Adding Images To iStock Produces Mixed Results

Posted on 7/4/2016 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (0)

Some iStock contributors continue to add significant numbers of images to their collections, despite the decline in the number of downloads and we presume revenue, since average prices per-image downloaded have also declined.

Overall, the 430 contributors we have been tracking since 2011 grew their collections an average of 14% during the last 12 months by adding 339,447 images. On July 1, 2015 they had a total of 2,433,409 images in their iStock collections and on July 1, 2016 that number had risen to 2,772,856.

However, this number can be very deceptive. A small number of contributors are adding the bulk of the images and 58% this group of iStock’s most successful contributors in the last 12 months. A full 41% have added nothing to their collections in the last year, or removed images.



  Number of
  Contributors
Added more than 10,000 7
Between 1,000 and 10,000 59
Between 200 and 1,000 88
Between 100 and 200 29
Between 10 and 100 57
Between 0 and 10 17
Added 0 101
Removed images 74

Two grew their collections by more than 100%. Rawpixel added 16,607 images to its collection and downloads rose from 240,000 to something less than 280,000. Blackjack3D more than doubled the size of its collection and had less than 10,000 additional downloads.

One of the most successful – monkeybusinessimages – grew its collection by 27% during the year to 38,851 images and had between 40,000 and 50,000 downloads during the year. Nevertheless, even for them this is a decline. They started with iStock in 2008 and have over 670,000 total downloads to date. Thus, over an 8-year period this averages out to 83,750 downloads per year.


 
One-hundred-ten contributors (26%) grew their collections by more than 10%, but many of those with more than 100,000 career downloads had less than 10,000 additional downloads during the year. Of those with less than 100,000 career downloads 78% had less than 3,000 total downloads during the year. These are among the most successful contributors to iStock.

It is interesting to note that some of those like pagadesign, geopaul, konradlew, Jbryson added no new images to their collections and still had between 10,000 and 20,000 downloads. Kevinruss and mediaphotos saw sales continue to grow while removing images from their collections.



The most important take away is that the number of images in the collection, or the number of images added recently, have little relation whatsoever to the number of images downloaded, or revenue. More images will not necessarily generate more revenue.

Chart Below


This list is indexed on Column 5, the Maximum Downloads in the last 12 Months. Column 2 indicates the year the contributor started with iStock. The last three columns deal with images in the collection. Note that the number of images in the collection, or the percent of growth in that number during the last 12 months has little to do with sales.

Also note the 140 contributors have less than 10,000 download. This number could be much less. All these 140 have more than 100,000 total downloads. Given the way the numbers are reported we have no way of narrowing the number more precisely. Some of the contributors lower down with 4,000, 5,000 or 6,000 maximum downloads may actually have more downloads that some of those in the 10,000 group. We have no way of determining that exactly.

