The most popular camera brand on Flickr is not Canon or Nikon
The most popular camera brand on Flickr is not Canon or Nikon
Apple remains the most popular camera brand used by the Flickr community in 2017, a title which it held on for the third consecutive year. The second and third most popular camera brands are Canon (23%) and Nikon (18%) respectively.
Statistics shared by Flickr reveal that the iPhones are still the dominant camera models this year with 54% of the top 100 devices being named iPhone and the iPhones accounting for 9 of the top 10 devices. Flickr states that the iPhone 6, iPhone 6s and iPhone 5s are the most popular iPhone cameras.
Smartphone usage continues to rise and accounted for 50% of the photos uploaded to Flickr. This is an increase of 2% from 2016. On the other hand, point and shoot cameras dropped 9% to 12%. DSLR camera usage went up by 8% to 33% while mirrorless cameras remain at 4% for the third year in a row.
Source: Flickr via AppleInsider