#ThursdayTool - Pexels
- 20somethingmedia
- Jan 12, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 16
Music service profile: Pexels, GmbH
Name: Pexels
Synopsis:
Pexels is a provider of stock photography and stock footage. It was founded in Germany in 2014 and maintains a library with over 3.2 million free stock photos and videos. Pexels was founded by twin brothers Ingo and Bruno Joseph in Fuldabrück, Hesse. The brothers started the platform in 2014 with around 800 photos. Since 2015 Daniel Frese is part of the team. The graphic design platform Canva acquired Pexels in 2018.
Pexels provides media for online download, maintaining a library that contains over 3.2 million photos and videos, growing each month by roughly 200,000 files. The content is uploaded by the users and reviewed manually. Using and downloading the media is free, the website generates income through advertisements for paid content databases. There is also a donation option for users, and while attribution of the content creator is not required, it is appreciated. Through the merger with Canva, Pexels' database is available in the Canva application.
Pexels is committed to providing a diverse database, for example by including LGBTQ+ stock content, and through a partnership with Nappy, a platform that focuses on POC content.
Type of business
GmbH
Available in
28 languages
Founded
2014
Headquarters
Germany
Area served
worldwide
Owner
Canva
Founder(s)
Bruno Joseph, Ingo Joseph
CEO
Clifford Obrecht, Bruno Joseph
Industry
Stock photography, Stock footage
Employees
40
URL
www.pexels.com
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