25 KB TSV sample

A TSV file of exactly 25,600 bytes. It is a valid Tab-separated values file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 25 KB sample, test or dummy TSV file.

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sample-tsv-25kb.tsv

25 KB25,600 bytes

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Type
text/tab-separated-values
SHA-256
49b5987cbb288bf839c3dc3f23e2d6b075455c63cec688161114391e698e29cc
Delivery
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What is in this file

A header row and 195 rows of fictional customer records in 12 tab-separated columns, with no quoting. The notes field of the last row is lengthened so the file lands on the exact byte count.

Data rows195
Columns12
DelimiterTab
Header rowYes
Line endingsLF
QuotingNone: no field contains a tab or a line break
EncodingUTF-8 (ASCII characters only)

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-tsv-25kb.tsv, exactly as they appear in the file.

00000000  69 64 09 66 69 72 73 74  5f 6e 61 6d 65 09 6c 61 |id.first_name.la|
00000010  73 74 5f 6e 61 6d 65 09  65 6d 61 69 6c 09 70 68 |st_name.email.ph|
00000020  6f 6e 65 09 63 69 74 79  09 63 6f 75 6e 74 72 79 |one.city.country|
00000030  09 73 69 67 6e 75 70 5f  64 61 74 65 09 70 6c 61 |.signup_date.pla|

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Where 25 KB matters

A 25,600-byte file: the size of a small web image or a short document. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

SystemLimitNote
TCP initial congestion windowAbout 14.6 KB (10 segments)25 KB needs at least two flights of packets on a new connection.
Base64 encodingAdds 33 percentA 25 KB file becomes about 34 KB inside JSON or an email.

All 25 KB sample files

Use this file for

  • Checking thumbnail and icon handling
  • Loading test data into a database in bulk
  • Testing data pipelines that split fields on tabs

Testing notes for TSV

  • Windows does not open .tsv in Excel by default, so users rename files to .txt or .csv, and the extension stops describing the content.
  • A field cannot contain a tab or a line break. Exporters deal with that in incompatible ways: some write backslash escapes such as \t, some apply CSV-style quotation marks, and some corrupt the row.

TSV format reference

Technical details

File namesample-tsv-25kb.tsv
FormatTSV (Tab-separated values)
Extension.tsv
MIME typetext/tab-separated-values
Size25,600 bytes (25 KB)
KindText
SHA-25649b5987cbb288bf839c3dc3f23e2d6b075455c63cec688161114391e698e29cc
Created2026-10-23
ValidationSee the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility.
PreviewAvailable on this page
SourceGenerated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere
LicenceFree to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
CategorySpreadsheets

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 25 KB?
Yes. It is 25,600 bytes, which is 25 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 25 KB TSV file?
A header row and 195 rows of fictional customer records in 12 tab-separated columns, with no quoting. The notes field of the last row is lengthened so the file lands on the exact byte count.
Do the TSV samples use quotation marks?
No. No field contains a tab, a line break or a quotation mark, so the files read the same way under every TSV convention.