The Web's Best Free Stock Images

Buffer breaks down over 50 free image sources for your blog posts and social media content.

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The Buffer blog recently answered a question its readers ask frequently: Where can you find free stock images that are cleared to use for your blog posts or social media content?

It’s a question with a lot of different answers and caveats. Nearly every image created in the last 30 years is still protected by copyright — a protection that gives virtually every author the exclusive right to use or reproduce their work. But you can find a public domain photo, use a Creative Commons image that might need attribution or even create your own image from scratch.

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