Affair ratio of smartphone recordings: Instagram now supports 3: 4

On Instagram, photos with an aspect ratio 3: 4 are now also displayed-i.e. in the format that is most widespread for smartphone cameras. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri made this public in a contribution to threads. (Link on

Instagram adds that photos keep the aspect ratio when uploading. This applies both in articles with an image and in those with several. At the same time, the previous Instagram formats of 1: 1 and the 4: 5 remain and can be used.

Recordings in portrait format move to the center

Instagram started to continue from the square photo format at the beginning of the year, which was a brand core of the platform for a long time. After a few tests in autumn, Instagram changed the first overview pages in January and shows the photos up there instead of square. At the time, Mosseri had admitted that some “really like” the old format and that it was a tradition on Instagram: “But most of the content that is now uploaded – whether photos or videos – are now upright.” It is a shame to always have to cut them off.

While it is under the announcement of Mosseri There is also praise for the support of the format, it is also pointed out that at least one important aspect ratio is still missing. Full -frame cameras usually take up 3: 2 (or upper edge 2: 3), here Instagram continues to cut off on the edges. The photo format can usually also be adjusted. Anyone who photographs directly for an Instagram post now has at least one more option.