Getty Creative Collection: 2016 & 2018

Posted on 7/11/2018 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (0)

This story provides some comparative figures of the 205 brands represented in the Getty Images Creative collection between August 2016 and June 2018. There were 15,001,453 images in the collection in 2016 and 23,922,471 today, a 37% increase overall in two years.

There is a marked difference in the percent of growth per collection over the two year period. About 20 brands are either new in the last two years, or for some reason we had no information for them in 2016. Fifty-five or 27% have fewer images in their collections now than in 2016. In some cases, images that were in RM collections have been moved to RF which explains the decline. Another 21% of brands have grown their collection by less then 10% in the two years.

It is interesting to look at some of the collections where there has been little of no growth. Many of these are among what used to be the top producers of Business, People and Lifestyle images. In many cases the image producers supplying these companies have discovered that they can no longer justify the time and expense required to produce this type of imagery.



Producing such images often requires arranging for access to certain locations, hiring models, arranging for props and sometimes building sets. At today’s prices for image use, the time and expense to produce such images is no longer justified.

The collection with the largest growth in the last two years is EyeEm images. They went from 253,328 images in 2016 to 4,542,663 today and now represents 18% of Getty total collection. Most of the photographer contributing to EyeEm appear to be part-time hobbyists, who produce images for fun, not with a primary focus of earning revenue.



  2016 August 2018 June   Images Percent Total
        Added In Added In
        2 Years 2 Years
360cities.net   4,058   4,058 100%
ABSODELS 9,151 20,423   11,272 55.193%
AFP Creative 3,811 55,887   52,076 93.181%
age fotostock 84,306 112,895   28,589 25.324%
All Canada Photos 90,463 107,363   16,900 15.741%
Alloy 10,708 52,101   41,393 79.488%
Allsport Concepts 2,594 2,584   -10 -0.387%
Altrendo   2,330   2,330 100%
amana images 199,933 225,932   25,999 11.507%
America 24-7 1,856 1,847   -9 -0.487%
arabianEye 47,053 52,796   5,743 10.878%
Arcaid Images 5,774 29,423   23,649 80.376%
Archive Photos 24,954 38,713   13,759 35.541%
Art Images 1,159 1,150   -9 0.783%
ArtBox Images RF 4,573 4,572   -1 0.022%
Asia Images 15,740 8,032   -7,708 -95.966%
Asia Selects 10,604 10,508   -96 -0.914%
AsiaPix 10,282 24,108   13,826 57.35%
Aurora 39,917 40,326   409 1.014%
Aurora Open 18,789 28,805   10,016 34.722%
AWL Images 130,547 142,878   12,331 8.63%
Axiom Photographic Agency 18,792 19,383   591 3.049%
Best View Stock 29,602 30,951   1,349 4.359%
Bettmann 903 3,434   2,531 73.704%
beyond fotomedia 10,583 10,431   -152 -1.457%
Biosphoto 1 39,809   39,808 99.997%
Blend Images 343,271 200,696   -142,575 -71.04%
Bloomberg Creative Photos  
3,563   3,563 100%
BLOOMimage 41,182 39,507   -1,675 -4.24%
blue jean images 41,880 48,145   6,265 13.013%
Brand X Pictures 37,396 36,981   -415 -1.122%
Caiaimage 26,332 35,594   9,262 26.021%
Canopy 48,254 56,320   8,066 14.332%
Car Culture ® Collection 4,767 9,860   5,093 51.653%
Cavan  
93,364   93,364 100%
CGIBackgrounds 5,336 5,336   0 0%
Chic Sketch   119   119 100%
China Span 9,809 10,657   848 7.957%
Collection Mix: Subjects 65,414 92,250   26,836 29.091%
Conde Nast Collection   1,344   1,344 100%
Corbis 468,113 569,770   101,657 17.842%
Corbis Unreleased   6,826   6,826 100%
Corbis Documentary 590,642 600,766   10,124 1.685%
Corbis Historical 3 7   4 57.143%
CSA Images 25,037 28,580   3,543 12.397%
Cultura 164,301 230,617   66,316 28.765%
Da Vinci Codex Atlanticus 2,238 2,238   0 0%
De Agostini Picture Library 217,630 314,261   96,631 30.749%
Design Pics 64,653 73,825   9,172 12.424%
Dex Image 16,978 16,994   16 0.094%
DigitalVision 150,510 197,231   46,721 23.688%
DigitalVision Vectors   1,065,823   1,065,823 100%
DisabilityImages 10,557 11,100   543 4.892%
Discovery Channel Images 4,387 4,387   0 0%
Dorling Kindersley 96,074 99,793   3,719 3.727%
E+ 892,753 2,450,306   1,557,553 63.566%
Evok Images 385 843   458 54.33%
EyeEm 253,328 4,542,663   4,289,335 94.423%
EyeEm Premium 2,824 14,538   11,714 80.575%
EyeEm RM   0   0 0%
F1online 21,307 20,880   -427 -2.045%
First Light 46,750 60,655   13,905 22.925%
foap   111,772   111,772 100%
Folio Images 7,449 21,074   13,625 64.653%
Foodcollection 26,133 63,416   37,283 58.791%
Fotosearch 104,032 92,216   -11,816 -12.813%
Fototrove 1,147 1,110   -37 -3.333%
fStop 40,112 46,312   6,200 13.387%
Fuse 30,984 4,259   -26,725 -627.495%
Gallo Images 162,351 183,113   20,762 11.338%
Gallo Images ROOTS RF 18,615 38,094   19,479 51.134%
Genuine Japan   0   0 0%
GeoNova Maps 1,154 1,154   0 0%
Glow   26,972   26,972 100%
Glowimages 53,194 49,042   -4,152 -8.466%
Gulfimages 5,788 5,788   0 0%
hemis.fr 70,504 72,350   1,846 2.551%
Hero Images 41,317 56,828   15,511 27.295%
HEX 2,796 4,681   1,885 40.269%
Historic Map Works 42,078 42,074   -4 -0.01%
Hola Images 8,634 8,629   -5 -0.058%
Hoxton 709 3,983   3,274 82.199%
Hulton Archive 44,026 44,456   430 0.967%
Iconica 42,614 40,064   -2,550 -6.365%
Ikon Images 11,831 14,461   2,630 18.187%
Illustration Works 8,112  


