Homepage Sponsorship
- Image
- Square logo, SVG or PNG, transparent. Full colour for Headline, monochrome for Featured and Community
- Copy
- One line for the Email Newsletter co-brand, Headline sponsors only
- Also send
- Destination URL
daily.dev creative specs
Creative specs for every daily.dev placement.
Image sizes, headline lengths, safe zones and real examples for In-Feed, the Email Newsletter, Squad covers, Homepage Sponsorship and Engagement Ads. Everything your team needs to send, on one page and in one PDF.
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Creative is included in every daily.dev Ads plan.
Our team makes it with you. Use these specs to bring your own files, or to brief us.
By placement
Everything your team needs, by placement.
In-Feed ads need a 1024 × 512 px image (JPG or PNG), a headline up to 80 characters, a square logo and a destination URL. Newsletter ads need a 680 × 512 px image, a headline, button text, a logo and a URL. A Squad cover is 1584 × 396 px, with the logo and text inside the centred 1260 × 220 px safe zone.
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In-Feed
- Image
- 1024 × 512 px, JPG or PNG
- Copy
- Headline up to 80 characters
- Also send
- Logo or favicon, destination URL
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Email Newsletter
- Image
- 680 × 512 px, JPG or PNG
- Copy
- Headline up to 80 characters, CTA text
- Also send
- Round or square logo, destination URL
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Squad cover image
- Image
- 1584 × 396 px, PNG or JPG, up to 2 MB
- Copy
- Text 48 px tall or larger, inside the safe zone
- Also send
- Nothing else: your name and avatar sit below it
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Homepage Sponsorship
- Image
- Square logo, SVG or PNG, transparent. Full colour for Headline, monochrome for Featured and Community
- Copy
- One line for the Email Newsletter co-brand, Headline sponsors only
- Also send
- Destination URL
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Engagement Ads
- Image
- Logo and small brand mark, square SVG or PNG, transparent
- Copy
- Card headline plus one supporting line, CTA text
- Also send
- Brand colour for the upvote burst, destination URL
Sponsored Content is a full post, not an ad unit: bring a draft or a brief and our editors handle the rest. How Sponsored Content works →
In-Feed: one image, one headline, one link.
Your card sits in the feed, between the posts developers came to read.
Always visible
Edges crop in list layouts
- Image size
- 1024 × 512 px JPG, JPEG or PNG.
- Always visible
- 812 × 512 px, centred List layouts crop the left and right edges.
- Headline
- Up to 80 characters 60 or fewer reads best.
- Logo
- Favicon or icon Square, shown beside your name.
- Link
- Any destination URL Shortened URLs, UTMs or any tracking you prefer.
- Variants
- 10 to 15 Mix headlines, images and URLs so delivery can optimise.
In-Feed, in practice: what JetBrains sent.
Three pieces in, one card out. Each number marks where a piece landed.
What JetBrains sent
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1. Image 1024 × 512 px
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2. Headline Up to 80 characters
“Free Pro IDEs for Hobby Projects”
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3. Logo Favicon or icon
What developers saw
A JetBrains In-Feed ad that ran on daily.dev, shown as an example of the spec.
Email Newsletter: one sponsor per send.
Your story runs in the newsletter developers chose to receive, with no other ad beside it.
Your image 680 × 512 px, the whole frame shows
- Image size
- 680 × 512 px JPG, JPEG or PNG.
- Logo
- Round or square Whichever suits your brand.
- Headline
- Up to 80 characters 60 or fewer reads best.
- Call to action
- Your button text For example “Try now” or “Get started”.
- Target URL
- Any destination URL Tracking links and UTMs are supported.
Email Newsletter, in practice: what CodeRabbit sent.
Four pieces in, one story-sized slot in the send.
What CodeRabbit sent
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1. Image 680 × 512 px
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2. Logo Round or square
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3. Headline Up to 80 characters
“Cut Code Review Time & Bugs in Half. Supports TypeScript, Python, Java and more.”
