Camera Trends on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

The graphs do not make sense, when other data is put out that contradicts the charts. The third chart shows a use rate below 20%.

I have to take any data put out by flickr with a grain of salt. If you read many articles on Yahoo (who owns flickr) you know that they get it wrong more than right.

To make it even more inconsistent, the figure you posted was for Canon "EOS" and Nikon "D" cameras...which are SLRs....not P&S's...where, the way I look at the 3rd figure above, it is total canon as a brand. So not only is the total different, but a subset should never be greater than the total.

But...and this is where it gets fun, how did they sort the data (even assuming they worked off the same database) by: "Photographers/users" vs "Photographs" vs "Cameras/Devices"....each may tally differently. For example, if a member posts 100 images from a 5DIII, and another user posts 5000 images from a iPhone, do you count that as 1:1 or 100:5000? How do you divided it up if the same Flickr "photographer" used 3 different devices?

To have more fun:
Flickr Year in Review 2015 by Flickr Design, on Flickr

This was side by side with your image. So, in one 42% of "photographers" (or devices) use iPhones while in the next 39% of photos or videos were captured using "camera phones." Again, iPhones should be a subset of camera phone, but in one they tallied based on "photographers" and the other on "Photos." This actually indicates to me that more members used iPhones, but those with DSLRs posted more photos.

So, would I bet the house on any of this...no, not unless I got to see details on their procedures. But I do think it paints a general picture of the "Flicker" user.

Go to 500pix, and I bet it would change very dramatically.