Social Media sites: photo metadata test results
We have uploaded a test image with embedded metadata and have checked if any of the embedded values are displayed and if so, which ones. As a next step we have tried to save the picture from a Social Media web site or system on our computer and then we checked what metadata fields are still embedded.
Find the test results in the grid below - in short: a green light indicates good results, a yellow one not so good ones and the red light that the handling of metadata should be improved, grey means: has not been tested.
You can read the full details of the tests on this page. It lists all details about what was tested and what the icons below stand for.
| Social Media site/system | Summary | Displays correctly? |
Displays 4Cs? |
Save As embedded? |
Download embedded? |
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| 500px - www.500px.com Tested in March 2013 |
Most relevant fields shown, copyright was overridden, in downloaded file we only found Exif metadata. Save As is disabled. |   |
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| Dropbox - www.dropbox.com Tested in March 2013 |
No metadata shown, all embedded fields are preserved in the image files. |  |
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| Facebook - www.facebook.com Tested in March 2013 |
Metadata shown correctly, all embedded metadata stripped-off from image files. | |
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| Flickr FREE account- www.flickr.com Tested in March 2013 (PRO account may show other results) |
Metadata shown, 'by' was overridden, all embedded metadata stripped-off from image files. | |
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| Google+ - plus.google.com Tested in March 2013 |
Primarily Exif metadata shown, all embedded fields are preserved. |
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| Img.ly - www.img.ly Tested in October 2012 |
No metadata shown, all embedded fields are preserved in the Save As image files. | |
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| Joomeo - www.joomeo.com Tested in October 2012 |
Some metadata fields are shown and all embedded fields are preserved in the image files. Save As is disabled. |
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| Photobucket - www.photobucket.com Tested in October 2012 |
No metadata shown, embedded fields are preserved in downloaded image files but not in Save As files. | |
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| Pictify - www.pictify.com Tested in March 2013 |
No metadata shown, embedded fields are preserved in downloaded image files but not in Save As files. | |
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| Pinterest - www.pinterest.com Tested in March 2013 |
No metadata shown, all embedded fields are preserved in the Save As image files. | |
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| Tumblr - www.tumblr.com Tested in March 2013 |
No metadata shown, all embedded fields are preserved in the Save As image files. | |
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| Twitpic - twitpic.com Tested in March 2013 |
No metadata shown, only a few IPTC fields are preserved in Save As image files. | |
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| Twitter - www.twitter.com Tested in March 2013 |
No metadata shown, all embedded metadata stripped-off from image files. | |
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| Via.me - www.via.me Tested in October 2012 |
No metadata shown, all embedded fields are preserved in the Save As image files. | |
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| Yfrog - www.yfrog.com Tested in November 2012 |
No metadata shown, all embedded fields are preserved in the Save As image files. | |
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You want to know what the icons above stand for? In short: a green light indicates good results, a yellow one not so good ones and the red light that the handling of metadata should be improved, grey means: has not been tested. Go to this page and read about our ranking in detail.
Who Tested? Contributors to the photo metadata survey of controlledvocabulary.com and members of the Photo Metadata Working Group of the IPTC.