Problem Saving A Custom YouTube Background

Hi,
So I've been using a template in Photoshop to make not only ours but other peoples backgrounds, it it 2000x1131. When I'm done I save it for web as a PNG-24. They have all been under 1MB. But when I went to save the newest background (same template, same save for web PNG-24) it is saving it as like 1.7 MB! Can anyone tell me why its so much bigger!
Thanks!

Here's a screenshot of the Save For Web if that helps.

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