Last updated: August 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08
#2,318
AI visibility: Grade A+
97
SEO health: Latest audit
79
Visits
42.1M
per month, estimated
Keywords
2.1M
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
42.1M organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
137 lines AI engines can read
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istockphoto.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- iStockphoto (Media) is ranked #2,318 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 10,000, down 72 places from #2,246 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 42.1 million visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 2.1 million ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 97 out of 100 (grade A+), with a published llms.txt of 137 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 79/100, with "Optimize Images for Faster Loading" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #2,318 | ▼ 72 |
| July 2026 | #2,246 | ▲ 2 |
| June 2026 | #2,248 | — |
| May 2026 | #2,248 | ▲ 1 |
| April 2026 | #2,249 | ▼ 19 |
| March 2026 | #2,230 | ▼ 5 |
| February 2026 | #2,225 | — |
What this company does
iStock provides a marketplace for royalty-free stock photos, videos, vectors, and illustrations that businesses and individuals can license for their projects. The site gathers material from photographers and creators working in different countries, resulting in a broad selection that covers everyday scenes as well as more specific subjects like holidays or cultural events. Customers can search and download files wit…
Our read on the site
Significant improvements needed. 1 high-priority issue.
istockphoto.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
istockphoto.com draws an estimated 42.1 million visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 42.1 million visits from unpaid results. Paid search contributes only about 65 visits a month. Spread across 2.1 million ranking keywords, that averages roughly 20 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
42.1M
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
42.1M
100% of all traffic
Paid visits
65
No paid search detected
Organic vs paid
100%
0%
We don't hold a month-by-month history for this domain yet.
The traffic dashboard builds one from the first scan onwards.
istockphoto.com AI Visibility
On our AI visibility scale istockphoto.com earns 97 of 100 points, a grade A+. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt, SEO health, Crawlability and Structured data. The biggest gap is Company profile, at 22 of 25 points (7/8 core fields), worth 3 points if closed.
Grade A+
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
100/100
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istockphoto.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on istockphoto.com runs to 137 lines (6,184 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in February 2026. It introduces the site as "iStockphoto - Stock Images, Videos, Vectors & Illustrations". It tells AI engines the business works in Media, Photography and Digital Content. It describes 3 products, with prices such as Stock Photos at Starting at $10/image or subscription plans, Stock Videos at Starting at $60/video or subscription plans and Vectors and Illustrations at Starting at $10/asset or subscription plans. Services it lists include Custom Content Creation and Enterprise Solutions. The audience it names is Professionals, Businesses, Creatives, Marketers, Designers, aged 18-54 (Global). Technologies it mentions include HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AWS and React. The keywords it claims start with "stock images", "royalty-free images", "stock photos" and "illustrations".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
137
In the file
Size
6.2K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Feb 27, 2026
What the file says
# iStockphoto - Stock Images, Videos, Vectors & Illustrations ## About iStockphoto is a premier platform offering high-quality stock images, videos, vectors, and illustrations to a global audience. Serving individual creatives, businesses, and large corporations, iStock provides millions of exclusive, royalty-free assets sourced from a diverse community of contributors. The platform ensures affordability and quality, making it easy for users to find the perfect visual content for their projects. With a seamless user experience, iStock empowers creativity across various industries. **Areas of Work:** Media, Photography, Digital Content ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://istockphoto.com - **Address:** Calgary, Canada - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** Not Available - **Hours:** 24/7 Support - **Timezone:** America/Edmonton - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 500 employees - **Revenue:** $200M - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **Stock Photos** (Starting at $10/image or subscription plans): Access millions of high-quality, royalty-free stock photos for personal and commercial use. - **Stock Videos** (Starting at $60/video or subscription plans): Browse a vast collection of royalty-free stock videos in various resolutions for creative projects. - **Vectors and Illustrations** (Starting at $10/asset or
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Stock PhotosStarting at $10/image or subscription plans
- Stock VideosStarting at $60/video or subscription plans
- Vectors and IllustrationsStarting at $10/asset or subscription plans
Services it tells AI about
- Custom Content CreationContact for quote
- Enterprise SolutionsContact for quote
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Professionals, Businesses, Creatives, Marketers, Designers · 18-54 · Global
Company type
Private · actively hiring
istockphoto.com Organic Keywords
Google lists istockphoto.com for about 2.1 million keywords, which together bring an estimated 42.1 million organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
2.1M
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
42.1M
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
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What it ranks for
istockphoto.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of istockphoto.com scored 79 out of 100 overall. Performance is its weakest area at 61, while SEO scores highest at 100. The audit makes 13 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Excellent
Performance
Accessibility
Fix these first
- HighOptimize Images for Faster Loading
- HighImplement Lazy Loading for Images
- HighMinimize JavaScript and CSS Files
- HighImprove Server Response Time
9 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
istockphoto.com Competitors and Alternatives
iStockphoto's company profile names shutterstock.com, adobe.com/stock and fotolia.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds gettyimages.com, dreamstime.com and 123rf.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are asana.com, quantcount.com, ad-delivery.net and purdue.edu.
istockphoto.com Company Profile
iStock provides a marketplace for royalty-free stock photos, videos, vectors, and illustrations that businesses and individuals can license for their projects. The site gathers material from photographers and creators working in different countries, resulting in a broad selection that covers everyday scenes as well as more specific subjects like holidays or cultural events. Customers can search and download files wit…
iStockphoto was founded in 2000, about 26 years ago, and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Its workforce is listed as between 501 and 1,000 employees. Its profile files it under Media, with further tags for Photography, Digital Content and E-commerce. Products on record for it: Stock Photos, Stock Videos and Vectors and Illustrations. Reported revenue is $200M (2022). Its tagline reads: "Stock Images, Royalty-Free Images, Illustrations, Vectors and Videos".
- Sector
- Media
- Headquarters
- Calgary, Canada
- Founded
- 2000
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Revenue
- $200M (2022)
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Products
- Stock Photos, Stock Videos, Vectors and Illustrations
istockphoto.com Traffic by Country
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istockphoto.com Backlink Analytics
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