Growth Metrics

Shutterstock (SSTK) Research & Development (2016 - 2026)

Shutterstock has reported Research & Development over the past 16 years, most recently at $19.4 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Research & Development fell 2.32% to $19.4 million in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $88.6 million through Mar 2026, up 1.54% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $89.0 million for FY2025, 0.7% up from the prior year.
  • Research & Development was $19.4 million for Q1 2026 at Shutterstock, down from $26.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $29.2 million in Q2 2023 and troughed at $13.6 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $19.9 million (2025), against an average of $21.1 million.
  • Year-over-year, Research & Development surged 70.25% in 2023 and then crashed 32.03% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $17.1 million in 2022, then surged by 36.98% to $23.4 million in 2023, then decreased by 19.38% to $18.9 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 37.8% to $26.0 million in 2025, then decreased by 25.48% to $19.4 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SSTK's Research & Development are $19.4 million (Q1 2026), $26.0 million (Q4 2025), and $22.4 million (Q3 2025).