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Chart of the growth of the number of Creative Commons licensed works up to 2017. In 2006, there were 140,000,000 Creative Commons-licensed works; in 2010, 400,000,000 CC-licensed works; in 2014, 882,000,000; in 2015, 1,118,900,000; in 2016, 1,204,935,537; in 2017, 1,471,401,740.
Number of Creative Commons licensed works as of 2017, per State of the Commons report[1]

This is a list of notable works available under a Creative Commons license. There are multiple Creative Commons licenses, each with important differences.

Number of Creative Commons works

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An analysis in November 2014 revealed that the amount of CC-licensed works in major databases and searchable via Google sums up to 882 million works. Nine million webpages link to one of the CC licenses.[2]

Platform nameNumber of works (rounded down by millions, November 2014)Source
Flickr307 million[3]
Wikipedia (all pages in all languages)111 millionhttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias
MusicBrainz39 millionhttps://musicbrainz.org/statistics https://musicbrainz.org/doc/About/Data_License
Freebase39 millionhttps://developers.google.com/freebase/faq#how_big_is_freebase
DeviantArt15 millionhttps://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/35540
GeoNames10 millionhttp://www.geonames.org/about.html
YouTube10 millionhttps://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797468
Google Search301 milliongoogle-currenttools.csv, google-retiredtools.csv

Creative Commons offers also a search engine for major databases as: Europeana, Open Clip Art Library, Pixabay, ccMixter and more.[4]

Governments and intergovernmental organizations

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As of January 2016, 31 governments and 7 intergovernmental organizations have made their information available per CC according to creativecommons.org;[5] similarly dozens of organizations from the GLAM sector (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums).[6]

Conditions of distribution

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Below is a list of conditions ("rights") of a work's distribution.[7] All Creative Commons licenses grant "baseline rights", such as the right to distribute the copyrighted work worldwide for non-commercial purposes and without modification.[8]

Icon Right Description
Circled person pictogram Attribution (BY) Licensees may copy, distribute, display, perform and make derivative works and remixes based on it only if they give the author or licensor the credits (attribution) in the manner specified by these. Since version 2.0, all Creative Commons licenses require attribution to the creator and include the BY element. The letters BY are not an abbreviation, unlike the other rights.
Circled arrow pointing counterclockwise into itself Share-alike (SA) Licensees may distribute derivative works only under a license identical to ("not more restrictive than") the license that governs the original work. (See also Copyleft.) Without share-alike, derivative works might be sublicensed with compatible but more restrictive license clauses, e.g. CC BY to CC BY-NC.
Circled dollar sign struck through by diagonal line Non-commercial (NC) Licensees may copy, distribute, display, perform the work and make derivative works and remixes based on it only for non-commercial purposes.
Circled equals sign No derivative works (ND) Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform only verbatim copies of the work, not derivative works and remixes based on it. Since version 4.0, derivative works are allowed but must not be shared.

Books

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NameOriginal releaseCC ReleaseDescriptionLicenseRefs
The Art of Unix Programming20032005[9]book about the history and culture of Unix programming by Eric S. Raymond (with added proviso)CC BY-ND 1.0[10]
A Briefer History of Time19992004[11]science humor book by Eric SchulmanCC BY-NC-ND 1.0[12]
Archimedes Palimpsest3rd century BC2008reconstructed and released by OPenn as Free Cultural WorksCC BY[13][14][15]
Free Culture2004by Lawrence Lessig (the first CC licensed book released by a major mainstream publisher, Penguin Books)CC BY-NC 1.0[16]
Freesouls20082010 (digital ebook)book with essays and photos of key people of the free movement by Joi ItoCC BY[17]
The Future of Ideas20012001by Lawrence Lessig (originally published by Random House)CC BY-NC[16]
The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It2008book by Jonathan Zittrain which discusses several legal issues regarding the InternetCC BY-NC-SA 3.0
The Honour of the Knights20092009A science fiction novel by Stephen J SweeneyCC BY-NC-SA
Meat Atlas20142014A collection of graphs and 27 essays on meat consumption and production by Friends of the Earth and Heinrich Böll FoundationCC BY-SA[18]
Move Under Ground2004A horror novel mashup by Nick MamatasCC BY-NC-ND[19]
Warbreaker20042004by Brandon SandersonCC BY-NC-ND[20]
Little Brother20082008by Cory DoctorowCC BY-NC-SA 3.0[21]
Open Access20122012by Peter Suber (published by MIT Press)CC BY
Blindsight2006by Peter WattsCC BY-NC-SA 2.5[22]
Code: Version 2.02006by Lawrence Lessig, dedicated to Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.5[23]
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy2008by Lawrence Lessig in describing the remix cultureCC BY-NC[24][25]
The Wealth of Networks20062006by Yochai BenklerCC BY-NC-SA[26]
Stranger Things Happen20012005short horror stories by Kelly Link, Salon Book of the YearCC BY-NC-SA[27][28][29]
There Is No Antimemetics Division20252016by qntm, originally released on the SCP Wiki and as a self-published ebook and paperback under this license before being rewritten and published by Ballantine and Del Ray.CC BY-SA 3.0

