TikTok safe zone checker

How it works

1. 1

   Add your video

   Drop or pick the clip you're about to post. It stays on your device.

2. 2

   Pick the platform

   TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts, each with its own overlay.

3. 3

   Check and adjust

   Watch your video under the app's UI. If a caption or face sits in a striped area, reframe before posting.

Why a safe zone check saves your video

Every vertical platform draws its interface on top of your video: TikTok's caption block and right-hand action rail, Reels' username and audio row, Shorts' title band. Post without checking and the payoff of your clip, a face, a punchline in the subtitles, a product, can end up underneath a like button. Creators who post daily learn to check the safe zone every time, because a covered caption measurably kills watch time.

This TikTok safe zone checker makes the check visual instead of arithmetical. Your video plays inside a phone frame with the platform's UI regions overlaid: striped areas are covered by buttons and captions, and the dashed outline marks the area that is always visible. If everything important stays inside the outline on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, the clip is safe to post everywhere.

Safe zone template vs. live preview

The usual workflow is downloading a safe zone template PNG for 2026, importing it into your editor as an overlay layer, and squinting. Templates go stale when apps move their UI, and a static PNG can't tell you what happens mid-video when your framing changes. A live preview on the actual clip answers the real question: is anything important covered at any point?

Because the preview runs locally, you can iterate as fast as you can edit: check the clip, adjust the framing or caption position, drop the new export back in, and check again. Pair it with the horizontal-to-vertical converter and the subtitle tool below to fix whatever the check reveals.

Why nothing uploads

Other tools send your video to their servers, which costs them money per file, so they add watermarks, cap file sizes, and make you sign up. This tool does the work right here in your browser using your own device. Your file is never uploaded, so there is no wait, no watermark, no size limit, and no account.

Questions

What is the TikTok safe zone?

The region of a 9:16 video that TikTok's own interface never covers. The caption, sound title, and nav bar occupy the bottom of the screen, the like/comment/share rail takes the right edge, and the top holds the search bar. Content inside the safe zone is always visible; content outside it gets buttons drawn over it.

What are the TikTok safe zone dimensions in pixels?

On a 1080×1920 canvas, keep roughly 110 px clear at the top, 340 px at the bottom, and 130 px on the right edge. Instead of memorizing numbers, this checker draws those regions on your actual video so you see the result directly.

Is the safe zone the same for Reels and Shorts?

No. Instagram Reels covers noticeably more of the bottom (username, caption, and audio row), while YouTube Shorts keeps a slimmer bottom band. The checker has separate overlays for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts so you can verify all three before cross-posting.

Why do my subtitles keep getting covered on TikTok?

Captions placed in the bottom fifth of the frame sit exactly where TikTok draws its own caption and nav bar. Preview the video here and, if your subtitles fall in the striped zone, move them up when burning them in with the subtitle tool.

Does this upload my video to render the preview?

No. The overlay is drawn in your browser on top of a local preview. The video never leaves your device, which is why the check is instant.

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