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- A hundred thousand songs are uploaded daily to streaming platforms.
- In the last year 1.7 million books were self-published.
- 2,500 videos are uploaded to YouTube each minute.
- There are now 3 million podcasts—and 30 million podcast episodes were released last year.
- 86% of youngsters want to grow up to become influencers, and contribute to these
Ted Gioia • The State of the Culture
A recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the majority of respondents would prefer to live in a world where TikTok and Instagram did not exist!
Jonah Peretti • The Anti-SNARF Manifesto
The first digital ad was displayed in 1994 on hotwired.com — the ad had a click-through rate of 44%, compared to an average of 0.46% for online display ads last year.
Ages of the Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776
James Monroe, 18
Aaron Burr, 20
Alexander Hamilton, 21
James Madison, 25
Thomas Jefferson, 33
John Adams, 40
Paul Revere, 41
George Washington,... See more
Alexis Ohanian 🗽x.comIn 2004, with the introduction of automated traffic lights, New York City disabled most of its 3,250 crosswalk buttons (it was cheaper than removing them), but pedestrians continue to press them, under the illusion that it changes the light so they can cross.”
One of my favorite business stats today is that Tesla has never spent money on advertising.
nametwitter.comOn-demand audio listening time (think podcasts) crossed linear audio listening (think radio) for the first time in 2023.