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Data report · Updated 26 Oct 2026

AI Image Prompt Trends 2026

What 4,936 AI image and video prompts shared publicly by 498 creators say about how people actually write prompts: the styles they ask for, the formats they pick and how long their prompts are.

4,936prompts analysed
209words in a typical prompt (median)
73.9%ask for a vertical image
11.9%start from your own photo

The words prompts use most

Share of prompts that contain each style or technique term.

  1. editorial40.1%1,977
  2. minimalist39.7%1,961
  3. cinematic37.6%1,856
  4. highly detailed24.4%1,202
  5. avoid / negative instructions23.1%1,141
  6. 8K22.8%1,127
  7. photorealistic18.6%919
  8. 3D17.3%853
  9. depth of field16.1%795
  10. aspect ratio in the prompt15.7%775
  11. uses your own photo11.9%587
  12. vintage / retro11.8%584
  13. studio lighting11.7%578
  14. keep the same face9.5%471
  15. pastel9.3%458
  16. no text / no watermark9.1%451

What people make

  1. Product & Ads22.2%1,098
  2. Posters & Typography16.9%835
  3. Branding & UI15.9%787
  4. Portraits & Fashion14.6%720
  5. Illustration & Characters13.8%682
  6. Video9.6%476
  7. Scenes & Spaces4.2%205
  8. Food & Drink2.4%116
  9. Other0.3%17

Aspect ratios

  1. 3:420.3%1,000
  2. 9:1618.4%909
  3. 2:316.3%803
  4. 4:515.3%757
  5. 1:110.9%537
  6. 16:98.9%437
  7. 3:23.3%165
  8. 4:31.5%75

Prompt length

Words per prompt.

  1. < 509.1%450
  2. 50–15028.1%1,389
  3. 150–30027.6%1,364
  4. 300–60023.3%1,149
  5. 600+11.8%584

Rising in the last 60 days

Change in share of prompts, in percentage points, against the earlier period.

  1. Poster+16.4
  2. Editorial+11.6
  3. Photorealistic+6.5
  4. Minimalist+5.9
  5. Text in Image+4.4
  6. Flat Illustration+3.8
  7. Uses Your Photo+2.8
  8. Travel+2.5

Biggest themes

  1. Photorealistic42.4%2,092
  2. Poster33.1%1,632
  3. Social Media26.8%1,321
  4. Editorial24.7%1,217
  5. Portrait24.5%1,211
  6. Fashion22.6%1,117
  7. Uses Your Photo20.9%1,033
  8. Cinematic20.3%1,003
  9. Product Photography19.6%965
  10. Minimalist19.1%942
  11. Advertising18.4%909
  12. Branding12.3%605

Most prolific creators

  1. 1@MrLarus312
  2. 2@ou_zhen599289
  3. 3@xiaoxiaodong01161
  4. 4@Naiknelofar788116
  5. 5@Diplomeme105
  6. 6@VigoCreativeAI99
  7. 7@Goodmanprotocol97
  8. 8@azed_ai95
  9. 9@Taaruk_86
  10. 10@TechieBySA74

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Questions this data answers

What is the most common aspect ratio for AI image prompts?

3:4. Vertical formats dominate: 74% of the 4,936 prompts we analysed ask for a portrait-shaped image.

How long is a typical AI image prompt?

The median prompt is 209 words long. 35% of prompts are longer than 300 words.

Which words appear most often in AI image prompts?

“editorial” appears in 40% of prompts, followed by “minimalist” (40%) and “cinematic” (38%).

How many AI prompts are built around your own photo?

12% of prompts tell the model to work from an uploaded photo, and 10% explicitly ask it to keep the same face.

How we measured

The data covers every prompt in the trendhub prompt library (4,936 prompts shared publicly on X between 19 May 2025 and 19 Oct 2026). Terms are counted once per prompt, case-insensitive, in the prompt text itself. Rising themes compare the share of each tag in the last 60 days of the library with the share before that. The library is a curated collection, not a random sample of everything people write.

Use this data

The statistics on this page are free to use under CC BY 4.0: credit trendhub with a link to this page.

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