情報量多い

• 読み: じょうほうりょうおおい
• ローマ字: jōhōryō ōi
• 漢字の分解: 情 (emotion/info) + 報 (report) + 量 (amount) + 多 (many) + い (adjective ending)
• 発音: /dʑoː.hoː.ɾʲoː.oː.i/

意味

Too much information to process — when a photo, video, or situation has so much going on at once that you don't know where to look or what to react to first.

情報量多い (literally 'information volume is large') is the go-to reaction when something is visually or contextually overwhelming. A photo with twelve weird things happening simultaneously, a screenshot with drama in every corner, a friend's story that keeps piling on shocking details — these all trigger 情報量多い. It's not about data overload in the technical sense; it's about sensory or narrative overload. The phrase perfectly captures that moment of 'wait, there's so much to unpack here.' It often appears shortened to 情報量多すぎ (too much information volume) for extra emphasis.

例文

1. この写真情報量多すぎて何回見ても新しい発見ある。
2. 友達の近況報告が情報量多すぎて処理できない。
3. あの動画、背景の情報量多いから何回も見て。

使い方ガイド

場面: social media, photo reactions, storytelling

トーン: overwhelmed, amused

正しい言い方

• このスクショ情報量多すぎて草。 (This screenshot has so much going on, lol.)
• 1枚の写真の情報量多いな、どこから見ればいい？ (There's so much in this one photo, where do I even start?)

避ける言い方

• ビジネスで「情報量多い」をスラングとして使うと誤解される (Using 情報量多い as slang in business contexts causes confusion — it'll be taken literally as a data comment)

よくある間違い

• Confusing it with complaints about information overload at work — as slang it's specifically about chaotic visual or narrative content
• Missing that it's usually amused, not genuinely stressed — the tone is entertained bewilderment

起源と歴史

From information theory and data processing language, adopted as internet slang to describe overwhelming visual or narrative content. Became a common reaction format on Twitter/X and YouTube in the mid-2010s.

文化的背景

時代: Mid-2010s internet culture

世代: Teens to 30s

社会的背景: Universal online

地域メモ: Used across Japan. One of the most common reactions to chaotic images and videos on Japanese social media.