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Per-file: 103809024 bytes = 99 MiB (video), 16 MiB image on almost every stock instance. mastodonapp.uk raises the IMAGE cap to 99 MiB...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":7,"free_unit":"unlimited"},"record":{"topic":"storage","slug":"mastodonapp-uk-mstdn-social-mastodon-social-and-the-stoc","provider":"mastodonapp.uk / mstdn.social / mastodon.social and the stock-Mastodon mass — 100 MiB per object, unlimited per account","url":"https://mastodonapp.uk","category":"fediverse-mastodon","free_tier":{"stated":"Per-account UNLIMITED. Per-file: 103809024 bytes = 99 MiB (video), 16 MiB image on almost every stock instance. mastodonapp.uk raises the IMAGE cap to 99 MiB too, which is the unusual bit.","unit":"unlimited","metered_on":"unstated","source_url":"https://mastodonapp.uk/api/v2/instance","read_on":"2026-10-21","notes":null},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"Per-file: 103809024 bytes = 99 MiB","bytes":103809024,"source_url":"https://mastodonapp.uk/api/v2/instance","notes":"not stated"},"retention":{"stated":"not stated","source_url":"https://mastodonapp.uk/api/v2/instance","notes":"not stated"},"egress":{"terms":"Free. Media is offloaded to plain S3-compatible buckets behind the instance domain — verified on two live instances: mastodon.world serves from `s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/...` (Wasabi), mstdn.jp serves from `img.mstdn.jp/media_attachments/files/...`.","metered":false},"interface":["rest","cli"],"interface_detail":"rest","tooling":"Mastodon REST API v1; `toot` CLI; Mastodon.py; Mastodon-API clients in every language.","chaining":"THE quantity finding. Stock Mastodon has no per-account media quota — only a per-file validator. So a Mastodon account is a per-object-capped, per-account-unlimited store whose only real ceiling is (a) 30 uploads/30 min and (b) the operator's disk. There are thousands of open-registration instances. 1,000 instances x 99 MiB/object x 1,440 uploads/day is not the right sum; the right sum is 'each account is bounded by rate, not bytes', which makes the fediverse a permanent, free, CDN-fronted write target of effectively instance-disk size.","limits":[{"kind":"per-object-cap","value":"Per-file: 103809024 bytes = 99 MiB","source":"https://mastodonapp.uk/api/v2/instance"}],"limits_note":"mastodonapp.uk: image_size_limit and video_size_limit both 103809024 bytes (99 MiB), 4 media attachments per status; per-account unlimited and the API call rates are unverified on this host","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"mastodonapp.uk sign-up steps: accept rules, your details, confirm email, review by the moderators; no phone or card step is listed","country":null},"reliability_note":"Registration state varies per instance and flips often — mastodon.social, mstdn.social, mstdn.jp, mastodon.world, mastodon.gamedev.place all reported registrations=true at probe time; mas.to, fosstodon.org, chaos.social, toot.community, mastodon.online reported false. Re-probe before relying on any one.","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"documented: the image and video size limits and the attachments per status are quoted from https://mastodonapp.uk/api/v2/instance; the sign-up steps from https://mastodonapp.uk/auth/sign_up; the image size limit of a stock instance from https://mastodon.social/api/v2/instance; the media upload rate limit from https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/rate-limits/ (read 2026-11-03)","evidence":[{"url":"https://mastodonapp.uk/api/v2/instance","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"probe: GET -> 200, image_size_limit=103809024, video_size_limit=103809024, registrations.enabled=true"},{"url":"https://mastodon.social/api/v2/instance","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"probe: GET -> 200, image_size_limit=16777216, video_size_limit=103809024, registrations.enabled=true"},{"url":"https://mstdn.jp/api/v2/instance","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"probe: GET -> 200, 16777216/103809024, registrations.enabled=true"},{"url":"https://mastodon.world","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"probe: HEAD media URL -> 200, image/png, 1640544 bytes, Cache-Control: public, max-age=315576000, immutable; origin URL = s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/117/479/508/370/053..."},{"url":"https://img.mstdn.jp/media_attachments/files/117/478/448/419/166/526/original/dc54343aadba4cee","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"probe: HEAD ... -> 200, image/png, 1557834 bytes, Cache-Control: public, max-age=315576000, immutable"},{"url":"https://mastodonapp.uk/auth/sign_up","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"mastodonapp.uk sign-up is accept rules, your details, confirm email, then review by the moderators","capture":"sha256:cee6b3ce8335a2486b7e68f5acaa8385387b8a23514bfad5744bdb57618b0e23","quote":"3. 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