Shared Albums limits

Depending on the software version in which you create a shared album, there are limits to the number of photos, albums, and invites that you can share.

If you reach your shared album limit, you need to delete some photos or videos before adding new ones. The photos and videos you share (and the comments or likes associated with those photos) stay in iCloud until you or the contributor delete them manually, or until you delete the shared album completely.

Limits for shared albums created in version 27 or later of iOS, iPadOS, visionOS, macOS, and on the web

• Photos and videos in shared albums that you own are stored in iCloud in their original formats at full resolution, and they count towards your iCloud storage. The photos and videos that participants add to your shared album also count towards your iCloud storage.

• There are no limits to the number of albums, or photos and videos in a shared album, beyond the owner's available iCloud storage.

• Temporary shared albums don't count towards your iCloud Storage.

• Maximum number of participants in a shared album, including the owner: 100

• Maximum combined number of photos and videos from all contributors in any one temporary shared album: 5000 (the file size of each item is not limited)

Limits for shared albums created in version 26 or earlier

• Photos and videos in your shared albums are kept in iCloud, but they don't count towards your iCloud Storage.

• These are the shared albums hourly and daily limits:

  • Maximum number of photos and videos from a single contributor across all shared albums, per hour: 1000

  • Maximum number of photos and videos from a single contributor across all shared albums, per day: 10,000

• Some additional limits for shared albums:

  • Maximum shared albums an owner can share: 200

  • Maximum shared albums a user can subscribe to: 200

  • Maximum subscribers per shared album: 100 (the number of subscribers on each shared album)

  • Maximum combined number of photos and videos from all contributors in any one shared album: 5000

  • Maximum number of comments per photo or video in a shared album: 200 (a comment can be either a like or a text entry)

  • Maximum characters per comment: 1024

  • Maximum number of invites a shared album owner may send per day: 200

  • When shared, photos are reduced to 2048 pixels on the long edge, except panoramic photos, which can be up to 5400 pixels wide. You can share GIFs that are 100 MB or smaller.

  • Videos can be up to fifteen minutes in length and are delivered at up to 720p resolution.

Sharing Suggestions limits

Sharing Suggestions are limited to 5000 items with a maximum share size of 1 GB.