At 1.4 trillion, more photos were taken in 2019 than in the entire 20th Century

In 2023, it’s estimated we’ll take 1.8 trillion photos

90% of all photos ever taken were taken since 2000

Since 2000, we’ve taken about 2,000 photos for every child, woman and man on planet

We’re storing about 10 trillion photos in the Cloud

Most of them will never be looked at again.

To deal with CO2 caused by photos between 2000 and 2020, you’d need to plant about 675 million trees

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@gerrymcgovern
I am morbidly curious as to how this compares to the storage use (and thus CO2 emissions) of all those surveillance cameras taking 30 photos per second, 24 hours a day, 365.2411 days per year?

(disclaimer: I don't personally own a smart phone, or a surveillance camera, though my 12 yr old laptop does have a camera on it. )