Discord's free limit is documented as 20 MB, but it is still being rolled out account by account — so 10 MB is the size that always goes through. Drop your clip in, tap a Discord preset, and get a file that is verified to fit — compressed in your browser, never uploaded.
Quick answer: Open the Convertlo video compressor with the Discord preset, add your clip and press Compress to size. Discord's free limit is documented as 20 MB (raised from 10 MB in August 2026), but the change went out to accounts in stages — some still cap at 10 MB, some see 25 MB. If the clip is for somebody else, aim at 10 MB. Nitro Basic is 50 MB and Nitro is 500 MB. The tool measures the file it produced and re-encodes if it came out over, so the result really is under the limit.
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Discord's limit went up to 20 MB — but not for everyone at once
On 13 August 2026 Discord raised the free upload limit from 10 MB to 20 MB, and changed mobile to measure file size before compression so it matches desktop. If a tool or article is still telling you 8 MB, it is working from the old numbers.
The part almost nobody mentions: the new cap has been enabled in stages rather than everywhere at once. Checked again on 19 September 2026, 20 MB is the documented free limit, but accounts still report hitting 10 MB and others report 25 MB. There is no setting that tells you which one you have — you find out when an upload is refused. So the number to compress to depends on who is sending it: your own account, whatever it turned out to be; somebody else's, or a clip you are posting for strangers to download, 10 MB. That is why the compressor offers both, and why this page does not simply print the bigger number.
Account
Limit per file
Free — always accepted
10 MB
Free — documented limit
20 MB
Nitro Basic
50 MB
Nitro
500 MB
How much video actually fits in 20 MB
These are worked out from the same bitrate budget the compressor uses, not rules of thumb. "Looks good" is the point where the picture holds up on normal footage; "still watchable" is where it goes soft on fast motion but stays perfectly usable for a clip.
Resolution
Looks good up to
Still watchable up to
1080p
48 sec
1:19
720p
1:44
2:44
480p
3:32
5:17
Two things move these numbers a lot. Removing the audio track frees about 128 kbps, which buys roughly another 10–15%. And a talking head or a screen recording compresses far better than a handheld pan — the tool measures what it actually produced and re-encodes if the first pass came out over, so the 20 MB is kept either way.
Check the estimate line. If it says 20 MB is not reachable, drop to 720p or 480p — the table above shows what fits.
Hit Compress to size, then download. The result is verified to be under 20 MB before it is handed to you.
Frequently Asked Questions
20 MB is the documented free limit, raised from 10 MB on 13 August 2026, when desktop and mobile also started measuring the file the same way. But it went out to accounts in stages, so re-checking on 19 September 2026 some accounts still cap at 10 MB and some report 25 MB, with nothing in the app to tell you which you have. Nitro Basic is 50 MB and full Nitro is 500 MB. Guides saying a flat 8 MB are out of date; guides saying a flat 20 MB are right about the documentation and wrong about a good number of accounts.
Around 48 seconds at 1080p, 1 minute 44 at 720p, or 3 minutes 32 at 480p before the picture starts to suffer. Push past those and it still plays, it just gets soft on fast motion. Dropping one resolution step roughly doubles the length you can fit.
Yes. The output is H.264 video with AAC audio in an MP4, which is what Discord's player expects on every platform. There is no watermark.
No. The compression runs inside your browser tab using your device's own video encoder. The clip never leaves your computer or phone, so there is no queue, no size cap from a server, and nothing to delete afterwards.
Almost certainly because your account is on the 10 MB cap. The increase to 20 MB has been rolled out in stages since August 2026 and there is no indicator in the app, so the first sign is a refused upload. Compress the clip again with the 10 MB preset and it will go through. The same applies in reverse when you are sending to someone else: their account decides, not yours, so 10 MB is the safe size for anything you are not posting from your own.
Lower the resolution to 720p or 480p, tick Remove audio track if the sound does not matter, or trim the clip first. The tool tells you before it starts if a target cannot be reached, rather than handing you an unwatchable file.