Top 10 free Image hosting and Photo sharing websites
02. Sep, 2009 
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Image Hosting is always been a problem for bloggers who don’t have a web hosting account. Even if you have private web hosting , uploading all images to your server will consume lots of system resources and will make your website to load slowly. And bloggers who have a limited bandwidth in their server can’t take risk of uploading images to their hosting , because it will consume most of the bandwidth and will make your site to give “Internal Server Error” i.e it will cause server downtime.
While there are so many Free Image hosting sites are available , why should we upload our images to our servers and reduce its performance. So in this post , i will share all the free image hosting sites I have came across so far.
Top 10 Free IMAGE HOSTING SITES
First of all let me tell the top 10 free Image hosting sites which are helping blogger, web designers and ordinary users to upload their images.
Picasa Web or Blogger
According to me, Picasa is the best image hosting site ever. It provides you unlimited bandwidth which none of the other image hosting sites would provide. You can upload image to picasa either via your Blogger blogs or using Google account. Picasa also provides you 1Gb of free storage space and Unlimited bandwidth. Images uploaded to Picasa Web Albums can be no larger than 20MB and are restricted to 50 megapixels or less. You can also edit your photos online and share with your friends. You can also store videos as well.
FLICKR
Flickr is a free image hosting and photo sharing site but with limited storage capacity and bandwidth. But still most of the designers prefer flickr to upload images. The maximum storage space for free accounts is 100 MB and you can upload only two videos per month. Videos are limited to 90 seconds in length, and 150MB in filesize. But pro accounts have more features. You can use your yahoo account to upload images in Flickr.
PHOTOBUCKET
With 25 Million unique site visitors/month in the US, and over 46 Million unique site visitors/month worldwide Photobucket stands at third place. Photobucket is the premier site on the Internet for uploading, sharing, linking and finding photos, videos and graphics. Your free Photobucket account can store thousands of photos and hours of video.
IMAGESHACK
ImageShack is an intuitive and easy-to-use free media hosting service. It can be used to upload images, flash files, and movies, and share them with friends using any imaginable means.You can upload as many files as you want and direct linking is also allowed. Each image you upload must be less than 1.5 megabytes in size. If it is greater than that amount, your image will be optimized for internet use. Flash files will be rejected if they are over 1.5 mb. Video files must be less than 50MB and they will be automatically optimized by the ImageShack toolbar before uploading. Edit option is not yet available in Imageshack but they promise to add it soon.
TinyPic
TinyPic is a photo and video sharing service that lets you easily upload, link, and share your images and videos on MySpace, eBay, Orkut Scrapbooks, blogs, and message boards. TinyPic allows upload and hosting of JPEG (jpg), png, gif and tiff files. Images that are larger than 1600 pixels (either width or height) are automatically resized to the largest acceptable size while maintaining their original aspect ratio.
Tinypic does not accept standard-definition video files of sizes larger than 500 Megabytes or longer than 15 minutes. Videos longer than 15 minutes are truncated to 15 minutes.
WordPress
Never wonder why I included wordpress in this list. You can even use your free account in wordpress.com to host your images for free. They provide 3Gb of hosting space and unlimited bandwidth. You can upload mp3, m4a, wav, ogg audio files and increase your available space with a Space Upgrade. You can upload videos and embed them directly on your blog with a Video Upgrade. I will explain how to do it after the list.
PicTiger
PicTiger is a FREE image hosting service where everyone is able to upload their own image, create a thumbnail from it, resize the image or the thumbnail, create their own albums, post their images to their sites, forums, blogs or anywhere they want. Unbelievably ! You can host as much images as you want!
Pict.com
Share photos and pictures for free at Pict – easy-to-use image hosting service. Photo hosting and sharing has never been faster and easier.
Upload images up to 12Mb in size, resize images (JPG/PNG/GIF formats supported), send photos to your friends, create a photo albums with one click at number one picture hosting! Sign up at Pict and get unlimited picture uploads, fast servers, easy interface, useful uploading software for FireFox and Windows (with screenshots capture feature) and much more!
IMGUR
Imgur makes sharing images with the Internet easy. It can be used to share pictures with friends, as well as post images on message boards and blogs. You can manipulate the image a number of ways and automatically submit it to poI like acquiring new information, solving puzzles, being creative and so on; anything that keeps my mind busy.pular sites such as reddit or digg. You can also view popular user-submitted images in the gallery. Best of all, Imgur is completely free.
iimmgg
Immgg is a free image hosting site which provides unlimted bandwidth and storage space. You can organize all your uploads and share with your family and friends. You can also post images on blogs, forums, message boards etc.
