Compress a video to 16 MB
Under 16 MB, sure, and sharp enough to watch. Your video never leaves your device.
Or drop it on the page. Free, no limit, no watermark.
16 MB was WhatsApp's video limit for years, and many forms still take no more.
What a video keeps at 16 MB
| Length | Picture |
|---|---|
| 15 s | 1080p, 30 images per second |
| 30 s | 1080p, 30 images per second |
| 1 min | 720p, 30 images per second |
| 3 min | 360p, 30 images per second |
| 10 min | 240p, 30 images per second |
Worked out by the page's own planner, for a 1080p video at 30 images per second, with its sound.
Questions
- How long a video fits in 16 MB?
- The table above shows what each length keeps at 16 MB: the shorter the video, the sharper it stays. If it is too long, the page tells you how many minutes fit.
- Does compressing lose quality?
- Some: the smaller the file, the fewer details it keeps. The page picks the picture size and the images per second that stay clean at 16 MB, rather than a blurred full-size picture.
- Is my video uploaded anywhere?
- No. Your browser reads and compresses it on your device; the page never receives it, which is why there is no size or length limit.
How it works
Your video stays with you
Your browser reads the video and encodes it again on your device, with its own video chip. It is sent to no server: you can go offline once the compression has started.
You give a size, not settings
Say where the video is going: the page works out the bitrate, the resolution and the frames per second that fit under the limit, then weighs the result. If it is over, it starts again a little lower.
Free and without limit, because nothing goes through us
A site that compresses on its servers pays for every file, so it limits what it gives away. Here your device does the work: no account, no queue, no watermark.
The limits, read on November 13, 2026
| Destination | Target |
|---|---|
Discord Without Nitro. 50 MB with Nitro Basic, up to 1 GB with Nitro. support.discord.com | 20 MB |
100 MB on a good connection, 64 MB on a slow one: 64 passes everywhere. faq.whatsapp.com | 64 MB |
Attachments of one message, Gmail and Outlook.com alike. support.google.comsupport.microsoft.com | 25 MB |