List of image-sharing websites

This is a non-exhaustive list of major image-sharing websites.

Active image-sharing websites

Name	Location / Owner / Hoster	Description/Focus/Registration requirements				Other	Registered users	Storage Space Allowed Per User (standard)	Global Alexa[1] page ranking
500px	Canada / Amazon AWS (hosting)	Free, registration required	Yes	Yes	Yes	Chrome OS	7006150000000000000♠1,500,000[2]	20 uploads/week free plan, unlimited for paid accounts	7003135900000000000♠1,359[3]
Album2	Oslo, Norway / Sveinung Dammen	Free 30 day trial, registration required					7003200000000000000♠2,000[4]	150 prints/year	7007191090910000000♠19,109,091[5]
Dayviews	Sweden / Dayviews AB (Bilddagboken AB)	Free image hosting, registration required	Yes	Yes	Yes		7006129150000000000♠1,291,500[6]	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.	7004313740000000000♠31,374[7]
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.					7007250000000000000♠25,000,000[8]	Unlimited uploads with 30 MB limit per image for all account types.	7002152000000000000♠152[9]
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.[10]	Yes	No	No		7004300000000000000♠30,000[11]		7005171974000000000♠171,974[12]
Flickr	United States / Yahoo!	Open (Yahoo! login)	Yes	Yes	Yes[13]		7007870000000000000♠87,000,000 (May 2013)[14]	Since 20 May 2013, 1TB free, 200MB per image, all photos display, original files downloadable. Old limits: 300MB monthly upload limit (30MB per photo),[15] max 200 images viewable (free account[16]). If a free account is inactive for 90 consecutive days, it may be deleted.[17])	7002124000000000000♠124[18]
Fotki	Estonia[19] / Fotki, Inc.	Free registration photo sharing service and communication portal.	Yes	Yes			7006125000000000000♠1,250,000[20]	50MB for free, unlimited storage for $30/year.[21]	7003873200000000000♠8,732[22]
Fotolog	United States	Photoblogging. Popular in South America.	Yes	Yes			7007150000000000000♠15,000,000[23]	The free version is ad-supported, and limits users to uploading one picture per day. Paying members can upload up to six pictures a day.	7003548300000000000♠5,483[24]
Geograph Britain and Ireland	United Kingdom / Geograph Project Limited	Geo-located Geographical Images whole of Britain and Ireland, free, registration required					7004126340000000000♠12,634	Unlimited	7004717170000000000♠71,717[25]
GifBoom	United States / TapMojo LLC[26]	Sharing of animated GIFs. Login through Twitter or Facebook.	Yes	Yes			5000000000000000000♠Unknown	5000000000000000000♠Unknown	7005175061000000000♠175,061[27]
Google Photos		Image and video storage service. Shared albums possible with Picasa (discontinued) and Google Plus.						Unlimited for small and medium files. Large files (Larger than 16MP and 1080P) use a storage quota, or can be converted to medium size.
Instagram	United States / Facebook	Photo sharing service. Registration is required.	Yes	Yes	Yes		7008100000000000000♠100,000,000[28]	Owned by Facebook	7001260000000000000♠26[29]
Imgur	United States	Free image hosting, no registration required.	Yes	Yes			5000000000000000000♠Unknown	From 9 Feb 2015 all Imgur accounts are treated as Imgur pro accounts. No limits.[30]	7001360000000000000♠36[31]
Ipernity	France[32]	Photo/video sharing, groups, blog.	Yes				5000000000000000000♠Unknown	Unlimited image display/storage for €25/year (2016); 200MB/month upload, only last 200 displayed with free account.	7004302320000000000♠30,232[33]
jAlbum	Sweden[34]	Free hosting of galleries created with Jalbum software.	Yes				7005340000000000000♠340,000[35]	30MB of space given for free accounts, upgrade to 1GB space for €19/year.	7004427830000000000♠42,783[36]
Photobucket	United States	Free registration service. As of July 2017, payment of $400/year required if hosted images are to be displayed on external sites[37]	Yes	Yes			7007500000000000000♠50,000,000[38]	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.	7002347000000000000♠347[39]
Pinterest	United States	Photo sharing/social networking					7007117000000000000♠11,700,000[40]	5000000000000000000♠Unknown	7001320000000000000♠32[41]
Pixabay	Germany[42]	Sharing of high-quality public domain photos. Free to browse and download, registration required to contribute. Includes social networking capabilities.					5000000000000000000♠Unknown	5000000000000000000♠Unknown	7003123500000000000♠1,235[43]
Shutterfly	United States	Free registration service					7006200000000000000♠2,000,000[44]	Free, unlimited picture storage. Shared Albums are limited to 1,000 photos. Full resolution downloads only possible via purchase of archive DVD.	7003108000000000000♠1,080[45]
SmugMug	United States	Free search, subscription hosting					7005315000000000000♠315,000[46]	"unlimited" storage	7003232700000000000♠2,327[47]
Snapfish	United States / Hewlett-Packard	Free registration service, also provides services for Costco's online photo processing store.					7007900000000000000♠90,000,000[48]	unlimited, pay per download	7003588800000000000♠5,888[49]
TinyPic	United States / PhotoBucket	Free image hosting, no registration required	Yes				5000000000000000000♠Unknown	No known limit, but largest image dimension limited to 1600 pixels.	7003139500000000000♠1,395[50]
Unsplash	Montreal, Quebec / Unsplash, Inc.[51]	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.[52]		Yes [53]			5000000000000000000♠Unknown	Unknown	7003194200000000000♠1,942[54]
Name	Location / Owner / Hoster	Description/Focus/Registration requirements				Other	Registered users	Storage Space Allowed Per User (standard)	Global Alexa[1] page ranking

Defunct photo-sharing websites

These also include sites that may still operate, but do not accept new users. Listed in chronological order of shutdown.

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^[82]
• 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 (example) and web interface (example)
  • Yes - RSS feeds, web interface, plus photo updates can be sent by e-mail to non-registered members (example)

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