    July July Maximum   Total Images; Percent
People Year 2016 2016 Download   Images Added Growth
  Start Minimum Maximum in 12   July 1 in 12 in 12
    Downloads Downloads Months   2016 Months Months
Yuri Arcurs 2005 1600000 1700000 100000   101938 21650 27.0%
LiseGagne 2003 1200000 1300000 100000   10493 385 3.8%
DNY59 2005 1100000 1200000 100000   14136 1107 8.5%
monkeybusinessimages 2008 670000 680000 50000   38851 8287 27.1%
shironosov 2006 360000 370000 40000   69889 19437 38.5%
Rawpixel 2006 270000 280000 40000   32341 16607 105.5%
skynesher 2006 460000 470000 30000   38266 5913 18.3%
bubaone 2006 340000 350000 30000   60544 19242 46.9%
pixdeluxe 2008 310000 320000 30000   9590 2105 28.1%
asiseeit 2004 280000 290000 30000   26404 5143 24.2%
CEFutcher 2008 210000 220000 30000   38611 13740 55.2%
kupicoo 2009 190000 200000 30000   16826 2670 18.9%
mediaphotos 2008 170000 180000 30000   36639 -505  
shapecharge 2004 140000 150000 30000   14890 4494 43.2%
PeopleImages 2014 50000 51000 29000   22538 2636 13.2%
Nikada 2005 460000 470000 20000   16296 2274 16.2%
Urbancow 2004 410000 420000 20000   9125 276 3.1%
neustockimages 2006 380000 390000 20000   18121 1325 7.9%
blackred 2003 380000 390000 20000   6676 236 3.7%
4x6 2002 370000 380000 20000   98611 31488 46.9%
GlobalP 2006 340000 350000 20000   21485 5029 30.6%
enjoynz 2005 340000 350000 20000   3704 119 3.3%
peepo 2006 310000 320000 20000   8593 53 0.6%
aldomurillo 2005 290000 300000 20000   19005 3108 19.6%
mstay 2005 290000 300000 20000   10619 70 0.7%
laflor 2006 280000 290000 20000   15701 1552 11.0%
ranplett 2002 280000 290000 20000   1860 36 2.0%
filo 2005 250000 260000 20000   5756 754 15.1%
RapidEye 2006 240000 250000 20000   24426 1615 7.1%
izusek 2002 240000 250000 20000   14868 1858 14.3%
pagadesign 2007 230000 240000 20000   7614 0  
aleksandarvelasevic 2006 230000 240000 20000   1309 260 24.8%
appleuzr 2005 220000 230000 20000   2308 392 20.5%
Juanmonino 2006 210000 220000 20000   31353 3014 10.6%
Kevinruss 2004 200000 210000 20000   9542 -63  
geopaul 2004 200000 210000 20000   2238 0  
Floortje 2006 190000 200000 20000   9926 900 10.0%
ValuaVitaly 2007 180000 190000 20000   11563 3055 35.9%
ThePalmer 2003 170000 180000 20000   22250 1968 9.7%
Squaredpixels 2009 170000 180000 20000   22022 3664 20.0%
LeggNet 2005 170000 180000 20000   12461 647 5.5%
Stockphoto4U 2006 170000 180000 20000   10883 9 0.1%
AlexRaths 2006 150000 160000 20000   5867 1171 24.9%
malerapaso 2008 150000 160000 20000   4279 391 10.1%
simonkr 2005 140000 150000 20000   34582 6595 23.6%
mattjeacock 2006 140000 150000 20000   30566 4375 19.7%
ImagineGolf 2005 140000 150000 20000   6860 204 3.1%
Jbryson 2004 140000 150000 20000   6150 0  
konradlew 2005 140000 150000 20000   1869 0  
piksel 2004 130000 140000 20000   9839 1439 17.1%
Vasko 2004 130000 140000 20000   4431 9 0.2%
fstop123 2006 120000 130000 20000   26661 7657 40.3%
Bim 2005 120000 130000 20000   6042 1124 22.9%
adventtr 2007 120000 130000 20000   3993 825 26.0%
belterz 2004 110000 120000 20000   5059 38 0.8%
