Try out our new infinity stats stack — a collection of the most fascinating, weird, and important numbers from around the (rest of) world.
Stat of the day
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>0.5%The global browser market share of Internet ExplorerIn mid-June, Microsoft announced the end of an era. Its once dominant internet browser, which came pre-downloaded on Microsoft devices for two decades, would be ceasing operations. Although the company swapped out its default browser back in 2015 for Microsoft Edge, many users, some who may have learned to use the internet with Internet Explorer, have remained loyal. For this minority, Edge will now have an “IE mode” option through at least 2029 that allows access to old websites built for the now defunct browser.
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>0.5%The global browser market share of Internet ExplorerIn mid-June, Microsoft announced the end of an era. Its once dominant internet browser, which came pre-downloaded on Microsoft devices for two decades, would be ceasing operations. Although the company swapped out its default browser back in 2015 for Microsoft Edge, many users, some who may have learned to use the internet with Internet Explorer, have remained loyal. For this minority, Edge will now have an “IE mode” option through at least 2029 that allows access to old websites built for the now defunct browser.
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$12 billionTikTok’s projected revenue in 2022TikTok ended last year with nearly $4 billion in revenue. By the end of 2022, that number may more than triple, according to the research firm eMarketer. If projections hold, TikTok's annual revenue would surpass that of Snap Inc. and Twitter combined, with most of the platform’s earnings coming from digital advertising. Only three years after launching ads on its platform, a 24-hour slot as a TikTok TopView ad (the video that plays when a user opens the app) now goes for up to $2.6 million.
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460,000The number of residents’ personal information that was on a USB drive lost by a Japanese city workerThe employee of a company contracted to assist with the city of Amagasaki’s Covid-19 response lost the USB drive in a bag that went missing after a night out drinking. On the USB drive were the names, addresses, birth dates, and even some bank account information of nearly half a million residents of Amagasaki, a city just outside of Osaka. To date, there is no indication that the data breach has led to information leaking online, according to city officials.
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100,000The number of startup employees who have lost their jobs since the beginning of March 2022Global layoffs are in full swing across the tech sector. This year, more than a trillion dollars were cut from the valuations of tech giants, as stocks dipped. Big investors have also been cutting their budgets to fund loss-making startups. These are just a few of a host of economic factors that are contributing to this precarious moment for startups, with even more layoffs anticipated as the year goes on.
