Are you wondering what sort of content to produce? What are buyers really looking for? We hear you, and we’ve compiled the trending keywords for the month of May. Check out the trending keywords data the team has compiled down below.

Father’s Day

background, gift, sale, concept, card

Under this umbrella search term, most people tend to search on 123RF with these sub-keywords: background, gift, sale, concept, card, and father-son or father-daughter moments. Blue, Experiment with your creativity and use the rest of the color wheel to celebrate love and appreciation for all the super dads out there. Who knows? You might actually start a trend.


Eid, salam, Quran, Mubarak, family prayers

This month symbolizes the start of the fasting period. Among the sub-keywords used under this search term are Eid, salam, Quran, Mubarak, and family prayers. If you haven’t already explored our content piece on Ramadan and Eid Mubarak keywords, check it out here. That article tells you everything you need to know in order to submit stock content with a focus on this huge Islamic event.


party background, invitation, sale, picnic, cookout

After enduring the long winter days, what’s necessary for welcoming the summer? Think brightly colored poolside mojitos, inflatable floats, people lounging around wearing shades, digging into a juicy watermelon, enjoying themselves at a picnic, or having fun on the beach! If you’d rather not shoot models (yes, these require a model release), go for summer food, palm trees, blue skies, and deckchairs. Explore with summer sale creations and jazz things up with illustrations! Switch up your camera angles and gain different creative perspectives. 😉


banner, congratulations, quotes, cap, event

As you know, from April to May, we see a lot of searches for graduation-centric content. From graduation quotes, wishes, the symbolic ceremonial grad cap, the graduation dress, and the following celebrations. We’re looking for more content focusing on all of these sub-topics under this umbrella keyword. Don’t limit your submissions to just photography!  If you can draw or do digital illustrations, why not submit vectors too?

Stay tuned for our compilation of June’s trending keywords next month.