slurpWhich export formats people use, and how long each takesNov 7, 2026

What are people exporting?

PDF is the volume, MP4 is the weight: a small share of exports take most of the time. Sample data from a fictional app, written by a coding agent.

totals

Exports completed, 90 days

25,600
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Median export time, seconds

16
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Largest export, MB

4,000

§4Share of exports by format

by_format
exports: 11967; Format: PDFexports: 8724; Format: PNGexports: 4909; Format: MP4MP4PDFPNGFormat

§5Export time by format, seconds

speed
020406080100MP4PDFPNGseconds: 39; format: MP4; stat: medianseconds: 104; format: MP4; stat: p90seconds: 11; format: PDF; stat: medianseconds: 25; format: PDF; stat: p90seconds: 17; format: PNG; stat: medianseconds: 41; format: PNG; stat: p90medianp90

§6File size against export time (a sample of 300 exports)

scatter
0.11101001,00010,000File size, MB (log)1101001,000Seconds (log)File size, MB (log): 27.9; Seconds (log): 26; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 2.5; Seconds (log): 7; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 20.7; Seconds (log): 28; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 4.9; Seconds (log): 9; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 3.4; Seconds (log): 9; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 4.5; Seconds (log): 11; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 22.6; Seconds (log): 28; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 274.5; Seconds (log): 47; Format: MP4File size, MB (log): 146.8; Seconds (log): 27; Format: MP4File size, MB (log): 573.5; Seconds (log): 78; Format: MP4File size, MB (log): 53.4; Seconds (log): 70; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 18.1; Seconds (log): 17; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 6.3; Seconds (log): 12; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 1.3; Seconds (log): 8; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 15.7; Seconds (log): 23; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 1.7; Seconds (log): 7; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 17.3; Seconds (log): 21; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 2.6; Seconds (log): 8; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 26; Seconds (log): 32; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 1.9; Seconds (log): 8; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 1042.7; Seconds (log): 160; Format: MP4File size, MB (log): 10.8; Seconds (log): 15; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 11.3; Seconds (log): 18; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 8.6; Seconds (log): 15; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 32.7; Seconds (log): 26; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 21.6; Seconds (log): 31; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 138.4; Seconds (log): 24; Format: MP4File size, MB (log): 0.8; Seconds (log): 7; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 11.2; Seconds (log): 18; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 6.1; Seconds (log): 13; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 2.1; Seconds (log): 9; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 26.2; Seconds (log): 37; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 2.3; Seconds (log): 8; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 33.2; Seconds (log): 45; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 30.5; Seconds (log): 27; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 356; Seconds (log): 34; Format: MP4File size, MB (log): 25.3; Seconds (log): 25; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 220.7; Seconds (log): 32; Format: MP4File size, MB (log): 1.9; Seconds (log): 8; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 263.2; Seconds (log): 35; Format: MP4File size, MB (log): 557.9; Seconds (log): 91; Format: MP4File size, MB (log): 6.4; Seconds (log): 10; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 644.8; Seconds (log): 73; Format: MP4File size, MB (log): 42.6; Seconds (log): 45; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 309.8; Seconds (log): 34; Format: MP4File size, MB (log): 5.9; Seconds (log): 11; Format: PNGFile size, MB (log): 2.3; Seconds (log): 8; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 6.5; Seconds (log): 10; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 0.6; Seconds (log): 6; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 57.7; Seconds (log): 60; Format: PDFFile size, MB (log): 66; Seconds (log): 48; Format: PDFMP4PDFPNGFormat