Social Media Mockup Generator

Twitter/X auto-crops most uploads to 16:9 in the timeline preview, but the full image is visible when someone taps in. That means the safe design zone \u2014 the part that survives any crop \u2014 is the centered 16:9 region of whatever you upload. Build your headline and product screenshot inside that zone and treat anything outside as decorative padding that may or may not show. Square 1:1 uploads also work and tend to take more vertical screen real estate in mobile feeds, which is generally a win.

LinkedIn renders link previews at roughly 1.91:1 and standalone image posts at 1.91:1 or 1:1 depending on context. For organic posts where the image carries the message, square images outperform landscape because LinkedIn's feed gives them more vertical pixels. For external link shares, the OG image at 1200\u00d7630 is what controls the preview \u2014 you have less flexibility, but you can still build it inside Screenhance and embed via your site's meta tags.

Instagram squeezes more performance from vertical content. The 4:5 portrait ratio (1080\u00d71350) takes maximum vertical space in the feed without crossing into the awkward 9:16 territory reserved for Reels and Stories. Square 1:1 still works but cedes about 20% of available real estate compared to 4:5. For Stories and Reels specifically, design for 1080\u00d71920 with the safe zone in the middle 60% \u2014 top and bottom get covered by interface chrome.

TikTok is 9:16 full-bleed. Unlike Instagram Stories, TikTok doesn't reserve as much chrome at the bottom, but the right edge holds the like/comment column and will visually conflict with anything you place there. Keep critical content centered and away from the rightmost 200 pixels. Static screenshots rarely perform on TikTok regardless of aspect ratio \u2014 the platform expects motion.

Animated screenshots \u2014 a short loop showing a UI interaction, a hover state, or a feature in motion \u2014 outperform static images on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Product Hunt almost universally. The catch is that "animated" doesn't mean "animated for the sake of it." A loop that adds nothing beyond visual movement usually underperforms a clean static image because the eye reads it as noise. The animation has to communicate something the static frame can't.

The strongest use cases are: showing a state change that's hard to convey in still frames (a chart filtering, a modal opening, a search auto-completing), demonstrating a multi-step flow that needs to compress to four or five seconds, and signalling interactivity in a UI that looks static otherwise. If you can describe the value in a single sentence under a still screenshot, the still screenshot is probably better \u2014 adding motion just costs file size and viewer attention.

Format matters. WebM and MP4 autoplay on Twitter, LinkedIn, and most modern social platforms. GIFs are larger files and lower quality, but they preview better in messaging apps and on platforms that disable autoplay. Export both formats when the animation is central to the post, and use the WebM for primary distribution.

Keep loops short \u2014 three to six seconds usually \u2014 and design the first and last frame to be nearly identical so the loop doesn't jump visibly. Pair animated mockups with a strong static fallback (the first frame of the loop) for platforms or contexts where autoplay is disabled. If you're building a launch campaign, our Product Hunt gallery generator and OG image generator share the same animated export pipeline so you can deploy consistent motion across every social surface.