# Shutterstock (شترستوك)

> Shutterstock is accessible in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: accessible
- Outreach: No Response
- Company: [Shutterstock](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/shutterstock.md)
- Categories: Stock Media, AI Image Generation, Design Marketplaces & Assets
- Official site: https://www.shutterstock.com
- Community votes: 4
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/shutterstock

## About

Marketplace for licensed stock photos, videos, music, and illustrations

## Activity summary

Accessible in Syria, confirmed by community testing in May 2026, with the homepage, search, and image pages all loading normally and no region restrictions observed. A community volunteer had contacted the company in February 2026, but only an automated bot acknowledgment was received and no human reply followed. The service appears never to have been blocked.

## Community reports

- 2026-06-05 — No Response. No response received from Shutterstock. The outreach sent on 26 February 2026 produced only an automated acknowledgment, and no human reply has been received since. Community testing on 2 May 2026 confirmed the service is fully accessible from Syria.
- 2026-05-02 — Verified. Testing from Syria confirmed that Shutterstock is fully accessible. The homepage shutterstock.com loaded normally with marketing content and search functionality, the search interface returned image results for the query «sunset», and individual image detail pages rendered with watermarked previews and Save/Try actions. No region restrictions or block pages were observed during browsing. Status updated from unknown to accessible. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/uw7qog0hac13xb675zsyakmr/zlda4eq7m80cbpl02376d4bm-1000250414.jpg, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/by8ajinumg6m3sus403jp4ay/rhdg7n3p0ligmrg0a8qypijn-1000250413.jpg, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/cojmkmy82na9bvphc4wdwes3/u9peyub59wsvxedty142ze56-1000250412.jpg)
- 2026-02-26 — Company Responded. Shutterstock's AI support bot "Fin" responded to the unblocking request via an automated message. The response acknowledged receipt of the query and stated the team typically responds within 24 hours during regular US business hours. No specific acknowledgment of the Syria access request was included. The response appears to be an automated acknowledgment rather than a human review.
- 2026-02-26 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed Shutterstock's support team at support@shutterstock.com requesting a review of access restrictions for users in Syria. The email referenced the December 2025 OFAC sanctions lift and included links to the official U.S. Treasury announcement and supporting documentation from unblocksyria.com/resources.

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/shutterstock?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/shutterstock/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/shutterstock
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/shutterstock.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/shutterstock.md