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Similar Content Rejection issue

Forum|Forum|7 months ago
July 22, 2025
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If I upload this image. Will it be similar content and rejection?

Correct answer daniellei4510

Let's put it this way: The image at the top was rejected a couple of weeks ago for being too similar. The image below it was accepted a couple of days ago. In other words, we have no control over this seemingly random and illogical rejection reason. Just submit, and hope for the best.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

You are competing with over 19 MILLION similar images.

What do YOU think will happen? 🙄

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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akshanzAuthor

Participant

But! It's different right? Whats the point of similar content. I see it's a cat and over 19 million images in it. thats fine but mine is different. So how the similar content works? AI decide?

daniellei4510

Correct answer

Community Expert

Let's put it this way: The image at the top was rejected a couple of weeks ago for being too similar. The image below it was accepted a couple of days ago. In other words, we have no control over this seemingly random and illogical rejection reason. Just submit, and hope for the best.

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Jill_C

Community Expert

Why not look for a topic that isn't already completely saturated in the Adobe stock database?

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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Bardhok.N

Inspiring

That would be hell of a task

Jill_C

Community Expert

But any effort in that direction is better than uploading more pictures of cats, dogs, and sunsets which are all understood to be at saturation levels...

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

Abambo

Community Expert

Let me see what the fortune tellers say. With cat pictures, chances are high to earn that refusal reason.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

RALPH_L

Community Expert

Do your homework yourself. Search the database and read the other posts in this forum. We have already said, how to avoid, if at all possible, "similar content" rejections.

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akshanzAuthor

Participant

I saw and did, also tried the lot methods and rejected. I always check similar before upload. Some images get rejected. But some images are accepted even if they re look same. So im confused.

Abambo

Community Expert

I saw and did, also tried the lot methods and rejected. I always check similar before upload. Some images get rejected. But some images are accepted even if they re look same. So im confused.

By @akshanz

Cat images are similar to other cat images. All possible cat images are in the database. There is nothing you can do about that. Chances are high that your cat images, any cat images fail moderation. If that does not depress you, keep submitting.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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