PMA Data Watch: A look at uploading activity in the Flickr community

The popular photo sharing site Flickr includes a feature allowing users to get the latest on the most popular camera models and camera phone models being used to upload photos in the Flickr community. Popularity is determined by tracking the number of users, as well as, the number of images uploaded on any given day with each of the models. The Apple iPhone is by far the most popular camera phone model, as it was when PMA Marketing Research last surveyed the site in June. In fact, the apple iPhone 3G takes first place and the Apple iPhone 3GS takes second. Following in order of popularity are the Nokia N95, BlackBerry Storm 9530, and the RIM BlackBerry 9630.

On June 4, 2009, there were 24,653 images uploaded on Flickr from the popular Apple iPhone and there were 3,887 users. Numbers continued to climb with 3,887 users and 24,563 images uploaded on January 28, 2010. The number of pictures uploaded per user, however, dropped from where it was back in June. There were 1,376 users of the Apple iPhone 3GS who uploaded a total of 9,740 items on January 28.
  In any case, this is significant as the number of photos being uploaded from the iPhone is up and just barely trailing the number of photos or videos uploaded on the same day from the most popular point-and-shoot camera, the Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS. On average, 18.2 photos or videos are being uploaded per user with this particular model.
  The number of items uploaded on the above mentioned day in June from the top five camera phones totaled 35,488 items. This month, however, the number grew to 42,550 items. Users totaled 8,034 items in June, up from 5,923 in February. This data indicates that on the given day in June each user uploaded, on average, 6 images, but only 5.3 images were uploaded per user on the day surveyed in January.
  For more information on the models mentioned above and more visit the Camera Finder page on the Flickr website.