What pictures are the most demanded in stock photography?

This is the question everyone who experiments with stock photography is asking: what type of photography is profitable for me? What kind of objects, style, genre and composition should I choose to maximize my profits?

Well, the question has more dimensions than first apparent. For example - the most profitable style for you is not neccessary the most demanded, it might be the one nobody thought of before. But listing the most demanded stock photography pictures seems like a good place to get overall idea.

Shutterstock provides us with these links:

• Most popular 50 images on Shutterstock ever
• Top 50 images of the week
• Top 100 searches ever

We can see that general, bright, wallpaperish images lead the way, spreading happy thoughts and associating professionality. They are clear, heavily photoshoped, unreal, but obviously working. Top searches include, of course, flower, music, woman, business, family, sport, globe, fitness, art or eye.

These might serve as sort of inspiration, but remember - you are not the only one studying this list. Therefore I recommend to learn from the style, but do not get caught up in trying to immitate these - you'll be burried in the results too deep.