Storyblocks has published a
2018 Trends Guide that features predictions for the year ahead based on 64M searches and 38M downloads across their sites in the last year (365 days). The results suggest that creators are increasingly globally aware and creating a strong increase in demand for diverse and global content.
The number 1 finding is that customers are looking for Awesome imagery from epic landscapes and wow-worthy aerials to swooping cinematic scores. Storyblocks started in business offering video clips, but now offers still images and audio as well.
In the past year the demand for City Scenes increased 1285%, Landscapes, 215% and Cinematic audio 305%.
They also echo the findings of virtually all other trend guides that there is a very high demand for Real People. In this category they’ve seen a 782% increase in searches for LGBT, 162% for Street Photography and 134% for Candid Authentic.
There has been increasing demand for simplified designs, geometric shapes, wide shots and raw audio. There has been a 110% increase in demand for Wide Shots, 29% increase for Negative Space, and 1,189% increase for Shapes.
In addition Storyblocks has seen a 23% increase in the demand for
Slow Motion and 136% increase in
Celestialism.