how much is 13 GB?

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  sharonjgilman · Member · Sep 28, 2014 at 2:48 am

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  I’m contemplating whether or not it will be beneficial for me to upgrade. Currently I have the free 3 GB, and the next available option is 13 GB. But I have no clue how much space that is. If I’m adding two blogs a week, when will 3 GB run out?

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Sep 28, 2014 at 3:41 am

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  13 GB is huge! Don’t pay for an upgrade of storage space until you need it! If you upload properly optimized and compressed images to your site, 3 GB is enough storage for thousands of pictures!
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/media/image-optimization/

  My oldest blog has already thousands and I’ve used only maybe 3% of the free 3 GB space!!! It looks like you are uploading small files which are perfect for fast loading yet good looking images on your site.

  Keep them below 100 KB or better under 50 and you’ll be fine for years without an upgrade. Some folks upload images directly from hi-res files on their cameras then think they save space by displaying smaller versions on their sites. That’s wasting storage space, means it takes longer to load their sites, and the pictures are blurry.

  Looks like you are doing fine.

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  sharonjgilman · Member · Oct 2, 2014 at 4:19 pm

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  Sweet! Thanks so much for letting me know! :D :D :D

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  timethief · Member · Oct 2, 2014 at 4:21 pm

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  Ive been here for over 8 years and have only used 160.0 MB out of 3.0 GB upload limit (5%).

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  sharonjgilman · Member · Oct 2, 2014 at 4:28 pm

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  wow! Okay, that gives me a great perspective on how much space 3 GB is. Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Oct 2, 2014 at 4:34 pm

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  Here are some more tips on getting the best image quality, not wasting your media storage space, and not having to troubleshoot images. Happy blogging!