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May 18, 2025
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Slow Review Speed and Rejection Due to Similarity Despite Unique Content //

  • May 18, 2025
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I used to upload my images and wait for around 20 days, after which a whole batch would be reviewed all at once. However, recently, I’ve noticed that the review speed has become extremely slow  only one or two images are reviewed per day Even more frustrating is that nearly all my images are being rejected due to too similar reasons, even though each image is truly unique, with clear differences in concept, composition, and colors. All of my content is ai generated, but the assets are not duplicates. I’d appreciate clarification on whether my account is subject to any limitations or if I should change my submission strategy to avoid this issue

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Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 18, 2025

Review times continue to be variable and unpredictable. Adobe announced some weeks ago that they are now rejecting assets that are similar to existing assets already in the database, not just those similar to assets in your portfolio.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
Participant
May 18, 2025

But honestly my friend there are some assets on Adobe that are of very poor quality while the assets we upload are much better than the ones already available also, there are people who upload extremely poor and highly repetitive assets in huge quantities, and they don’t seem to face this issue So why is it that some contributors encounter these problems while others dont

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 18, 2025
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So why is it that some contributors encounter these problems while others dont

By @Alexander1111

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The luck of the draw. Some Reviewers are more careful than others.

 

A lot of lesser quality assets were grandfathered in from old Fotolia collections.  Or they were accepted when AI was brand new and Reviewers had very little experience with it. 

 

Since then, the quality bar has gotten higher. Although, it's still not perfect.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 18, 2025

1 to 3 months is the average wait time for review.   Stock receives thousands of submissions per week. Backlogs do occur, especially during peak seasons.  Assets are randomly assigned to Reviewers.  You just have to wait for Review the same as everyone ahead of you in the wait queue. 

 

Before you submit, compare your work with similar Stock inventory. Maybe it's not quite as unique as you think it is.

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=.skull

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=chain+link

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert