When buyers ask AI about photography community and portfolio platform, 500px is named in 4 of 6 answers.
We put 6 real buyer questions to Claude and read every answer. No brand is named more often.
The one idea AI attaches to 500px.
Read from the 4 answers that named 500px.
AI links 500px with this more than any other theme, and rarely credits it for popular with photographer groups. The full report shows the exact wording from each answer.
500px leads. Flickr is next.
Top brands named across the same 6 answers, ranked by share of answers. Average position is where each brand lands in the answer.
- 01 500pxYou 67% #2.0
- 02 Flickr 67% #1.5
- 03 SmugMug 67% #2.5
- 04 Pixieset 33% #3.0
- 05 Zenfolio 33% #3.5
- 06 Behance 17% #1.0
Buyers asked. AI answered. 500px was not in it.
Two of the 2 questions where AI recommended other brands. The full report lists every one, with the answer AI gave.
500px loses most when buyers are shopping for a specific need.
All 6 answers, grouped by what the buyer was trying to do. The full report shows which gaps to close first, and how.
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Shopping for a specific need0 of 1
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Asking for someone like them0 of 1
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Asking which brand to buy2 of 2
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Comparing brands1 of 1
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Deciding what to look for1 of 1
recommending others
- Which of the 0 websites to get 500px onto first
- The questions to win, in the order to win them
- What to publish on 500px's own site and Instagram
We read 6 answers. You have seen two of them.
The rest stays sealed until you open the full report: every brand AI named, every answer word for word, and what to change.
Nine posts, scored on five things.
Read from their nine most recent posts. Each one is scored out of 100 below, with what we saw behind the number.
- 01Visual identity
- 02Hook strength
- 03Format range
- 04Captions & CTAs
- 05Cadence
Where the feed is strong, and where it leaks.
Scores are relative to the posts analysed, not to competitors. That comparison is in the full report.
A 6-colour palette held across 9 posts (consistency 0.36). Recurring marks: Photographer credit in the opening lines of the caption, Weekly community feature call with a hashtag.
Your best post earns 0.1% engagement; the median post 0.1%. The one that landed opened with “a sunset framed in a perfect circle”.
5 of 5 posts are images. reels and carousels untested.
5 of 5 captions ask the reader to do anything. 3–5 hashtags per post. 78 words on average.
16.8 posts a week between 6 Nov and 8 Nov. A daily rhythm, sustained. Reach is the constraint, not output.
Your best post earned 3.7× the engagement of your weakest.
Ranked by engagement rate. What each one did differently is read from the frame and the caption.
All 5 posts, by engagement rate.
One bar per post, in the order they went out. Hover a bar to see its date and rate.
“a sunset framed in a perfect circle”, 0.1% ER.
“where sunlight finds the smallest things”, 0.0% ER.
What makes a post recognisably yours.
Extracted from the frames and captions, not from a brief.
Look
A single strong subject or leading line, often with a small human figure or foreground anchor to give scale.
Voice
“A poetic lowercase headline, a short descriptive line about the light, then a photographer credit and an invitation to be featured, like a gallery caption.”
Recurring marks
- 01Photographer credit in the opening lines of the caption
- 02Weekly community feature call with a hashtag
- 03Lowercase poetic headline
What the accounts competing for your audience are doing that you are not.
The scorecard tells you where you stand. The full report tells you against whom, and what to post next week.
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500px leads. Flickr is next.
- 01 500px YOU 67% #2.0
- 02 Flickr 67% #1.5
- 03 SmugMug 67% #2.5
- 04 Pixieset 33% #3.0
- 05 Zenfolio 33% #3.5
- 06 Behance 17% #1.0
Buyers asked. AI answered. 500px was not in it.
Every kind of question, and how often AI named you.
- Shopping for a specific need0 of 1
- Asking for someone like them0 of 1
- Asking which brand to buy2 of 2
- Comparing brands1 of 1
- Deciding what to look for1 of 1
We read 6 answers. You have seen two.
Nine posts, scored on five things.
Visual identityPalette, layout, marks 36
A 6-colour palette held across 9 posts (consistency 0.36). Recurring marks: Photographer credit in the opening lines of the caption, Weekly community feature call with a hashtag.
Fix in full reportHook strengthBest post vs. median 71
Your best post earns 0.1% engagement; the median post 0.1%. The one that landed opened with “a sunset framed in a perfect circle”.
Hook formulasFormat rangeReel · Carousel · Image 20
5 of 5 posts are images. reels and carousels untested.
Formats to testCaptions & CTAsAsks, hashtags, length 96
5 of 5 captions ask the reader to do anything. 3–5 hashtags per post. 78 words on average.
CTA templatesCadencePosts per week 95
16.8 posts a week between 6 Nov and 8 Nov. A daily rhythm, sustained. Reach is the constraint, not output.
Best posting windowsYour best post earned 3.7× the engagement of your weakest.
#1 · 0.1%
A single strong subject or leading line, often with a small human figure or foreground anchor to give scale.
“A poetic lowercase headline, a short descriptive line about the light, then a photographer credit and an invitation to be featured, like a gallery caption.”