Thomas_Eyedesign 2005 100000 110000 12000   6630 7 0.1%
prill 2006 100000 110000 11000   16603 2016 13.8%
Dean Mitchell 2008 100000 110000 11000   10525 195 1.9%
amriphoto 2007 100000 110000 11000   7530 218 3.0%
da-kuk 2005 100000 110000 11000   4875 1478 43.5%
rontech2000 2005 100000 110000 11000   3017 41 1.4%
Yuri 2013 89000 90000 11000   77914 -11  
hidesy 2003 730000 740000 10000   21228 -5  
alexsl 2005 620000 630000 10000   13962 3545 34.0%
jhorracks 2003 560000 570000 10000   8823 327 3.8%
duncan1890 2002 380000 390000 10000   18987 2627 16.1%
webphotographeer 2005 370000 380000 10000   11428 -6  
spxchrome 2003 370000 380000 10000   2952 14 0.5%
nico_blue 2004 350000 360000 10000   3466 1  
sodafish 2005 350000 360000 10000   954 0  
skodonnell 2005 340000 350000 10000   4987 317 6.8%
andresr 2004 330000 340000 10000   8806 967 12.3%
caracterdesign 2004 310000 320000 10000   6788 -9  
jgroup 2005 290000 300000 10000   1957 0  
mevans 2002 270000 280000 10000   1941 0  
YinYang 2006 260000 270000 10000   15369 1545 11.2%
A-Digit 2005 250000 260000 10000   11755 1229 11.7%
kirstypargeter 2004 250000 260000 10000   11262 2508 28.6%
sdominick 2002 250000 260000 10000   9796 983 11.2%
TommL 2006 250000 260000 10000   4109 118 3.0%
AndrewJohnson 2006 250000 260000 10000   4040 -1  
digitalskillet 2006 240000 250000 10000   8133 297 3.8%
diane39 2002 240000 250000 10000   3509 213 6.5%
mammamaart 2003 240000 250000 10000   3416 106 3.2%
Cimmerian 2003 240000 250000 10000   3183 131 4.3%
Mlenny 2005 230000 240000 10000   11525 375 3.4%
lugo 2002 210000 220000 10000   4539 3 0.1%
narvikk 2005 210000 220000 10000   4016 389 10.7%
enot-poloskun 2005 210000 220000 10000   798 81 11.3%
Maica 2005 200000 210000 10000   10008 934 10.3%
stevecoleimages 2006 200000 210000 10000   7500 879 13.3%
viafilms (MorganL) 2006 200000 210000 10000   5518 -1  
Kativ 2006 200000 210000 10000   2457 0  
bluestocking 2005 200000 210000 10000   980 0  
PeskyMonkey 2007 190000 200000 10000   10842 -32  
Elenathewise 2005 190000 200000 10000   10257 371 3.8%
sx70 2004 190000 200000 10000   4710 523 12.5%
kcline 2003 190000 200000 10000   2343 0  
billnoll 2003 180000 190000 10000   9046 2637 41.1%
nyul 2006 180000 190000 10000   7093 0  
Palto 2006 180000 190000 10000   3706 268 7.8%
browndogstudios 2006 180000 190000 10000   1335 -3  
Grafissimo 2005 170000 180000 10000   6888 388 6.0%
Big_Ryan 2006 170000 180000 10000   4008 -2  
mbbirdy 2003 160000 170000 10000   9571 589 6.6%
EHStock 2006 160000 170000 10000   9562 1586 19.9%
ooyoo 2006 160000 170000 10000   7047 740 11.7%
jacomstephens 2006 160000 170000 10000   3693 223 6.4%
Avtg 2005 160000 170000 10000   3245 213 7.0%
joshblake 2004 160000 170000 10000   1917 12 0.6%
Turnervisual 2006 160000 170000 10000   1242 220 21.5%
aldra 2005 150000 160000 10000   7776 -304  
Robynmac 2006 150000 160000 10000   4922 237 5.1%
diego-cervo 2005 150000 160000 10000   4445 200 4.7%
tacojim 2004 150000 160000 10000   4387 -45  
Leontura 2005 150000 160000 10000   4298 546 14.6%
russelltatedotcom 2005 150000 160000 10000   3017 38 1.3%
