Table · dataset · 2026
PDF upload caps on public portals (2026): file size limits of 180 government, university and job portals in six countries
Listed in HKU DataHub and figshare and Loughborough Research Repository and UP Research Data Repository — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.34013031.v1
<p dir="ltr">How large can a PDF be before a government, university or job portal rejects it?
Description
This dataset records the published PDF upload limit of 180 portals in France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and India (181 entries), each with the exact wording of the limit, the date checked and a link to the official page where it was found. 62 entries publish no limit at all.</p><p dir="ltr">Key figures (median published cap): France 5 MB, United States 15 MB, United Kingdom 5.5 MB, Germany 10 MB, Spain 10 MB, India 500 KB.
Indian exam and recruitment forms are the strictest group, with caps between 150 and 500 KB.</p><p dir="ltr">The data was collected in September 2026 for the EasyPDF study <a href="easypdf.fr/blog/pdf-file-size-statistics-2026" target="_blank">The 1 MB Problem: PDF File Size Statistics for 2026</a> (French version: <a href="easypdf.fr/fr/blog/statistiques-taille-fichier-pdf-2026" target="_blank">Le problème du 1 Mo</a>).
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Portal by portal pages: <a href="easypdf.fr/pdf-size-limits" target="_blank">U.S. portals</a> and <a href="easypdf.fr/fr/taille-max-pdf" target="_blank">French portals</a>.</p><p dir="ltr">Files: all-portals.csv and all-portals.json (all 181 entries), summary-by-country.csv, datapackage.json (Frictionless Data descriptor) and README.md (columns, method and limits). Source repository and corrections: <a href="github.com/Lorenzino69/pdf-upload-caps" target="_blank">github.com/Lorenzino69/pdf-upload-caps</a>.
Version 1.1.1, also archived on Zenodo (<a href="doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22845060" target="_blank">10.5281/zenodo.22845060</a>) and data.gouv.fr.</p><p dir="ltr">Method: each portal's own help pages, FAQs and technical documentation were searched for a published limit on uploaded PDF files; figures quoted only by third-party sites were not used. Portals change their limits without notice: check source_url before relying on a figure.</p>
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.34013031.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from datahub hku hk
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from datahub hku hk
Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Chemistry · Chemistry · Computer Science & AI · Computer Science & AI · Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Economics & Finance · Economics & Finance · Engineering · Engineering · Engineering · Humanities · Humanities · Humanities · Information systems for sustainable development and the public good · Information systems for sustainable development and the public good · Information systems for sustainable development and the public good · Information systems for sustainable development and the public good · Life Sciences · Life Sciences · Life Sciences · Materials Science · Mathematics & Statistics · Medicine & Health · Medicine & Health · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Psychology & Behavioral Science · Social Science · Social Science · Social Science · Social Science
Provenance · 4 source records, 39 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKU DataHub | oai:figshare.com:article/34013031 | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
| figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/34013031 | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Loughborough Research Repository | oai:figshare.com:article/34013031 | 3 d ago | JSON v1 |
| UP Research Data Repository | oai:figshare.com:article/34013031 | 3 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:460907 | mapping · researchdata up ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Information systems for sustainable development and the public good'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:460907 | mapping · datahub hku hk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Information systems for sustainable development and the public good'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:460907 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Information systems for sustainable development and the public good'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:460907 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Information systems for sustainable development and the public good'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:computer-science-ai | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:computer-science-ai | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:materials-science | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:mathematics-statistics | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:psychology-behavioral | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/description |
| license | source · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/rights |
| publication_date | source · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |