Stock Earnings Log

My stock photography earnings, starting with January 2018, are summarized on annual basis along with cumulative net income and total number of images. Besides site comparison main purpose of this analytic is to communicate what kind of income can realistically be expected from stock photography, as well as how the industry is changing over the years. All amounts are in USD.

Since Inception

Shutterstock	iStock	Dreamstime	Adobe	Alamy	Direct
2,997.24	2,671.95	637.87	3,563.22	2,721.26	520	13,111.54

Images Online (Apr 18, 2024)

Shutterstock	iStock	Dreamstime	Adobe	Alamy
2315 (+2)	2600 (+3)	2333 (+2)	1881(+2)	2462 (+2)

2024

	Shutterstock	iStock	Dreamstime	Adobe	Alamy
Jan	16.17	17.20	14.90	92.65	0	140.92
Feb	31.67	7.50	2.45	43.00	13.2	97.82
Mar	52.09	22.53	3.15	91.50	0	169.27


	99.93	47.23	20.5	227.15	13.2	408.01

Direct						0
Total						408.01

2023

	Shutterstock	iStock	Dreamstime	Adobe	Alamy
Jan	8.19	25.59	7.95	39.12	138.89	219.74
Feb	11.98	31.45	6.93	49.81	15.40	115.57
Mar	17.92	55.92	3.85	44.16	60.18	182.03
Apr	135.89	39.06	20.70	31.93	0	227.58
May	29.22	52.86	5.25	50.23	19.39	156.95
June	21.92	79.56	3.50	214.47	86.70	406.15
July	44.85	23.13	2.80	41.00	95.59	207.37
Aug	36.21	40.83	10.05	52.54	8.00	147.63
Sep	19.48	18.21	7.30	102.03	0	147.02
Oct	41.78	40.76	4.55	59.04	10.81	156.94
Nov	14.02	43.95	8.38	42.21	35.11	143.67
Dec	9.97	28.02	5.15	35.40	0	78.54


	391.43	479.34	86.41	761.94	470.07	2,189.19

Direct						0
Total						2,189.19

2022

	Shutterstock	iStock	Dreamstime	Adobe	Alamy
Jan	15.75	42.80	4.45	47.87	1.20	112.07
Feb	18.00	26.18	8.00	78.57	110.8	241.55
Mar	13.71	44.80	9.26	36.47	775.99	880.23
Apr	18.34	22.12	10.49	36.70	45.81	133.46
May	16.50	20.11	13.30	35.78	12.99	98.68
June	35.44	20.63	7.70	222.72	91.94	378.43
July	17.33	30.20	6.36	33.08	107.58	194.55
Aug	17.05	47.34	5.50	48.76	13.20	131.85
Sep	23.18	19.07	10.97	58.68	0.02	111.92
Oct	43.95	24.04	20.85	101.69	6.01	196.94
Nov	25.24	27.67	5.50	48.66	23.18	130.25
Dec	30.20	32.74	4.90	110.36	10.09	188.29


	274.69	357.70	107.28	859.34	1198.81	2797.82

Direct						420
Total						3217.82

2021

	Shutterstock	iStock	Dreamstime	Adobe	Alamy
Jan	15.10	32.49	48.87	61.21	3.61	161.28
Feb	25.30	31.90	4.92	36.90	26.92	125.94
Mar	19.62	27.75	9.44	46.31	13.05	116.17
Apr	18.14	26.90	2.98	38.90	32.27	119.19
May	29.14	26.40	8.17	34.52	19.69	117.92
June	50.58	25.10	2.66	52.93	77.47	208.74
July	20.92	17.30	4.48	80.19	9.52	132.41
Aug	45.02	54.95	4.07	288.52	0.10	392.66
Sep	26.31	16.61	3.21	56.62	2.69	105.44
Oct	21.07	25.14	17.29	26.24	26.78	116.52
Nov	49.48	27.73	7.15	27.76	17.48	129.60
Dec	36.51	44.56	5.85	64.20	0.06	151.18

	*357.19*	357.13	*118.89*	814.30	229.64	1877.15
Direct						0
Total						1877.15

2020

	Shutterstock	iStock	Dreamstime	Adobe	Alamy
Jan	36.37	24.28	9.95	42.18	18.35	131.13
Feb	32.10	41.50	21.80	38.33	25.00	158.73
Mar	25.82	32.27	11.85	35.15	9.68	114.77
Apr	22.23	23.69	14.00	25.85	23.44	109.21
May	51.97	27.31	18.08	35.17	0	132.53
June	21.23	46.10	7.44	23.65	14.53	112.95
July	28.58	22.66	1.81	18.69	20.95	92.69
Aug	13.91	22.75	3.72	45.22	3.62	89.22
Sep	29.90	20.85	1.84	53.23	1.27	107.09
Oct	73.77	26.01	4.06	41.49	18.42	163.75
Nov	56.18	45.03	6.32	31.38	42.24	181.15
Dec	36.11	28.09	7.95	38.74	15.93	126.82

	*428.17*	360.54	*108.82*	429.08	193.43	1520.04
Direct						100.00
Total						1620.04

2019

	Shutterstock	iStock	Dreamstime	Adobe	Alamy
Jan	56.12	33.03	8.31	13.26	0	110.72
Feb	45.25	29.53	10.55	18.44	36.78	140.55
Mar	49.39	67.02	5.40	25.40	5.04	152.25
Apr	87.49	51.71	8.14	20.78	25.62	193.74
May	33.89	38.28	6.88	14.55	18.51	112.11
June	37.32	57.68	2.45	28.42	0.49	126.36
July	79.53	20.43	25.80	17.66	6.40	149.82
Aug	42.81	19.08	7.62	44.04	0	113.55
Sep	25.10	30.28	5.25	29.78	98.01	188.42
Oct	45.38	76.81	21.12	29.03	131.50	303.84
Nov	40.65	38.63	7.27	42.43	8.12	137.10
Dec	42.86	18.15	8.27	30.39	5.68	105.35


	*585.79*	480.63	117.06	314.18	336.15	1833.81

2018

	Shutterstock	iStock	Dreamstime	Adobe	Alamy
Jan	29.02	28.86	8.70	10.46	22.50	99.54
Feb	32.47	25.64	9.80	4.64	0	72.55
Mar	50.22	29.55	5.45	6.67	7.04	98.93
Apr	66.72	43.09	2.80	6.80	0	119.41
May	24.34	44.51	3.39	4.63	2.75	79.62
Jun	61.52	37.00	8.94	7.87	0	115.33
Jul	61.90	17.92	3.73	5.20	0	88.75
Aug	43.25	26.68	2.10	7.27	0	79.30
Sep	28.76	38.10	8.89	11.45	0	87.20
Oct	79.77	29.88	7.85	23.99	65.15	206.64
Nov	55.58	37.16	7.60	19.01	5.15	124.50
Dec	38.67	41.82	7.15	38.11	37.50	163.25


	*572.22*	400.22	76.40	146.11	140.09	1335.04