Social Media QR Code Generator

One QR Code instead of a dozen links: it opens your page with every profile and messenger you have, and that list can change as often as you like.

Website link
Drag a PDF here or choose a fileChoose a file
Up to 5 MB
You can replace the PDF at any time — the QR Code stays the same.
A link to a video, Shorts, playlist or channel will do.
You can replace the video at any time — the QR Code stays the same.
Drag a file here or choose a fileChoose a file
PDF, JPEG, PNG, MP4, MP3, Excel, Word · Up to 5 MB
The file is stored securely on QRPlace servers and opens when the code is scanned.
You can replace the file at any time — the QR Code stays the same.
You can change the menu at any time — the QR Code stays the same.
A link to your company page with reviews on Google — after scanning, the customer can leave a review straight away.
Guests connect to your Wi-Fi with one scan — no typing the password by hand.
Drag a video here or choose a fileChoose a video
MP4, MOV · Up to 5 MB
You can replace the video at any time — the QR Code stays the same.
Drag audio here or choose a fileChoose audio
MP3, WAV, M4A · Up to 5 MB
You can replace the audio at any time — the QR Code stays the same.
The full number with the country code — the one people will write to after scanning.
It appears in the chat already typed — all that is left is to tap “Send”.
You can replace the number and the message at any time — the QR Code stays the same.
A full link or just the page name will do — mybrand, for example.
You can replace the profile at any time — the QR Code stays the same.
A full link or just the account name will do — @mybrand, for example.
You can replace the profile at any time — the QR Code stays the same.
A full link or just the account name will do — mybrand, for example.
You can replace the profile at any time — the QR Code stays the same.
A full link or just the account name will do — @mybrand, for example.
You can replace the profile at any time — the QR Code stays the same.
A full link or just the account name will do — @mybrand, for example.
You can replace the profile at any time — the QR Code stays the same.
0 / 100 · The email opens already filled in, so the person only has to tap “Send”.
After scanning, the phone offers to dial the number.
Type the address in words or paste a Google Maps link.
You can replace the address at any time — the QR Code stays the same.
0 / 300 · The text lives inside the code itself: it opens even without an internet connection and stays exactly as printed.
The details are not filled in yet — this code is shown as an example only.
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Social media QR Code

What a social media QR Code is and how it works

A social media QR Code is a code with your own page of profiles behind it: a photograph, a name, a short line about you and buttons — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, WhatsApp, Telegram, LinkedIn and the rest. A person scans one code and picks for themselves where they would rather read you.

One QR Code
Your page
Sofia Bennett Food and travel photography. New video every Friday.
Instagram
TikTok
YouTube
WhatsApp
Telegram
LinkedIn

The page lives in your account — which is why the code here is always dynamic, and the list on the page can be edited any day. Add a platform, reorder them, drop the one you have abandoned — the printed code stays exactly as it was.

What happens after the scan
1

Someone points a camera at the QR Code.

2

Your page with all the links opens.

3

They choose the network they want and go there with one tap.

What you need to build the page
A photograph or a logoThe first thing a person sees on the page.
A name and a descriptionWho you are and what you do — a couple of lines is enough.
Links to your profilesSocial networks and messengers are added with buttons, and the order of the buttons is yours to choose.

When one network makes the better code

If you run a single platform and are inviting people precisely there, a code straight to the profile is shorter and clearer — an extra screen on the way only loses people. Every network has a page of its own for that: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X (Twitter), Pinterest and WhatsApp. A page with a list wins where there are several platforms and you would rather not choose for the other person.

Comparison

What is the difference between a static and a dynamic QR Code?

The same pattern on paper — different options once it is printed.

Static QR URL Analytics
  • A static code is tied to its link for good, and that link cannot be changed.
  • Analytics are not available for codes like this either.
Dynamic QR URL 1 URL 2 PDF Menu Analytics
  • The link or the file the code leads to can be changed at any moment.
  • Analytics show the number of scans, the countries and the devices.
  • You can set a password, an expiry date and a limit on how many people it lets in.
Example 1: a QR Code in brand colours Example 2: a QR Code in brand colours Example 3: a QR Code in brand colours Example 4: a QR Code in brand colours

QRPlace is not affiliated with the brands shown. The visuals are used for demonstration purposes only.

Styling

A QR Code in your brand colours

Add a logo, your brand colours and the shape of the elements — and the QR Code becomes part of your design on packaging, in a menu, on a business card or in a shop window.

What you can set in the editor above
  • Logo — upload your own file.
  • Colours — set the code, the background or a gradient.
  • Shape and eyes — choose the shape of the elements.
  • Frame — add a caption and set the style.
  • Preset — save the styling for your next QR Codes.
Where to use it

Where a social media QR Code works best

Where you cannot know in advance what the person on the other side of the camera uses — and there is nobody there to ask.

A shop window and the till

One code instead of a row of icons on the glass: the person picks the network they use themselves, and you are not guessing for them or sticking on six stickers in a row.

FOLLOW US

Packaging and the card in the order

The buyer is holding the goods — the best moment there is to follow you. And the list behind the code can be changed the very next day, when the boxes have long gone out.

A business card and a badge

A piece of card has no room for five icons with handles beside them. The code takes up one corner and leads to where everything is gathered at once.

Staff T-shirts and the side of a van

A code like that is noticed in passing, on the move and once. Which is exactly why a page with all the links belongs behind it: there will be no second chance to explain.

