Some Really Cool 3D Printing Stats, thanks to 3D Hubs
Just saw that 3D Hubs released some stats of their users. I know this is only a small percentage of people using 3D printers worldwide, but I'm sure some of these numbers hold up well over a broader sample size.
http://www.3ders.org//images/3d-hub-...rt-april-3.png]
To me, it's surprising that the Replicators have such a huge market share, and the Cube, Cube 2, Cube X are virtually non existent. Is this accurate? No one uses the Cubify cubes?
http://www.3ders.org//images/3d-hub-...rt-april-1.png
I doubt as if these numbers would hold up if you were to poll everyone that has a 3D printer. 3D Hubs allows people to use other peoples printers, so you will see more "needs" than "wants" in their data. Scale Models definitely are not printed more than anything else on a grander scale. Neither are Prototypes probably (at least not using fdm printers). Although this is based on dollar values.
http://www.3ders.org//images/3d-hub-...rt-april-2.png
I had no idea that the RepRap printers were so popular everywhere but in the US. I guess it's true that American are lazy ;)
http://s8.postimg.org/o48drgmvp/3dhubsman.jpg
Printer manufacturers for 3D printers in general is not shown here. This is for the at home FDM printers. If it was a general poll of all 3D printers out there, I'm sure 3D systems would be in the lead.
http://s14.postimg.org/mwkffl1a9/materials.jpg
This is very interesting to me. Of course PLA and ABS is up there, but there are a lot of materials on there that I haven't heard of and didn't know were printable with printers that most people have at home.
http://s29.postimg.org/c7sp0f9nb/colors.jpg
This is pretty much what I expected. I know I use a ton of white and black filament. I wouldn't have guessed that gray was that high though.
Also interesting is that 3D Hubs now has over 4,000 printers listed on their site. This is up from just 2, 1 year ago. Seems like their site is growing pretty nicely.
