advertising unit guidelines (iab)

The Interactive Advertising Bureau's (IAB) Advertising Unit Guidelines are intended for marketers, agencies and media companies for use in the creating, planning, buying and selling of interactive marketing and advertising.

NOTE: All dimensions are in pixels

rectangles & popups

  Max. file size Animation length (s)
300 x 250 IMU (Medium Rectangle) 40k 15 seconds
250 x 250 IMU (Square Pop-Up) 40k 15 seconds
240 x 400 IMU (Vertical Rectangle) 40k 15 seconds
336 x 280 IMU (Large Rectangle) 40k 15 seconds
180 x 150 IMU (Rectangle) 40k 15 seconds
300x100 IMU (3:1 Rectangle) 40k 15 seconds
720x300 IMU (Pop-Under) 40k 15 seconds

banners & buttons

  Max. file size Animation length (s)
468 x 60 IMU (Full Banner) 40k 15 seconds
234 x 60 IMU(Half Banner) 30k 15 seconds
88 x 31 IMU (Micro Bar) 10k 15 seconds
120 x 90 IMU (Button 1) 20k 15 seconds
120 x 60 IMU (Button 2) 20k 15 seconds
120 x 240 IMU (Vertical Banner) 30k 15 seconds
125 x 125 IMU (Square Button) 30k 15 seconds
728 x 90 IMU (Leaderboard) 40k 15 seconds

skyscrapers

  Max. file size Animation length (s)
160 x 600 IMU (Wide Skyscraper) 40k 15 seconds
120 x 600 IMU(Skyscraper) 40k 15 seconds
300 x 600 IMU (Half Page Ad) 40k 15 seconds

Read more and view examples at http://www.iab.net

Updated January 2010