flickr.com is one of the most popular photo sharing sites on the Internet, but it doesn’t provide a ranking of its flickr users with the most photos uploaded (yet?).
I’ve found flickr to be my favorite place to find photography inspiration and where I find photos in the Creative Commons, which may be used like free stock photography depending on its licensing. Flickr users have uploaded almost 100 million photos associated with a Creative Commons license!
Here’s a list of the most prolific flickr users, with the most number of photos posted (randomly sampled at time of this post):
- 2,146,928 https://www.flickr.com/photos/24917258@N05 (Andy Nystrom)
- 102,390 https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk
- 77,276 https://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/
- 40,348 https://www.flickr.com/photos/zebtron
- 32,549 https://www.flickr.com/photos/nathaninsandiego
- 32,162 https://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67
- 27,762 https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilcrabbygal
- 21,673 https://www.flickr.com/photos/curtisperry
- 21,506 https://www.flickr.com/photos/tychay
- 19,883 https://www.flickr.com/photos/windowleong
- 19,618 https://www.flickr.com/photos/mawari
- 19,534 https://www.flickr.com/photos/archer10
- 17,828 https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishphiladelphia
- 14,873 https://www.flickr.com/photos/xurde
- 13,447 https://www.flickr.com/photos/deepbluezero
- 13,302 https://www.flickr.com/photos/dionnehartnett
- 11,599 https://www.flickr.com/photos/treetop_apple_juice
- 11,517 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ebarrera
- 11,030 https://www.flickr.com/photos/agroffman
- 10,429 https://www.flickr.com/photos/gtzecosan
- 10,192 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley
- 9,832 https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireatwillrva/
- 9,648 https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrenetxea/
- 9,233 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ilona_e/
- 8,209 https://www.flickr.com/photos/18378305@N00/
- 7,097 https://www.flickr.com/photos/70626035@N00/
- 6,295 https://www.flickr.com/photos/velo_denz/
- 6,160 https://www.flickr.com/photos/33465428@N02/
- 5,543 https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrmorodo/
- 4,101 https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmitryzhkov/
- 3,448 https://www.flickr.com/photos/becca02/
- 2,555 https://www.flickr.com/photos/peaceful-jp-scenery
- 1,814 https://www.flickr.com/photos/75487768@N04
Note: I browsed quickly through users’ photostreams to see if their photos were “Some right reserved” or “All rights reserved”, so whether a user is listed above or below, check the license designation on each photo before using. Below are some large photo collections on flickr with copyrighted photos:
- 295,901 https://www.flickr.com/photos/videopoem/
- 228,837 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/
- 42,454 https://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
- 24,403 https://www.flickr.com/photos/mytripsmypics/
- 6,639 https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidnaylor/
- 5,246 https://www.flickr.com/photos/thekog/
- 5,140 https://www.flickr.com/photos/90331280@N00/
- 4,341 https://www.flickr.com/photos/miscelena/
- 3,633 https://www.flickr.com/photos/Fubuki/
- 3,229 https://www.flickr.com/photos/cheishichiyo/
- 3,145 https://www.flickr.com/photos/petetsai/
- 2,004 https://www.flickr.com/photos/-oliviabee-/
- 1,999 https://www.flickr.com/photos/amanda63/
aside: this list is an answer for the question, who has the most photos on flickr; also see this MetaFilter post in 2008, Which Flickr user has uploaded the most photos?