Facts.
What % of US PC gamers use Discord?
27% https://twitter.com/_SuperData/status/1085638279599439879
chrome safari and firefox market share
chrome: 62%, safari: 15%, firefox: 5% http://gs.statcounter.com/
In the US, what percent of dinners eaten at home are actually made at home?
~60%
How much $ spent globally in top 10 dating apps 2018?
$1.25B https://www.appannie.com/en/insights/market-data/the-state-of-mobile-2019/
Candy Crush Revenue 2018
$1.5 billion https://sensortower.com/blog/candy-crush-revenue-2018
Bloomberg revenue
$10bn in annual revenue. Bloomberg is the biggest social network and information system that most people outside finance have never heard of. https://mailchi.mp/ben-evans/benedicts-newsletter-no-450657?e=a22aa6c366
Fortnite revenue 2018
$2.4 billion in revenue https://twitter.com/StatistaCharts/status/1085935867447992322
How much debt will a typical student borrower have by graduation?
$22,000 in debt https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/business/dealbook/education-student-loans-lambda-schools.html
Total lobbying spending in the United States
$3.4B in 2017 https://www.statista.com/statistics/257337/total-lobbying-spending-in-the-us/
Tik Tok Revenue
$3.5 million in revenue per month, $42M/yr https://twitter.com/BusinessofApps/status/1085504450503065600
Apple's revenue in China 2018
$52B https://www.statista.com/chart/13246/apple-china-revenue/
How many Netflix subscribers?
148.5 million, including those on a free trial https://www.statista.com/chart/16700/netflix-net-subscriber-additions/
How often do people in the US check their emails?
15 times per day https://www.forbes.com/sites/markmurphy/2016/09/18/the-way-you-check-email-is-making-you-less-productive/
How many americans play video games?
150M http://www.theesa.com/about-esa/industry-facts/
What percent of petroleum is imported to the US?
19% imported, 77% produced in the US in 2017 https://www.statista.com/chart/16817/us-imports-of-crude-oil-and-petroleum-products-in-2017/
How many people watch NBC Sunday Night Football on an avg viewing?
19.6M https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2018/tops-of-2018-television.html
Number of app downloads in 2018
194 billion total, 50% from china. https://www.appannie.com/en/insights/market-data/the-state-of-mobile-2019/
How many employees does Walmart have?
2.2M worldwide https://www.statista.com/chart/7581/amazons-global-workforce/
How many emails does the average US office worker get a day?
200 emails a day and spends about 2.5 hours reading and replying to emails https://www.forbes.com/sites/annabelacton/2017/07/13/innovators-challenge-how-to-stop-wasting-time-on-emails/
When did anatomically modern humans appear?
200,000 years ago, but modern behavior starts 50K years ago
How many players does Fortnite have?
200M (78.3 million MAU) Total: https://twitter.com/saraheneedleman/status/1067459164996292609 MAU: http://www.businessofapps.com/data/fortnite-statistics/
What percent of Americans have ever bought groceries online?
21% (vs 57% in China) https://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/reports-downloads/2018-reports/december-2018-total-consumer-report.pdf
How many hours did people spend watching Ninja on Twitch in 2018?
218M hours. https://twitter.com/_SuperData/status/1085638279599439879
Top 50 shopping apps by downloads 2018 break down
24% are peer to peer marketplaces, 69% are digital first shops, 5% are brick and mortars that launched apps https://www.appannie.com/en/insights/market-data/the-state-of-mobile-2019/
World's XX Wealthiest Own As Much As Poorest 50%
26 wealthiest people have as much wealth as 3.8 billion poorest people https://www.statista.com/chart/16755/world-wealth-poverty/
What percent of fb adult users in the us have deleted the app in the past year?
26% https://www.statista.com/chart/15365/measures-taken-by-facebook-users-in-the-us/
How many people watched the Oscars in 218?
27.4M https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2018/tops-of-2018-television.html
How many Americans don't use cash in a typical week?
