--- title: Optimizing images for the web - an in-depth guide description: Unoptimized (non-minified) images are one of the main causes of poor website performance. Images can take up more than 70% of your total website size.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/optimizing-images-for-the-web---an-in-depth-guide-pftmre-sy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Optimizing images for the web - an in-depth guide | daily.dev og:description: Unoptimized (non-minified) images are one of the main causes of poor website performance. Images can take up more than 70% of your total website size.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/optimizing-images-for-the-web---an-in-depth-guide-pftmre-sy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PftmRE-sy.png og:image:alt: Optimizing images for the web - an in-depth guide og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Optimizing images for the web - an in-depth guide **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · [@code_adrian](https://daily.dev/code_adrian) · 7 min read · 13 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Unoptimized (non-minified) images are one of the main causes of poor website performance. Images can take up more than 70% of your total website size. Inexperienced devs usually aren't aware of this potential problem. This article aims to cover most of the tools and approaches for optimizing images for the web. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/optimizing-images-for-the-web---an-in-depth-guide-pftmre-sy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Optimizing images for the web - an in-depth guide","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/optimizing-images-for-the-web---an-in-depth-guide-pftmre-sy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/optimizing-images-for-the-web---an-in-depth-guide-pftmre-sy"},"datePublished":"2020-11-17T07:20:39.581Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Unoptimized (non-minified) images are one of the main causes of poor website performance. Images can take up more than 70% of your total website size....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/67ae599e48c234424bd1b1a6a625428e","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/67ae599e48c234424bd1b1a6a625428e","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hashnode","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adrian Bece","url":"https://daily.dev/code_adrian","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GhnN6euW7vrStweOpsgU9GB1vbFf6Pv12ZI3e6WYg=s100","description":"React, Frontend, Magento 2 certified developer. Rock and metal music fan, avid reader, adores Calvin & Hobbes comics. Tech lead at PROTOTYP.","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":830}},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/optimizing-images-for-the-web---an-in-depth-guide-pftmre-sy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":13},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"webdev","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hashnode","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Optimizing images for the web - an in-depth guide"}]} ```