1.22 TRILLION pics & videos were shot on mobile phone cameras in 2022🤳🏼🤩

Do you remember how a couple of years ago, digital cameras were still all the rage. Sure, smartphones offered decent quality but there was still a considerable difference between what they could do, and what professional cameras were capable of. Now it seems the difference is getting smaller, and the line is getting blurred as companies like Apple, Samsung, Google amongst others, push the limits of mobile photography.

It will certainly come as no surprise, that most of the 7 Billion smart-phone users, have ditched professional cameras and settled for smartphone cameras. Passport Photo Online conducted a detailed study in 2022, and it was revealed that as much as 91% of people around the world prefer to use smartphone cameras for capturing pictures and videos, while only 7% opt for digital cameras, and 2% use their tablets. This statistic will only get bigger in the years to come. The numbers are believed to reach an even greater disproportion, namely, up to 94% in the next couple of years.

Way back in 2010, when smartphones officially flooded the market and became, a must-have purchase, it was during this last decade that we witnessed a ginormous photography craze. The sale of digital cameras dropped by a whopping 86% since 2010 and thus, we can safely say that the arrival of smartphones was a catastrophe for companies that dealt in digital cameras. Needless to say, the rise of various social network platforms and apps like Instagram, Snapchat or TikTok has, without a shadow of a doubt, played its part, in ushering the era of smartphone cameras. Boom🚀

We’ve all grown accustomed to a constant flow of photos, flooding the internet and social media platforms. Photography seems to have become one of the most popular past-time activities. Everyone around the world, has got completely habituated to shooting pics and videos of what they see around themselves. You only need to take a quick look at only social media platforms or quickly run through your Messenger or WhatsApp feed to see tens of thousands of photos uploaded and shared across the internet.

The pandemic played a big part in this photo circulation, with young adults (17-27 years old) being the main cultivators of this trend. 80% of American travelers admit that photo-taking is their most commonly used smartphone function. What’s more, nearly all of them, with the exception of just 10%, claim to have never taken photos with anything else besides their phone. To top it off, if anyone was hoping for digital cameras to make a comeback, it is estimated that smartphones will dominate the photo-making industry even more. 93% of all photos are expected to be taken with smartphones in 2023🤳🏼

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