

An overly complicated image with too many elements may be distracting. Since the channel art is the first thing your visitors will see when they land on your YouTube page, you want to make sure they are directed to your videos fast. This will help viewers on all devices see the YouTube channel art messaging the way you intended it. So keep your most important image elements out of these zones at the edges of the image. That is a little over 30% of the total height, pushed to the edges of the image. That is between 20-25% of the total width on each side, pushed to the edge of the image. If you want to know how large the "unsafe border would be," we can do a little math. The total dimensions of your image will be 2560 by 1400 pixels. The dimensions of the safe zone are 1235 by 338 pixels. That means you shouldn't put important aspects of your channel art at the edges of the image. If you've gone to the creative trouble to customize your design, you want to be sure that as many people as possible will see your message. YouTube offers some guidelines for how to design your image for different screens.
