# Average 'payload' size per pageview (to calculate bandwidth needs)

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**Created:** [10 مايو 2015، 10:16م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/average-payload-size-per-pageview-to-calculate-bandwidth-needs/28600 "2015-05-10T22:16:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [11 مايو 2015، 1:13ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/average-payload-size-per-pageview-to-calculate-bandwidth-needs/28600/3 "2015-05-11T01:13:21Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Wrong question, ask how many image files you will be serving and how often…

If that’s the case then the only thing to do is figure out the average number of images per topic and add up.

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