List of image-sharing websites
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This article presents a non-exhaustive list of notable image-sharing websites.
Active image-sharing websites
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Name
!Location / Owner / Hoster ! Description/Focus/Registration requirements !File:Android Robot Head 2023.svg !Other ! Storage Space Allowed Per User (standard) |
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500px
| Canada / Amazon AWS (hosting) | Free, registration required | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |ChromeOS | 7 uploads/week free plan, unlimited for paid accounts |
Dayviews
| Sweden / Dayviews AB (Bilddagboken AB) | Free image hosting, registration required | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | | {{nts|1291500}}{{cite web|url=http://bilddagboken.se/|title=Dayviews - A place for your photos. A place for your memories.|website=bilddagboken.se}} | Unlimited storage for 547×410 pix reduced images, also unlimited resolution and size for paying BDB HD users, costing approximately equivalent to $10.50 a year. |
DeviantArt
| United States | Free image hosting, registration required. Subscription option provides additional services, and unlocks hidden features. Generally allows art-specific content only, as the service is not a generic image hosting service. | | | | | {{nts|44000000}}{{cite web|url=http://about.deviantart.com/ |title=DeviantArt |publisher=About DeviantArt |access-date=2018-06-27}} | Unlimited uploads with 30 MB limit per image for all account types. |
Dronestagram
| France | Free, Dronestagram is a photo sharing community dedicated to drone photography. The site that has been described as "Instagram for drones", allows hobbyists to share their geo-referenced aerial photos and videos.{{cite web|last1=Sim|first1=David|title=Dronestagram: Award-winning aerial photographs of climate change captured by drones|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/dronestagram-award-winning-aerial-photographs-climate-change-captured-by-drones-1531822|work=International Business Times|date=4 December 2015 |access-date=4 December 2016}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | | |
Facebook
|United States | |Yes |Yes | | |1B |Unlimited |
Flickr
| United States / SmugMug |Photologging/hosting Free registration/Pro service |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}}{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/tools/|title=Flickr: Tools|website=www.flickr.com}} | | Since 20 May 2013, 1TB free, 200MB per image, all photos display, original files downloadable. Starting January 8 of 2019, free accounts will be limited to 1000 images. The 1TB limit for Pro accounts will be removed.{{cite web|url=https://blog.flickr.net/en/2018/11/01/changing-flickr-free-accounts-1000-photos/|date=2018-11-01|title=Why we're changing Flickr free accounts|author=Andrew Stadlen|quote=Beginning January 8, 2019, Free accounts will be limited to 1,000 photos and videos. If you need unlimited storage, you’ll need to upgrade to Flickr Pro.}} |
Fotki
| Free registration photo sharing service and communication portal. |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} | | | 50MB for free, unlimited storage for $30/year.{{cite web |url=http://help.fotki.com/premium-vs-free/ |title=Fotki Help |publisher=help.fotki.com |year=2012 |access-date=2012-03-31}} |
Geograph Britain and Ireland
|United Kingdom / Geograph Project Limited |Geo-located Geographical Images whole of Britain and Ireland, free, registration required | | | | |{{nts|12634}} |Unlimited |
Google Photos
| |Image and video hosting service. | | | | |Files use a storage quota (15 GB free). |
Instagram
| United States / Facebook | Photologging/Social networking . Registration is required. | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | | Owned by Facebook |
Imgur
