While answering some reviewers comments, I pulled out this data about the instruments used to submit data to the SRA. Clearly the HiSeq and MiSeq are dominating the number of runs that people are submitting.
| Number of Runs | Instrument Model |
|---|---|
| 1,312,731 | Illumina HiSeq 2000 |
| 368,595 | Illumina MiSeq |
| 344,437 | Illumina HiSeq 2500 |
| 169,161 | 454 GS FLX Titanium |
| 134,124 | Illumina Genome Analyzer II |
| 65,273 | Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx |
| 56,690 | 454 GS FLX |
| 38,950 | NextSeq 500 |
| 33,706 | HiSeq X Ten |
| 32,046 | unspecified |
| 31,469 | Illumina Genome Analyzer |
| 23,275 | 454 GS Junior |
| 22,857 | Ion Torrent PGM |
| 19,209 | PacBio RS II |
| 18,880 | PacBio RS |
| 13,025 | 454 GS FLX+ |
| 12,887 | Illumina HiSeq 1000 |
| 12,528 | AB 5500xl Genetic Analyzer |
| 11,509 | AB SOLiD 4 System |
| 7,151 | 454 GS |
| 5,697 | Illumina HiSeq 1500 |
| 5,581 | AB SOLiD System 2.0 |
| 5,251 | AB 5500 Genetic Analyzer |
| 4,526 | Complete Genomics |
| 4,123 | Helicos HeliScope |
| 4,030 | Illumina HiSeq 4000 |
| 3,819 | Ion Torrent Proton |
| 3,039 | Illumina HiScanSQ |
| 2,907 | AB SOLiD System 3.0 |
| 2,149 | NextSeq 550 |
| 1,787 | Illumina HiSeq 3000 |
| 1282 | 454 GS 20 |
| 764 | AB 3730xL Genetic Analyzer |
| 758 | AB SOLiD System |
| 643 | MinION |
| 580 | No instrument defined |
| 348 | AB SOLiD 3 Plus System |
| 343 | AB 5500xl-W Genetic Analysis System |
| 157 | AB SOLiD 4hq System |
| 102 | AB 3130 Genetic Analyzer |
| 71 | AB 3500 Genetic Analyzer |
| 33 | AB 3130xL Genetic Analyzer |
| 29 | AB 3730 Genetic Analyzer |
| 10 | 454 GS FLX |
| 9 | AB 3500xL Genetic Analyzer |
| 7 | HiSeq X Five |
| 3 | AB SOLiD PI System |
| 2 | Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx |
| 1 | Illumina MiSeq |
| 1 | AB 310 Genetic Analyzer |