Compress Video for YouTube
Smaller files upload faster to YouTube, especially on slower connections, without a noticeable quality difference after YouTube's own processing.
Drop your video here
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Processed on your device — nothing is uploaded
Cuts upload time significantly, especially on slower or capped internet connections
Frees up local storage before archiving or deleting the original
Keeps enough quality that YouTube's own re-encoding doesn't compound visible loss
YouTube file size limits
YouTube allows files up to 256GB or 12 hours, but faster uploads save you time.
Use the 'Basic' preset — YouTube re-encodes every upload anyway, so you don't need to over-compress before uploading.
How it works
Step 1
Upload
Drop your file in — up to 500MB free.
Step 2
Pick a quality
Basic, Strong, or Superb compression.
Step 3
Download
Get your smaller video in seconds.
Frequently Asked Questions
As long as you use the 'Basic' preset, the quality difference is minimal — YouTube re-encodes every upload into its own set of resolutions anyway, so extreme pre-compression is unnecessary.
Upload time depends mostly on your internet upload speed and file size — compressing beforehand reduces the amount of data that needs to travel to YouTube's servers.
Yes, as long as the resolution is unchanged during compression (which it is by default) — only the bitrate is reduced, so 4K, 1080p, etc. all remain intact.
Fast-motion content like gaming benefits from the 'Basic' preset to avoid extra motion blur, while slower vlog content can often use 'Strong' with little visible difference.
YouTube supports files up to 256GB or 12 hours long, whichever comes first — compression is mainly useful for saving upload time, not fitting under a hard limit.