Looking at Flickr camera ownership for 2014


In 2014 Apple became the second highest camera brand used to take photos on Flickr. Compared to 2013, Apple moved passed Nikon. Apple's devices just edged out Nikon for 9.6% of brands vs 9.3%. Number 1 was Canon at 13.4%.

I would have guessed Apple, and other smartphones, would be taking market share from conventional cameras, but interestingly that's not the case. Both Canon and Nikon increased their share, it's just that Apple grew faster. Samsung too is growing fast as it over doubled its share.

So it would seem Canon and Nikon, along with the major two smartphone makers, are all gaining share at the expense of other devices.

More interesting data is available in the blog post. For example. the most popular three specific camera models are the iPhone 5, iPhone 4s, and iPhone 4. That's ahead of the Canon 7D.