francisblack 2006 150000 160000 10000   1787 17 1.0%
ayzek 2007 150000 160000 10000   1330 1 0.1%
kemie 2002 150000 160000 10000   1016 0  
kzenon 2007 140000 150000 10000   9931 1170 13.4%
Graffizone 2004 140000 150000 10000   4676 135 3.0%
snapphoto 2004 140000 150000 10000   4456 0  
johnwoodcock 2006 140000 150000 10000   3797 185 5.1%
Sportstock 2006 140000 150000 10000   3425 0  
barsik 2004 140000 150000 10000   2284 -1  
pictafolio 2008 140000 150000 10000   1966 -230  
buzbuzzer 2005 140000 150000 10000   1943 11 0.6%
jsmith 2003 140000 150000 10000   1739 0  
fpm 2005 140000 150000 10000   462 0  
scottdunlap 2003 140000 150000 10000   405 0  
koun 2006 140000 150000 10000   233 0  
wragg 2008 130000 140000 10000   10840 -13  
kate_sept2004 2005 130000 140000 10000   8144 1433 21.4%
Eraxion 2006 130000 140000 10000   7593 3467 84.0%
ZoneCreative 2006 130000 140000 10000   6704 -285  
PhotoEuphoria 2004 130000 140000 10000   5313 52 1.0%
leezsnow 2005 130000 140000 10000   4813 23 0.5%
abzee 2005 130000 140000 10000   4810 2  
dlewis33 2006 130000 140000 10000   4525 147 3.4%
Viorika 2006 130000 140000 10000   3665 1232 50.6%
duckycards 2003 130000 140000 10000   3664 11 0.3%
TriggerPhoto 2004 130000 140000 10000   3357 103 3.2%
kycstudio 2002 130000 140000 10000   2915 49 1.7%
RBFried 2004 130000 140000 10000   2866 -1  
misha 2005 130000 140000 10000   1705 0  
Sbayram 2006 130000 140000 10000   1649 79 5.0%
iofoto 2007 130000 140000 10000   1577 -1  
Henrik5000 2006 130000 140000 10000   1448 0  
MarsBars 2003 130000 140000 10000   1353 71 5.5%
willselarep 2005 130000 140000 10000   1150 8 0.7%
andipantz 2002 120000 130000 10000   14579 2622 21.9%
ArtisticCaptures 2006 120000 130000 10000   5041 133 2.7%
eyeidea 2005 120000 130000 10000   2661 133 5.3%
loooby 2004 120000 130000 10000   1660 -1  
akurtz 2005 120000 130000 10000   1526 5 0.3%
LajosRepasi 2007 120000 130000 10000   1460 0  
veni 2006 120000 130000 10000   1347 -5  
nano 2002 120000 130000 10000   936 0  
molotovcoketail 2005 120000 130000 10000   625 37 6.3%
H-Gall 2007 120000 130000 10000   622 0  
1001nights 2006 110000 120000 10000   17012 -982  
LPETTET 2002 110000 120000 10000   8595 1888 28.1%
mammuth 2002 110000 120000 10000   8150 75 0.9%
Pgiam 2008 110000 120000 10000   6211 52 0.8%
lovleah 2003 110000 120000 10000   6074 328 5.7%
phildate 2005 110000 120000 10000   4656 -11  
tomazl 2003 110000 120000 10000   4596 359 8.5%
Franck-Boston 2006 110000 120000 10000   4280 494 13.0%
gmnicholas 2003 110000 120000 10000   3732 1  
deliormanli 2006 110000 120000 10000   2420 49 2.1%
DSGPro 2006 110000 120000 10000   2175 -2  
rzdeb 2002 110000 120000 10000   2134 -1  
onurdongel 2005 110000 120000 10000   1965 432 28.2%
chuwy 2005 110000 120000 10000   1900 34 1.8%
kickstand 2002 110000 120000 10000   1663 66 4.1%
redmal 2004 110000 120000 10000   1537 0  
plainview 2007 110000 120000 10000   1379 0  
solarseven 2006 110000 120000 10000   1334 177 15.3%
jangeltun 2004 110000 120000 10000   1081 0  
