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> Since that anonymous bootblack and his customer had their portraits shot, there have been an astounding 3.5 trillion photographs taken. I suspect this is a w
by jl6 3y ago
> Since that anonymous bootblack and his customer had their portraits shot, there have been an astounding 3.5 trillion photographs taken.
I suspect this is a wild underestimate.
Google Photos alone claims to have 4 trillion stored: https://blog.google/products/photos/storage-changes/ https://blog.google/products/photos/storage-changes/
- mikewarot 3y agoMost of humanity has a phone now, and if half of them have cameras, we're talking at least 2 Billion cameras... a few thousand photos per person (that have almost zero cost)... I can see that happening quickly.
- laserDinosaur 3y agoI think they got the stat from this article: https://fstoppers.com/other/stats-how-many-photos-have-ever-been-taken-5173#comment-thread https://fstoppers.com/other/stats-how-many-photos-have-ever-... , which claims they got the stats from this other article (which ublock origin blocks for me, so I didn't open the link) http://1000memories.com/blog/94-number-of-photos-ever-taken-digital-and-analog-in-shoebox http://1000memories.com/blog/94-number-of-photos-ever-taken-... According to this page, the number is closer to 12.4 trillion: https://photutorial.com/photos-statistics/ https://photutorial.com/photos-statistics/