1080 × 1920 pixels, 9:16, up to 3 minutes. Check a frame against the Shorts player overlays and export it at size. Free, no login.
1080 × 1920 pixels at 9:16 — full-screen vertical. Square (1:1) is accepted but shown with bars. Anything wider than 1:1 is treated as a regular video, not a Short.
Up to 3 minutes since October 2024. The Shorts player shows the title, channel and sound over the bottom and the buttons on the right, so keep text clear of those areas — the checker draws them.
Use the free YouTube Shorts Safe Zone Checker for that: drop the video and scrub through it with the overlays on.
No. Everything runs in your browser. Nothing is sent to Hookova.
A blank 1080 × 1920 PNG with the overlays and safe area drawn on, to drop into your editor as a guide layer.
YouTube Shorts Safe ZoneDrop a Short or a frame and scrub through it with the Shorts player's overlays drawn on top — title, channel, buttons.
YouTube Shorts Hook GeneratorTen Shorts opening lines for your video, each tagged with the hook technique it leans on.
TikTok Video SizeThe 1080×1920 TikTok spec with the caption, buttons and safe area drawn on — check a frame or download the template.
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