talaj 2006 100000 110000 10000   25261 2821 12.6%
Ljupco 2005 100000 110000 10000   20438 3511 20.7%
anouchka 2005 100000 110000 10000   18900 2330 14.1%
kameleon007 2004 100000 110000 10000   17476 2042 13.2%
LauriPatterson 2009 100000 110000 10000   14842 1936 15.0%
davidf 2003 100000 110000 10000   12478 1589 14.6%
matka_wariatka 2003 100000 110000 10000   10238 60 0.6%
simonox 2004 100000 110000 10000   9463 43 0.5%
lucato 2002 100000 110000 10000   8114 230 2.9%
Paha_L 2005 100000 110000 10000   7530 -2  
slobo 2005 100000 110000 10000   6132 297 5.1%
pawel.gaul 2007 100000 110000 10000   5634 354 6.7%
aabejon 2004 100000 110000 10000   3577 -1  
small_frog 2006 100000 110000 10000   3055 148 5.1%
ftwitty 2005 100000 110000 10000   2772 1  
blackjack3D 2007 100000 110000 10000   2540 1291 103.4%
NickS 2002 100000 110000 10000   1769 0  
subjug 2006 100000 110000 10000   1526 465 43.8%
evirgen 2005 100000 110000 10000   943 143 17.9%
Art-Y 2005 100000 110000 10000   711 0  
ggodby 2003 100000 110000 10000   655 0  
edge69 2007 100000 110000 10000   635 28 7.6%
RyanJLane 2005 85000 86000 6000   5705 766 15.5%
borchee 2006 80000 81000 6000   6007 1660 38.2%
xavierarnau 2006 66000 67000 6000   7541 1354 21.9%
DenisTangneyJr 2006 83000 84000 5000   7805 700 9.9%
coloroftime 2005 81000 82000 5000   41991 9068 27.5%
georgeclerk 2006 69000 70000 5000   4572 567 14.2%
alvarez 2005 83000 84000 4000   5674 740 15.0%
ozgurdonmaz 2007 80000 81000 4000   12346 2910 30.8%
nullplus 2003 79000 80000 4000   10900 558 5.4%
Fertnig 2007 77000 78000 4000   6182 530 9.4%
ChrisGorgio 2005 62000 63000 4000   8239 1991 31.9%
mxtama 2003 95000 96000 3000   691 41 6.3%
Devonyu 2005 94000 95000 3000   11871 925 8.5%
Okea 2007 94000 95000 3000   1449 84 6.2%
sisoje 2005 93000 94000 3000   13939 1031 8.0%
exdez 2005 93000 94000 3000   3715 581 18.5%
cdwheatley 2007 93000 94000 3000   3255 514 18.8%
nycshooter 2007 83000 84000 3000   2821 331 13.4%
inhauscreativbe 2005 82000 83000 3000   6301 319 5.3%
TerryJ 2004 81000 82000 3000   4469 357 0.087
FotografiaBasica 2005 79000 80000 3000   7959 1084 15.8%
zentilia 2008 78000 79000 3000   1667 0  
Deejpilot 2006 77000 78000 3000   3011 189 6.7%
BartCo 2006 76000 77000 3000   6245 16 0.3%
ktsimage 2006 75000 76000 3000   1786 323 22.1%
gmutlu 2007 73000 74000 3000   6151 707 13.0%
pidjoe 2007 69000 70000 3000   9918 1411 16.6%
multifocus 2006 66000 67000 3000   5600 -2  
jaroon 2006 98000 99000 2000   10419 652 6.7%
ZargonDesign 2007 98000 99000 2000   2478 75 3.1%
Natural_Warp 2004 95000 96000 2000   1129 0  
studiovision 2006 94000 95000 2000   627 34 5.7%
procurator 2007 92000 93000 2000   754 1 0.1%
Rtimages 2006 91000 92000 2000   2700 -17  
JoeGough 2004 90000 91000 2000   4719 -3  
laughingmango 2007 90000 91000 2000   4162 127 3.1%
manley099 2006 90000 91000 2000   3175 -2  
chictype 2006 89000 90000 2000   979 57 6.2%
Petrovich9 2006 89000 90000 2000   482 68 16.4%
tunart 2006 85000 86000 2000   9997 295 3.0%
Renphoto 2004 85000 86000 2000   5456 219 4.2%
JLGutierrez 2006 84000 85000 2000   3236 0  
