diff --git a/src/configuration-component.ts b/src/configuration-component.ts
index 542421ca..3100beb4 100644
--- a/src/configuration-component.ts
+++ b/src/configuration-component.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ export class ConfigurationComponent {
       </p>
       <div class="config-field" id="script" class="highlight highlight-text-html-basic"></div>
       <button id="copy-button" type="button" class="btn btn-blue code-action">Copy</button>
+
+      <p>There is an <em>optional</em> argument <code>size</code> that specifies the number of comments to be displayed before the
+      rest are folded. The default value is 25. For example, <code>size=2</code> will format the timeline as two comments,
+      expand button, then at most three other comments.
+      </p>
       <br/>
       <br/>`;
 
diff --git a/src/github.ts b/src/github.ts
index 61f5d2ad..3ddded45 100644
--- a/src/github.ts
+++ b/src/github.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ const GITHUB_ENCODING__HTML_JSON = 'application/vnd.github.VERSION.html+json';
 const GITHUB_ENCODING__HTML = 'application/vnd.github.VERSION.html';
 const GITHUB_ENCODING__REACTIONS_PREVIEW = 'application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview';
 
-export const PAGE_SIZE = 25;
-
 export type ReactionID = '+1' | '-1' | 'laugh' | 'hooray' | 'confused' | 'heart' | 'rocket' | 'eyes';
 
 export const reactionTypes: ReactionID[] = ['+1', '-1', 'laugh', 'hooray', 'confused', 'heart', 'rocket', 'eyes'];
@@ -168,16 +166,16 @@ export function loadIssueByNumber(issueNumber: number) {
   });
 }
 
-function commentsRequest(issueNumber: number, page: number) {
-  const url = `repos/${owner}/${repo}/issues/${issueNumber}/comments?page=${page}&per_page=${PAGE_SIZE}`;
+function commentsRequest(issueNumber: number, page: number, size: number) {
+  const url = `repos/${owner}/${repo}/issues/${issueNumber}/comments?page=${page}&per_page=${size}`;
   const request = githubRequest(url);
   const accept = `${GITHUB_ENCODING__HTML_JSON},${GITHUB_ENCODING__REACTIONS_PREVIEW}`;
   request.headers.set('Accept', accept);
   return request;
 }
 
-export function loadCommentsPage(issueNumber: number, page: number): Promise<IssueComment[]> {
-  const request = commentsRequest(issueNumber, page);
+export function loadCommentsPage(issueNumber: number, page: number, size: number): Promise<IssueComment[]> {
+  const request = commentsRequest(issueNumber, page, size);
   return githubFetch(request).then(response => {
     if (!response.ok) {
       throw new Error('Error fetching comments.');
diff --git a/src/page-attributes.ts b/src/page-attributes.ts
index 3823b40c..d5574f9d 100644
--- a/src/page-attributes.ts
+++ b/src/page-attributes.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ function readPageAttributes() {
     title: params.title,
     description: params.description,
     label: params.label,
-    theme: params.theme || 'github-light'
+    theme: params.theme || 'github-light',
+    size: Math.round(Math.abs(+params.size)) || 25
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utterances.ts b/src/utterances.ts
index 0967b152..b4025a65 100644
--- a/src/utterances.ts
+++ b/src/utterances.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   loadUser,
   postComment,
   createIssue,
-  PAGE_SIZE,
   IssueComment
 } from './github';
 import { TimelineComponent } from './timeline-component';
@@ -97,16 +96,16 @@ async function renderComments(issue: Issue, timeline: TimelineComponent) {
     }
   };
 
-  const pageCount = Math.ceil(issue.comments / PAGE_SIZE);
+  const pageCount = Math.ceil(issue.comments / page.size);
   // always load the first page.
-  const pageLoads = [loadCommentsPage(issue.number, 1)];
+  const pageLoads = [loadCommentsPage(issue.number, 1, page.size)];
   // if there are multiple pages, load the last page.
   if (pageCount > 1) {
-    pageLoads.push(loadCommentsPage(issue.number, pageCount));
+    pageLoads.push(loadCommentsPage(issue.number, pageCount, page.size));
   }
   // if the last page is small, load the penultimate page.
-  if (pageCount > 2 && issue.comments % PAGE_SIZE < 3) {
-    pageLoads.push(loadCommentsPage(issue.number, pageCount - 1));
+  if (pageCount > 2 && issue.comments % page.size !== 0 && issue.comments % page.size <= page.size / 2) {
+    pageLoads.push(loadCommentsPage(issue.number, pageCount - 1, page.size));
   }
   // await all loads to reduce jank.
   const pages = await Promise.all(pageLoads);
@@ -114,23 +113,27 @@ async function renderComments(issue: Issue, timeline: TimelineComponent) {
     renderPage(page);
   }
   // enable loading hidden pages.
-  let hiddenPageCount = pageCount - pageLoads.length;
+  let hiddenCommentsCount = (pageCount - pageLoads.length) * page.size;
   let nextHiddenPage = 2;
+  let dynamicPageSize = page.size;
   const renderLoader = (afterPage: IssueComment[]) => {
-    if (hiddenPageCount === 0) {
+    if (hiddenCommentsCount <= 0) {
       return;
     }
     const load = async () => {
       loader.setBusy();
-      const page = await loadCommentsPage(issue.number, nextHiddenPage);
+      const page = await loadCommentsPage(issue.number, nextHiddenPage, dynamicPageSize);
       loader.remove();
       renderPage(page);
-      hiddenPageCount--;
-      nextHiddenPage++;
+      hiddenCommentsCount -= dynamicPageSize;
+      // page number stays the same if page size growing exponentially, otherwise increase by 1
+      nextHiddenPage = (dynamicPageSize < 16) ? nextHiddenPage : nextHiddenPage + 1;
+      // maximum page size of 16
+      dynamicPageSize = (dynamicPageSize < 16) ? dynamicPageSize * 2 : dynamicPageSize;
       renderLoader(page);
     };
     const afterComment = afterPage.pop()!;
-    const loader = timeline.insertPageLoader(afterComment, hiddenPageCount * PAGE_SIZE, load);
+    const loader = timeline.insertPageLoader(afterComment, hiddenCommentsCount, load);
   };
   renderLoader(pages[0]);
 }