29% and 41% of people who make more than 75K/yr http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/12/12/more-americans-are-making-no-weekly-purchases-with-cash/
How many hours a day do americans spend on their phones?
3 hrs, 50% of time spent in social and comms apps https://www.appannie.com/en/insights/market-data/the-state-of-mobile-2019/
Gaming is already social networking in China stat.
32% of Chinese consumers (aged 20-49) who play online games say they do so in order to make more friends. https://downloads.mintel.com/private/pVARo/files/715393/
Households with kids are buying meal kits how much more often than households without kids?
326% https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2017/understanding-the-meal-kit-landscape-and-consumer-preferences.html
What percent of esports viewers are women?
34% https://morningconsult.com/2019/01/08/as-brands-press-start-esports-marketing-audience-data-raises-difficulty/
Is cross-platform game availability important to US gamers?
35% of US gamers think cross-platform is important, but 57% of Fortnite players do https://twitter.com/_SuperData/status/1085638279599439879
What % of americans eat fast food on any given day?
36% https://twitter.com/StatistaCharts/status/1089893823541596160
Why do people quit Blue Apron?
36% of people who quit Blue Apron do it because the meals take too long to cook. (Another 45% because the meals were too expensive). - from the Golden Bell Survey sent to Albert
What percent of plastic produced each year is for packaging?
36% of the 400M tons of plastic produced each year is for packaging. https://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/reports-downloads/2018-reports/global-sustainable-shoppers-report-2018.pdf
What percent of fb adult users in the us have taken a multi-week break from fb in the past year?
42% https://www.statista.com/chart/15365/measures-taken-by-facebook-users-in-the-us/
What percent of US gamers are women?
45% http://www.theesa.com/about-esa/essential-facts-computer-video-game-industry/
What percent of americans check their phones as soon as they wake up while they're still in bed?
46% https://www.reportlinker.com/insight/smartphone-connection.html
How much did on-demand audio song streaming grow in 2018?
49% more song streams than in 2017 https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2019/total-album-equivalent-consumption-in-the-us-increased-23-percent-in-2018.html
How many NYTimes subscribers?
4M paid subscribers, 3M are digital only. https://twitter.com/NYTimesPR/status/1057992993309892609
Global mobile phone adoption
5.5bn adults on earth, 5bn have a mobile phone and between 3.5 and 4bn people have a smartphone https://mailchi.mp/ben-evans/benedicts-newsletter-no-450657?e=a22aa6c366
What percent of fortnite players are age 10-25?
53% aged 10-25 across formats http://www.businessofapps.com/data/fortnite-statistics/
how many downloads for pokemon go?
540M https://sensortower.com/blog/pokemon-quest-10-million-downloads
What percent of people globally cook a few times a week at home?
55% https://blog.euromonitor.com/home-cooking-and-eating-habits-global-survey-strategic-analysis/
What percent of video game revenue is from mobile?
55% from mobile, 33% PC and 12% from console. https://twitter.com/_SuperData/status/1085638279599439879
How many people use Brave Browser?
5M
How much time do people spend online in the US every day?
6.5 hours https://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/reports-downloads/2018-reports/december-2018-total-consumer-report.pdf
What percent of Americans play video games daily?
60% http://www.theesa.com/about-esa/industry-facts/
What percent of Netflix subscribers outside the US?
60% https://www.statista.com/chart/16700/netflix-net-subscriber-additions/
How many employees does Amazon have?
613K employees. Second company in the world to hire more than 1/2 million people. https://www.statista.com/chart/7581/amazons-global-workforce/
What percent of people in the UK are cooking at home at least a few times a week?
65% https://www.statista.com/statistics/303153/frequency-of-cooking-meals-from-scratch-trend-great-britain-uk/
How many hours a week do gamers spend playing video games in the US?
7 hrs https://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/reports-downloads/2018-reports/games-360-2018.pdf
What percent of Australians cook most nights a week?
