avatars require a paid Discord Nitro subscription. Free accounts can upload the GIF, but Discord will store it as a still image.

• The first frame has to stand alone. It’s what shows anywhere animation is paused, so don’t start the loop on a blank or mid-transition frame.
• Animate inside the circle. Movement that swings into the corners gets clipped — the circular mask applies to every frame.
• Keep the loop short. The avatar renders around 40px in the member list; long, detailed animation reads as noise at that size and inflates the file for nothing.
• Cancelling Nitro reverts you to a static avatar. Keep a still version of the artwork ready so you’re not stuck with a random frame.

Size a still frame to 128x128 → The resizer exports stills — use it to check the crop and the first frame, then upload the GIF itself to Discord.

Discord Sticker Size

Stickers are Discord’s bigger, higher-fidelity cousin to the custom emote. They’re uploaded at 320x320 pixels, capped at 512KB, and use a different format set — PNG, APNG (animated PNG), or Lottie (vector JSON). Note that stickers do not accept standard GIF; animated stickers must be APNG or Lottie.

• Stickers vs emoji: stickers display much larger in chat (closer to a small image), take up their own message, and don’t mix inline with text. Emoji are small inline marks for reactions and short replies.
• Converting an animated GIF to a sticker? You’ll need to convert it to APNG first — Discord rejects GIF on sticker uploads.
• Lottie stickers stay crisp at any size because they’re vector, and have tiny file sizes — great for simple shapes and text-based animations.

Resize an image to 320x320 → Pick the “Sticker” preset in the Discord platform.

Discord Server Banner Size

The Discord server banner is 960x540 pixels at 16:9, and it only appears once the server reaches Boost Level 2. It sits above the channel list on the left of the server, so it’s narrow on screen even though the file is wide — treat 960x540 as the floor and export at 1920x1080 to stay sharp on high-DPI displays.

• 16:9 or it gets cropped. Discord crops off-ratio uploads to 16:9 rather than letterboxing them, so a square source loses its top and bottom.
• Losing boosts hides the banner. If the server drops below Level 2 the banner stops displaying; Discord keeps the file and restores it when the level returns.
• It’s not the invite splash. Different slot, different size, different boost level — see the next section.

For the full breakdown — a server-name overlay diagram, animated GIF rules, and blank 960x540 templates — see the dedicated Discord server banner size guide.

Resize an image to 960x540 → Pick the “Server Banner” preset in the Discord platform.

Discord Invite Splash Size

The invite splash is the background image behind the “You’ve been invited to join” card. It’s 1920x1080 pixels at 16:9 and unlocks at Boost Level 1— one level earlier than the server banner. It’s the only piece of server art most people see before they join, so it does the work of a landing page.

• Don’t center your logo. The invite card covers the middle of the image. Anything you want read has to live around it.
• Keep it atmospheric. Small text is unreadable behind a card on a phone-sized join screen — pick a mood shot or a pattern over a dense info graphic.
• One export can serve both slots. A single 1920x1080 file works as the splash at full size and as the server banner downscaled, since both are 16:9.

Resize an image to 1920x1080 → Pick the “Invite Splash” preset in the Discord platform.