My library folder is 40gb in size, is this normal?

As title

Mine is about 38.5 GB. 21 GB or so in Application Support, A bit under 10 GB in Developer (mostly the Developer DocSets) and about 3.5 GB of mail.
A number of games make heavy use of Application Support for saved game data, and that can bloat the Library. Also, Mobile Documents are in the Library...so if you store a lot of stuff in iCloud, that can use up lot's of space.
So, the best I can say is, it might very well be normal...but it really depends on your usage patterns and programs. Tools like OmniDiskSweeper or DaisyDisk can certainly tell you which are the big space users amongst your files, if you are concerned.

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Searched the archives but didn't find a thread which quite addressed this exact scenario (but if there is one, please let me know):
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Do you Twango?
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