in the settings there is a menu item "storage". In addition to the photo, there is a "media" item. What is media? it takes up a lot of memory on the device. in the icloud settings, the unloading of original photos and videos is enabled. However, the item "media" still takes up a lot of memory.
iPad, iPadOS 13
The photo is not included in the media, as it has its own icon and its own size. I don't have any downloaded tv shows/series, books... All what I have on my device is photos and videos, but, they are all uploaded on icloud. I don't understand, why media takes up so much space if all originals are uploaded to icloud.
I would make certain your photos/images and videos are actually being uploaded to iCloud and recheck those apps on your iPad to make sure these item are not still being stored on the device.
Media.
Music, videos, TV shows/series, movies, photos, Apple books/ibooks/eBooks, podcasts and the like.
Device memory
