banner image

Page top picture

A banner image is a wide, horizontal graphic displayed prominently at the top of a webpage, email, or document.

The format emphasizes breadth over height, creating a strip that spans the width of the content below: The site's banner image shows a panoramic mountain view.

Banner images typically establish visual identity or highlight featured content.

Related

headline · cover · cover photo · splash · graphic · advertisement · flag · pennant · scroll · carousel · overlay · clickable · promotional · call to action · website · landing · landing page · digital

Opposites
visual prominence and scale

banner imagefavicon

Website's tiny logo

thumbnail · icon · avatar · pixel art · profile picture

position and hierarchy

banner imagefavicon

Website's tiny logo

background image · watermark

content type

banner imageplain text

Unencoded readable characters

body text · minimalist design · alt text

Family

banner, image, banners, bannered, images, imaged, imaging, imagery, imaginable

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G