iStock YouTube Ads and Commercial Examples

#2976 YouTube advertiser by spendEntertainment MediaCanadaVerify on Google Ads Transparency Center

iStock provides royalty-free stock photos, illustrations, and video clips for creative professionals and businesses worldwide. Across 4 markets and 10.9M views, its YouTube ads highlight premium video plans, authentic visual content, and generative AI creative tools.

Est. total spend
$120K – $547K
All-time, estimated range
Ads indexed
17
Total views
10.9M
Markets
4
Countries the ads ran in

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About iStock

iStock (formerly iStockphoto) is an online marketplace offering royalty-free stock photos, vector illustrations, and video clips. Founded in 2000 in Calgary, Canada, the company pioneered crowdsourced microstock photography before being acquired by Getty Images in 2006. Operating globally as a subsidiary of Getty Images, it serves creative professionals, media agencies, and businesses worldwide.

Company
iStockphoto LP
Category
Microstock photography platform
Headquarters
Canada
Advertises in
4 countries

iStock YouTube ads — FAQ

iStock is a Canadian microstock platform and Getty Images subsidiary that provides royalty-free stock photos, vector illustrations, and video clips. Its YouTube advertising highlights creative content assets and licensing plans for media agencies, businesses, and creative professionals.
iStock's YouTube ads focus on creative content solutions, including premium video plans and footage, authentic visual assets, generative AI image creation tools, and trusted licensing options.
iStock relies predominantly on short, horizontal video ads running 15 seconds or less, with occasional vertical spots and longer cuts.
iStock advertises exclusively in English on YouTube.
AdSee has indexed 17 YouTube ads from iStock, with 10.9M views in total, shown in 4 countries.
iStock's YouTube ads in the AdSee library ran most often in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
AdSee estimates iStock's YouTube ad spend at $120K – $547K. The estimate is calculated from the views of its indexed ads and typical cost-per-view rates in the countries where they ran; it is not spend reported by iStock.
The most-viewed iStock ad in the AdSee library is “iStock — Premium + Video Plans”, with 3.6M views on YouTube.
iStock's ads can be checked in the Google Ads Transparency Center, which lists the ads of the advertiser account behind them: https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR09506092760239702017?region=anywhere
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