The 25 Most Popular Photos on Flickr in 2014

Want to see the photographs that made the biggest splash on Flickr over the course of 2014? Flickr’s website doesn’t have a leaderboard — the best you can do is explore popular photos — but luckily for us, the company has just announced the top 25.

Of the hundreds of millions of photographs you’ll find on Flickr, these 25 photographs were found to be the “top” images based on a number of “engagement and community” factors, including how many times they’ve been viewed and added as a favorite image.

Here are the photographs from #25 all the way to the #1 most popular image:

#25: “***” by oleg oprisco

#24: “And when it all comes crashing down, who will you be?” by Chris Hieronimus

#23: “The Backyard Falcon” by Vesa Lehtimäki

#22: “Red Anemone” by Jacob Edmiston

#21: “320/365” by alex currie

#20: “Fim de tarde” by Johnson Barros

#19: “The Dreamy Coast” by Rob Macklin

#18: “on the neighbour’s grounds” by Rosie Anne

#17: “I will learn to love the skies I’m under.” by David Uzochukwu

#16: “Such is the price of leaving” by Whitney Justesen

#15: “Chinatown” by Masashi Wakui

#14: “Here, once again” by Alex Benetel

#13: “Oil Pastels” by Jon Smith

#12: “NAVCAM top 10 at 10 km – 10” by European Space Agency

#11: “Bear Lake – Pentax 67 + Portra 400” by Trent Davis

#10: “loopy sky” by SoulRiser

#9: “Besides my dad, she was the only one in my family who was like this…” by Brandon Stanton

#8: “Night Reading” by Laura Williams

#7: “ixspreparation2” by Mark Rademaker

#6: “Lightbulb” by Alexandr Tikki

#5: “John.” by LJ.

#4: “Wherever you lay your head” by Rosie Hardy

#3: “persist | lofoten, norway” by Lorenzo Montezemolo

#2: “Nightly shower 130812 F4332″ by Pete Huu

#1: “***” by “Elena Shumilova

Image credits: Photographs copyright their respective photographers and courtesy of Flickr