Percentage increase last year in the use of the phrase “technical difficulties” during corporate earnings calls
: 310
In the use of the phrase “you’re on mute”
: 1,000
Of the phrase “unprecedented times”
: 70,830
Minimum number of new users who registered with the stock-trading app Robinhood between January and April last year
: 3,000,000
Estimated portion of these users who were first-time investors
: 1/2
Amount contractors on the TaskRabbit service earned last year by waiting in line for other people
: $81,963
Percentage increase last year in the amount of money raised on GoFundMe for rent, utilities, and groceries
: 150
Number of the fifty largest U.S. companies that have turned a profit since the onset of the pandemic
: 45
Net change in December in the number of jobs in the leisure and hospitality industry
: -498,000
In the warehousing and storage industry
: +8,200
In the courier and messenger industry
: +37,400
Average number of employees Amazon hired each day from January to October last year
: 1,333
Chance that a consumer in Southeast Asia bought products online for the first time during the pandemic
: 1 in 3
Estimated portion of countries that will be poorer per capita in 2100 than they would have been without climate change
: 3/4
Projected percentage change in average income by 2100 in the poorest 20 percent of countries
: -75
In the richest 20 percent of countries
: 0
Estimated ratio of the mass of man-made materials to the planet’s total biomass in 1900
: 3:100
Degrees Celsius by which the COVID-19 lockdowns are projected to lower the average global temperature in 2050
: 0.01
Percentage of parents aged 27 to 45 and concerned about climate change who have a “negative vision of the future”
: 92
Percentage of people worldwide who have lost weight during the pandemic
: 17
Percentage change in U.S. belt sales last year
: -31
Percentage increase in China’s obesity rate since 2002
: 131
Maximum amount that China has proposed fining social-media influencers who post evidence of overeating
: $15,300
Percentage change in the frequency of “arrests with force” made by NYPD officers when they are equipped with body cameras
: +1.9
Percentage increase in the mortality rate in large U.S. jails over the past decade
: 35
Portion of inmates who died during that period who were awaiting trial
: 2/3
Percentage by which elderly patients are more likely to die during or after emergency surgery performed on the surgeon’s birthday
: 23
Estimated percentage increase in the number of U.S. deaths last year
: 15
Year in which the United States last saw so great an increase
: 1918
Number of years by which U.S. life expectancy declined in 2020
: 2
Percentage of Americans who believe that 2021 will be better than 2020 for them personally
: 44
Who believe that 2021 will be better for the world
: 37
