There is some more fake news I need to debunk today (again) – Amazon’s sales rankings are not an indication that a certain camera model sells better than another camera model (I have been repeating this for years). Here are the current Amazon mirrorless camera best sellers:
And here is the screenshot I took just a few days ago because I knew I would have to debunk this again (click for larger view):
As many of you already know, Amazon’s sales ranking is a very complex, algorithm-driven list that is updated hourly – even Amazon tells us that:
“While the Amazon Best Sellers list is a good indicator of how well a product is selling overall, it doesn’t always indicate how well an item is selling among other similar items.” (source)