Recently I’ve done three stories examining various aspects of the collections at
Getty and
iStock and
Shutterstock. The chart below provides easy comparisons of these three collections.
| |
Getty |
Percent |
iStock |
iStock |
Shutterstock |
Percent |
| |
|
Total Getty |
Signature |
Essentials |
|
Of Total |
| Total |
26,024,940 |
Collection |
|
|
205,781,944 |
Shutterstock |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nature |
8,230,582 |
31.6% |
2,785,871 |
17,666,655 |
58,257,587 |
28.31% |
| Scenic |
3,584,807 |
13.8% |
841,429 |
3,756,209 |
6,277,907 |
3.05% |
| Landscape |
3,019,346 |
11.6% |
987,946 |
5,360,634 |
19,029,548 |
9.25% |
| Architecture |
3,274,224 |
12.6% |
838,585 |
4,445,029 |
13,984,038 |
6.8% |
| Flowers |
1,625,736 |
6.2% |
685,878 |
5,554,013 |
18,242,149 |
8.86% |
| Animals |
2,944,307 |
11.3% |
1,056,674 |
7,562,936 |
11,319,612 |
5.5% |
| Travel |
5,640,591 |
21.7% |
2,194,464 |
8,605,950 |
23,976,357 |
11.65% |
| Recreation |
2,914,957 |
11.2% |
1,515,388 |
3,481,647 |
3,013,212 |
1.46% |
| Food |
2,070,328 |
8% |
1,557,028 |
13,062,144 |
24,832,057 |
12.07% |
| Agriculture |
648,323 |
2.5% |
357,547 |
2,375,224 |
5,804,033 |
2.82% |
| Children |
1,727,058 |
6.6% |
1,078,696 |
2,650,228 |
7,055,920 |
3.43% |
| Industry |
635,944 |
2.4% |
796,275 |
3,317,530 |
7,650,550 |
3.72% |
| Business |
1,548,061 |
5.9% |
1,758,470 |
6,258,139 |
27,467,402 |
13.35% |
| Family |
853,729 |
3.3% |
624,863 |
1,462,897 |
4,353,670 |
2.12% |
| Aviation |
167,798 |
0.6% |
107,837 |
,444,495 |
595,206 |
0.29% |
| Medical |
452,407 |
1.7% |
491,604 |
2,624,680 |
3,993,578 |
1.94% |
| Computer |
564,550 |
2.2% |
655,197 |
1,792,910 |
7,938,453 |
3.86% |
| Office |
539,986 |
2.1% |
509,900 |
1,492,403 |
8,259,881 |
4.01% |
| Education |
352,427 |
1.4% |
391,146 |
1,454,160 |
5,287,340 |
2.57% |
| Drugs |
104,560 |
0.4% |
145,822 |
1,024,484 |
909,575 |
0.44% |
| Soccer |
51,855 |
0.2% |
48,637 |
184,740 |
916,093 |
0.45% |
| Business Meeting |
176,220 |
0.7% |
161,191 |
180,561 |
1,564,085 |
0.76% |
| Drone |
19,007 |
0.1% |
13,420 |
2,215 |
290,293 |
0.14% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
41,146,803 |
|
19,603,868 |
94,829,883 |
261,018,546 |
|
Note that the iStock Signature collection alone has as many, if not more, images in key subject areas as Getty Images has. As a result customers may find iStock may be a better source for premium images than Getty. A few photographer who have images on both iStock and Getty indicate that iStock Signature tends to generate more sales and more royalty revenue for them that Getty RF.