About what share of all photos taken in 2024 were captured on a smartphone?
Answerabout 94%
Dedicated cameras now account for only a small sliver of all photos taken.
Source: Photutorial photography statistics (2024) photutorial.com
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4 sourced facts about photos and photography, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
The basics
Going deeper
About how many photos are taken around the world every single day?
Answerabout 5.3 billion
That works out to tens of thousands of photos taken somewhere in the world every second.
Source: Photutorial photography statistics (2024) photutorial.com
About how many photos does the average American take per day?
Answerabout 20 photos a day
Smartphones have made casual, everyday photo-taking constant compared to the film era.
Source: Photutorial photography statistics (2024) photutorial.com
Expert level
About how many photos are estimated to exist in total, stored anywhere in the world?
Answerabout 14.3 trillion
Decades of accumulated digital photos have piled up into an almost unimaginable total.
Source: Photutorial photography statistics (2024) photutorial.com
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