TikTok Safe Zone Checker
Drop your vertical video to see it the way TikTok frames it, with the like and share buttons, the caption and the top tabs drawn over it. Scrub through to check every moment.
Your file stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
Check a video in three steps
Drop the video
Or a screenshot of a frame: MP4, MOV, WebM, JPG, PNG or WebP.
Scrub through it
Play or drag the video to check every caption and face.
Save a frame
Download a PNG with the overlay to share with an editor.
What TikTok covers
On a 1080×1920 TikTok video, the app draws the Following and For You tabs across the top, a column of buttons (profile, like, comment, save, share, sound) down the right side from about the middle of the screen, and the username, caption and sound name across the bottom left.
The bottom fifth of the frame and the right edge are the two places captions most often get lost. Burned-in captions read best roughly in the middle third of the screen, slightly below centre.
The overlay is an approximation: the exact layout changes with the phone's screen shape, the app version and how long the caption is, so it leaves a small margin. Treat the red areas as "probably covered" and keep important things inside the green box.
Before you post
- Captions sit above the bottom caption block, not under it.
- Nothing important is under the right-hand buttons.
- Faces and products are inside the green safe area.
- On-screen text isn't hidden by the top bar.
- The video is 9:16, so the app doesn't crop it.
Frequently
Asked Questions
What is the TikTok safe zone?
The part of the 1080×1920 frame the app doesn't cover with buttons, captions or tabs: roughly the centre, away from the bottom fifth and the right edge.
Where should captions go on TikTok?
Above the caption and username block at the bottom, and away from the right-hand buttons: around the middle to lower-middle of the screen.
Are these exact pixel values?
No. TikTok's layout varies by phone and app version, so the overlay is a close approximation with a small margin.
Is my video uploaded?
No. It's shown in your browser with an overlay; nothing is processed or uploaded.