Smartphones Have Made It Possible For Everyone To Have Access To A Camera, And According To Research, 92.8% Of All Photos In The World Are Now Taken With Phones. 

According to a British camera store, 1.8 trillion photos are taken annually.

Social networks and smartphone access have multiplied people’s interest in recording and sharing moments. Max Spielmann, a physical camera store in the UK, has published some interesting statistics on this.

How many photos are recorded annually?

Taking photos and sharing them with friends and people from all over the world has become one of the human habits in the age of social networks. According to an interesting statistic, an average of 1.8 trillion photos are taken every year, 5 billion every day, and 57,246 every second.

According to a survey, more than 95% of people under 35 have taken a selfie in their lifetime. This issue has decreased to 63% for people between 35 and 54 years old and 44% for people over 55.

Instagram and the popularity of phone photography

We must point out that Instagram has played a vital role in the popularity of taking pictures with phones. An average of 1.3 billion photos are shared daily on this social platform. Meanwhile, only 100,000 numbers are in posts, and 1.3 billion are dedicated to stories and direct.

According to this report, the “Clarendon” filter is used more than other filters on Instagram. This filter improves contrast and is the first filter that users encounter. According to Max Spielmann, about 86.6% of Instagram users publish a story daily, which is surprising.

In addition to smartphones, sales of disposable cameras have also boomed, and Fujifilm has increased its sales twice since 2015. In 2023, the interest in buying a DSLR camera decreased by 37%, and it is good to know that the interest in film cameras has grown by 75%.