Demand Gen campaign creative: Asset specifications and guidelines

You can use these format guidelines to create ads that will run across Discover Feed, Gmail, YouTube videos, YouTube Search Results, YouTube Watch Next, YouTube Home Feed, YouTube Shorts, Google Display Network websites, and apps.

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Asset specifications

Asset Orientation Specification Guidance
Logo Square
  • 1:1
    • Min. size: 144x144, Recommended: 1200x1200
  • Supported format: .jpg or .png
  • Max. file size: 150 KB
Image Square
  • 1:1
    • Min. size: 300x300, Recommended: 1200x1200
  • Supported format: .jpg or .png
  • Max. file size: 5 MB
  • Safe zones for 9:16 images are similar to 9:16 videos. Check the video ad safe zones.
Horizontal
  • 1.91:1
    • Min. size: 600x314, Recommended: 1200x628
Vertical
  • 4:5
    • Min. size: 480x600, Recommended: 960x1200
Vertical 9:16
  • 9:16
    • Min. size: 600x1067, Recommended: 1080x1920
  • Recommended for YouTube Shorts
Uploaded Display ads  

Common and recommended image dimensions:

  • 300x250 (Medium rectangle)
  • 336x280 (Large rectangle)
  • 728x90 (Leaderboard)
  • 970x90 (Large leaderboard)
  • 160x600 (Wide skyscraper)
  • 300x600 (Half-page ad)
  • 320x50 (Mobile leaderboard)
  • Supported format: .jpg, .png, .gif (non-animated)
  • Max. file size: 150 KB
Video Square
  • 1:1
    • Recommended pixels for HD: 1080x1080
  • Supported format: MPG (MPEG-2 or MPEG-4)
  • Max. file size: 256 GB
  • Min. video duration: 5 seconds
    • Videos less than 10 seconds are ineligible to serve on YouTube In-stream.
  • Check the video ad safe zones.
Horizontal
  • 16:9
    • Recommended pixels for HD: 1920x1080
Vertical
  • 4:5
    • Recommended pixels for HD: 1080x1350
Vertical 9:16
  • 9:16
    • Recommended pixels for HD: 1080x1920
  • Recommended for YouTube Shorts

Ad format placement eligibility

The table below shows which ad formats are eligible for each placement.

Placements Product feed only Image only Image and Product feed Video only Video and Product feed
YouTube Shorts Red X icon
YouTube In-stream Red X icon Red X icon Red X icon
YouTube Home
YouTube Search
YouTube Watch Next
Gmail Red X icon Red X icon Red X icon
Discover Red X icon
Google Video Partners Red X icon Red X icon Red X icon
Google Display Network

Google AI asset optimization

Demand Gen campaigns help you produce and serve visually appealing, multi-format ads across YouTube, Discover, Gmail, Google Display Network, and Google video partners. With the integration of Google AI and creative enhancement features in Demand Gen, you can easily create a variety of high-quality and engaging creative assets and content.

Let Google AI use your existing ad content to create optimized assets. This helps improve ad coverage and drive conversions.

Learn more About Creative enhancements and generative AI tools in Demand Gen.


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Learn About image assets specifications and ad format guidelines for Demand Gen campaigns.

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Learn About video assets specifications and ad format guidelines for Demand Gen campaigns.

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