GeorgePeters 2005 82000 83000 2000   4768 793 19.9%
Ivanovainga 2007 80000 81000 2000   2019 -1  
endopack 2005 80000 81000 2000   1853 239 14.8%
Claudiad 2005 79000 80000 2000   12945 125 1.0%
ideabug 2005 79000 80000 2000   5059 180 3.7%
Aaltazar 2005 79000 80000 2000   4015 -25  
Trout55 2006 79000 80000 2000   3346 0  
creacart 2005 78000 79000 2000   6601 1394 26.8%
Kuzma 2005 78000 79000 2000   4449 35 0.8%
naphtalina 2005 78000 79000 2000   3123 -30  
damircudic 2004 78000 79000 2000   1890 234 14.1%
LoBoCo 2005 78000 79000 2000   1706 0  
clu 2002 77000 78000 2000   6937 223 3.3%
sharply_done 2006 77000 78000 2000   1935 0  
Marje 2002 77000 78000 2000   1762 12 0.7%
angelhell 2002 77000 78000 2000   1661 19 1.2%
fotosipsak 2007 77000 78000 2000   1315 -8  
pkline 2005 76000 77000 2000   2757 24 0.9%
klikk 2003 76000 77000 2000   1906 230 13.7%
julos 2006 75000 76000 2000   41763 10902 35.3%
jamesbenet 2004 75000 76000 2000   3692 37 1.0%
Kemter 2006 75000 76000 2000   3560 274 8.3%
thelinke 2005 75000 76000 2000   2257 -2  
aleaimage 2007 75000 76000 2000   2051 112 5.8%
gchutka 2006 75000 76000 2000   1843 0  
hypergon 2005 75000 76000 2000   576 0  
bortonia 2003 74000 75000 2000   6155 1180 23.7%
nicolesy 2006 73000 74000 2000   7183 -4  
MCCAIG 2006 73000 74000 2000   5995 765 14.6%
mikdam 2005 73000 74000 2000   3081 363 13.4%
Nic_Taylor 2005 73000 74000 2000   2811 0  
shorrocks 3003 73000 74000 2000   1666 0  
Andrew_Howe 2005 72000 73000 2000   5865 145 2.5%
kathykonkle 2005 72000 73000 2000   4571 121 2.7%
gbrundin 2003 72000 73000 2000   4311 -1  
groveb 2005 72000 73000 2000   1892 0  
bkindler 2002 72000 73000 2000   1035 2 0.2%
adlifemarketing 2006 71000 72000 2000   4454 0  
theboone 2005 71000 72000 2000   3272 0  
winterling 2005 71000 72000 2000   1911 0  
bonniej 2003 71000 72000 2000   472 0  
dmbaker 2005 70000 71000 2000   4785 308 6.9%
Livingimages 2007 70000 71000 2000   3555 -1  
Brasil2 2006 70000 71000 2000   3350 337 11.2%
adamkaz 2005 70000 71000 2000   2913 609 26.4%
domin_domin 2006 69000 70000 2000   3170 39 1.2%
mecaleha 2004 69000 70000 2000   2466 0  
MaszaS 2005 69000 70000 2000   2249 0  
compassandcamera 2006 68000 69000 2000   3283 235 7.7%
killerb10 2007 68000 69000 2000   2087 0  
perkmeup 2006 68000 69000 2000   1509 0  
dwphotos 2005 68000 69000 2000   846 116 15.9%
dashek 2003 67000 68000 2000   11808 4107 53.3%
LordRunar 2006 67000 68000 2000   3929 416 11.8%
EasyBuy4u 2007 67000 68000 2000   3264 -3  
StanRohrer 2003 67000 68000 2000   1763 101 6.1%
Tpopova 2006 66000 67000 2000   13492 6576 95.1%
og-vision 2005 66000 67000 2000   1057 22 2.1%
Pannonia 2006 65000 66000 2000   5037 537 11.9%
humonia 2004 64000 65000 2000   4968 950 23.6%
imagesbytrista 2004 64000 65000 2000   1170 -4  
aykuterdogan 2006 64000 65000 2000   290 0  
Rouzes 2006 63000 64000 2000   3889 633 19.4%
CDH_Design 2006 63000 64000 2000   859 0  
JJRD 2003 62000 63000 2000   4218 338 8.7%
alptraum 2005 62000 63000 2000   2772 0  
apomares 2005 61000 62000 2000   5790 541 10.3%
ShyMan 2005 61000 62000 2000   4163 0  
