Adobe analyzes landscape photography subreddit, identifies top locations in the United Kingdom

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Adobe analyzes landscape photography subreddit, identifies top locations in the United Kingdom

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Adobe examines the popular Landscape Photography subreddit

Adobe Reddit Most Photogenic Landscapes UK

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Adobe is known for its popular Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom photo editing software, so it doesn't come as a big surprise that it would want to get to know some of its target audience. The company used an API and scraped 300 posts from Reddit's Landscape Photography subreddit (r/LandscapePhotography) containing location tags or descriptions related to the United Kingdom (UK).

Hundreds of photos shared with the 128000-plus-member community over the past year by amateur and professional photographers were examined. The upvote, the ultimate signal to determine the value or worthiness of a post, was considered when Adobe reached out to Reddit users and asked for permission to feature their images in its study.

Here are some other findings the data revealed: The Scottish Highlands is the UK's most popular landscape, as 38 images received a total of 15184 upvotes. Devon is England's top spot with 34 photos getting 1850 upvotes. Gwynedd is the most admired location in Wales and 97% of its posts referenced Mount Snowdon or Snowdonia National Park.

Adobe contacted every Redditor (Reddit user) to get permission to share images it examined in its study.

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More elusive spots were also identified using what Adobe calls a "Hidden Gem score." As with the popular locations, these locations stood out for the frequency of mentions, user engagement including upvotes and community discussions. To view which destinations made the list, and learn more about this study, visit Adobe's official site. It'll be interesting to see which region is covered next.