How to add Images to WordPress.com
Let me explain how to make use of free wordpress account to host your images for free with unlimited bandwidth feature.
First create a free account in wordpress.com. After creating the account , create a new blog. Then go to dashboard of that blog.
There in the left sidebar you can see ” Media ” tab. Click the ” Add new ” option which is available below it.
Now you can see a uploader opening. Just browse the images from your PC and click upload.
Hope this list will be helpful for all bloggers and web designers who want to host their images for free. One can also do photo sharing as well. If you have came across any good image hosting service then let me know. I will include them to this list.
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Don’t forget about http://www.1pixelhost.com . I’ve been using it since god knows when.Great image hosting site… I tell you that
Simple yet powerful. I find http://offload.myphotos.cc good. Stable and fast.
you can also add sharepic.net to this list
Being a blogger, I would recommend Tinypic over photocucket or imageshack
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Best free image hosting site:
http://www.imagepox.com
Features:
1. zip, url, multiple files upload support
2. 50 MB file size limit
3. password protected and public gallary options
and many more….
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Thanks! Great one for larger image files.
what a great site and informative posts, I will add a backlink and bookmark your site. Keep up the good work!
thanks for this list, i have used pict.com, it is really very easy to use but i am not satisfied with it because only pro member can have most of the advantages.
now i am going to try picasa…
I think GatorImage Host is the best. It’s a smaller site which makes it a little faster.
Ill also add http://www.shareApixel.com
It’s a free and simple image host. No need to register, just press the upload button and grab your codes!
They also allow adult images
http://www.photoswarm.com is another good one.
I find that mejuba.com is by far the best – its free and has without a doubth the best interface with an explorer like navigation with super smart features
AND you can upload video up to 1GB in size . No other site gives you that ability.
What about http://myph.us ?
Easy to use, free, no registration required, big images with no download limit. It even has a Windows app to let you drag-n-drop.
Hello everyone, i just love luknux.com they have every feature you could wish from a image hosting company and a great plus is that if you register you get unlimited free spotify accounts!
Thanks for the list. Was looking up for this list to add info to my blogpost.
I just signed up with http://www.mejuba.com. Unlimited storage for both videos and pictures and it’s completly free. No monthly limits or qoutas.
Photos and videos are stored in their original formats and sizes and are kept unmodified for backup.
I also like that you can geo-tag your stuff so it shows up on a map. And you can search for stuff on the map – that’s cool!.
As the only site i know of it uses a Windows Explorer like navigation with folders – super eacy to use – even has drag and drop!.
I can highly recommend it.
I just signed up with http://www.mejuba.com. Unlimited storage for both videos and pictures and it’s completly free.
No monthly limits or qoutas.
Photos and videos are stored in their original formats and sizes and are kept unmodified for backup.
I also like that you can geo-tag your stuff so it shows up on a map. And you can search for stuff on the map – that’s cool!.
As the only site i know of it uses a Windows Explorer like navigation with folders – super easy to use – even has drag and drop!.
I can highly recommend it.
Wow, thanks for great Information. Personally, I am using http://www.picturegood.com, They have never deleted my pictures so far. It’s been a pleasure for me to be with them for 7 months, they look good and not overcrowded like other hosts.
Photodekho.com chk itout. It’s amazing….
http://www.photodekho.com is another good site.
Try Mejuba.com. Unlimited storage for both videos and pictures and
it’s completly free. No monthly limits or qoutas. You can upload a wooping 1GB PER upload!
Photos and videos are stored in their original formats and sizes and are kept unmodified for backup.
I also like that you can geo-tag your stuff so it shows up on a map. And you can search for stuff on
the map – that’s cool!. Already geotagged photos are automatically mapped when uploading.
As the only site i know of it uses a Windows Explorer like navigation with folders – super eacy to
use – even has drag and drop!.
It’s free, fast, nice design as SO much better than Flickr and Photobucket.
good list. a lot of sites go down and out often. But this list is really top.
I like my pictures to be hosted LOSSLESS. too many time we upload images here and there then they are crunched many time.
Less known but very efficient preferred hotlink site in http://3ezy.net
only gallery i know that is awesome is http://images.gonzb.com again less known but probably they like it that way.