| United States | Free image hosting, no registration required. | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | | | {{ntsh|0}}Unknown | From 9 Feb 2015 all Imgur accounts are treated as Imgur pro accounts. No limits.{{Cite web|title = Imgur Pro for Everyone – Imgur Blog|url = http://imgur.com/blog/2015/02/09/imgur-pro-for-everyone/|website = imgur.com|access-date = 2015-07-06}} |
Ipernity
| Photo, video & blog sharing. Operated by the world's largest non-commercial photo sharing community, without profit interest, advertising, data trading or sale of any content. | {{No}} |{{Yes}} | | | {{nts|2,500,000}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ipernity.com/about/us |title=About ipernity |publisher=ipernity.com |access-date=2019-10-23}} | 100 GB for €44,90/year (Standard), including unlimited uploads, geo-mapping, picture processing (PicMonkey) and the worlds best integrated translator (DeepL). Basic subscription with reduced limits and features for €22,90/year. |
jAlbum
| Free hosting of galleries created with jAlbum software. |{{Yes}} | | | | {{nts|340000}}{{cite web|url=http://jalbum.net/forum/thread.jspa?messageID=168529#168529 |title=Jalbum Forum |publisher=Jalbum.net |access-date=2012-03-31}} | 30MB of space given for free accounts, upgrade to 1GB space for €19/year. |
Photobucket
| United States | Free registration service. As of July 2017, payment of $400/year required if hosted images are to be displayed on external siteshttp://support.photobucket.com/hc/en-us/articles/115010128088-What-users-are-affected-by-the-changes-to-our-3rd-Party-Hosting-policies- {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727133235/http://support.photobucket.com/hc/en-us/articles/115010128088-What-users-are-affected-by-the-changes-to-our-3rd-Party-Hosting-policies- |date=2017-07-27 }} Photobucket policy page regarding the change. Retrieved 2017-07-28. |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} | | | {{nts|50000000}}[http://mashable.com/2007/08/29/photobucket-50-million/ Photobucket reaches 50M users] (as of August 29, 2007) | With a free account, the user can use up to 10GB of bandwidth per month and 2GB storage. Unlimited free storage, 1MB per photo and 10 minutes per video (with image size restrictions). No size restrictions with Pro account. |
Pinterest
| United States | Photo sharing/social networking | | | | |{{ntsh|0}}Unknown |
Pixabay
|Sharing of high-quality public domain photos. | | | | |{{ntsh|0}}Unknown |{{ntsh|0}}Unknown |
SecureTribe
| United States | Free registration service | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{nts|13800000}}{{cite web|url= https://www.securetribeapp.com/|title= SecureTribe }} | Secure photo/video sharing |
Shutterfly
| United States | Free registration service | | | | | Free, unlimited picture storage. Shared Albums are limited to 1,000 photos. Full resolution downloads only possible via purchase of archive DVD. |
SmugMug
| United States | Free search, subscription hosting | | | | | "unlimited" storage |
Snapfish
| United States / Hewlett-Packard | Free registration service, also provides services for Costco's online photo processing store. | | | | | unlimited, pay per download |
Unsplash
| Montreal, Quebec / Unsplash, Inc.{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/unsplash/hello-unsplash-inc-ce02b1c79d23|title=Hello, Unsplash, Inc.|first=Mikael|last=Cho|date=5 January 2017}} | Free, registration required to upload pictures. Unsplash license only. It's similar to CC0, but the user can't use the pictures to replicate a similar or competing service.{{cite web|title=License Unsplash|url=https://unsplash.com/license|website=unsplash.com}} | | | |{{ntsh|0}}Unknown | Unknown |
VK
|Russia |Free, Russian social network |Yes |Yes | | | |Unlimited |
Wikimedia Commons
| United States |Free, Creative Commons license, Public domain{{cite web | url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:User_pages | title=Commons:User pages - Wikimedia Commons }} |Yes |Yes |Yes | | |Unlimited |
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Defunct photo-sharing websites
:These also include sites that may still operate, but do not accept new users. Listed in chronological order of shutdown.
