Spotify PFP Ideas: Aesthetic, Anime, Funny and Music

What Makes a Good Spotify PFP

• Simple: it shows as a small circle, so one clear subject beats a busy scene.
• Square and centered: the circle crop cuts the corners, so keep the subject in the middle.
• Yours to use: Spotify requires that your picture doesn't violate copyright, trademark or personal image rights (Spotify Support).

Aesthetic Spotify PFP Ideas

• A grainy film photo of sky, city lights or a window at night
• One flower, leaf or plant on a plain background
• A soft two-tone gradient or muted color block
• Rain on a car window with blurred streetlights
• A cassette, record or film camera on a plain surface
• The moon, small and off center in a dark frame

Anime PFP Ideas

• A calm character portrait instead of an action frame
• A character wearing headphones
• A quiet background shot with no characters, like a train car or classroom
• Black and white manga panel, cropped to one face
• A matching half of a duo pfp with a friend
• A retro 90s frame with warm grain

Funny PFP Ideas

• An animal mid-yawn or mid-sneeze
• A pigeon caught mid-stride
• A frog, which reads well at tiny sizes
• A grocery item shot like a serious portrait
• A dog in sunglasses that don't fit
• One word like "no" in huge type on a plain background

Music Themed PFP Ideas

• A close crop of a vinyl groove, turntable needle or headphones
• Three or four piano keys
• A concert photo where the stage lights do the work
• A cassette with a handwritten label
• A waveform or equalizer graphic
• A one-color doodle of your favorite instrument

For a bolder look, some Spotify Wrapped templates crop well into a square picture. For playlist art instead, see our playlist cover ideas.

Get the Size Right

Spotify's help lists no size or format rules for profile pictures (Spotify Support), so use a square image large enough to look sharp and swap in a bigger copy if it uploads blurry. More in how to change your Spotify profile picture. To open a picture that's already on a profile at full size, use our Spotify profile picture downloader guide.

How to Set Your New PFP

1. Mobile: tap your profile picture, then View Profile, then Edit. On desktop, click your profile picture and select Profile.
2. Tap Change photo, or on desktop click your picture.
3. Pick your image. On desktop, click Save.

If your account is connected to Facebook, Spotify shows your Facebook picture by default and the remove option may be missing (Spotify Support). Pair your new picture with one of our Spotify profile name ideas, or save a full size copy with the Spotify pfp downloader guide.