Online Ad Requirements

To ensure campaigns are attractive to Web publishers, advertisers should make their ads available in a variety of sizes to allow for placement in different locations across a publisher’s site.

Listed below are standard ad units and files size requirements that have been developed by the Internet Advertising Bureau (www.iab.net).

Bolded are the most common and widely-used ad units.

Banners & Buttons

  Recommended Maximum File Size Recommended Animation Length (Seconds)
728 x 90 - (Leaderboard) 40k :10
468 x 60 - (Full Banner) 30k :10
234 x 60 - (Half Banner) 20k :10
88 x 31 - (Micro Bar) 10k :10
120 x 90 - (Button 1) 20k :10
120 x 60 - (Button 2) 20k :10
120 x 240 - (Vertical Banner) 30k :10
125 x 125 - (Square Button) 30k :10

Rectangles & Pop-Ups

  Recommended Maximum File Size Recommended Animation Length (Seconds)
300 x 250 - (Medium Rectangle) 40k :10
250 x 250 - (Square Pop-Up) 40k :10
240 x 400 - (Vertical Rectangle) 40k :10
336 x 280 - (Large Rectangle) 30k :10
180 x 150 - (Rectangle)  25k :10
300 x 100 - (3:1 Rectangle) 40k :10
720 x 300 – (Pop-Under) 40k :10

Skyscrapers

  Recommended Maximum File Size Recommended Animation Length (Seconds)
120 x 300 - (Skyscraper) 30k :10
120 x 600 - (Skyscraper) 30k :10
160 x 300 - (Skyscraper) 40k :10
160 x 600 - (Skyscraper) 40k :10
300 x 600 - (Half Page Ad) 40k :10

NOTE: All dimensions are in pixels.

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