74% https://mccrindle.com.au/insights/blogarchive/australias-cooking-landscape-for-hello-fresh-case-study/
What percent of US adults do not know FB keeps a list of their interests and traits?
74% https://twitter.com/pewresearch/status/1085558566071820289
What percent of app store spending is on games?
77% of total app store spend in 2018 was on games http://www.businessofapps.com/news/latest-app-annie-report-highlights-rapid-growth-of-the-mobile-app-and-ad-ecosystem/
How many people own iPhones?
8-900m iPhones globally https://mailchi.mp/ben-evans/benedicts-newsletter-no-450657?e=a22aa6c366
What percent of American teens play video games?
83% of teen girls and 97% of teen boys http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/05/31/teens-social-media-technology-2018/pi_2018-05-31_teenstech_0-06/
What percent of Americans earn less than $70K?
84% http://graphics.wsj.com/what-percent/
How many people watched gaming video content in 2018?
850M people. 183M on Twitch. 594M on YouTube. https://twitter.com/_SuperData/status/1085638279599439879
Google search global market share?
92% http://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share
How many people watched the superbowl in 2019?
98.2M https://www.statista.com/chart/7850/super-bowl-tv-viewership/
Amazon's market share?
Amazon's share of the US e-commerce market is now 49%, or 5% of all retail spend https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/13/amazons-share-of-the-us-e-commerce-market-is-now-49-or-5-of-all-retail-spend/
American spend on food at home vs food away from home?
American spend on food at home is flat, food away from home is growing ~6% yoy https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/consumer-expenditures/2016/pdf/home.pdf
Chances of dying higher for opiods or car crashes.
Americans are more likely to die from opioid overdoses than car crashes. 1 in 96 deaths from an opiod overdcose. 1 in 103 deaths from car crashes. in 2017. https://www.statista.com/chart/16647/the-lifetime-odds-of-dying-from-selected-causes/
How much time do American adults spend with electronic media?
10 hours a day https://twitter.com/StatistaCharts/status/1085620203919032320
How many lobbyists in the US?
11.5K in 2017 https://www.statista.com/statistics/257340/number-of-lobbyists-in-the-us/
How many devices is Alexa in?
100M devices. 10K people at Amazon work on Alexa. https://mailchi.mp/ben-evans/benedicts-newsletter-no-450657?e=a22aa6c366
How many photos a year taken on iPhones?
1 trillion https://twitter.com/BenedictEvans/status/1004763788791500800
How many Amazon Prime members in the US?
101 Million Prime Members in the U.S. https://www.statista.com/chart/5232/amazon-prime-members/
How many women in Congress?
106 of 441 congresspeople are women, 24%, highest in history http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/12/18/record-number-women-in-congress/
What percent of Americans don't use the internet?
11% (down from 48% in 2000) https://twitter.com/pewresearch/status/1084708444656017408
How many billionaires in the world?
1,125 in 2008 and 2,208 in 2018 has almost doubled https://www.statista.com/chart/16755/world-wealth-poverty/
Electric vehicles in China
1.2M sold in China in 2018 vs 300K in the US https://www.statista.com/chart/16626/electric-vehicle-sales-in-the-us-and-china/
How often does one of Kevin Durant's shoes fall off?
About every 8 games. He has had his own custom fit nike shoe since 2008. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-kevin-durants-shoes-keep-falling-off/
How many kids want to be YouTubers?
Bloomberg claims a third of children aged six to 17 would like to be a full-time YouTuber https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-27/-success-on-youtube-still-means-a-life-of-poverty
World's most highly-valued private startup?
ByteDance @ $75B https://twitter.com/BusinessofApps/status/1085504450503065600
5 of the top 10 YouTube streamers do what?
Five of the top ten earning YouTubers in 2018 were men who streamed themselves playing video games https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/xwjnja/the-real-reasons-kids-want-to-become-youtubers?platform=hootsuite
What percent of adults in the US use an app to track exercise, weight, sleep, mood and their period?
