Compress video to 16 MB
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Compress to fit a 16 MB limit
Sixteen megabytes is a meaningful target because it is the practical ceiling for inline video on WhatsApp's phone app, and a common limit on other upload fields too. It is a comfortable budget for short clips: a few minutes of clean 720p video fits, which is why it works well for the kind of quick clips people message to each other.
This tool sizes your clip to land under 16 MB, holding resolution as high as the budget allows and checking the finished file genuinely fits. If you are specifically sending on WhatsApp, the dedicated WhatsApp page explains the inline-versus-document distinction; this page is the plain size target.
Questions people ask
- How much video fits in 16 MB?
- Around 2 to 4 minutes at 720p for typical footage. High-motion video eats the budget faster. For longer clips, trimming keeps quality much higher than squeezing everything in.
- Is 16 MB the WhatsApp limit?
- It is the practical cap for inline video on WhatsApp's phone app, which re-compresses larger clips. If you are sending on WhatsApp specifically, the WhatsApp page covers sending as a document to keep full quality.
- Is my file uploaded?
- No. Compression runs entirely in your browser, on your device. Nothing is sent to any server.