# GIF size 1.2M but Discourse says - over 4 MB?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-size-1-2m-but-discourse-says-over-4-mb/276921>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** uploads\
**Created:** [August 28, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-size-1-2m-but-discourse-says-over-4-mb/276921 "2023-08-28T16:29:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![maiki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maiki/32/233950_2.png) [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-size-1-2m-but-discourse-says-over-4-mb/276921/6 "2023-08-28T19:45:10Z")

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The image information says 1.2MB:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/c/7/4c7b18c10c76f6bb755468acd76501a5446ff66b.png)

Now I’ll upload it to Discourse:

![example](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/1/1/311ea30fe66f5c1710f052c5012726158e18740b.gif)

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