Shutterstock (SSTK) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026)
Shutterstock's (SSTK) quarterly Cost of Revenue came in at $93.8 million in Q2 2026, down 11.52% year-over-year from $106.0 million in Q2 2025, and down 1.06% quarter-over-quarter from $94.8 million in Q1 2026.
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Shutterstock (SSTK) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Shutterstock (SSTK) has reported Cost of Revenue for 16 consecutive years, with $93.8 million the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Cost of Revenue fell 11.52% year-over-year to $93.8 million in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was $388.5 million, a 8.3% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $406.8 million, up 2.66% from the prior year.
- Cost of Revenue was $93.8 million for Q2 2026 at Shutterstock, down from $94.8 million in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Cost of Revenue peaked at $112.4 million in Q4 2024 and troughed at $69.5 million in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of $92.1 million and a median of $94.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Cost of Revenue.
- Across the five-year window, Cost of Revenue rose 17.9% in 2023 and fell 13.37% in 2025, its largest moves.
- Over 5 years, Cost of Revenue stood at $87.9 million in 2022, then climbed by 8.99% to $95.8 million in 2023, then gained by 17.32% to $112.4 million in 2024, then slipped by 13.37% to $97.4 million in 2025, then dropped by 3.72% to $93.8 million in 2026.
- The last three Cost of Revenue figures came in at $93.8 million (Q2 2026), $94.8 million (Q1 2026), and $97.4 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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