Megabyte (MB)
A decimal megabyte (MB) is exactly 1,000,000 bytes (1,000 KB) — not to be confused with the binary mebibyte (MiB).
Decimal MB sizes photo attachments, app downloads, and cloud storage tiers on many consumer devices.
Convert megabyte to mebibyte instantly. Type in either field — results update live.
Selected MB values converted to MiB using the exact factor from this tool.
| MB | MiB |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.0095367432 |
| 0.1 | 0.0953674316 |
| 1 | 0.9536743164 |
| 2 | 1.9073486328 |
| 3 | 2.8610229492 |
| 5 | 4.768371582 |
| 10 | 9.5367431641 |
| 20 | 19.0734863281 |
| 50 | 47.6837158203 |
| 100 | 95.3674316406 |
| 1,000 | 953.6743164063 |
Exact conversion factors in both directions, plus a worked example.
1 MB = 0.9536743164 MiB
1 MiB = 1.048576 MB
To convert megabyte to mebibyte, multiply by 0.9536743164.
To convert mebibyte to megabyte, multiply by 1.048576.
Example: convert 10 MB to MiB
10 × 0.9536743164 = 9.5367431641 MiB
Short background on the units used in this conversion.
A decimal megabyte (MB) is exactly 1,000,000 bytes (1,000 KB) — not to be confused with the binary mebibyte (MiB).
Decimal MB sizes photo attachments, app downloads, and cloud storage tiers on many consumer devices.
A mebibyte (MiB) is exactly 1,048,576 bytes (1,024 KiB) — the binary counterpart to the decimal megabyte.
MiB sizes RAM modules, Docker images, and database pages where powers of two matter.
MiB = MB × 0.9536743164MB = MiB × 1.048576, using the same exact factors as this converter.Jump to any data storage conversion starting from megabyte — including the reverse direction and every other unit in our dataset.