4K Ultra HD Video Too Large to Upload to YouTube, Facebook or Ins?

1 minute of 4K at 30FPS will take up about 350MB for H264 and 175MB for HEVC. An it will chew up 20.5GB for H264 and 10.3GB for HEVC when 4K 30FPS video length comes to 1 hour. 

That's the downsize of 4K Ultra HD - too large in file size. How to solve the 4K large size issue when uploading video to online sites? 

Compress 4K to 1080p ! (most recommendable way!)

Why Need to Convert 4K 2160p to 1080p?

Shrinking file size is the primary reason. Besides, it also brings you more benefits as below:

1. 4K video file (4096 x 2160) is not compatible with most media players and mobile devices now. Instead 1080p HD (1920 x 1080) works fine and can be widely played on VLC, Windows Media Player, iPhone, iPad, Samsung, etc. Some free media players may be able to play 4K files, but without hardware acceleration decoding and playing, the tools are often crashed.

2. It is cumbersome to edit 4K videos in most video editing software.

3. It's impossible to send 4K footages via Email and 4K video occupies too much space on mobiles, hard drive, iCloud, etc.

So in most cases, you're required to compress 4K video to HD 1080p. Check here to get the top ways to reduce 4K resolution to 1080p with minimal quality degradation and maximum size reduction.