The end of a video and a presentation slide

The viewer points a camera at the screen and arrives where the profiles, the messengers and the website all are — instead of copying a handle off the last frame.

Before you print

Check the page, not only the code

Leave only the platforms that are alive

An abandoned profile in the list does more harm than no profile at all: everything else is judged by it.

Check every link

One typo and a person hits “page not found” — on your own shop window, of all places.

The main one goes first

A list is read from the top down: the network you are inviting people to should stand at the beginning, not third.

Open the page where you are not signed in

That is exactly how a visitor will see it — from somebody else’s phone, or in a guest window.

QRPlace

Why choose QRPlace?

Hosted in Germany

Your codes, files and scan statistics live on servers in Germany, under EU data protection law (GDPR).

Scan as much as you like

The number of scans is not limited, and we never put an expiry date on your codes.

Plenty of dynamic codes

Our plans come with plenty of dynamic codes, so every poster, table and product can have its own.

Questions and answers

Common questions about social media QR Codes

Which networks can be added, whether the list can change after printing, what the figures show and how this page differs from a business card.

No answer here? Write to us
How do I make a QR Code for my social media?
Build the page in the generator above: a photograph or a logo, a name, a couple of lines about yourself and buttons for the platforms you want — the order of the buttons is yours. After that style the code and download it.
Why is one QR Code better than a dozen separate ones?
There is one code, and as many links behind it as you like. On a shop window that is the difference between six stickers and one; on a business card, between “it did not fit” and “it did”. A new platform appears — you add a line to the page, and nothing has to go to print again.
Can I change the list once the QR Code is printed?
Yes, that is what a page like this is kept for: the list lives apart from the pattern. Left one network, started a channel on another, changed your handle — open the page in your account, rewrite the line, save. The stickers in the window and the boxes already on their way to customers never even find out.
Do I need an account for a social media QR Code?
Yes, and there is no way round it: the list of links is a page of ours, and a page cannot belong to nobody. Once you are signed in, that same list is yours to reorder or shorten at any hour of the day — which is the part people actually use.
Which social networks and messengers can go on the page?
The main networks and messengers — they are picked with buttons right in the builder, each with its own icon. Beside them goes a plain link to your website: it often turns out to be the most useful line in the list.
Can the page be made in my own colours?
Yes: the page comes with ready colour schemes — the background, the header and the buttons with the network icons all change together. The QR Code itself is coloured separately, to match the shopfront or the packaging rather than the page: a person sees those two at different moments and never side by side.
Is anything collected about the people who open the page?
Only what any scan records: when it happened, from which country, on what kind of device, with which operating system and browser, and from which page the person arrived, if any. No name, no email, no street: the page holds nothing but your links, with no fields for anybody’s details, no subscription forms and no requests for an email. A person either goes off into the network they chose or closes the page.
Can I see how many times the page was opened?
Yes, your account shows the scans and the days — that is, how many times a camera was pointed at it. Which of the platforms in the list people find more interesting is something the networks’ own figures will tell you: those are different counters, and they are worth keeping side by side.
Where do people usually put a social media QR Code?
Where a person walks past and decides in a second: a shop window, the till, the packaging of an order, a badge, a staff T-shirt, the last frame of a video. What all those places have in common is that there is nobody there to ask which network the person uses.
Which format should I download for print?
SVG: print shops ask for it when they print a sticker for a window, packaging or T-shirts — it goes soft neither on a small icon nor across a back. PNG is handy for screens: the end of a video, a slide, the artwork of a profile.
How is this page different from a business card?
Here there are only platforms — to follow and to write. A phone number, an email and a “Save contact” button are deliberately absent: the moment they appear, a person stops understanding why they are being handed two similar codes. If you need to be put into an address book, take a business card QR Code.

Build your own page of links

Add a photograph, a name and your profiles in the builder above, style the code in your own colours and download it for print — it’s free. The list can be rewritten later and the stickers stay as they are.

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Analytics

Summary statistics for dynamic QR Codes
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Top QR Codes

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Statistics

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Scans over time

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Bulk generation

A table goes in — a batch of finished codes comes out: links, text or business cards.
Step 1

Which codes we are creating

Download the sample table, fill it in with your own data and upload it back.

Step 2

Upload your table

Drag the file here
Excel (XLSX) or CSV
Step 3

Choose the columns for the name and the contents of the QR Code

Step 5

Batch settings

Step 6

Design

Standard design
Saved presets

Don’t forget to run a test scan
Step 7

Where to put the QR Codes

Step 8

Check it and start

Place QR Code

Open your own file and put a QR Code on it.
Drag the document here
PDF, JPEG or PNG — up to 20 MB
The file stays in your browser — it never goes to the server.

Settings

Personal information
Sign-in and security
Password
Where you are signed in
Devices where this account is open now. Do not recognise one? End its session and change your password.
Delete account
Your dynamic QR Codes stop working right away (static ones keep working), and the email is freed up. We request immediate cancellation of any paid subscription; it doesn’t come back with the account. For some time afterwards support can still restore the account.
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Report a QR Code

A code leads to a scam, a virus or someone else’s material — tell us and we will look into it

If a QR Code from our domain leads to suspicious or unwanted material, let us know through this form.

Give the link and tell us why you think the code is illegal or breaks our Terms of Service. Leave your name and email, and we’ll confirm we’ve received your report and tell you what we decide.

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By sending this report, you confirm that it is accurate and made in good faith.

A report does not switch a code off by itself: one of our team decides after checking.