Harper’s Index

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Amount spent globally on virtual goods within video games last year

: $93,000,000,000

Factor by which an American aged 8 to 12 is more likely to want to be a YouTuber or vlogger than to be an astronaut

: 3

Percentage of U.S. heterosexual couples who met in 2017 who did so via a dating app

: 38

Of homosexual couples

: 65

Estimated percentage decline from 1982 to 2017 in the number of gay bars in the United States

: 40

Portion of Republicans who say small businesses should be able to refuse services to homosexuals for religious reasons

: 1/2

Who said so in 2014

: 1/5

Percentage of U.S. album sales represented by classical music

: 2.5

Of U.S. music streams

: 0.7