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4. Call to action Your button text
“Get started”
What developers saw
A CodeRabbit sponsorship that ran in the daily.dev newsletter, shown as an example of the spec.
Squad cover: keep it in the safe zone.
Every daily.dev Ads plan includes a Verified Company Squad. The cover runs across the top of its page, and every screen crops it differently.
Safe zone
Squad avatar 480 × 170 px · keep clear
May be cropped on some screens
- Image size
- 1584 × 396 px Export at exactly this size.
- Aspect ratio
- 4 : 1
- Safe zone
- 1260 × 220 px, centred From x 162 to 1422, y 88 to 308.
- Keep clear
- 480 × 170 px Bottom-left. The Squad avatar sits on top of it.
Squad cover, in practice: Infisical’s verified Squad.
The cover across the top, the avatar over its corner, the name and badge below it.
What Infisical set up
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1. Cover image 1584 × 396 px
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2. Squad avatar Covers the bottom-left corner
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3. Name and badge Set below the cover
What developers see
Infisical’s Verified Company Squad on daily.dev, captured October 2026 and shown as an example.
Squad cover image: the file, and what to avoid.
- File format
- PNG or JPG WebP and AVIF are also accepted.
- Max file size
- 2 MB
- Background
- Solid, no transparency Transparent areas change colour in light and dark mode.
- Text size
- 48 px tall or larger On phones the cover is only 112 px tall.
Do
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Keep your logo and all text inside the safe zone.
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Leave the bottom-left corner clear.
The Squad avatar covers it.
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Export at exactly 1584 × 396 px
so the cover stays sharp on high-resolution screens.
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Use a solid background
with no transparent areas.
Avoid
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Text smaller than 48 px tall.
It becomes hard to read on phones.
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Borders or frames around the edges.
Each screen crops a different side.
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Your Squad name or logo in the cover.
Both already appear right below it.
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Important details near the edges.
Only the safe zone shows on every screen.
Logo placements: send your mark, we place it.
Homepage Sponsorship and Engagement Ads are built around your brand mark, so there is no image to design. Send these.
Engagement Ads
- Image
- Logo and small brand mark, square SVG or PNG, transparent
- Copy
- Card headline plus one supporting line, CTA text
- Also send
- Brand colour for the upvote burst, destination URL
Frequently asked questions
1024 × 512 pixels, as a JPG, JPEG or PNG. List layouts crop the left and right edges, so keep anything important inside the centred 812 × 512 px area that is always visible.
Up to 80 characters for both In-Feed and newsletter ads. Headlines of 60 characters or fewer read best.
A 680 × 512 px image (JPG, JPEG or PNG), a round or square logo, a headline up to 80 characters, your button text (for example “Try now” or “Get started”) and a destination URL. Each send carries one sponsor, with no other ad beside it.
10 to 15. Mix headlines, images and URLs so delivery can optimise, and vary the hook, visual or offer rather than only a colour. Live performance then picks the winner.
1584 × 396 px (4 : 1), as a PNG or JPG up to 2 MB; WebP and AVIF are also accepted. Keep the logo and all text inside the centred 1260 × 220 px safe zone (x 162 to 1422, y 88 to 308), leave the bottom-left 480 × 170 px clear for the Squad avatar, set text at least 48 px tall and use a solid background.
Yes. Any destination URL works, including shortened URLs, UTM parameters or whatever tracking you prefer.
A square logo as a transparent SVG or PNG and a destination URL. Headline sponsors send it in full colour, plus one line for the Email Newsletter co-brand; Featured and Community sponsors send it in monochrome.
No. Creative is included in every daily.dev Ads plan (Starter, Growth and Scale): our team makes it with you. Use these specs to bring your own files or to brief us.
Yes. The same specs, with the three worked examples, are a 10-page PDF you can download from the creative specs page and pass to your designer or agency.
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