2 MB CSV sample file

A CSV file of exactly 2,097,152 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 2 MB sample, test or dummy CSV file.

sample-csv-2mb.csv

2 MB2,097,152 bytes

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Type: text/csv
SHA-256: 9fd0daa58caf84877b19497a22111e5bcc7fb7cd9f56accfcc688cf6027d31b0
Direct URL: https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/csv/sample-csv-2mb.csv

What is in this file

A header row and 15,657 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	15,657
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-2mb.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 email

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Where 2 MB matters

A 2,097,152-byte file: exactly the default upload limit of PHP, and twice the default of nginx and Spring Boot. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

System	Limit	Note
PHP	2 MB per uploaded file by default (upload_max_filesize)	A file of exactly 2 MB is accepted; one byte more is refused.
nginx	1 MB by default (client_max_body_size)	Rejected with 413 Request Entity Too Large.
Spring Boot multipart	1 MB per file by default (max-file-size)	Rejected unless the property is raised.
Django	2.5 MB in memory by default	2 MB is held in memory; the 5 MB sample is streamed to a temporary file.
Vercel Functions	4.5 MB request body	Accepted, including as base64 at about 2.8 MB.

All 2 MB sample files

Use this file for

Finding out whether a 1 MB default has been raised
Checking delimiter and encoding detection
Load-testing with many rows

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.

CSV format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-csv-2mb.csv
Format	CSV (Comma-separated values)
Extension	.csv
MIME type	text/csv
Size	2,097,152 bytes (2 MB)
Kind	Text
SHA-256	9fd0daa58caf84877b19497a22111e5bcc7fb7cd9f56accfcc688cf6027d31b0
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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sha256sum sample-csv-2mb.csv     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-csv-2mb.csv # macOS

On Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-csv-2mb.csv -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. A matching value proves that the download is complete and unaltered.

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 2 MB?: Yes. It is 2,097,152 bytes, which is 2 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 2 MB CSV file?: A header row and 15,657 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.
Is the data real?: No. Names are invented, email addresses use the reserved example.com domains and phone numbers use the fictional 555-01xx range.

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