TikTok safe zone for 1080×1920 video
Where TikTok draws its buttons and caption on top of a vertical video, in pixels, and a free overlay template to check your own edit.
On a 1080×1920 video, keep titles, subtitles and logos inside the green frame: about 160 px from the top, 440 px from the bottom and 150 px from the right edge. Everything in red is covered by the app for most viewers.
Download the TikTok overlay (PNG, 1080×1920, transparent)
Put it on the top track in CapCut, Premiere or DaVinci at 100 % size, check your text, then hide it before you export.
What covers the video
| Area | What sits there | Size | Of the frame |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top | the Following and For You tabs | 160 px | 8 % |
| Right side | the like, comment and share buttons | 150 px | 14 % |
| Bottom | the username, caption and sound | 440 px | 23 % |
TikTok does not publish these numbers for ordinary posts, and the layout moves a little between phones and app versions. They are the middle of what safe-zone guides and checkers gave in November 2026, checked against a real campaign brief. Treat them as a careful minimum.
Why TikTok text gets hidden most often
TikTok shows the longest captions of the three apps, and the caption grows upward when it wraps. Subtitles placed in the lower third of the frame, where most editors put them by default, end up under the caption and the sound name.
One frame for TikTok, Reels and Shorts
If the same clip goes to all three apps, use the strictest margins of each: 250 px top, 460 px bottom, 160 px on each side. The all-apps guide has a combined template.
Check your own clip
PreflightClips checks your caption and file against the campaign brief for free. Its video tools draw these zones on your actual video and move your text clear of them (3-day free trial, no card). Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
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