I thought AVIF would make every image smaller. It didn’t.

stuffandnonsense.co.uk · 2026-07-13 · by Long Nguyen ·generic
I mentioned earlier that I’ve been replacing the WebP images on my website with AVIF to reduce file sizes and decrease bandwidth usage. But when I started converting my portfolio images, I noticed something odd. Some weren’t smaller—they were bigger. Sometimes much bigger.

I thought AVIF would make every image smaller. It didn’t.

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