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title: "WordPress Upload Size: Images Doubled in Weight in One Year - PageSpeed Matters"
url: https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/wordpress-upload-size
description: "Original-size WordPress images uploaded in 2026 and served on top 1M pages have a median of 71.8 KB, against 17.7 KB for 2020 uploads still in use and 26.5 KB for 2024 uploads."
lang: en
---

WordPress Upload Size: Images Doubled in Weight in One Year (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/wordpress-upload-size)

Original-size WordPress images uploaded in 2026 and served on top 1M pages have a median of 71.8 KB, against 17.7 KB for 2020 uploads still in use and 26.5 KB for 2024 uploads.

Median original-size WordPress upload by upload year

2018 16 KB

2020 17.7 KB

2022 19.6 KB

2024 26.5 KB

2025 35.1 KB

2026 71.8 KB

Source: PageSpeed Matters. HTTP Archive top 1M crawl, Sept 2026, mobile. Per-request medians.

Survivorship applies: only older images still in use are counted.

Source: WordPress Upload Size: Images Doubled in Weight in One Year - PageSpeed Matters (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/wordpress-upload-size)