  -8,112 0%
Image Source 107,814 122,653   14,839 12.098%
imageBROKER 80,439 199,995   119,556 59.779%
Imagemore 29,917 27,246   -2,671 -9.803%
imagenavi 68,909 70,831   1,922 2.714%
Images Bazaar 11,206 13,014   1,808 13.893%
Imagewerks Japan   9,322   9,322 100%
Imagewerks Japan 9,334     -9,334 0%
Imagezoo 23,827 23,739   -88 -0.371%
ImaZinS 968 10,708   9,740 90.96%
IndiaPicture 19,929 28,017   8,088 28.868%
Ingram Publishing 9,570 9,514   -56 -0.589$
Inmagineasia   9,275   9,275 100%
iStock   0   0 0%
iStock Unreleased   309,706   309,706 100%
iStock Unreleased +   0   0 0%
Ivary 7,234 7,231   -3 -0.041%
IZA Stock 6,348 6,348   0 0%
Johner Images 21,127 2,459   -18,668 -759.17%
Johner Images Royalty-Free 42,376 76,517   34,141 44.619%
Juice Images 22,889 72,995   50,106 68.634%
LatinContent 5,743 731   -5,012 -685.636%
Lonely Planet Images 734,694 804,970   70,276 8.73%
Lonely Planet RF  
0   0 0%
LOOK 64,946 67,656   2,710 4.006%
Loop Images   2,673   2,673 100%
Luxy 85 9,484   9,399 99.104%
Maskot 22,313 32,203   9,890 30.071%
MedicalRF.com 11,900 11,901   1 0.008%
MILATAS 8,099 9,047   948 10.479%
Minden Pictures 210,854 123,160   -87,694 -71.203%
Mint Images 4,648 4,420   -228 -5.158%
Mint Images RF 13,923 27,760   13,837 49.845%
MITO images 1,192 2,913   1,721 59.08%
MIXA 36,943 36,922   -21 -0.057%
Moment 453,639 1,725,673   1,272,034 73.712%
Moment RF & RM 637,599     -637,599  
Moment Mobile 29,703 45,749   16,046 35.074%
Moment Open 1,346,112 1,354,911   8,799 0.649%
Moment Select 13,731 12,946   -785 -6.064%
Moment Unreleased 410 159,854   159,444 99.744%
Flickr (added to Moment) 19,375     -19,375  
Mondadori Portfolio 11,364 11,375   11 0.097%
National Geographic 223,188 197,341   -25,847 -13.098%
National Geographic Magazines   58,240   58,240 100%
Nativestock 1,458 1,458   0 0%
Nature Picture Library 11,940 16,038   4,098 25.552%
Nordic Life   0   0 0%
Nordic Photos 7,042 5,955   -1,087 -18.254%
NYonAir   0   0 0%
OJO Images 53,702 53,076   -626 -1.179%
OJO+ 3,867 3,865   -2 -0.052%
ONOKY 22,367 25,569   3,202 12.523%
Oxford Scientific 62,075 60,876   -1,199 -1.97%
Panoramic Images 52,564 55,471   2,907 5.241%
Passage 53,553 46,285   -7,268 -15.703%
Passage Unreleased   4,548   4,548 100%
Perspectives 69,192 110,093   40,901 37.151%
PhotoAlto Agency RF 79,607 85,196   5,589 6.56%
Photodisc 558,184 680,492   122,308 17.973%
Photographer's Choice 235,567 259,157   23,590 9.103%
Photographer's Choice RF 183,934 203,838   19,904 9.765%
Photononstop 52,038 66,673   14,635 21.95%