Tammy616 2005 61000 62000 2000   1476 0  
selensergen 2005 60000 61000 2000   4160 224 5.7%
acilo 2007 60000 61000 2000   3006 230 8.3%
jane 2004 60000 61000 2000   2531 -1  
johnnyscriv 2006 60000 61000 2000   2218 -6  
Lya_Cattel 2006 59000 60000 2000   4624 16 0.3%
Terraxplorer 2006 59000 60000 2000   2566 22 0.9%
Lingbeek 2004 58000 59000 2000   4625 -37  
prawny 2003 57000 58000 2000   2011 169 9.2%
Brainsil 2005 56000 57000 2000   8441 578 7.4%
JoeBiafore 2007 56000 57000 2000   2713 524 23.9%
walik 2005 56000 57000 2000   2451 79 3.3%
starfotograf 2005 56000 57000 2000   1121 0  
Sean_Warren 2006 55000 56000 2000   1406 0  
Soubrette 2002 55000 56000 2000   889 0  
AlexMax 2006 54000 55000 2000   1209 -2  
Spanic 2005 53000 54000 2000   7558 90 1.2%
Andyd 2003 53000 54000 2000   1422 27 1.9%
stphillips 2004 52000 53000 2000   2056 46 2.3%
jallfree 2004 52000 53000 2000   974 -1  
alwyncooper 2002 52000 53000 2000   499 0  
clintspencer 2006 50000 51000 2000   1474 15 1.0%
Hartcreations 2006 49000 50000 2000   1215 0  
Illustrious 2006 95000 96000 1000   511 0  
penfold 2005 94000 95000 1000   933 -3  
arsenik 2002 93000 94000 1000   4974 -2  
sandocir 2002 92000 93000 1000   708 -5  
YanC 2004 89000 90000 1000   2680 -5  
Beboy_ltd 2007 88000 89000 1000   1477 0  
CTRd 2004 86000 87000 1000   576 0  
mipan 2005 85000 86000 1000   1285 173 15.6%
webking 2004 82000 83000 1000   3802 0  
ziggymaj 2004 81000 82000 1000   1894 -3  
pavlen 2005 80000 81000 1000   1869 -12  
77DZIGN 2006 80000 81000 1000   1086 0  
danielle71 2003 80000 81000 1000   486 0  
Luso 2002 79000 80000 1000   3661 -5  
grajte 2005 79000 80000 1000   526 -1  
sculpies 2006 79000 80000 1000   316 0  
eyecrave 2003 78000 79000 1000   17708 233 1.3%
sweetym 2007 78000 79000 1000   247 0  
Ceneri 2004 77000 78000 1000   1744 -4  
arekmaiang 2005 76000 77000 1000   5162 0  
Goldmund 2005 76000 77000 1000   2132 -20  
kertlis 2006 75000 76000 1000   3360 733 27.9%
FreeTransform 2005 75000 76000 1000   962 270 39.0%
Mentalart 2007 74000 75000 1000   1214 0  
susaro 2006 74000 75000 1000   1067 0  
keeweeboy 2003 73000 74000 1000   5191 35 0.7%
porcorex 2008 72000 73000 1000   2992 0  
jpa1999 2002 72000 73000 1000   1527 39 2.6%
Pinopic 2006 72000 73000 1000   739 -1  
Elerium 2002 72000 73000 1000   567 -1  
DrGrounds 2003 71000 72000 1000   2327 177 8.2%
claylib 2002 70000 71000 1000   1329 9 0.7%
pringletta 2005 69000 70000 1000   1274 52 4.3%
CostinT 2006 69000 70000 1000   1070 27 2.6%
Akirastock 2003 69000 70000 1000   1013 0  
thumb 2005 68000 69000 1000   5683 98 1.8%
SchulteProductions 2006 68000 69000 1000   4521 45 1.0%
chihhang 2006 68000 69000 1000   689 5 0.7%
mariusFM77 2005 67000 68000 1000   2902 259 9.8%
zoomstudio 2005 67000 68000 1000   2808 7 0.2%
matthewleesdixon 2005 66000 67000 1000   2668 -25  
Silberkorn 2006 66000 67000 1000   2269 -1  
VisualField 2005 66000 67000 1000   444 0  
pederk 2002 65000 66000 1000   946 0  
laartist 2004 64000 65000 1000   2096 -12  
wolv 2003 64000 65000 1000   1639 0  
