We all love sharing GIFs, and in order to share your animated photos on the internet via social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, you will need to keep the size of file low. So keep your GIF clips short as video uploads usually increase the size of a GIF file.
Here are the current size limits for uploading a GIF (graphic interchange format) to various social media networks. Last updated April 25th 2023.
GIF upload limits
| Platform | GIF Upload Limit |
|---|---|
| Imgur | 200 MB |
| Giphy | 100 MB |
| 15 MB (5 MB on mobile devices) | |
| 15 MB | |
| Tumblr | 10 MB |
| 100 MB | |
| Tenor | 50 MB |
| Slack | 1 GB (for paid plans) |
| Discord | 8 MB |
| 100 MB | |
| 35 MB | |
| 100 MB | |
| 16 MB | |
| 20 MB | |
| Line | 20 MB |
| Viber | 20 MB |
| TikTok | 60 MB |
| Snapchat | 32 MB |
| Twitch | 8 MB |
| Vimeo | 500 MB (for paid plans) |
Twitter only allows 5 MB file size for posts on mobile.
If your GIF file is too large, there are plenty of tools online available to help you compress the image size so you may be able to have a version of the GIF that fits within the limits of social networks. Note that Instagram only allows videos to be posted that are over 3 seconds long, so ensure your GIF meets this minimum. Check our post on the Best tools to compress your GIF images. for step-by-step resources on reducing the size of animated images.