PhotoSecrets 100 updated with ownership info
Now you can see who owns — and who started — the most popular photography-related websites. The PhotoSecrets 100 has been updated with information on ownership, founders, and location.
Here are some interesting things I learned while updating the list:
- The microstock jostling continues. Fotolia (#7) has overtaken 123RF (#8), and both are battling iStock (#6) and Dreamstime (#9) for second place after Shutterstock (#4).
- Two online photo editors are closing in on the Top 10 — PIXLR (#11) and PicMonkey (#12). Six more are in the Top 100: PiZap (#47), PicResize (#48), Lunapic (#56), Pho.to (#57), iPiccy (#73), PhotoFaceFun (#89).
- A plethora of free photos sites (well, 12) are in the Top 100: Freepik (#13), Pixabay (#20), FreeImages (#23), FreeDigitalPhotos (#35), MorgueFile (#46), Imgsrc.ru (#49), Unsplash (#52), StockFreeImages (#62), StockVault (#75), Pixoto (#83), EveryStockPhoto (#96) and FreeRange (#99).
- GoPro (#33) is the most popular camera manufacturer, above Canon (#34) and NikonUSA (#64).
- CanonRumors (#74) has overtaken NikonRumors (#78).
- Nikon reviewer KenRockwell (#56) is more popular than NikonUSA (#64) and Nikon (#81).
- DPReview (#21) is the most popular online photography magazine. Another 13 are more popular than the US’ most popular print photography magazine. PetaPixel (#39), DPS (#41), Photo.net (#54), KenRockwell (#58),CameraWorld (#61), Photoshop.com (#65), CanonRumors (#74), PhotographyBlog (#76), NikonRumors (#78), ImagingResource (#79), ePhotozine (#81), TalkPhotography (#85), SLRLounge (#86), are all above Popular Photography (#91).
Here are the Top Ten Photography Websites as of August 11, 2014.
PhotoSecrets 10: | |||
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| Rank | Website | Traffic | Notes |
| 1 | 30 | Created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. Owned by Facebook. Based in San Francisco. | |
| 2 | Imgur | 48 | Created by Alan Schaaf. Funded by Andreessen Horowitz. Based in San Francisco. |
| 3 | Flickr | 107 | Created by Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake. Based in Vancouver. Owned by Yahoo. |
| 4 | Shutterstock | 185 | Founded by Jon Oringer. Publicly traded as NYSE:SSTK. Owns BigStock. |
| 5 | Photobucket | 262 | Created by Alex Welch, Darren Crystal. Based in Denver, CO. Once owned by News Corp. |
| 6 | IStockphoto | 453 | Founded by Bruce Livingstone. Based in Calgary, Canada. Owned by Getty Images |
| 7 | Fotolia | 518 | Based in New York City. Funded by KKR. |
| 8 | 123RF | 624 | Privately owned. Based in San Francisco. |
| 9 | Dreamstime | 672 | Founded by Serban Enache and Dragos Jianu. Based in Brentwood, TN and Bucharest, Romania. |
| 10 | BHPhotoVideo | 770 | Based in New York City. |
| Notes: Rank=Position in this group in order of most Internet traffic, according to Alexa as of August 11, 2014. Traffic=Alexa Traffic Rank as of August 11, 2014. | |||
See the full list at:
PhotoSecrets 100