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! Location/Owner ! Description/Focus/Registration requirements ! Date closed ! Status/Notes ! Storage Space Allowed Per User (standard) |
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Album2
| Oslo, Norway / Sveinung Dammen | Free 30 day trial, registration required |2024 |Domain is for sale via godaddy.com | 150 prints/year |
style="font-weight:normal" |Zooomr
| United States / BlueBridge Technologies Group | No registration service since 2007. | {{dts|2007}} | Users are no longer accepted. | {{nts|100000}} | Unlimited uploads and unlimited storage for ALL users. |
style="font-weight:normal" | Radar.net
| | Free registration. |{{dts|2010-05-26}} | Radar shut down on May 26, 2010 at noon (PDT).{{cite news |author=MG Siegler |title=Radar Locates The Deadpool On May 26 |publisher=TechCrunch |date=May 10, 2010 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/05/10/radar-deadpool/ |access-date=2011-10-11}} | {{ntsh|0}}Unknown | ? |
style="font-weight:normal;" | GazoPa Bloom
| | Flower photo sharing service | {{dts|2011}} | | {{ntsh|0}}Unknown | ? |
style="font-weight:normal" | Fotopic.net
| UK/Snappy Designs Ltd | | {{dts|2011-03-08}} | | {{ntsh|0}}Unknown | |
style="font-weight:normal" | Ovi Share
| Finland / Nokia | Nokia's multimedia sharing service, formerly called Twango. | {{dts|2012-05-30}} | Other Nokia services still available with the registered account.{{cite web |title=Service Notification: Ovi Share is closing on 30 May 2012 |publisher=Nokia |date=2012-02-28 |url=http://nds2.fds-comms.nokia.com/SiteCollectionImages/2012/02/Global/Ovi_Share/Ovi_Share_Shut-down_Email_initial_mirror.html |access-date=2013-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626131648/http://nds2.fds-comms.nokia.com/SiteCollectionImages/2012/02/Global/Ovi_Share/Ovi_Share_Shut-down_Email_initial_mirror.html |archive-date=26 June 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} | {{nts|20000000}} | unlimited, pay per download |
style="font-weight:normal" | MobileMe Web Gallery
| United States / Apple Inc. | Subscription service. |{{dts|2012-06-30}} | For an advertised "limited time", data was still able to be retrieved from MobileMe until July 31, 2012, when the site finally closed completely. Services moved to iCloud on June 30. | 10GB (standard level) |
style="font-weight:normal" |Kodak Gallery
| United States | Free registration service, archiving photo service for $25/year. |{{dts|2012-07-02}} |(Closed down on July 2, 2012; all accounts moved over to Shutterfly) | {{nts|20000000}}Kodak Gallery | Used to be unlimited low-resolution, paid users can download high-res images that they've uploaded. New minimum purchase requirements 3/09: $4.99/yr for 2GB or less, $19.99/yr for more than 2GB. |
style="font-weight:normal" | Webshots
| United States | Free registration service. |{{dts|2012-12-01}} |All old user photos from accounts not migrated to Shutterfly were deleted. Webshots still operates in other fields, and is owned by Threefold Photos. | {{nts|32000000}}{{cite web|url=http://p.webshots.com/img/pdf/webshots_services.pdf |title=Webshots' overview page, 2004 |access-date=2012-03-31}} | One 800×600 image per day |
style="font-weight:normal" | Pixorial
| United States | Personal photo and video sharing platform. |{{dts|2014-07-18}} |No new accounts being accepted. | {{nts|636000}} | Free subscription available with 7 GB of storage for photos or videos. No limits on resolution of images or length of videos. Additional paid subscriptions available with increased storage. Unlimited uploads of photos or videos. |
style="font-weight:normal" |Lockerz
| United States | Free registration service |{{dts|2014}} | | Unlimited uploads for all users; 5MB per image |
style="font-weight:normal" |Bayimg
|Sweden / The Pirate Bay | Free image hosting, no registration required, uncensored |Temporarily reopened in 2016 for file recovery. | | |
style="font-weight:normal" | imm.io
| United States / Autodesk | Free image hosting, images removed if not viewed in the last 30 days. |{{dts|2014|2|3}}{{cite web|url=https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX/issues/51|title=I'm sorry to say that imm.io is officially shutdown.|author=developexaccount|website=GitHub |date=Feb 3, 2014|access-date=July 3, 2016}} | | {{ntsh|0}}Unknown | |
style="font-weight:normal" | Streamzoo
| United States | Mobile photosocial game, free registration service, unlimited storage and sharing, available on Apple iOS, Android and Web | {{dts|2014|3|21}} | All services stopped and photos deleted. | {{ntsh|0}}Unknown | Unlimited |
style="font-weight:normal" | Trovebox
