Big gifs welcome: Twitter increases maximum gif size to 15MB on web

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If you’ve ever tried to post a gif to Twitter only to be told that the file size was too large, you’re in for a pleasant surprise. According to Twitter’s Help Center, the company has increased the maximum gif size to 15MB on the web, a much-needed change from the original 5MB limit.

Twitter didn’t mention this change on social media nor did it make a big announcement about it. Rather, its Help Center page detailing image, video, and gif-posting regulations reflects the change under the “size and file type requirements” section. “Photos can be up to 5MB; animated GIFs can be up to 5MB on mobile, and up to 15MB on web,” the page states. That means you’ll only be able to take advantage of the higher limit if you’re posting to Twitter from your computer—you’ll still have to live with smaller gifs if you’re posting from your smartphone.

While Twitter’s inherent limits have been a large part of its popularity, recently the company has been expanding some of them for more flexibility. Recently it stopped counting images, polls, and user names as part of its 140-character limit. Twitter has also relaxed the rules of its quick-video platform Vine by increasing the video length limit from 6 seconds to 140 seconds.

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