intergalacticDesign Studio 2004 64000 65000 1000   691 0  
macroworld 2006 63000 64000 1000   2715 -806  
imagestock 2007 63000 64000 1000   2137 -3  
Inok 2006 63000 64000 1000   883 28 3.3%
dreaming2004 2004 62000 63000 1000   848 0  
AngelGILD 2006 62000 63000 1000   628 0  
stevegeer 2004 61000 62000 1000   9650 545 6.0%
sunnyfrog 2006 61000 62000 1000   3609 294 8.9%
Spanishalex 2005 61000 62000 1000   2890 -12  
Pingwin 2006 60000 61000 1000   1366 26 1.9%
MichaelDeLeon 2006 59000 60000 1000   3292 0  
Tolchik 2005 59000 60000 1000   3000 109 3.8%
timsa 2006 59000 60000 1000   1518 0  
BenGoode 2005 59000 60000 1000   546 13 2.4%
janrysavy 2006 59000 60000 1000   199 0  
absolut_100 2004 58000 59000 1000   1227 0  
Dizzo 2004 58000 59000 1000   996 0  
PaulCowan 2004 57000 58000 1000   4976 -2  
Enjoylife2 2005 57000 58000 1000   2187 -1  
MistikaS 2006 57000 58000 1000   1669 0  
Atropat 2005 57000 58000 1000   192 0  
Romaoslo 2006 56000 57000 1000   6287 435 7.4%
claudiobaba 2006 56000 57000 1000   771 0  
highhorse 2004 56000 57000 1000   500 100 25.0%
absolutely_frenchy 2003 56000 57000 1000   449 0  
jtyler 2003 55000 56000 1000   5190 0  
ShaneKato 2006 55000 56000 1000   664 -16  
Acik 2007 55000 56000 1000   395 0  
Roob 2005 54000 55000 1000   476 -1  
U.P.images 2006 54000 55000 1000   326 0  
Mandygodbehear 2005 53000 54000 1000   1146 -1  
Freezingtime 2005 53000 54000 1000   903 -1  
Funwithfood 2006 52000 53000 1000   2000 0  
Digical 2004 52000 53000 1000   1363 0  
Rpsycho 2005 52000 53000 1000   1124 -2  
bigredlynx 2004 52000 53000 1000   642 0  
jfelton 2006 52000 53000 1000   335 0  
Gizmo 2004 51000 52000 1000   4576 125 2.8%
ManoAfrica 2006 51000 52000 1000   2517 0  
Skashkin 2003 51000 52000 1000   1975 13 0.7%
rdegrie 2005 51000 52000 1000   1249 4 0.3%
tharrison 2004 51000 52000 1000   799 -1  
Hanis 2010 49000 50000 1000   2744 -4  
Atom Studios 2005 49000 50000 1000   2095 -14  
LawrenceSawyer 2006 49000 50000 1000   1607 0  
Flutter_97321 2002 49000 50000 1000   1122 0  
Kronick 2007 49000 50000 1000   392 0  
cyrop 2004 46000 47000 1000   548 0  
creativepictures 2006 46000 47000 1000   296 0  
andhedesigns 2005 46000 47000 1000   223 0  
dstephens 2006 43000 44000 1000   1250 0  
                 
    56,465,000
58,967,000
3,388,000
  2,772,856
339,447
 


Copyright © 2016 Jim Pickerell. The above article may not be copied, reproduced, excerpted or distributed in any manner without written permission from the author. All requests should be submitted to Selling Stock at 10319 Westlake Drive, Suite 162, Bethesda, MD 20817, phone 301-461-7627, e-mail: wvz@fpcubgbf.pbz

Jim Pickerell is founder of www.selling-stock.com, an online newsletter that publishes daily. He is also available for personal telephone consultations on pricing and other matters related to stock photography. He occasionally acts as an expert witness on matters related to stock photography. For his current curriculum vitae go to: http://www.jimpickerell.com/Curriculum-Vitae.aspx.  

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