| United States / Wide Angle Labs, Inc.{{cite web |title=Privacy Policy |publisher=Trovebox |date=2013-01-19 |url=https://trovebox.com/privacy |access-date=2013-08-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130830081128/https://trovebox.com/privacy |archive-date=2013-08-30 |url-status=dead }} | Free image hosting, registration required. Subscription option provides additional features. |{{dts|2015|3|31}} | | {{ntsh|0}}Unknown | 100 photo uploads per month for free users, unlimited for Pro accounts. 30MB per photo. |
style="font-weight:normal" | Panoramio
| Headquartered in Switzerland / Google | Free registration service | {{dts|2016|11|04}} | | {{nts|4700000}} | Unlimited provided the photos comply with the Google Earth Photo Acceptance Policy. |
style="font-weight:normal" | Phanfare
| United States / Carbonite | Subscription-based photo sharing | {{dts|2017|05|28}} | Phanfare and SmugMug have worked out a transition plan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smugmug.com/phanfare|title=Photo Sharing. Stunning Photo Websites. - SmugMug}} | {{ntsh|0}} |Unlimited storage. Subscription accounts only. Bought out by Carbonite. |
style="font-weight:normal" | yfrog
|United States / ImageShack |Twitter photo sharing. Registration required. {{as of|2011}} holds approximately 29% of the Twitter photo sharing market.{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/02/a-snapshot-of-photo-sharing-market-share-on-twitter|title=A Snapshot Of Photo-Sharing Market Share On Twitter |date=June 2, 2011 |publisher=TechCrunch |access-date=June 8, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://blog.sysomos.com/2011/06/02/how-people-currently-share-pictures-on-twitter/|title=How People Currently Share Pictures On Twitter|date=June 2, 2011|publisher=Sysomos|access-date=June 8, 2011|archive-date=August 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802233224/http://blog.sysomos.com/2011/06/02/how-people-currently-share-pictures-on-twitter/|url-status=dead}} |? | | | |
style="font-weight:normal" | TinyPic
| United States / PhotoBucket | Free image hosting, no registration required | {{dts|2019|9|9}} | All services stopped. Uploaded photos downloadable up until September 19, 2019. | {{ntsh|0}}Unknown | No known limit, but largest image dimension limited to 1600 pixels. |
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Comparison of photo-sharing websites
Legend:
- File formats: the image or video formats allowed for uploading
- IPTC support: support for the IPTC image header
- Yes - IPTC headers are read upon upload and exposed via the web interface; properties such as captions and keywords are written back to the IPTC header and saved along with the photo when downloading or e-mailing it
- Some - IPTC headers are read but information added via the web interface is not saved back to the IPTC header; or, IPTC headers are lost on resizing{{cite web|url=http://www.bulk-photo-resizer.com |title=Photo Resizer |publisher=Bulk-photo-resizer.com |access-date=2012-03-31}}
- Tags/keywords: the ability to add to and search by tags or keywords
- Comments: the ability of users to leave comments on the photo
- Yes - full control over who can leave comments (friends, registered users, non-registered users)
- Some - users must register with the website to leave comments
- Rating:
- Yes - star rating: the ability to rate photos numerically, usually on a scale from 1 to 5
- Some - thumbs up/down rating, "mark as favorite", or a rating system accessible only to logged-in users
- Download originals:
- Yes - anyone can download the original photo
- Some - only photos of "pro" members can be downloaded
- Notes/annotations: the ability to overlay textual notes to areas of a photo
- Friendly URLs: human-readable URLs (e.g. /photos/greece_album/athens.jpg) vs. numeric identifiers (MemViewImage.asp?AID=5610943&IID=205062034&INUM=5&ICT=5&IPP=16)
- Subscriptions
- Some - RSS feeds{{Cite web |url=http://feeds.fotki.com/wikipedia/album_rbskbksgtsqgk.rss |title=Wikipedia's "Test album" album |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626095940/http://feeds.fotki.com/wikipedia/album_rbskbksgtsqgk.rss |archive-date=26 June 2011 |url-status=dead}} and web interface{{cite web|url=http://whatsnew.fotki.com/wikipedia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706024052/http://whatsnew.fotki.com/wikipedia/|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 July 2011|title=What's new on Wikipedia's "Photo Albums" pages - Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy.|date=6 July 2011}}
- Yes - RSS feeds, web interface, plus photo updates can be sent by e-mail to non-registered members{{cite web|url=http://www.23hq.com/23/faq#0.1_21|title=23: Help|website=www.23hq.com}}
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See also
References
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