20 MB CSV sample file
A CSV file of exactly 20,971,520 bytes. It is a valid Comma-separated values file, generated for this site and checked with an independent parser. Use it wherever you need a 20 MB sample, test or dummy CSV file.
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sample-csv-20mb.csv
20 MB20,971,520 bytes
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- Type
- text/csv
- SHA-256
c3d35d31d93fe57f5cad0aa18c34ae7b19cc79ddea241ad708b784086d1a11e0- Direct URL
https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/csv/sample-csv-20mb.csv
What is in this file
A header row and 154,320 rows of fictional customer records in 12 columns. The notes field of the last row is lengthened so the file lands on the exact byte count.
| Data rows | 154,320 |
|---|---|
| Columns | 12 |
| Delimiter | Comma |
| Header row | Yes |
| Line endings | CRLF (RFC 4180) |
| Encoding | UTF-8 (ASCII characters only) |
How the file begins
The opening lines of sample-csv-20mb.csv, exactly as they appear in the file.
id,first_name,last_name,email,phone,city,country,signup_date,plan,balance,active,notes
1,Ethan,Zeller,ethan.zeller1@example.com,+1-202-555-0163,Jaipur,IN,2021-07-10,team,2769.84,true,Billing contact changed recently
2,Elena,Underhill,elena.underhill2@example.net,+1-202-555-0166,Porto Alegre,BR,2024-04-28,free,4647.61,true,Interested in bulk pricing
3,Ethan,Farrow,ethan.farrow3@example.org,+1-202-555-0170,Krakow,PL,2023-08-24,business,536.73,false,Interested in bulk pricing
4,Victor,Brennan,victor.brennan4@example.com,+1-202-555-0175,Lisbon,PT,2024-12-18,business,2410.43,true,Referred by an existing customer
5,Felix,Ibarra,felix.ibarra5@example.net,+1-202-555-0171,Graz,AT,2025-11-14,starter,2832.21,false,Requested data export
6,Kira,Hollis,kira.hollis6@example.com,+1-202-555-0109,Cork,IE,2025-06-25,starter,3636.58,true,Prefers invoices by emailPreview
Shows the first 64 KB of the file.
Where 20 MB matters
A 20,971,520-byte file: right at the default attachment limit of Outlook, and just under the 25 MB ceilings of Gmail and GitHub web uploads. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:
| System | Limit | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Outlook | 20 MB of attachments by default for internet mail accounts | This file is right at the limit; add a second attachment and it is exceeded. |
| Gmail | 25 MB per message | Under the limit, although email encoding adds about a third in transit. |
| GitHub web uploads | 25 MiB per file added through the browser | Accepted. Pushing with Git allows larger files. |
| Cloudflare Pages assets | 25 MiB per file | The largest round size that can be served as a static asset. |
| Amazon API Gateway | 10 MB payload | Rejected; the upload has to go directly to object storage. |
| ASP.NET Core (Kestrel) | About 28.6 MB request body by default | Accepted with room for the multipart overhead. |
Use this file for
- Testing email attachment limits
- Testing data import features
- Checking delimiter and encoding detection
Testing notes for CSV
- Splitting each line on commas breaks on quoted fields. Test with the quoted-fields sample before trusting an importer.
- Excel opens CSV files using the system locale, so a file that works in one country shows everything in one column in another.
Technical details
| File name | sample-csv-20mb.csv |
|---|---|
| Format | CSV (Comma-separated values) |
| Extension | .csv |
| MIME type | text/csv |
| Size | 20,971,520 bytes (20 MB) |
| Kind | Text |
| SHA-256 | c3d35d31d93fe57f5cad0aa18c34ae7b19cc79ddea241ad708b784086d1a11e0 |
| Created | 2026-10-10 |
| Validation | Exact size, signature bytes and structure checked when the file was generated |
| Preview | Available on this page |
| Source | Generated for this site; not copied from elsewhere |
| Licence | Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms) |
| Category | Spreadsheets |
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Questions about this file
- Is this file exactly 20 MB?
- Yes. It is 20,971,520 bytes, which is 20 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
- What is inside the 20 MB CSV file?
- A header row and 154,320 rows of fictional customer records in 12 columns. The notes field of the last row is lengthened so the file lands on the exact byte count.
- Do the CSV samples have a header row?
- Yes. The first line names the columns, and the sized samples use CRLF line endings as RFC 4180 describes.