I have a pet peeve. Okay fine, I’ve got more than one of them. One in particular has to do with social media icons. It may be silly, but I just can’t stand seeing outdated social media icons. In an attempt to save the world from outdated social media icons I’ve created my own and you can download them for free!
Whether it’s a blog, business site, or just a cool infographic, one outdated social icon can totally ruin it for me. I can understand, though, that it’s not easy to stay on top with how often some of these sites change their icons. Twitter just recently changed theirs again (what’s this the 4th or 5th time?). Before that, StumbleUpon got a trendy new look that reinvented their brand colors (which I loved)!
For me, this is one of those small details that can communicate volumes about your digital presence. Staying on the cutting edge keeps you relevant, reinforces trust, and helps you achieve social media rockstar status. If you’re going to build and design a blog worth following it is essential that your social media links are both visible and current. That’s why I created this free icon set for you to download and use at your leisure.
[This is part of the Blog Design Essentials series. You can view the rest of the posts by clicking here.]
What is in the set?
I’ve hand picked the most popular social sites out there and created four different downloadable sets. I’ve created a Chicklet version (squared icons) and a minimalistic version (no square). They are all 32x32px (because I don’t believe in smaller icons 
…). Here are the sites included in the set:
- Google+
- LinkedIn (updated)
- Youtube
- Vimeo
- StumbleUpon (updated)
- Flickr
- Spotify
- RSS
- Instagram (new)
- Pinterest (new)
- and as a bonus… my icon (just in case you want to show your support for dustn.tv)
Because this is quite a meticulous and time-consuming process, I’ve only included the bare essentials in this package. 4 sets of 12 icons, that’s a total of 48 free social icons that I’ve created for you! Needless to say it took some time to craft all of these, and being a full-time husband and daddy, I just can’t afford to do every single site out there. However, I am open to requests if you have any specific icons you’d like for your set– just inquire on my contact page.
How about a preview?
Here’s what the icon sets look like:
The goal is to stay as current and accurate to each social network as possible to ensure consistency with brand recognition. However, you’ll notice that I have made one exception to that rule with the YouTube icon. The reason is because in light of Google’s newest attempts to simplify and beautify their design across all their products, I’m betting that they will move towards this same icon some time soon.
I will be keeping this page as current as possible. Every time one of these social networks changes it’s icon– you can bet I’ll be updating these sets as soon as possible. So it might be a good idea to bookmark this page or subscribe for updates so you’ll never miss an update.
I hope you enjoy this set and if you have any questions just let me know in the comments below!
What are you waiting for– click the button now! Download Icon Set
Are there any sites that you think I should have included in the set? You can leave a comment by clicking here.
Great idea. How about an icon for my blog – the Stretched blog? Just kidding – sort of. I’ve been thinking about working with someone to come up with a logo for my blog. How do you think your logo has helped to expand your platform?
Well John, I do actually offer brand identity and logo design, but I’m pretty booked up. I’m trying to formulate something for people in your shoes that would be practical and highly effective for a blogger… Still working on it though.
As far as your question goes, I think it has definitely helped solidify my brand image in a number of ways. I’ve also gotten a lot more requests for logo design and brand identity because of it.
Awesome! I will try to use these on my site. What about Instagram? Is there a way to direct people to your instagram?
That social network is becoming really popular!
Currently, Instagram doesn’t have a way to access people’s profiles on the web. You have to be in the app to find people. And I agree… Instagram is awesome!
Great Stuff Dustin! Really enjoy these!
I’m Glad you like them Stephen!
Lovely icons, thank you! Would Pinterest be an appropriate addition to your icon set?
It is definitely a popular network… never really worked into my personal online strategy… yet. Thanks for the suggestion– that will definitely be my next addition to the set!
Hi, I would love to have Pinterest and Tumblr. Awesome blog BTW.
Thanks Kimberly! I’ve gotten several requests for a Pintrest icon… I think it’s about time to do it.
HI, how cool to have connected with you on G+ today. I also see that you have added Pinterest and IG icons. Thank you! I made one Pinterest icon to match one of your sets, but I’m VERY sure your’s is much better. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Kim
Haha! Very cool indeed! Thank you for the compliments! Is there any other icon you would like to see added?
Since you asked…Lol. I made a tumblr icon to match your icons however, I’m sure yours would be much nicer, so tumblr would be my request. Another request would be an icon for QwikR.me – I would be happy to add an advertising banner on QwikR that links back to you. I would love to have an icon set that includes QwikR to offer all of the people that have free profiles, giving you full credit, of course. If you want an idea of what a profile looks like, you can see mine at http://QwikR.me/QRKim
Hey Dustin,
Love this!
Could you make a Pinterest and Instagram icon please? Instagram now have online profiles and pinterest has grown a lot!
You know what… I think it is time to add those two to the set. Thanks for the nudge Razzle!
Dustin,
Do you know how to add Stumbleupon to Standard theme at the top?
Happy to pay for them in the future too! These are seriously beautiful
Do you mean a StumbleUpon Sharer? Or just a link to a StumbleUpon profile?
To a Stumbleupon profile…
And I saw you link to this page in your latest post
Good job!
Dustin,
I just converted over to the Standard Theme and are using your buttons. These buttons look great, thank you for sharing!
Tim
Awesome Tim!
Hey Dustin, awesome work and i like your logo as well. Will most deff be a subscriber.
Thanks Jose! I’m glad you like it!
You should make a Soundcloud icon!
I will consider it. Are you pretty active there?
Very, it is how I find most of my websites music.
Awesome. I’ve never really explored it much. I’ll keep it in mind for the next update!
How about Soundcloud? Thanks for the icons, they look great.
I will keep that in mind for the next update! You’re not the first to ask. Thanks Josh!
THANK YOU. I think I am gonna need quick entry code for “Thank you, Dustin!” very soon, much as I say it nowadays…
Haha! You’re welcome Tre!
Dude you rock! I love them. I recently spent like an hour going through iconfinder.com to find updated cool social media icons and they all sucked.
Thank you!
You’re welcome Devan!
Hei Dustin, great work on the icons, I put it in my list of ressources for my ‘students’.
One wish: An icon for a website. While this may not make sense in the first thought, there is a reason behind it: this would allow somebody to use your icons also on other sites like tumblr (to link back to the real webpage, many people have a side tumblr).
Soundcloud is a good idea, as they have a heavy usage with people who are producer mindset = also likely to be on many different plattforms. Not only the musicians but also the people who use it for spoken words or sound recordings. Along those lines an itunes icon for those podcasters would be great.
If you like to make it more versatile (and even encourage more businesses to discover you) a foursquare icon would be great – along side a link in the menu to ‘hire me’.
While there are many other options out there, those are actually the major networks to look through.
Thanks again for the icons!
Thanks Nicole! Those are some great ideas! What do you teach?
Maybe Instagram?
Already there!