Microstock Goldmine: 120 Best-Selling Photos Mapped by Theme, Colour & Keyword
Spoiler: Only seven visual themes drove 80 % of all Adobe Stock photo sales last week - and they're probably not the themes you shoot most.
1 · What’s Inside This Post
- 120 top-selling photos scraped from Adobe Stock’s Top Sellers list, 16–22 June 2025
- Cleaned & organised into an Excel workbook you can download
- Deep-dive into themes, colour words, and keyword frequency so you can shoot what sells
2 · Theme League Table
Below are all 16 themes ranked by units sold. Copy-paste friendly Markdown table included.
| Rank | Theme | Units | Share |
| ---- | ------------------------- | ----- | ----- |
| 1 | Graphic Resources | 29 | 24.2% |
| 2 | Business | 23 | 19.2% |
| 3 | Technology | 18 | 15.0% |
| 4 | Food | 9 | 7.5% |
| 5 | Hobbies and Leisure | 7 | 5.8% |
| 6 | Lifestyle | 7 | 5.8% |
| 7 | Landscapes | 5 | 4.2% |
| 8 | Culture and Religion | 4 | 3.3% |
| 9 | Drinks | 3 | 2.5% |
| 10 | Plants and Flowers | 3 | 2.5% |
| 11 | Travel | 3 | 2.5% |
| 12 | Science | 3 | 2.5% |
| 13 | People | 2 | 1.7% |
| 14 | Buildings & Architecture | 2 | 1.7% |
| 15 | Industry | 1 | 0.8% |
| 16 | Animals | 1 | 0.8% |Pareto alert: The first seven themes already account for 80 % of sales. Focus there first.
3 · Colour Words That Keep Popping Up
| Rank | Colour | Mentions |
| ---- | ------- | -------- |
| 1 | pink | 29 |
| 2 | yellow | 24 |
| 3 | white | 23 |
| 4 | gold | 21 |
| 5 | blue | 17 |
| 6 | orange | 17 |
| 7 | brown | 16 |
| 8 | black | 10 |
| 9 | green | 9 |
| 10 | purple | 9 |Insight: Warm, upbeat tones (pink, yellow, gold) rule the leaderboard — worth weaving into your future shoots or AI prompts.
4 · Top 15 Power Keywords
+------------+-------+
| Keyword | Count |
+------------+-------+
| design | 61 |
| texture | 55 |
| background | 54 |
| light | 50 |
| technology | 46 |
| photo | 45 |
| modern | 43 |
| digital | 40 |
| bright | 34 |
| datum | 34 |
| abstract | 33 |
| business | 33 |
| closeup | 32 |
| image | 31 |
| elegant | 31 |
+------------+-------+Use these words (authentically) in titles, descriptions and alt-text to ride SEO currents.
5. Download the Excel Goldmine
All raw rows + pivot helpers in one file. 👉 Grab it on Gumroad 👈
Open, filter, pivot, repeat → let the data guide your next upload session.
In microstock, guessing is expensive; data is cheap and scalpel-sharp. Mine this week’s spreadsheet, align your creative compass, and stake your claim in the next bestseller list. Happy shooting!