{"id":4836,"date":"2016-07-12T17:09:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T09:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/12\/twitter-increases-gif-size-limit-to-15mb-but-only-for-the-web\/"},"modified":"2016-07-12T17:09:36","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T09:09:36","slug":"twitter-increases-gif-size-limit-to-15mb-but-only-for-the-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/12\/twitter-increases-gif-size-limit-to-15mb-but-only-for-the-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter increases GIF size limit to 15MB, but only for the web"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f141977%2f1\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/puyf9ywqzYij6w5yVql9do8E5K8=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F141977%2F1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Twitter+increases+GIF+size+limit+to+15MB%2C+but+only+for+the+web&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F12%2Ftwitter-gif-size-limit%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F12%2Ftwitter-gif-size-limit%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>You don&#8217;t know rage unless you&#8217;ve tried to post a cute puppy GIF to Twitter and couldn&#8217;t, because it was just slightly over the 5MB limit. Well, those days are over now, as Twitter has increased the GIF size limit to 15MB.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>First <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/7\/11\/12154400\/twitter-gif-size-limit-update-web-15mb-files\">spotted by<\/a> The Verge, and confirmed by Twitter&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/20156423#web\">support page<\/a>, the change only pertains to the web version of Twitter \u2014 on mobile, the GIF limit is still 5MB.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/11\/best-tweets-june\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Twitter&#8217;s best tweets during this past week<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Photos can be up to 5MB; animated GIFs can be up to 5MB on mobile, and up to 15MB on web&#8221;, says Twitter&#8217;s support page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Even though its limitations are part of its appeal, Twitter has recently begun relaxing many of the restrictions on its services. In May, the company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/7\/11\/12154400\/twitter-gif-size-limit-update-web-15mb-files\">started<\/a> counting images, polls and user names separately from its 140-character tweet limit.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/12\/twitter-gif-size-limit\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/social-networking\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Social Networking<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/gif\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Gif<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/twitter\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/mobile\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Mobile<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href='http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/6692\/mash.to\/rss&amp;pos=atf&amp;tag=ad&amp;mtype=standard&amp;type=rss&amp;sz=300x250&amp;c=1468311840' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/6692\/mash.to\/rss&amp;pos=atf&amp;tag=ad&amp;mtype=standard&amp;type=rss&amp;sz=300x250&amp;c=1468311840'><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/H4wdz0HXnc8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don&#8217;t know rage unless you&#8217;ve tried to post a cute puppy GIF to Twitter and couldn&#8217;t, because it was just slightly over the 5MB limit. 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