killer whale

iStock lists 4,818 illustrations for “killer whale” as of 2026-09-02. The other tracked catalogue reads 91 on Shutterstock. That is a 53× spread between the largest and smallest, so this phrase is stocked far more heavily on iStock than across the marketplaces evenly. For scale, that is a smaller catalogue than the middle half of the 4,009 phrases with a supply reading, which sit between 11,000 and 420,000.

In the week of 2026-08-23, Google Trends put “killer whale” at 41% of its own 12-month peak — mid-range for its own year. That index is rescaled per phrase, so every tracked phrase reaches 100 at its own busiest week; it says where this phrase sits in its own year, not how its search volume compares with another phrase's.

Sellers who publish for this phrase also tag their files “animal”, “background”, “illustration”, “fish”, “drawing”, “aquatic”, and 34 more — harvested from the live listings rather than suggested, so they describe how the subject is actually being framed for buyers. The phrase sits in the animals category.

The phrase is linked to Azores Day on 2027-05-17, 255 days away.