When buyers ask AI about free stock images and videos, Pixabay is named in 5 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 Pixabay.
Read from the 5 answers that named Pixabay.
AI links Pixabay with this more than any other theme, and rarely credits it for suits youtube licence. The full report shows the exact wording from each answer.
Pixabay leads. Pexels 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 PixabayYou 83% #2.2
- 02 Pexels 83% #2.0
- 03 Unsplash 67% #1.2
- 04 Mixkit 33% #2.0
Buyers asked. AI answered. Pixabay was not in it.
One of the 1 questions where AI recommended other brands. The full report lists every one, with the answer AI gave.
Pixabay loses most when buyers are asking for someone like them.
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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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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Shopping for a specific need1 of 1
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Deciding what to look for1 of 1
recommending others
- Which of the 0 websites to get Pixabay onto first
- The questions to win, in the order to win them
- What to publish on Pixabay's own site and Instagram
We read 6 answers. You have seen one 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.
Seven posts, scored on five things.
Read from their seven 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 7 posts (consistency 0.25). Recurring marks: bold headline over a candid or scenic photo, contributor featured as the hero image.
Your best post earns 0.1% engagement; the median post 0.1%. The one that landed opened with “📸 Meet Vinit Kumar...”.
4 carousels, 1 reel across 5 posts. images untested.
4 of 5 captions ask the reader to do anything. 0–3 hashtags per post. 65 words on average.
3.3 posts a week between 29 Oct and 9 Nov.
Your best post earned 9.5× 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.
“📸 Meet Vinit Kumar...”, 0.1% ER.
“Meet Sergei Quadrado”, 0.0% ER.
What makes a post recognisably yours.
Extracted from the frames and captions, not from a brief.
Look
A single strong hero image with clean negative space, paired with a short bold headline placed above or beside the subject.
Voice
“Warm and encouraging, like a community editor introducing a fellow creator and inviting followers to read the full story.”
Recurring marks
- 01bold headline over a candid or scenic photo
- 02contributor featured as the hero image
- 03Pixabay logo placed at the bottom of the frame
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.
See everything else Nayavo doesWhen buyers ask AI about free stock images and videos, Pixabay is named in 5 of 6 answers.
Pixabay leads. Pexels is next.
- 01 Pixabay YOU 83% #2.2
- 02 Pexels 83% #2.0
- 03 Unsplash 67% #1.2
- 04 Mixkit 33% #2.0
Buyers asked. AI answered. Pixabay was not in it.
Every kind of question, and how often AI named you.
- Asking for someone like them0 of 1
- Asking which brand to buy2 of 2
- Comparing brands1 of 1
- Shopping for a specific need1 of 1
- Deciding what to look for1 of 1
We read 6 answers. You have seen one.
Seven posts, scored on five things.
Visual identityPalette, layout, marks 25
A 6-colour palette held across 7 posts (consistency 0.25). Recurring marks: bold headline over a candid or scenic photo, contributor featured as the hero image.
Fix in full reportHook strengthBest post vs. median 63
Your best post earns 0.1% engagement; the median post 0.1%. The one that landed opened with “📸 Meet Vinit Kumar...”.
Hook formulasFormat rangeReel · Carousel · Image 56
4 carousels, 1 reel across 5 posts. images untested.
Formats to testCaptions & CTAsAsks, hashtags, length 62
4 of 5 captions ask the reader to do anything. 0–3 hashtags per post. 65 words on average.
CTA templatesCadencePosts per week 71
3.3 posts a week between 29 Oct and 9 Nov.
Best posting windowsYour best post earned 9.5× the engagement of your weakest.
#1 · 0.1%
A single strong hero image with clean negative space, paired with a short bold headline placed above or beside the subject.
“Warm and encouraging, like a community editor introducing a fellow creator and inviting followers to read the full story.”