Microstocktime Statistics Service
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For a long time, the stock photo agency Shutterstock was the most “mysterious” stock photo agency. While other stock agencies provided and continue to provide statistics on user views of images or even the number of sales of a particular image, Shutterstock only showed the number of works in the contributor’s portfolio.
However, a project called microstocktime recently appeared on the internet, where you can see the statistics of Shutterstock users. For example, it became known that just over 33 thousand contributors collaborate with the microstock, instead of the previously claimed 330 thousand. Thus, we learned that only 10% of all registered users complete the exam process.
On the microstocktime website, you can see the activity dynamics of each contributor. Each week, the service records the growth of the portfolio and displays it in graphs.
Let’s take, for example, the portfolio of the well-known Lev Dolgachov. On his page, the registration date is visible, which is hidden on the website, as well as his specialization. The service calculates the percentage of photographs or illustrations in the portfolio and the orientation of the works.
There are also activity graphs. The first shows the overall growth of the portfolio:
The second displays the number of works uploaded by the contributor each week:
I should note that contributors can be sorted by their specialization, meaning you can select only photographers, illustrators, or those whose portfolios are dominated by vectors.
Overall statistics are also available, showing:
- the sizes of contributors’ portfolios;
- the distribution of contributors by registration year;
- the ratio of photographers to illustrators.
In short, the Shutterstock statistics service from microstocktime is a good tool for analyzing competitors and the overall development of the stock photo agency.
Unfortunately, the service is currently abandoned by its creators and is no longer functioning. As an alternative, you can check out the m-rank service.
This article is also available for reading in the following categories: About Microstocks, Shutterstock
Do you know of any paid resources for author ratings?
m-rank.net only provides info on vector graphics. There are no photo stockers there.
Unfortunately, I have not come across any other free alternatives.
Hello! Please tell me, how can I find the author statistics service on the site microstocktime.ru?
I’m trying to find it and can’t.
Thank you.
Good afternoon!
Irina, microstocktime.ru has long been defunct.
Try looking for statistics on the site m-rank.net. Although they have more data on top Shutterstock authors, still…