Discord accepts a smaller minimum, but sizing up keeps your banner sharp on the larger screens your community actually uses.
Discord's server banner appears at the top of your server, and while Discord technically accepts a 960×540 upload, that resolution starts looking soft the moment it's viewed on a larger monitor or a higher boost tier that displays it bigger. Uploading at full 1920×1080 avoids that entirely.
Open Squeezr and drop in your banner design.
Turn on Resize, unlock the aspect-ratio lock, and set width and height to 1920 × 1080.
Choose Fit mode if your design already fills 16:9, or Crop if you're resizing a photo to fill the frame.
Keep any text or logo centered, since Discord may crop the edges differently on smaller screens.
Export as JPG or PNG and upload it as your server banner in Server Settings.
Skip the manual math — open Squeezr with this preset already dialed in.
Open Squeezr preset to 1920×1080 →960×540 keeps the file size small, which matters for servers without a lot of boost levels or bandwidth to spare. But since most members view Discord on a desktop or laptop screen considerably larger than that, 1920×1080 is worth the larger file for a noticeably sharper result.
A banner and server icon that share a color palette or design language make a server feel more intentional and professional the moment someone joins. If you're setting both up at once, resize them back to back in Squeezr using the same source art direction.