Has anyone else experienced a sudden drop in Adobe Stock downloads in 2026?

Im in the same boat. I usually have a few sales a day. The last 30 days were 6 sales in total. Don't know the reason of this sudden drop, but hope it will catch back up soon. My uploading activity is not worth these few sales. 

You are not alone. I am experiencing the same problem since the start of April, sales has been dropping, I create seamless vector patterns and my sales was increasing then they became stable then suddenly three months ago , they started dropping sharply in Adobe stock while in other stock sites , it’s stuck in the same range, I suspect that may be Adobe subscribers have become less active or quit Adobe for cheaper platforms and it’s also economic and AI related issues, but I hope that it’s just a phase and Adobe sales will recover

Maybe nobody’s buying what you’re selling. Read your Contributor User Guide for tips on what customers want & how to maximize your keyword potential.

• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/submit-your-content/submit-photos/photo-submission-overview.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/content-policies-guidelines/metadata/tips-effective-titles-keywords.html

Possibly related: Negative public sentiment surrounding GenAI and the massive data centers required to support it might be impacting sales. Also. AI comes with some copyright concerns. I work with businesses who won’t use AI content for those reasons.

I'm experiencing exactly the same situation.

My downloads have dropped by around 50%, or even more, all of a sudden.

After putting so much time and effort into creating new content and contributing consistently every day, it's hard to believe that sales could decline this dramatically for no apparent reason.

I've also seen people suggesting that regional search filtering might be involved. I don't want to believe that Adobe would intentionally limit contributors' visibility in a way that reduces their earnings, because that simply wouldn't make sense to me.

This doesn't feel like a normal seasonal slowdown, and it doesn't seem to be related to the war or AI-generated content either. If those were the main reasons, I would expect to see similar declines on other stock platforms as well. 
However, my earnings on other platforms have remained stable, which makes me think something else may be affecting Adobe Stock specifically.

Since a vast number of assets are constantly being uploaded, maintaining a top search ranking is likely difficult.

Additionally, including terms unrelated to the title or keywords could result in a penalty.