Another possible interpretation of the data (as presented) is that it reflects the interest / ability of those particular camera owners in stripping EXIF data.

Another possible interpretation of the data (as presented) is that it reflects the interest / ability of those particular camera owners in stripping EXIF data. Or, from the other side, the interest / ability of owners of low- or non-listed cameras in doing same. Consider DPReview's reader's awards for 2015[1] - Sony A7R II, Olympus E-M5 Mk II, Nikon D7200. Not suggesting this is a qualitatively better measure, given it's on a photography-centric web site, but it's significantly contradictory to the results in this article. Anyway, it'd be nice to see what subset of these 11,000,000 images contained no EXIF data at all (the page doesn't include the string 'exif', and there doesn't appear to be a 'no information found' category). Facebook reports ~300,000,000 new photos uploaded daily - obviously 99% of those are likely camera phones, but it does put this 11 million number in some perspective. [1] https://www.dpreview.com/articles/2761741499/readers-choice-awards-2015-the-winners https://www.dpreview.com/articles/2761741499/readers-choice-...