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Kent Hendricks: 52 Things I Learned in 2025. Incl. “Birders in the United States spend $107 billion per year, including $93B on binoculars, feeders, cameras, and other equipment; and $14B on travel. That’s more than the GDP of New Hampshire.”

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Tim Bradshaw

The birder figure is astonishing. But given apparently 96 million birders in the US, it's only a little over $1,000 each (presumably very unevenly distributed).

I wouldn't be surprised if at this point birders are a really significant reason the digital camera market hasn't entirely collapsed.

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