star of bethlehem

Adobe Stock lists 72,108 illustrations for “star of bethlehem” as of 2026-09-01. The other tracked catalogues read 1,563 on iStock and 11 on Shutterstock. That is a 6555× spread between the largest and smallest, so this phrase is stocked far more heavily on Adobe Stock than across the marketplaces evenly. For scale, that is below the median of 75,000 across the 4,095 phrases with a supply reading.

Adobe Stock flags 77% of its 72,108 illustrations for this phrase as AI-generated. That sits above the 76% median across the 1,409 phrases where Adobe publishes the flag. The flag is Adobe's own declaration on the asset, not an inference of ours, and it covers Adobe's catalogue only.

In the week of 2026-08-16, Google Trends put “star of bethlehem” at 13% of its own 12-month peak — near its yearly low. 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 “nativity scene”, “bethlehem star”, “christmas”, “christmas star”, “religious christmas”, “holy family”, 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 holidays category.

The phrase is linked to Chanukah: 1 Candle on 2026-12-04, 89 days away. 7 further linked events are on the calendar within the tracked horizon.