When will the Canon M50 replacement be announced?
There has been a lot of discussion on the Canon M50 replacement on dpreview.com and canonrumors.com. Based on Google search data, the Canon M50 continues to sell well and is heavily searched in Google. It is also appearing consistently on Amazon’s best sellers for mirrorless camera category and BCN for retail sales. Any replacement for the Canon M50 seems to be premature at this point for a camera that is selling well in a declining market with added pressures of the COVID pandemic.
There is no doubt that a Canon M50 replacement will arrive, the question is when. Latest Google searches indicate not anytime soon.
Keyword | Searches: Jul 2019 | Searches: Aug 2019 | Searches: Sep 2019 | Searches: Oct 2019 | Searches: Nov 2019 | Searches: Dec 2019 | Searches: Jan 2020 | Searches: Feb 2020 | Searches: Mar 2020 | Searches: Apr 2020 | Searches: May 2020 | Searches: Jun 2020 |
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canon m50 | 49500 | 49500 | 40500 | 40500 | 60500 | 60500 | 60500 | 49500 | 49500 | 90500 | 165000 | 135000 |
canon eos m50 | 27100 | 22200 | 22200 | 22200 | 33100 | 33100 | 22200 | 22200 | 18100 | 40500 | 60500 | 49500 |
eos m50 | 4400 | 4400 | 3600 | 3600 | 5400 | 6600 | 4400 | 3600 | 3600 | 6600 | 12100 | 9900 |
Table 1: US Search Data
Sales in June and July have increased interest. Canon also released software that allowed the M50 to be used as a webcam that further increased demands for these products. This graph shows the total search volume for Canon M50 related terms which includes all variations not shown in the above table.
Graph 1: US Search Data