Top 20 Shutterstock clichés

In a recent post, Content Desk sang the praises of Blog, Shutterstock’s less-than-imagintively titled, er, blog. But where its content-marketing campaign kicks the proverbial, we’d just like to remind you of our top 20 clichés in the Shutterstock library* (arguing couples included):

1. Stop sign: 86,592 images

2. Calculator: 81,062 images

3. Traffic lights: 79,320 images

4. Storm clouds: 78,122 images

5. Compass: 72,204 images

6. Stock market graph: 65,412 images

7. Camera lens: 49,617 images

8. Padlock: 45,949 images

9. Piggy banks: 42,842 images

10. Shaking hands: 39,059 images

11. Dice: 36,319 images

12. Wallet: 29,708 images

13. Pile of coins: 17,103 images

14. Mouse pointer: 16,523 images

15. Golden egg: 14,736 images

16. Saplings: 12,296 images

17. Barometer: 4,728 images

18. Arguing couple: 4,678 images

19. Cash register: 3,137 images

20. Roulette wheel: 2,561 images

*Numbers are Shutterstock’s stated search results. (We didn’t have time to verify the contents of every image.)


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