Comics

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NameDescriptionLicenseRefs
Bunnyby Huw DaviesCC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Diesel Sweetiesby Richard Stevens IIICC BY-NC 2.5
ErfworldCC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Gaiaby Oliver Knörzer and Puri AndiniCC BY-NC-ND 3.0[30]
Homem-Griloby Cadu Simões (pt)CC BY-SA-4.0[31][32]
Jesus and Moreligious satire webcomic by Mohammed JonesCC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Johnny Wander(the book publication form)CC BY-NC 3.0[33]
Mimi & Euniceby Nina PaleyCC BY-SA 3.0
OvercompensatingCC BY-NC 3.0
Pepper&Carrotby David RevoyCC BY 4.0
Sandra and Wooby Oliver Knörzer and Puri AndiniCC BY-NC-ND 3.0[34]
Seedfeeder's works for Wikipediaby SeedfeederCC BY-SA 3.0, public domain
xkcdby Randall MunroeCC BY-NC 2.5[35]

Educational resources

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NameDescriptionLicenseRefs
Connexionsacademic course modules, hosted by Rice UniversityCC BY-NC-SA[a][36]
Khan AcademyCC BY-NC-SA
OpenLearnShort articles, videos and extracts of courses maintained by The Open UniversityCC BY-NC-SA
OpenCourseWareCC BY-NC-SA
Saylor AcademyPeer-reviewed college courses and textbooksCC BY
WikiEducatorCC BY-SA (default), CC BY, and CC0
Project EulerSite hosting computer programming problemsCC BY-NC-SA

Games

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NameDescriptionLicenseRefs
Cards Against HumanityAn adult party game using custom-printed cardsCC BY-NC-SA[37]
Dungeons & Dragons System Reference Document 5.1 & 5.2The core rules of a popular fantasy role-playing gameCC BY 4.0[38]
Eclipse PhaseA transhuman science fiction role-playing gameCC BY-NC-SA 4.0[39]
Tagmar [pt]The first Brazilian fantasy role-playing game fully developed in BrazilCC BY-NC-SA 3.0 BR[40]
ViolenceA heavily satirical role-playing game inspired by excessive violence in other role-playing games and video gamesCC BY-NC-SA 2.5[41]
Secret HitlerA social deduction party game set in the Weimar RepublicCC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Video games

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NameDescriptionLicenseRefs
Cataclysm: Dark Days AheadASCII graphic rogue likeCC BY-SA (artwork and code)
Castle CrashersOne of the soundtracks of a proprietary game released under Creative CommonsCC BY-NC-SA[42]
DOGWALKA game created as a proof of concept for a workflow pipeline between Blender and Godot.CC BY[43]
Glest / MegaGlestA real-time strategy computer game in a fantasy setup.CC BY-SA (artwork)
GlitchAn MMO. In 2013, most of the artwork and parts of the code were released under a Creative Commons license.CC0[44][45]
Mari0Super Mario clone mashup with PortalCC BY-NC-SA
OpenClonk (formerly Clonk)A computer game originally developed by RedWolf Design, later opened to the community.CC BY/CC BY-NC (artwork)
RyzomRyzom is a free and open source software PC MMORPG. Originally developed and released 2004 by Nevrax, since 2010 the source code is under the AGPL[46] and the artistic work is under CC BY-SA.[47]CC BY-SA (artwork)[47]
Sintel The GameA game based on the Blender Foundation movie, Sintel.CC BY
The Adventures of Fatmanpoint and click adventure gameCC-BY-NC-ND
Tyrian (now OpenTyrian)Scrolling shooterCC BY 3.0 US (graphic assets)[48][49]
The Ur-Quan Masters (formerly Star Control II)Action RPGCC BY-NC-SA (artwork)[50]
Yo Frankie!A game resulting from a cooperation between the Blender Foundation and the Crystal Space communityCC BY 3.0[51]