What about Panoramio?
http://www.piratexxxforum.com
unlimited space
free members accounts
only 1 ad
very fast
Host Pic.Org
Host Pic.Org is a online picture hosting service with various options/features which other sites may not be providing. Site has been launched with the motive of providing best online picture hosting solution at no cost. There are two ways in which pictures can be hosted – One by registering with site and other without being registered. At times, people do use picture hosting without registration. Members who register can maintain their own picture album and can edit or delete pictures of their album. Site is generating all kinds of URLs for every picture uploaded. Eg. Direct URL, BB Code, Thumbnail Code etc.
Host Pic.Org is growing at leaps & bounces and indexed PR1 by google in first month of its launch.
However, we are very strict about terms of use. We do not allow uploading of adult content. This would include pictures containing nudity and sexual situations. We also do not allow pictures that depict illegal activities or subjects. Those who upload illegal files will be blocked (by IP address) from using our service. Legal authorities may be contacted if the subject of the file is found to be illegal.
Also we are very clear on copy right issue. We retain no copyright to photos on this site. All uploaded files are copyright by their respective owners.
We have following features which has made our site growing very fast and liked by people.
- Multiple files upload upto maximum 14 pictures at a time with a single click
- Upload from URL also possible and it is also multiple URLs at a time
- No registration required to host images (though registration is highly recommended)
- maximum file size upto 2 MB
- Fast Uploading
- Exhaustive picture URL list to work with html, forum, hotlinking etc.
- very fast and simple 30 seconds registration, user name & email id -nothing else is required
- Option to mark picture private to make it invisible in Gallery
- Very easy to see all uploaded pictures in one window (when registered)
- Easy bookmark button available on site
- Pleasant layout and lot more.
I’ve been using http://www.fotoholder.com/ it has no ads, the maximum image size allowed is only 2M but this is all I need…
A great free photo sharing site is http://www.theeasyview.com You get 2GB of free storage. Plus it is very simple to upload and share photos. You can also add security passwords to your album links.
For me I’m using the picasa.After all it from google right:)
I like i-sharepix ( http://easy.to/sharepix ) A free german imagehoster that allows also adult/erotic content. Unlimited space, max. filesize 5MB, multiupload (also possibile from the web), private gallery,… Easy to use
This list.. exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks
Unfortunately, recently Tinypic is no longer accepting uploads from international locations
. I need re-upload my all image to picasa 
You can use http://www.PictureToGo.com
Another free image hosting, its greate.-
I really like http://www.web-pictures.org/ its great
Check out one of the best image hosts:
http://www.shinypic.com
Their images will never be deleted, you also can create unlimited private albums.
Thanks!
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One of the best free image hosts: http://www.shinypic.com
Big plus they never delete your images, also you can create unlimited private albums.
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Another Free Image Hosting site is http://www.photodekho.com It’s free.
Best image hosting is http://www.storepic.com
free, no limits, no pop-ups.
Great FREE adult image host website:
http://xxxalbums.net
Unlimited storage space
Unlimited bandwidth
3072 kb max file size
your photos never get deleted..
Upload your images/photos to our free image hosting servers and share them with your friends, family,and collegues.
Hot Linking limit: 1 GB of bandwidth per Image/month
Supported Image Formats: png, jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp
Maximum Filesize: 1 MB
I like this blogpost. If I use unlimited webhost storage and bandwidth like hostgator, will I use this images host?
i find photobucket is realy good for blogger.have a look my site http://mobilesat.blogspot.com
Check out http://www.upimagehosting.com a free image hosting service with cool extra features like resizing, rotation, shearing, flipping and more.
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Thank you for your review on free image hosting. Being active Ebay user I sometimes need to upload images for the listing and good image hosting is always handy!
I don’t know if you know this free image hosting http://www.picoolio.com? It’s another great free one click image hosting site that has been around for a while. Great for Craigslist, ebay, forums, blogs, facebook, myspace and more try it! No restrictions on size and storage time. Its actually a multiple image hosting- you can upload say 100 images at the same time!
cool some didn’t even know existed here is one I use for craislist sometimes http://www.hogpic.com you can add to your list
I use http://www.Pikture.net.
If I may suggest another site for your consideration, please take a look at https://pixi.me/ – we provide private photo sharing for Families & Groups (no ads, minimalist approach, WebDAV support, granular viewing permissions)
I use most of them but notice most want you to sign up i now use http://www.yeapics.com