Free Safe Zone Checker
Drop in your video or image and see exactly where TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube cover it with captions, buttons, and CTA bars. Keep your hook, offer, and logo inside the green zone before you put spend behind the ad.
Platform
TikTok Feed Ad buffers (1080×1920)
- Top
- 130px
- Bottom
- 484px
- Left
- 44px
- Right
- 140px
Safe area: 896×1306px. Exact production margins from our TikTok safe zone guide: 130px top, 484px bottom, 140px right, 44px left. TikTok Safe Zone Guide
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Your file is rendered into a local canvas. Nothing is uploaded, stored, or sent to any server — the tool even works offline after the page loads.
Works with
Generate safe-zone-compliant ads automatically
EzUGC builds UGC-style video ads with hooks, captions, and CTAs placed inside platform safe zones by default — so you stop fixing layouts after export.
Blocked text is a media problem, not a design detail
Most short-form ads do not fail because the product is weak. They fail because the discount code sits under the caption, the CTA hides behind the share button, and the hook text lands exactly where the platform draws its interface. You paid for an impression the viewer could never read.
The fix is cheap: preview every creative against the real UI before launch. The overlays in this checker use the same pixel buffers we document in the TikTok safe zone guide and the Instagram safe zones guide, so what you check here matches what we recommend in production.
A quick workflow that works: scrub to the frame where your offer appears, export the PNG, and drop it in the review thread. If anything red touches your headline, price, logo, or CTA, move the element and re-export. It takes a minute and saves the revision loop later.
How to check a creative
Step 1: Drop in the final export
Use the exact file you plan to traffic, not a rough cut. Text position is what you are auditing.
Step 2: Toggle every placement
An ad that is clean on TikTok can still be buried on Reels. Check each platform you will actually buy.
Step 3: Scrub the money frames
Check the hook frame, the offer frame, and the end card. Export a PNG of any frame for your review notes.
Safe-zone specs
The exact buffers this tool draws
All values are pixels on a 1080x1920 (9:16) canvas. The safe area is what remains after the platform UI zones are removed.
| Placement | Top | Bottom | Left | Right | Safe area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TikTok Feed Ad | 130px | 484px | 44px | 140px | 896x1306px |
| Instagram Reels | 280px | 340px | 60px | 130px | 890x1300px |
| Instagram Stories | 250px | 340px | 60px | 60px | 960x1330px |
| YouTube Shorts | 90px | 320px | 48px | 120px | 912x1510px |
Platforms shift their UI across devices, placements, and app versions. These are production-safe buffers — designing to the exact edge of a mask is how CTAs end up under a button after the next app update.
Keep reading
Safe-zone guides and related tools
TikTok Safe Zone Guide
The full 2026 TikTok margins, the UI elements that block ads, and the KPIs that move when you fix them.
Read the guideInstagram Safe Zones Guide
Stories, Reels, feed, and grid canvases with the title-safe rules designers actually follow.
Read the guideAI Hook Generator
Generate scroll-stopping opening lines to place inside the safe zone you just checked.
Open toolTikTok Ad Script Generator
Draft problem-promise-proof-CTA scripts that map cleanly onto safe-zone layout rules.
Open tool