Sample vertical video

Ready 9:16 clips for checking uploads to social media, players and ad platforms: from 5 seconds to a minute, Full HD and 4K, plus the feed formats 4:5 and 1:1

This is what the clip looks like: 1080x1920, footage of the sea with the sound of the surf

By duration, 9:16

9:16
Vertical video, five seconds (MP4)
6.3 Mb
1080x1920
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9:16
Vertical video, five seconds (WEBM)
7.7 Mb
1080x1920
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9:16
Vertical video, ten seconds (MP4)
12 Mb
1080x1920
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9:16
Vertical video, ten seconds (WEBM)
13 Mb
1080x1920
↓
9:16
Vertical video, fifteen seconds (MP4)
20 Mb
1080x1920
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9:16
Vertical video, fifteen seconds (WEBM)
21 Mb
1080x1920
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9:16
Vertical video, twenty seconds (MP4)
32 Mb
1080x1920
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9:16
Vertical video, twenty seconds (WEBM)
39 Mb
1080x1920
↓
9:16
Vertical video, thirty seconds (MP4)
36 Mb
1080x1920
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9:16
Vertical video, thirty seconds (WEBM)
42 Mb
1080x1920
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9:16
Vertical video, one minute (MP4)
75 Mb
1080x1920
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9:16
Vertical video, one minute (WEBM)
85 Mb
1080x1920
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Feed formats

4:5
Feed format 4:5, 15 seconds (MP4)
13 Mb
1080x1350
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4:5
Feed format 4:5, 15 seconds (WEBM)
14 Mb
1080x1350
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1:1
Square 1:1, 15 seconds (MP4)
9.5 Mb
1080x1080
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1:1
Square 1:1, 15 seconds (WEBM)
9.8 Mb
1080x1080
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Vertical 4K

9:16 4K
Vertical 4K, 15 seconds (MP4)
47 Mb
2160x3840
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9:16 4K
Vertical 4K, 15 seconds (WEBM)
32 Mb
2160x3840
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🧠 What matters in vertical video

The 9:16 frame and the 1080x1920 resolution are the de facto standard: it is how a phone shoots and how the TikTok, Reels and Shorts feeds are built. A file of another ratio will not be rejected, but it will be shown with bars at the sides or cropped at the platform's discretion, so an upload is best checked on 9:16.

The feed formats are for places where vertical is out of place: 4:5 is a post in the Instagram feed, 1:1 a square for general placements and previews. Both are cut from the same footage; all three share one width and differ only in frame height.

The durations run from 5 seconds to a minute: the short ones are handy for a quick player check, while a minute is the upper limit of the short formats and a heavier load besides. The bitrate is around 10 Mbit/s, the same as the original phone footage, so the one-minute clip weighs 75 MB and is useful for checking upload limits rather than slipping through unnoticed.

9:161080x19204:51080x13501:11080x1080same width, different height

Keep in mind that the platform lays its own interface over the video: the name at the top, the caption and buttons at the bottom, the action column on the right. The important part is better kept closer to the centre of the frame, or it will be covered.

The 9:16 clips and the feed formats were shot on a phone, and the sound comes from the same place. Only the 4K file is rendered: the phone recorded in Full HD, and stretching that to 4K and calling it 4K would not be honest.

When you need this: checking an upload to an ad account or a scheduling tool, debugging a player and in-app preview, testing cropping and scaling across ratios, checking limits on size and duration, showing a layout before the real clip has been shot.