Flickr Camera Finder Popularity Scraper
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Flickr Camera Finder Popularity Scraper
Scrapes Flickr's camera-finder popularity dataset — photo upload counts, photographer user counts, and popularity scores for 600+ camera models across 50+ brands. Uses Flickr's internal camerafinder API to deliver the canonical real-world camera adoption signal.
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Scrape real-world camera popularity data from Flickr's camera-finder dataset — photo upload counts, photographer user counts, and popularity scores for 600+ camera models across 50+ brands.
What you get
Flickr's camera-finder is the canonical public signal for which cameras photographers actually use in the wild. Each record contains:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
brand | Camera manufacturer (e.g. Canon, Sony, Fujifilm) |
model | Camera model name |
camera_type | Type: dslr, mirrorless, phone, action_drone, digital_back, rangefinder_digital, rangefinder_film, scanner_lab, gaming_device, tablet, drone_camera |
flickr_popularity_rank | Popularity rank by camera score (1 = most popular) |
photos_count | Total photos uploaded to Flickr using this camera |
users_count | Number of Flickr photographers using this camera |
is_trending | True when this camera drives >50% of its brand's traffic |
popularity_score | Raw Flickr camerafinder composite score |
camera_page_url | Direct link to this camera's page on Flickr |
popular_categories | Comma-separated photography categories this camera appears in |
sample_photo_page_urls | Links to sample photo pages (null — use flickr.photos.search for samples) |
sensor_specs | Sensor specs (null — not exposed by the API) |
Use cases
- Camera market-share research — which manufacturers and models dominate real usage vs. review-site coverage
- Gear-trend analysis — track which cameras are gaining or losing Flickr photographers over different time windows
- Affiliate and recommendation sites — surface the cameras with the most proven, active user bases
- Brand intelligence — compare brand-level adoption and identify the flagship models driving each brand's Flickr presence
Input parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
maxItems | integer | 15 | Maximum number of records to return |
date_range_days | integer | 365 | Lookback window in days (1–3650). 365 = past year |
include_sample_photos | boolean | false | Reserved for a future update that will fetch sample photo URLs per camera |
Authentication
No API key or account required. The actor uses Flickr's own embedded public read-only camera-finder key.
Rate limits
The Flickr camera-finder API returns all results in a single response with no pagination. The actor makes one API call per run. No rate-limiting concerns for typical usage.
Example output
Notes
- Results are sorted by popularity score descending (most popular first)
is_trendingflags models whose popularity score exceeds 50% of their brand's total score — these are the models driving the majority of a brand's Flickr activity- The
date_range_dayswindow controls what upload period the popularity scores are measured over — a 30-day window shows recent momentum while a 365-day window shows sustained adoption
