You might be surprised to realize that the global urban population only overtook the rural population in 2007. At that time both urban and rural populations were split nearly 50/50, with around 3.3 billion people apiece. Currently, the percentage of people living in urban areas has grown to over 55% and is expected to get

The Most Popular Websites Since 1993 The internet has grown at a mind-bending pace over the last three decades. In 1993, there were barely 200 websites available on the World Wide Web. looking at the figure at the start of 2023 it has grown to 2 billion. The 90s to Early 2000s: Dial-Up Internet it

Netflix is one of the well-known pioneers of mass-market video streaming. The service has become so popular that the word “Netflix” is now closely associated with watching a movie or television show. Although it’s one of the most recognized streaming platforms in the world, the question is, has it been able to maintain its dominant

How many millionaires, cent millionaires, and billionaires live in the wealthiest cities in the world? Although such metrics are not all-encompassing, measurements of private wealth help in putting the financial health and economic activity of some of the world’s wealthiest cities in perspective. To rank the world’s wealthiest cities, this infographic gets information from the

The last decade has seen several changes in the World’s richest billionaires list. The first one is the new faces at the top of the leaderboard that was never there before. But one of the most obvious changes is that the richest billionaires have accumulated a lot more wealth in recent years. Using Forbes’s annual

The global investment in research and development (R&D) has tripled to $2.4 trillion since 2000. R&D spending is now targeting a wider global reach. In 1960, the U.S. made almost 70% of global R&D spending and this had fallen by 30% by 2020. R&D plays a vital role in a country’s economic growth and innovation,