StatspottingFrom the Statspotting archive

Category

Absolute Shockers

1683 posts

  1. Y-Combinator Statistics: 464 Startups Raise $1.5 Billion In Funding2013
  2. USPS Statistics: USPS Lost 14.4 Million USD Every Day In Oct-Dec 20122013
  3. Las Vegas Visitor Traffic Hits A Record High In 20122013
  4. iPad Stats: Every Fifth PC Shipped Is An iPad2013
  5. Apple Takes 72% Of All Handset Profits With Only 21.7% Of Sales2013
  6. Facebook Profit Per Active User In Q4 2012: 5.8 Cents, LinkedIn - 7.1 Cents2013
  7. For Every Two Dollars Spent On Groceries, Americans Spend One Dollar On Gasoline2013
  8. Big Data Statistics: 96 Percent Of Big Data Sits Behind Corporate Firewalls2013
  9. Samsung's Super Bowl Ad Spend = Profit From 43227 Tablets2013
  10. Hollywood Lost Two Dollars To Piracy For Every Dollar In Revenue In 20122013
  11. The Top Technology Priority For 2013: Analytics And Business Intelligence2013
  12. U.S. Auto Sales Up 14 Percent In January 2013 Over January 20122013
  13. Pinterest Statistics: 58 Percent of Users Pin From Tablets2013
  14. Meet The Fastest Growing Mobile Game Ever: Not Angry Birds2013
  15. 2012 Housing Stats: Highest Level Of Mortgage Originations Since 20072013
  16. 76 Percent Of Startups Acquired In 2012 Had No VC Funding2013
  17. Ebooks Statistics: 70 Percent YoY Growth In 2012, Says Bezos2013
  18. 75.3 Percent Rise Vs 6.4 Percent Drop In Q4: What Are We Talking About?2013
  19. China: Infrastructure, Factories, Housing Account For 40% Of The Economy2013
  20. Facebook's 'Cost Of Revenue' In 2012 Is 26.8 Percent Of Revenue. Why?2013
  21. Wearable Devices: Only 4 Percent Of US Adults Want Fitness Wearables2013
  22. Music Streaming: Meet The New Benchmark, 'A Million Plays A Month'2013
  23. iOS 6 Statistics: 300 Million iOS Devices On iOS 6 Now2013
  24. 14,205 International Patent Applications Filed For Computer Products In 20122013
  25. Tablet Statistics: 59% Of All Android Tablets Worldwide Are In The U.S2013
  26. Which Hedge Fund Did $1 Billion In Trades Every Working Day In 2012?2013
  27. Tablet Statistics: 2013 Shipments To Touch A Record 145 Million In 20132013
  28. 25% Of Total Time Spent On Mobile Apps Is Spent On Facebook2013
  29. Wall Street Thinks Facebook Will Grow 29 Times Faster Than Apple2013
  30. Total Number of iOS Devices Sold So Far: Half A Billion2013

Statspotting is a game now: the day's most striking stats from the news, and how big they really are.

Spot today's stats