Images and photos

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NameDescriptionLicenseRefs
deviantARTimage artwork sharing websitevarious (15 million CC-licensed)[52]
Flickruser photo uploading and sharing servicevarious (350 million out of 6+ billion images were CC-licensed as of 2011)[53][54]
MapillaryOver 30 million free photosCC BY-SA
Metropolitan Museum of Artpaintings and artworksCC0 (375,000)[55]
Mushroom Observercollaborative amateur mycology database with approx. 600,000 observational photos[56][57]CC BY-SA or CC BY-NC-SA [58]
Open Game ArtMedia repository for software / game projectsCC BY, CC BY-SA, CC0, others[59]
PanoramioOver 100 million photosVarious[60]
Pixar One Thirty130 textures created for Pixar filmsCC BY[61]
SmithsonianObjects in the public domain and portions of metadata for all object entriesCC0[62][63]
Fortepanarchival photographs, and family snapshots of everyday lifeCC BY-SA (100.000 images)
Unsplash user photo uploading and sharing service CC0 prior to 5 June 2017 [64][65]
Wikimedia Commonsfree image and data repository, stores Wikipedia imagesvarious free CC licenses (40+ million images in 2018[66])

Music

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NameDescriptionLicenseRefs
The SlipBy Nine Inch NailsCC BY-NC-SA[67][68]
Ghosts I–IVBy Nine Inch NailsCC BY-NC-SA[68]
Palm MallBy Cat System Corp.CC BY 3.0[69]
Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard CC BY-ND
Airports for Music By SheedyJaye CC BY 3.0 [70]
ccMixterCommunity music websitemostly CC BY-NC
Free Music ArchiveVarious
FreesoundCC0, CC BY, CC BY-NC and Sampling Plus
#hot111 ChartsBy starfroschCC BY CC BY-SA[71]
JamendoVarious
NinjamMusic files/archiveCC BY-SA
Pulse of the EarthBy Hungry LucyCC BY-SA[72]
Jonathan CoultonJonathon Coulton's worksCC BY-NC 3.0[73]
Paul and StormPaul and Storm's worksCC BY-NC-SA 2.5
Open Goldberg VariationsCC0[74]
Cloudkicker By Ben Sharp CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Lud and Schlatts Musical EmporiumA project by YouTubers jschlatt and Ludwig to provide royalty-free music to creators.CC BY 3.0

News

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NameDescriptionLicenseRefs
Al Jazeera's broadcasting footageOn January 13, 2009, some broadcasting content from Al Jazeera on the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict was released.CC BY 3.0[75]
Agência PúblicaOnline investigative journalism outlet with texts in Portuguese, English and Spanish.CC BY-ND 4.0[76][77]
Corbeau News CentrafriqueFrench-language news site from the Central African RepublicCC BY-SA 4.0[78]
Democracy Now!Internationally syndicated radio and TV news program. All transcripts from broadcasts are republished online and released under a Creative Commons license.CC BY-NC-ND 4.0[79]
The ConversationOnline news outlet written by academics and researchers. Localised editions exist for Australia, Africa, Canada, France, Indonesia, the UK and the US.CC BY-ND 4.0[79]
DeshabhimaniMalayalam language newspaperCC BY 4.0[80]
Global VoicesInternational journalism organisation publishing in over 40 languages.CC BY 3.0[81]
The Haitian Times Online newspaper for the Haitian diaspora in the United States. CC BY-ND 4.0
La Stampa3rd biggest newspaper of Italy.CC BY-NC-ND 3.0[82]
openDemocracyInternational online news website. Specific articles are released under a Creative Commons license.CC BY-NC 4.0[83]
ProPublicaUS news website.CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US[84]
States NewsroomNetwork of 39 newsrooms reporting on U.S. state politics.CC BY-NC-ND 4.0[85]
Tasnim News AgencyIranian news agency publishing in Persian, English, Arabic, Turkish and Urdu.CC BY 4.0[86]
TorrentFreakNews blog. Text licensed under a Creative Commons license.CC BY-NC 3.0[87]
WikiTribuneNews website with crowdsourced fact-checking, proofreading and editing. Published in English and Spanish.CC BY 4.0[88]

Knowledge, research and science

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NameDescriptionLicenseRefs
Copernicus PublicationsCC BY
Citizendiuma wiki encyclopediaCC BY-SA
CliodynamicsResearchCC BY 4.0
KnolWebsite for personal essays. Went offline on May 1, 2012, but was archived on the Internet Archive[89]mostly CC BY-SA or CC BY-NC-SA
PLOS OneCC BY

