Making the Internet's Images More Transparent
PimEyes is a visual search platform that helps people discover where images appear across the internet. By analyzing visual similarity, our technology helps individuals monitor their online presence and enables creators to track how their work spreads across the web.
Bringing Transparency to Online Images
Understand image visibility, usage, and exposure in one place.
Why We Exist
PimEyes was created to help people better understand how images circulate online. As photos and visual content are shared across countless websites, individuals and creators often lose visibility into where their images appear and how they are used.
Our Purpose
Our mission is to provide technology that brings greater transparency to the online image ecosystem and gives people tools to monitor and protect their digital presence.
What We Do
PimEyes develops visual search technology that allows users to locate images across publicly accessible areas of the internet. By analyzing visual similarity between images, the platform helps users discover where photos appear online and identify websites that publish similar content.
PimEyes helps users gain greater visibility into how images circulate on the web.
How Our Technology Helps:
Personal Monitoring
Individuals monitor their online image presence
Creative Protection
Photographers and artists track where their work appears online
Fraud Detection
Users detect impersonation or unauthorized use of photos
Verification
Researchers and journalists verify the origin of images
A Journey of Innovation
From a small engineering team to a global visual search platform.
2017
Founded
PimEyes was originally developed by a team of engineers working on image search technology.
Today
Global Platform
PimEyes has evolved into a widely used visual search tool that helps people monitor their digital presence and understand where images appear online.
Today, PimEyes continues to improve its technology while focusing on responsible innovation and ethical development of visual search systems.
Guiding Principles
PimEyes believes that technology should give people greater visibility and control over their digital lives. Our work is guided by these core principles.
Transparency
Transparency in how visual search technology works
Privacy Respect
Respect for individual privacy in everything we do
Responsible AI
Responsible use of artificial intelligence
Continuous Improvement
Continuous improvement of safeguards against misuse
We are committed to developing technology that helps users navigate the modern internet while protecting their rights and online presence.
How It Works
PimEyes helps you find where images appear online, using advanced image analysis and pattern matching.
Upload Your Image
Upload a photo to start your search.
You can use:
A face photo to find visually similar faces
Any image to track where it appears online
Our system processes the image using pixel-level analysis and compression techniques to create a compact representation optimized for fast and accurate matching.
Face Search
PimEyes focuses on visual similarity between faces.
Instead of identifying a person, the system compares patterns in facial regions—such as structure, proportions, and textures—to find images that look alike. This allows matching across:
Different angles
Lighting conditions
Image quality variations
Reverse Image Search
PimEyes can also analyze the entire image , not just faces.
It detects:
Exact matches (same image reused)
Modified versions (cropped, resized, edited)
Visually similar images
This is useful for tracking content reuse, verifying authenticity, or detecting misuse.
AI-Powered Matching
Your image is compared against a large index of publicly available images.
Instead of relying on text or metadata, PimEyes matches visual patterns directly using compressed representations—making it effective even when images are unlabeled.
Review Results
Within seconds, you’ll see matching or similar images.
Each result links to the source website, so you can:
Understand context
Identify unauthorized use
Investigate further
Take Action
You remain in control of your online presence.
If you find images you want removed or managed, PimEyes provides tools and guidance to help you take the next steps.
Learn More About Privacy & Ethics
PimEyes is built with a focus on responsible use and user control.
For more details on how we approach privacy, data handling, and ethical use of the technology, please visit our Privacy & Ethics page.
Powerful Features at Every Step
Explore the comprehensive tools and capabilities that make PimEyes the most trusted image monitoring platform.
Comprehensive Search
Scan billions of images across the web with industry-leading accuracy.
900+ million indexed pages
Regular database updates
Multiple search algorithms
False positive filtering
Smart Monitoring
Set up automated alerts to track new appearances of your image online.
Daily, weekly, or monthly scans
Instant email notifications
Customizable alert thresholds
Historical tracking dashboard
Removal Guidance
Get expert help removing unwanted images with our comprehensive toolkit.
Step-by-step removal guides
Legal template library
Website contact information
Success rate tracking
Tutorials
Read step-by-step guides to get the most out of PimEyes
Trusted Privacy:
GDPR Compliant
SSL Encrypted
99.5% Search Accuracy
Privacy Questions Answered
Clear, honest answers to the most common privacy and ethics questions.
PimEyes is a search engine that allows users to find images of faces available on publicly accessible websites. When you upload a photo, the system analyzes facial features and compares them against its index of images collected from open internet sources.
The platform does not identify individuals or verify identities. Instead, it matches visual patterns and provides links to external websites where similar images appear.
PimEyes operates solely as a search tool and does not host or control the content displayed in search results. All images are sourced from publicly available websites that permit indexing, and results are presented through a secure, temporary display process.
The service is intended for personal and lawful use, helping users monitor their online presence and understand where their images may appear on the internet.
PimEyes does not store or publish images itself - it only provides links to content that is already publicly accessible online.
No, PimEyes does not search or index content from social media platforms.
The system only indexes images from publicly accessible websites that allow such indexing. Social media platforms and professional networks are intentionally excluded from PimEyes’ search coverage.
As a result, images hosted exclusively on social media sites will not appear in PimEyes search results.
When you upload an image to PimEyes, it is used solely to perform a search and find visually similar faces in publicly available sources.
Your uploaded photos are stored temporarily and processed only for the purpose of providing the service. They are not used for any other purpose are never shared with third parties.
Search images are retained for a limited period of time maximum of 48 hours and then automatically deleted. PimEyes also uses encryption and security measures to protect your data during processing.
You remain in control of your data and may request its deletion at any time in accordance with applicable privacy regulations.
You can submit an opt-out request, which allows you to have your face excluded from PimEyes search results.
To complete the opt-out process, you will need to provide a photo of yourself and complete a verification step (such as an anonymized ID), so the system can accurately identify and block matching images.
Once processed, your face will be removed from the PimEyes index and excluded from future searches permanently.
No, PimEyes does not automatically remove images from the internet.
PimEyes is a search engine, not a hosting platform, so it does not control the content on external websites. However, it provides tools such as takedown requests, which allow you to request removal of images directly from the websites where they are published.
The removal process depends on the website owners or administrators response, and results may vary depending on their policies and jurisdiction.
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