Terrible image quality, large file size

Question

Hello!

How do you export images with small file sizes while maintaining decent image quality?

Here is an example of my situation:

I pulled the infographic on the left from the internet and the infographic on the right I exported from illustrator (JPEG @ 72ppi). The web image is larger than mine and only 2.6mb while mine is 6.8mb.

No matter what I try (ImageOptim included) I can't get my file anywhere close to that size without making the text unreadable.

What am I missing?

Here are the two files: https://imgur.com/a/AMbflQQ

Thank you so much,

L

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The two designs aren't at all comparable. They are just not even slightly similar (except for being infographics).

On the left, solid colour and a few simple shapes.

On the right, a photo.

So, get the size without the photo. Then see how much detail you can add back in. But full-design photography is something you do for print, not for optimized web graphics.

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