List of online image archives

This is an incomplete list of notable online image archives, including both image hosting websites, and archives hosted by libraries and other academic or historical institutions.

List of archives

+SiteTypeNumber of ImagesVideoSoundSearchLanguagesAdobe StockStock Images366,000,000+ (January 2025)YesNoYesEnglish, FrenchAlamyStock Images428,251,303 (October 2025)YesNoYesEnglish (Default)+ GermanArenaPAL Performing Arts Image LibraryPerforming Arts5,000,000+NoNoYesEnglishartresearch.netArt2,200,000+NoNoYesEnglish, German, Italian, DutchArtstor Digital LibraryAssociated Press AP ImagesRights Managed12,000,000+YesNoYesEnglishBridgeman Art LibraryArt, History, Culture5,500,000YesYesYesEnglish, French, Italian, GermanCalifornia Digital LibraryCalifornia State University, Northridge, Oviatt Library Digital CollectionsCamera PressChicago Daily News (1902–1933), collection of over 55,000 images on glass plate negativesDepositphotosStock Images164,000,000+ (June 2020)YesNoYesEnglish (Default)+ 21 other languagesETH Library, Image ArchiveCommons1,000,000+NoNoYesGerman, EnglishEuropeanaFlickrCommonsYesNoNoEnglish (Default) + 9 other languagesFrick Digital Image ArchiveGeograph Britain and IrelandCommons7,900,000+ (March 2025) No No Yes EnglishGetty Images IStock ThinkstockHarvard LibraryInternet Archive5.13 million (March 2025)YesYesYesLibrary of CongressPublic domainLife (magazine)Nationaal Archief (1945–1989) collection of over 400,000 (Dutch) press-imagesCommonsapproximately 400,000NoNoYesDutch (Default)+ EnglishNational Geographic Image Collection (1888–present), collection of more than 10 million digital images, transparencies, b&w prints, early auto chromes, and pieces of original artworkNew York Daily News (1880–2007), online photo archive DailyNewsPix, with photographs dating back to 1880New York Public Library≈ 30% Public domain922,400+ (May 2024)NoNoYesEnglishPexelsPexels licenseYesNoYesPixabayPixabay license950,000+ (May 2017)YesNoYesEnglish (Default) + 25 other languagesPond5Royalty-free11,000,000+ (Jan 2017)YesYesYesEnglish (Default) + 7 other languagesSmithsonian Institution / Smithsonian Open Access4,400,000+ (Jan 2023)ShutterstockStephen Shankland "Shutterstock Buys Rival, Shifts Photo Sales Strategy" , CNET, September 23, 2009Royalty-free450,000,000+ (March 2025)YesYesYesEnglish (Default) + 19 other languagesThe New York TimesRights Managed5,000,000+YesNoYesEnglishTimeRights Managed1,000,000+YesNoYesEnglishUnited Press International (1907–2007)United States National Library of Medicine, images from the history of medicineUniversity of Southern California LibrariesUnsplashCommons with additional restrictions1,000,000+ (2020)NoNoYesEnglishWikimedia CommonsCommons116,000,000+ (March 2025)Statistics page on Wikimedia CommonsYesYesYesEnglish (Default) + other languages

List of online image archives

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