What Are the Best Camcorder Brands in the US - June 2021

Which Are the Best Camcorder Brands?

We've checked the reviews, awards, popularity and specs of 140+ camcorders and found that the best camcorder brand is Sony. Sony camcorders have received an average review score of 95% based on 6,714 reviews.

The 2nd best brand is Canon with an average review score of 93% (2,473 reviews) and the 3rd best brand is GoPro with an average review score of 92% (5,716 reviews).

Which Camcorder Brands Do Experts Rate Highest?

Now let's consider only the camcorder reviews given by expert review sites. The table below compares the average review score given to each of the top camcorder brands by each of the expert review sites. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green. We then average this table up to determine the overall best brand according to experts.

Average Review Score	Sony	GoPro	Canon	Cisco	Ricoh
	77% 19 reviews	83% 13 reviews	73% 12 reviews	80% 6 reviews	73% 5 reviews
	71% 14 reviews	70% 2 reviews	68% 10 reviews
	69% 14 reviews	80% 6 reviews	83% 2 reviews		50% 3 reviews
	60% 6 reviews	80% 7 reviews	77% 3 reviews	60% 2 reviews	70% 3 reviews
	80% 4 reviews		76% 16 reviews
	83% 4 reviews	82% 5 reviews	84% 9 reviews	60% 1 review
	85% 8 reviews	80% 2 reviews	68% 5 reviews		67% 3 reviews
	100% 4 reviews	97% 7 reviews	100% 3 reviews	80% 1 review
	73% 2 reviews	76% 8 reviews	78% 2 reviews	75% 1 review	70% 2 reviews
	88% 5 reviews	100% 1 review	84% 5 reviews	90% 2 reviews	80% 1 review
	85% 2 reviews	87% 9 reviews	70% 1 review	60% 2 reviews
	83% 8 reviews	80% 1 review	70% 4 reviews
	85% 2 reviews	83% 4 reviews	86% 2 reviews	53% 1 review
	86% 1 review	87% 4 reviews	84% 3 reviews		91% 1 review
		87% 5 reviews	85% 2 reviews		85% 2 reviews
	90% 1 review	83% 4 reviews	80% 1 review	70% 2 reviews
	78% 2 reviews	80% 5 reviews			64% 1 review
	60% 1 review	127% 3 reviews	80% 1 review	40% 1 review	150% 2 reviews
	80% 4 reviews		80% 3 reviews	80% 1 review
	92% 1 review	86% 4 reviews	86% 2 reviews
Other Expert Sites	72% 105 reviews	78% 96 reviews	70% 66 reviews	73% 54 reviews	75% 43 reviews
Average	80% 207 reviews	86% 186 reviews	79% 152 reviews	68% 74 reviews	80% 66 reviews

Which Camcorder Brands Have Recieved the Most Industry Awards?

Expert review sites issue industry awards to the very best camcorders. Below we add up the total number of industry awards issued by each review site to each brand.

Number of Awards	Sony	GoPro	Canon	Cisco	Ricoh
	2	3	5
	2	4			2
	3	2	2
	1		6
	3	1	2	1
	2		5
		3	2
		2	1		1
	3
	3
			2
		2
	1		1
	1	1
	1		1
	1		1
		2
		2
		2
	1		1
Other Expert Sites	16	11	5	6	5
Total	40	35	34	7	8