On: The Miracle of Photography

[jl6]

> 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/

[laserDinosaur → jl6]

I think they got the stat from this article: 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-...

According to this page, the number is closer to 12.4 trillion: https://photutorial.com/photos-statistics/

[mikewarot → jl6]

Most 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.