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August 27, 2025
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Similar content rejection

  • August 27, 2025
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Why my images are getting rejected as similar content. 100 images and allcwere rejected for sdme reason how is it possible.

 

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Correct answer daniellei4510

Well ,my patterns are not that similar to other assets in the assest in their library and I don't imtate anyone else, the funny thing is that they accepted new colorways of my old patterns and rejected my latest patterns which are totally new  which means that they don't really look at the patterns well, I don't how they base their decisions but they need to stop rejecting patterns without really looking at them 


I hear ya. But things are what they are. I've had 273 assets rejected as similar content to date, some of which I believe are in fact similar, and others that I feel are unique...or that at least have high commercial value, whether similar or not. Some of my bestsellers right now are of teachers and students in an educational environment. So what's my logical response? Submit a couple more assets of teachers and students in an educational environment. No go. Rejected for similar content. It's frustrating, but it's an issue a lot of contributors are dealing with right now and probably in the foreseeable future.

 

And no, they don't really look at the patterns well. It's quite like a bot that is filtering out what it feels is similar content, and it's quite possible that moderators never see them, since they have no way of knowing what is and isn't similar among the millions and millions of assets available on Adobe Stock.

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Participant
September 11, 2025

I have the same problem and I uplaod vector seamless patterns , my latest uploads are very different from my old uploads although it's in the same catergory , still they rejected it although it's not similar at all ,I don't know what to do , should I change the meta data in the tags and description 

daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 11, 2025

"Similar" assets are being compared to the entire database, not your assets alone. Personally, I think seamless patterns, abstract background, icons and the like are going to see this rejection reason quite regularly going forward.

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Participant
September 11, 2025

Well ,my patterns are not that similar to other assets in the assest in their library and I don't imtate anyone else, the funny thing is that they accepted new colorways of my old patterns and rejected my latest patterns which are totally new  which means that they don't really look at the patterns well, I don't how they base their decisions but they need to stop rejecting patterns without really looking at them 

Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 11, 2025

Why should that not be possible? The similar rejection is driving everyone crazy. Some think it has a lot to do with metadata not being enough distinct.

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daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 27, 2025

This is happening often to many (if not most) contributors. If you'd like, post a couple of the rejections and we can take a look.

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