Flickr Camera Finder Popularity Scraper

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

{
  "brand": "Sony",
  "model": "A7 III",
  "camera_type": "mirrorless",
  "flickr_popularity_rank": 1,
  "photos_count": 4820193,
  "users_count": 47321,
  "is_trending": true,
  "popularity_score": 98.4,
  "camera_page_url": "https://www.flickr.com/cameras/sony/a7-iii",
  "popular_categories": "Portrait, Landscape, Wildlife",
  "sample_photo_page_urls": null,
  "sensor_specs": null
}

Notes

• Results are sorted by popularity score descending (most popular first)
• is_trending flags 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_days window 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