Global Visual Content Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2031

Summary

Visual content includes images, videos, illustrations, vectors, and others. Visual content marketing refers to content marketing that employs visual content rather than text content.

According to APO Research, The global Visual Content market was estimated at US$ million in 2025 and is projected to reach a revised size of US$ million by 2031, witnessing a CAGR of xx% during the forecast period 2026-2031.

North American market for Visual Content is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Visual Content is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Europe market for Visual Content is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

The major global companies of Visual Content include Shutterstock, 123RF, Getty Images, Dreamstime, Fotolia, Story & Heart, Storyblocks, Depositphotos and Alamy, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

Report Scope

This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Visual Content, with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Visual Content.

The Visual Content market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. This report segments the global Visual Content market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided. For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.

Key Companies & Market Share Insights

In this section, the readers will gain an understanding of the key players competing. This report has studied the key growth strategies, such as innovative trends and developments, intensification of product portfolio, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, new product innovation, and geographical expansion, undertaken by these participants to maintain their presence. Apart from business strategies, the study includes current developments and key financials. The readers will also get access to the data related to global revenue, gross margin by manufacturers for the period 2020-2025. This all-inclusive report will certainly serve the clients to stay updated and make effective decisions in their businesses.

Visual Content Segment by Company

Shutterstock
123RF
Getty Images
Dreamstime
Fotolia
Story & Heart
Storyblocks
Depositphotos
Alamy
AP Images
Dissolve
Photofolio
Pond5
Unsplash

Visual Content Segment by Type

Images Visual Content
Video Visual Content
Infographics Visual Content
Others

Visual Content Segment by Application

Editorial
Commercial
Others

Visual Content Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Key Drivers & Barriers

High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Visual Content market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Visual Content and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Visual Content.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of global and regional market size and CAGR for the history and forecast period (2020-2025, 2026-2031). It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 2: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 3: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 4: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 5: Detailed analysis of Visual Content companies' competitive landscape, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product introduction, revenue, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Concluding Insights of the report

