Every year, we like to take a look at the content our Authors published to discover the most popular items in each category.

Throughout this list, you can see the ways that trends impacted what our customers downloaded. From AI to startup pitch decks, Elements customers were just as on trend as our Authors!

Thank you to all our amazing, creative, hardworking Authors. It’s been a big year for the creative stock industry, and we’re so happy to have you on this journey with us.

Most popular photo: Businessman working on tablet using AI by VidEst

AI has proved to be a mainstay of all trend reports and industry updates in 2023, and our most popular photo of the year has solidified that!

Most popular stock video: Concentrated Businessman Typing on Laptop by jm_video

It’s always fascinating seeing the stock video item that customers downloaded the most, and this year was no different. It’s great to see that among the top stock footage item and photo of 2023, we saw diverse representation of multiple ethnic groups.

Most popular video template: LUT Color Presets by Nick_Chvalun

This premium LUTs pack contains over 200 presets for color grading footage.

Most popular audio item: Background Corporate Inspiring by cleanmindsounds

Take a listen to this smooth, lighthearted track from cleanmindsounds and see if you can understand why our Elements customers might have loved it so much!

Most popular font: Glancyr by drizy

This geometric font from drizy is powerful and dynamic. And Elements customers used it to make a statement this year!

Most popular product mockup: Polo Shirt Mockup by UnicDesign

Customers must have loved this mockup from UnicDesign, because it was our top product mockup of the year!

Most popular background: 20 Gold Texture by CCpreset

This background is 24 karats worth of luxe! And this isn’t even the only golden backrgound that talented Author CCpreset has put together. Check out their whole golden collection on Elements!

Most popular add-on: Cloud Brushes by UnicDesign

These fluffy white clouds are so dreamy! Plus, this is the second time that Author UnicDesign has featured in this list!

Most popular presentation template: StartupX – Pitch Deck PowerPoint Template by Ocvembor

According to Ocvembor, StartupX is the “ultimate pitch deck PowerPoint template for entrepreneurs and startups“. Our Elements customers must agree, because it was the top presentation template of 2023!

Most popular 3D item: Car Red

Vroom, vroom!

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Congratulations again to all of the talented Authors whose content featured in our top items of 2023: VidEst, jm_video, Nick_Chvalun, cleanmindsounds, drizy, CCpreset, UnicDesign, and Ocvembor. Our Elements customers absolutely loved your work and we can’t wait to see the kind of content you create in 2024.

If you’re interested in seeing our most popular items in other categories this year, check out our most popular items round up for the top creative stock items on Envato Market, top web and code items on Elements, and top web and code items on Market.

Finally, on behalf of Team Envato: thank you for being part of our Author community again this year. Here’s to an even better 2024!

*Please note: ‘Most popular item’ data is accurate as at December 7, 2023.