The Patreon Cover Photo size (1600×400px)
The Patreon cover photo is the wide banner across the top of your creator page, and Patreon recommends a 1600x400 pixel image in a very wide 4:1 ratio. Because the banner is so much wider than it is tall, it behaves more like a decorative strip than a poster, framing your profile picture and page title rather than carrying detailed artwork on its own. Uploading at 1600x400 keeps the strip crisp across desktop widths.
The layout detail that trips people up is the overlay. Your avatar, creator name, and the become-a-member button sit on top of the cover, and on smaller screens the very wide banner gets cropped inward toward its center. That combination means the left portion is often partly hidden by the profile block and the far edges can be trimmed on mobile, so any text or logo you want seen should live in the central region, away from where the avatar and buttons overlap.
Sizing to the native 4:1 shape prevents the heavy cropping you would get from forcing a normal landscape photo into such a wide slot, and it lets you choose a composition that reads as an intentional banner rather than a squeezed snapshot. Because a creator page is a pitch to potential patrons, a clean, on-brand strip that complements your avatar builds instant credibility. This tool resizes 100% in your browser with no upload, it is free, and it preserves the 4:1 aspect ratio. Patreon updates its page layout periodically, so verify the current cover spec before a relaunch.