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1 Market Overview
1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.3 Global Visual Content Market Size Overview by Region 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
1.4 Global Visual Content Market Size by Region (2020-2031)
1.4.1 Global Visual Content Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
1.4.2 Global Visual Content Market Size by Region (2026-2031)
1.5 Key Regions Visual Content Market Size (2020-2031)
1.5.1 North America Visual Content Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.2 Europe Visual Content Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Visual Content Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.4 South America Visual Content Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.5 Middle East & Africa Visual Content Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
2 Visual Content Market by Type
2.1 Type Introduction
2.1.1 Images Visual Content
2.1.2 Video Visual Content
2.1.3 Infographics Visual Content
2.1.4 Others
2.2 Global Visual Content Market Size by Type
2.2.1 Global Visual Content Market Size Overview by Type (2020-2031)
2.2.2 Global Visual Content Historic Market Size Review by Type (2020-2025)
2.2.3 Global Visual Content Market Size Forecasted by Type (2026-2031)
2.3 Global Visual Content Market Size by Regions
2.3.1 North America Visual Content Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Europe Visual Content Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Asia-Pacific Visual Content Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.4 South America Visual Content Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.5 Middle East and Africa Visual Content Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
3 Visual Content Market by Application
3.1 Type Introduction
3.1.1 Editorial
3.1.2 Commercial
3.1.3 Others
3.2 Global Visual Content Market Size by Application
3.2.1 Global Visual Content Market Size Overview by Application (2020-2031)
3.2.2 Global Visual Content Historic Market Size Review by Application (2020-2025)
3.2.3 Global Visual Content Market Size Forecasted by Application (2026-2031)
3.3 Global Visual Content Market Size by Regions
3.3.1 North America Visual Content Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.2 Europe Visual Content Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.3 Asia-Pacific Visual Content Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.4 South America Visual Content Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.5 Middle East and Africa Visual Content Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
4 Global Market Dynamics
4.1 Visual Content Industry Trends
4.2 Visual Content Industry Drivers
4.3 Visual Content Industry Opportunities and Challenges
4.4 Visual Content Industry Restraints
5 Competitive Insights by Company
5.1 Global Top Players by Visual Content Revenue (2020-2025)
5.2 Global Visual Content Industry Company Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
5.3 Global Visual Content Key Company Headquarters & Area Served
5.4 Global Visual Content Company, Product Type & Application
5.5 Global Visual Content Company Commercialization Time
5.6 Market Competitive Analysis
5.6.1 Global Visual Content Market CR5 and HHI
5.6.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Visual Content Players Market Share by Revenue in 2024
5.6.3 2024 Visual Content Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
6 Company Profiles
6.1 Shutterstock
6.1.1 Shutterstock Comapny Information
6.1.2 Shutterstock Business Overview
6.1.3 Shutterstock Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 Shutterstock Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.1.5 Shutterstock Recent Developments
6.2 123RF
6.2.1 123RF Comapny Information
6.2.2 123RF Business Overview
6.2.3 123RF Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 123RF Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.2.5 123RF Recent Developments
6.3 Getty Images
6.3.1 Getty Images Comapny Information
6.3.2 Getty Images Business Overview
6.3.3 Getty Images Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 Getty Images Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Getty Images Recent Developments
6.4 Dreamstime
6.4.1 Dreamstime Comapny Information
6.4.2 Dreamstime Business Overview
6.4.3 Dreamstime Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Dreamstime Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Dreamstime Recent Developments
6.5 Fotolia
6.5.1 Fotolia Comapny Information
6.5.2 Fotolia Business Overview
6.5.3 Fotolia Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Fotolia Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Fotolia Recent Developments
6.6 Story & Heart
6.6.1 Story & Heart Comapny Information
6.6.2 Story & Heart Business Overview
6.6.3 Story & Heart Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 Story & Heart Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Story & Heart Recent Developments
6.7 Storyblocks
6.7.1 Storyblocks Comapny Information
6.7.2 Storyblocks Business Overview
6.7.3 Storyblocks Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 Storyblocks Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.7.5 Storyblocks Recent Developments
6.8 Depositphotos
6.8.1 Depositphotos Comapny Information
6.8.2 Depositphotos Business Overview
6.8.3 Depositphotos Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 Depositphotos Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.8.5 Depositphotos Recent Developments
6.9 Alamy
6.9.1 Alamy Comapny Information
6.9.2 Alamy Business Overview
6.9.3 Alamy Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.9.4 Alamy Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.9.5 Alamy Recent Developments
6.10 AP Images
6.10.1 AP Images Comapny Information
6.10.2 AP Images Business Overview
6.10.3 AP Images Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.10.4 AP Images Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.10.5 AP Images Recent Developments
6.11 Dissolve
6.11.1 Dissolve Comapny Information
6.11.2 Dissolve Business Overview
6.11.3 Dissolve Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.11.4 Dissolve Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.11.5 Dissolve Recent Developments
6.12 Photofolio
6.12.1 Photofolio Comapny Information
6.12.2 Photofolio Business Overview
6.12.3 Photofolio Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.12.4 Photofolio Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.12.5 Photofolio Recent Developments
6.13 Pond5
6.13.1 Pond5 Comapny Information
6.13.2 Pond5 Business Overview
6.13.3 Pond5 Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.13.4 Pond5 Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.13.5 Pond5 Recent Developments
6.14 Unsplash
6.14.1 Unsplash Comapny Information
6.14.2 Unsplash Business Overview
6.14.3 Unsplash Visual Content Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.14.4 Unsplash Visual Content Product Portfolio
6.14.5 Unsplash Recent Developments
7 North America
7.1 North America Visual Content Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2 North America Visual Content Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.3 North America Visual Content Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8 Europe
8.1 Europe Visual Content Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2 Europe Visual Content Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
8.3 Europe Visual Content Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9 Asia-Pacific
9.1 Asia-Pacific Visual Content Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.2 Asia-Pacific Visual Content Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.3 Asia-Pacific Visual Content Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10 South America
10.1 South America Visual Content Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.2 South America Visual Content Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.3 South America Visual Content Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11 Middle East & Africa
11.1 Middle East & Africa Visual Content Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.2 Middle East & Africa Visual Content Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
11.3 Middle East & Africa Visual Content Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12 Concluding Insights
13 Appendix
13.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
13.2 Research Methodology
13.3 Research Process
13.4 Authors List of This Report
13.5 Data Source
13.5.1 Secondary Sources
13.5.2 Primary Sources

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