Databases and data

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NameDescriptionLicenseRefs
OpenSeaMapCC SA-BY 2.0 / ODbL[90]
OpenStreetMapUntil September 2012; switched to ODbLCC BY-SA 2.0 for certain content[91][92][93]
SNPediaDatabase of single nucleotide polymorphismsCC BY-NC-SA[94]

Technology, blueprints and recipes

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NameDescriptionLicenseRefs
ArduinoCC BY-SA
DragonBox Pyrapre-release schematics released in November 2016CC BY-NC-SA[95]
Free BeerIn December 2004 brewing recipe, brand and label artwork released under CC by Superflex and students of the IT University of CopenhagenCC BY-SA[96]
Openmoko Neo FreerunnerCAD, schematics etc. files in 2008CC BY-SA 3.0[97][98]

Video and film

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Name YearDescriptionLicenseRefs
Big Buck Bunny 2008Product of the second Blender Foundation Open Movie Project, released in 2008.CC BY[99]
Code Rush 20082000 documentary of Netscape's last year as an independent company, focusing on the rush to make Mozilla's source code ready for its release deadline.[100]CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US[101]
Dominion 2018Australian documentary film filmed primarily with drones and hidden cameras inside Australian slaughterhouses and macro-farms with the aim to educate the public on an opaque and cruel system.[102][103]CC BY
The Yes Men Fix the World 2009 English language documentary film about the culture jamming exploits of The Yes Men.CC BY-NC-ND[104]
Decay 2012Zombie film made at CERNCC BY-NC[105]
Elephants Dream 2006Product of the first Blender Foundation Open Movie Project, released in 2006CC BY[106]
Working Slowly (Radio Alice) 20042004 Italian drama directed by Guido Chiesa.CC BY-NC-SA
"Life Wasted" 2006by Pearl Jam in 2006, first music video from a major record label to be CC licensedCC BY-NC-ND 2.5[107]
Nasty Old People 2009A 2009 film in Swedish by Hanna SköldCC BY-NC-SA
Paywall: The Business of Scholarship 2018American documentary film documenting the high profits and business practices of the academic publishing industry and the efforts of the open access movement to reform it.[108][109]CC BY
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto 2008a 2008 open-source documentary film about "the changing concept of copyright" and the remix culture[110][111] directed by Brett GaylorCC BY-NC-SA 3.0[112]
Sita Sings the Blues 2008feature-length animated film by free culture activist Nina PaleyCC BY-SA, later CC0[113]
Sanctuary 2005A re-mixable Science fiction filmCC BY-NC-SA 2.5[114]
Sintel 2010Product of the third Blender Foundation Open Movie Project, released in 2010CC BY[115]
Spring2019Product of the twelfth Blender Foundation Open Movie Project, released in 2019CC BY[116]
Star Wreck 1992-2012Amateur movie parodies of Star Trek and Babylon 5 (in Finnish)CC BY-NC-ND
Tears of Steel 2012The fourth Blender Foundation Open Movie Project, released in September 2012.CC BY
Where are the Joneses? 2007online sitcom (series)CC BY-SA

Websites

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NameDescriptionLicense Alexa Rankings [117]Refs
AnatomographyCC BY-SA
Association for Progressive CommunicationsCC BY-SA
Bangladesh Fisheries Information Share HomeCC BY-NC-ND [118]
Boing BoingPopular blogCC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (most)
DevopediaAn open community platform for developers by developers to explain technology in a simple, clear and unopinionated way.CC BY-SA 4.0 (non-code content) [119]
FandomSince June 2009CC BY-SA
Identi.caCC BY
Internet ArchiveVarious 170
gnu.orgCreative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
Mozilla websiteHome of the Mozilla ProjectCC BY-SA 166
RationalWikiCC BY-SA [120]
SCP FoundationThe SCP Wiki is a collaborative urban fantasy writing website about the fictional SCP Foundation, a secretive organization that contains anomalous or supernatural items and entities away from the eyes of the public.[121]CC BY-SA [121]
Stack OverflowCC BY-SA 57
The Public Domain ReviewOnline journal showcasing public domain works.CC BY-SA (unquoted text in collection posts and articles only) [122]
UncyclopediaSatirical online encyclopedia.CC BY-NC-SA [123]
Wikimedia projects including WikipediaSince June 2009; over 80 million itemsText CC BY-SA (plus GFDL in most cases); some in CC BY and CC-0; hosted content also in public domain and various licenses. [124][125]
WikitravelCC BY-SA

Notes

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  1. All content published since 22 April 2026. Prior content was variably published under CC BY and CC BY-NC-SA.

References

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