Pixabay · Rate Limits

Pixabay Rate Limits

Pixabay enforces a default limit of 100 requests per 60 seconds and requires 24-hour caching of results. Higher limits are available on request. The API returns standard rate-limit headers (X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset) and HTTP 429 when exceeded.

Pixabay Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Pixabay on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.

It captures 2 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests and hours.

An exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

The profile also includes 2 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled.

Tagged areas include Stock Media, Images, Videos, Illustrations, and Free.

2 Limits Exhausted: HTTP 429
Method: generated, dated 2026-05-08.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-05-08 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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Limits

Default account
requests
100 per 60 seconds
Standard limit; higher available on request.
Caching client
hours
24h minimum
Cache results for 24 hours minimum per Pixabay TOS.

Policies

Backoff Strategy
Honor 429 with exponential backoff; check X-RateLimit-Reset.
Caching
Cache responses at least 24 hours per TOS.

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