Author Topic: Adobe - What are you doing? (Read 415 times)

Artist · « **on:** June 20, 2025, 03:29 »

My earnings are going down by every month. I am not sure what changes have they made but downloads are decreasing consistantly.
Adobe has been on my top list and seeing them going down hurts.

Shuttershock · « **Reply #1 on:** June 20, 2025, 04:17 »

Mine have remained constant, images only, 25 uploads a week, 2 hrs work a week all in. Circa $300 a month

Pacesetter · « **Reply #2 on:** June 20, 2025, 04:53 »

Adobe Stock has lost its shine. It was going well there for a time, probably gaining some customers from Shutterstock, but it's recent clumsy and chaotic curation of AI content has seen it decline.

DaLiu · « **Reply #3 on:** June 20, 2025, 05:23 »

I love how people blame Adobe for everything, like Adobe can control the market and customers, it's a slow period overall.

Artist · « **Reply #4 on:** June 20, 2025, 05:54 »

Quote from: DaLiu on June 20, 2025, 05:23

I love how people blame Adobe for everything, like Adobe can control the market and customers, it's a slow period overall.

Maybe you are slightly lost here.

Sometimes the market does feel slow, but a big part of what’s happening is that companies like Adobe are constantly tweaking their search and indexing algorithms. Sometimes those changes help visibility, other times they really hurt. It’s all part of their ongoing experiments.

That said, the demand isn’t actually gone. Adobe just shows a max of 100 pages in search results and they are still doing pretty well.

Also, don’t forget companies like Adobe take a decent chunk in commission. That’s part of what funds all these experiments and keeps the platform running.

To be fair though, Adobe has generally treated contributors pretty well, which is why they’re still leading the microstock space. It’s just that in the last few months, things seem to have dipped which is definitely a bit concerning.

tätarätä · « **Reply #5 on:** June 20, 2025, 07:27 »

Quote from: Artist on June 20, 2025, 05:54

Quote from: DaLiu on June 20, 2025, 05:23
I love how people blame Adobe for everything, like Adobe can control the market and customers, it's a slow period overall.

Maybe you are slightly lost here.

Sometimes the market does feel slow, but a big part of what’s happening is that companies like Adobe are constantly tweaking their search and indexing algorithms. Sometimes those changes help visibility, other times they really hurt. It’s all part of their ongoing experiments.

That said, the demand isn’t actually gone. Adobe just shows a max of 100 pages in search results and they are still doing pretty well.

Also, don’t forget companies like Adobe take a decent chunk in commission. That’s part of what funds all these experiments and keeps the platform running.

To be fair though, Adobe has generally treated contributors pretty well, which is why they’re still leading the microstock space. It’s just that in the last few months, things seem to have dipped which is definitely a bit concerning.

The market is not slow. There are more contributors because of AI.

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