Viral trends have suggested the revival of the compact camera – but now there are numbers to hint just how far the tiny camera format has come. The Japanese Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA) says around 9.4 million cameras were shipped worldwide in 2025, and 2.4 million of those cameras were point-and-shoots with fixed lenses.
That’s the highest number of shipments for compact cameras that the organization has reported since 2021. But while the numbers indicate the compact camera is having a revival, 2025 shipments from Japan are just a fraction of the category’s peak.
