statistics for micro stock photo agencies
In this page I will track the statistic o the major micro stock agencies and sites.
Each column represents a micro stock agency or site, and each raw represents a month. In each cell I will write the number of micro stock images the site has on sale. (I will try to update in the begining of each month, but sometimes I will update a bit later). The winer of the month is marked in blue. (OK, OK, you caught me, I am using the stats the stock agencies themselves advertise - If they don't publish it, I don't publish it . At least you get a concentrated batch here).
Micro Stock Stats - available images
| micro stock agency / month |
bigstockphoto | fotolia | shutterstock | istockphoto |
| March | 929,000 | 2,617,164 | 1,595,988 | 1,517,679 |
| April | 1,002,000 | 2,837,880 | 1,677,765 | 1,582,776 |
| may | 1,071,000 | 3,102,508 | 1,789,603 | 1,673,809 |
In this table the columns still represents micro stock agencies and sites, and the raws are still months, but the cells has the number of photographers uploading for this site. Again winners are marked in blue.
Micro Stock Stats - number of photographers
|
micro stock agency /
month |
bigstockphoto | fotolia | shutterstock | istockphoto |
| March | they don't tell it | 278,530 | 53,571 | they don't tell it |
| April | they don't tell it | 300,050 | 55,728 | they don't tell it |
| May | they don't tell it | 323,489 | 58,269 | they don't tell it |
This is maybe the most interesting tables of them all. you know the colums - micro stock agencies / raws months deal - this table shows the monthly growth rate (images/phtographers) for each agency. This is the place to look for the next big star.
Micro Stock Stats - monthly growth
| micro stock agency / month |
bigstockphoto | fotolia | shutterstock | istockphoto |
| March | just started | just started | just started | just started |
| April | 73,000 NA |
220,716 21,520 |
81,777 2,157 |
65,097 NA |
| May | 69,000 NA |
264,628 23,439 |
111,838 2,541 |
91,033 NA |