Exercise: 29% Weight: 16% Sleep: 14% Mood: 4% Period: 9% of women https://morningconsult.com/2019/01/08/wearable-and-app-users-tracking-health-techs-next-step/
How many songs surpassed 1B streams (video + audio) in 2018?
Four songs surpassed 1 billion on-demand streams this year, two of which are Drake (God's Plan, In My Feelings) also Juice WRLD's "Lucid Dreams (Forget Me)" and XXXtentacion's "Sad." https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2019/total-album-equivalent-consumption-in-the-us-increased-23-percent-in-2018.html
% of games revenue from free-to-play games?
Free-to-play games account for 80% of digital games revenue in 2018. Free to play is huge in Asia. https://twitter.com/_SuperData/status/1085638279599439879
App downloads 2016 vs 2018
Globally downloads grew 35%, in China grew 70%, in India grew 165%, in US grew 5%. Time spent in shopping apps grew 45%. https://www.appannie.com/en/insights/market-data/the-state-of-mobile-2019/
How much does google/apple/fb/amazon spend on lobbying?
In 2018 Google: $21.2M Amazon: $14.2M FB $12.6M Microsoft: $9.5M Apple $6.6M https://www.statista.com/chart/10393/lobbying-expenditure-of-tech-companies/
What percent of gamers under 25 choose what to play based on online videos?
Online videos influence what 46% of US PC and console gamers under the age of 25 play. https://twitter.com/_SuperData/status/1085638279599439879
Do Amazon Prime members spend more on Amazon?
Prime members spend an average of $1,400 a year on Amazon, compared to $600 for non-members. https://www.statista.com/chart/5232/amazon-prime-members/
Women Artists in 2018
Spent 18 weeks in billboard top 100 in 2018 vs 8 weeks in 2017, more than 2x increase https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2019/total-album-equivalent-consumption-in-the-us-increased-23-percent-in-2018.html
How often do people check their bank accounts on their phones?
The Average User Checks Their Bank Account on Mobile Nearly Daily in 2018, up 35% From 2016 https://www.appannie.com/en/insights/market-data/the-state-of-mobile-2019/
Uber and Lyft revenue 2018
Uber: $2.95 billion, Lyft: $909 million https://www.recode.net/2018/12/12/18134882/lyft-uber-ride-car-market-share
Ridesharing US market share?
Uber: 69.2% in 2018 (vs 72% in 2017). Lyft: 28.4% in 2018 (vs 25% in 2017). Juno, Gett and Via split up the remaining 2.4 percent. Uber-only riders:: 51% Lyft only riders: 15% Cross-platform riders: 34% https://www.recode.net/2018/12/12/18134882/lyft-uber-ride-car-market-share
2 => 3 pointers stat
in 2003 35% of shots were mid-range shots and 20% were 3-pointers. in 2018 35% of shots are 3 pointers and 15% are mid-range https://flowingdata.com/2019/01/15/goodbye-mid-range-shot/
How many times was the song Drake's "God's Plan" streamed in 2018?
just audio: 918 million times https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2019/total-album-equivalent-consumption-in-the-us-increased-23-percent-in-2018.html
Home ownership
millennial Americans are half as likely to own a home as a young adult in 1975 https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/poor-millennials/
How much time do American adults spend on social media per day?
on average 45 minutes per day on social media https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2018/time-flies-us-adults-now-spend-nearly-half-a-day-interacting-with-media.print.html
How often do Americans check their phones?
on avg 52 times per day. https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/global-mobile-consumer-survey-us-edition.html
the rate of asteroids striking the earth
once every 1M years 300M years ago used to be once every 3M years https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/17/asteroid-strikes-earth-moon-threefold-dinosaurs
What % of americans are vegan or vegetarian?
vegetarian: 5% (7-8% of people 18-49, and 11% of liberals) vegan: 3% https://www.statista.com/chart/14989/who-are-americas-vegans-and-vegetarians/
global desktop/laptop os market share 2018
windows 86% mac 11% linux 2%