Google image:loc URLs Are Not Counted Towards 50k XML Sitemap Limit

The same question was asked both on Twitter and on Reddit, asking do URLs in the image:loc tag also count towards the 50K XML sitemap limit? The answer is no, it does not count to the 50,000 URL limit in the XML Sitemap files.

from Search Engine Roundtable https://ift.tt/2FcR7BE