Photolibrary 496,271 526,003   29,732 5.652%
Photonica 18,586 18,594   8 0.043%
Photonica World 11,558 11,579   21 0.181%
photosindia 34,096 34,096   0 0%
Picture Press 39,564 50,021   10,457 20.905%
PictureIndia 8,323 121   -8,202 -6778.512%
Pixta   718   718 100%
Popperfoto 1,922 2,298   376 16.362%
Publisher Mix   11,113   11,113 100%
Purestock 33,029 33,022   -7 -0.021%
Radius Images 34,223 33,707   -516 -1.531%
redchopsticks 10,351 10,353   2 0.019%
Refinery29   1,170   1,170 100%
Retrofile 8,056 2,363   -5,693 -240.923%
Retrofile RF 7,276 12,485   5,209 41.722%
Riser 2,007 1,918   -89 -4.64%
robertharding 87,697 101,924   14,227 13.958%
RooM 27,447 45,081   17,634 39.116%
Rubberball Production 35,208 35,324   116 0.328%
SambaPhoto 7,607 6,932   -675 -9.737%
Science Faction 21,412 21,260   -152 -0.715%
Science Photo Library 93,188 90,453   -2,735 -3.024%
Science Source 99,544 98,698   -846 -0.857%
Score by Aflo 34,342 34,340   -2 -0.006%
Silkroad images 1,860 163   -1,697 -1041.104%
Sino Images 18,966 47,092   28,126 59.726%
Snapwi.re 778 777   -1 -0.129%
Stock4B 23,131 23,673   542 2.29%
STOCK4B-RF 12,236 12,642   406 3.212%
Stockbyte 666,225 669,292   3,067 0.458%
Stockbyte Unreleased   20,355   20,355 100%
StockFood Creative 35,110 34,448   -662 -1.922%
Stocktrek Images 23,875 26,509   2,634 9.936%
Stone 76,555 80,304   3,749 4.669%
SuperStock 39,525 38,893   -632 -1.625%
Taxi 57,056 64,107   7,051 10.999%
Taxi Japan 16,344 15,804   -540 -3.417%
Tetra images 91,957 94,828   2,871 3.028%
The Image Bank 463,143 530,822   67,679 12.75%
The LIFE Picture Collection 905,678 11,965   -893,713 -7469.394%
TongRo Images 63,478 49,690   -13,788 -27.748%
Topic Images 29,197 31,365   2,168 6.912%
UFO RF 4,353 4,890   537 10.982%
Universal Images Group 59,226 59,486   260 0.437%
Untitled X-Ray 2,061 2,932   871 29.707%
UpperCut Images 8,262 28,003   19,741 70.496%
Vetta 101,762 59,167   -42,595 -71.991%
View Stock 28,681 57,199   28,518 49.858%
VisitBritain  
67,226   67,226 100%
Visuals Unlimited 32,756 31,193   -1,563 -5.011%
VStock 90 4,487   4,397 97.994%
WaterFrame 35,797 39,994   4,197 10.494%
Westend61 149,011 265,648   116,637 43.907%
WIN-Initiative 18,709 19,352   643 3.323%
XiXinXing 5,984 5,978   -6 -0.1%
Yann Arthus-Bertrand 4,441 7,848   3,407 43.412%
ZZVE Illustrations 6,275 6,251   -24 -0.384%
   
       
  15,001,453 23,922,471   8,921,018 37.291%


Copyright © 2018 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

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