The following statistics are from an article by Matric Broz at phototutorial.com.  The article presents “photography and photo statistics procured with scientific and mathematical methods, including answering questions like “How many photos are taken every day?”

How many photos are taken every year?

• 1.81 trillion photos are taken worldwide every year, which equals 57,000 per second, or 5.0 billion per day. By 2030, around 2.3 trillion photos will be taken every year.
• According to Photutorial data, 1.2 trillion were taken worldwide in 2021 and 1.72 trillion in 2022.
• The global pandemic reduced the number of images taken by 25% in 2020 and 20% in 2021.

How many photos are taken every day?

• The average person takes 20 photos daily. This number is higher among younger people and lower among older people.
• According to Phototurial data, 4.7 billion photos are taken every day worldwide in total.
• By region, the number of photos taken by a smartphone user is led by the US: 20.2/day, Asia-Pacific 15/day, Latin America 11.8/day, Africa 8.1/day, and Europe 4.9/day.

How many images are on the internet?

• 750 billion images are on the internet, which is only 6% of the total photos that were ever taken since most of the photos we take are never shared.

How many images are on Google Images?

• There are 136 billion images on Google Images.
• By 2030, there will be 382 billion images on Google Images.

How many photos does the average person have on their phone?

• The average user has around 2,100 photos on their smartphone in 2023.
• iOS smartphone users have approximately 2,400 photos on their phones, while Android users have around 1,900 photos on their phones.

Other photo stats

• 12.4 trillion photos have been taken throughout history. By 2030, this number will increase to 28.6 trillion.
• Users share the most images on WhatsApp: 6.9 billion per day. 1.3 billion images are shared on Instagram daily, with about 100 million in posts and more than 1 billion on stories and chats.
• 92.5% of photos are taken with smartphones, and only 7% with cameras.