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Quantity of cryptocurrencies as of August 2025

How many cryptocurrencies are there? In short, there were over 9,521 as of August 2025, although there were many more digital coins in the early months of 2022. Note, however, that a large portion of cryptocurrencies might not be that significant. There are other estimates of roughly 10,000 cryptocurrencies existing, but most of these are either inactive or discontinued. Due to how open the creation process of a cryptocurrency is, it is relatively easy to make one. Indeed, the top 20 cryptocurrencies make up nearly 90 percent of the total market.

Any private individual or company that knows how to write a program on a blockchain can technically create a cryptocurrency. That blockchain can be an existing one. Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain are popular blockchain platforms for such ends, including smart contracts within Decentralized Finance (DeFi). The ease of crypto creation allows some individuals to find solutions to real-world payment problems while others hope to make a quick profit. This explains why some crypto lack utility. Meme coins such as Dogecoin - named after a Japanese dog species - are an infamous example, with Dogecoin's creator coming out and stating the coin started as a joke.

Meme coins are but one group of cryptocurrencies. Other types include altcoins, utility tokens, governance tokens, and stablecoins. Altcoins are often measured against Bitcoin, as this refers to all crypto that followed Bitcoin - the first digital currency ever created. Utility tokens and governance tokens are somewhat connected to NFTs and the metaverse. A specific example is the MANA cryptocurrency, which allows real estate purchases in the Decentraland metaverse. Stablecoins refer to the likes of Tether, which are pegged to a real-world asset like the U.S. dollar. Such coins are meant to be less volatile than regular cryptocurrency.

Most popular travel and tourism websites worldwide 2025

In July 2025, booking.com was the most visited travel and tourism website worldwide. That month, Booking’s web page recorded almost 519 million visits. Tripadvisor.com and wetter.com followed in the ranking, with roughly 133 million and 108 million visits, respectively.

Online travel agencies (OTAs), such as Booking.com and Expedia, offer a wide variety of services, including online hotel bookings, flight reservations, and car rentals. According to the Statista Consumer Insights Global survey, when looking at flight search engine online bookings by brand in the United States, Booking.com and Expedia were the most popular options when it came to making online flight reservations in 2025. When focusing on hotel and private accommodation online bookings in the U.S., Booking.com was again the most popular brand, followed by Airbnb, Expedia, and Hotels.com.

Booking.com is one of the most popular sites of the online travel group Booking Holdings, the leading online travel agency worldwide based on revenue, that also owns brands like Priceline, Kayak, and Agoda. In 2024, Booking Holdings' revenue amounted to almost 24 billion U.S. dollars, the highest figure reported by the company to date. Meanwhile, global revenue of Expedia Group, which manages brands like Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo, reached nearly 14 billion U.S. dollars that year.

Average gasoline and diesel prices in the U.S. 2022-2025

The average price for regular gasoline in the United States stood at 3.14 U.S. dollars per gallon on August 18, 2025. This compared to a diesel price of 3.69 U.S. dollars per gallon. Prices for gasoline remained unchanged that week, while diesel prices decreased.

When looking at the real price of gasoline over time, U.S. drivers had to pay notably more in the years between 2011 and 2014. The surge in prices noted throughout 2022 and partly for 2023, which followed supply constraints, was still lower in terms of real U.S. dollars.

The U.S. has some of the lowest conventional motor fuel prices in the world. Although fuel prices are usually higher in high-income countries, the U.S. profits from its position as the world’s largest crude oil producer and can keep retail prices for oil products comparatively low. For example, among high-income countries, prices for automotive premium gasoline (RON 95) were only lower in Russia and Saudi Arabia - countries where crude oil and oil product exports are in part restricted by sanctions, thus keeping domestic supply high.

Market share of the leading online food delivery companies U.S. 2025

With a market share of 29 percent, DoorDash dominated the online food delivery market in the United States as of June 2025. Meanwhile, Uber Eats held the second highest share with 17 percent.

Leading search engines in China 2020-2025, by market share

Much like the alternatives to mainstream social media platforms, China has pioneered the production of search engines that provide an alternative to Google and Bing. Some of the most prominent Chinese search engines are Baidu and Haosou (also 360 Search), with a combined market share of 73 percent.

Since its founding in 2000, Baidu’s revenue surged swiftly and totaled about 133.13 billion yuan in 2024. A majority of the revenue was generated through online marketing services. However, the operating profit bounced back after having contracted in 2019 and 2021. Baidu used to control about 70 to 80 percent of China’s online search market, a new contender Haosou emerged and is expected to close the gap shortly. 

In a country with around 878 million online search users, there are multiple local options besides Baidu. In a 2023 consumer survey in China, Shenma and Quark Search were rated the best in user experience whereas Haosou or 360 Search led the pack in search response speed and the diversity in search results.

Real GDP growth rate Japan Q1 2019-Q2 2025

According to the first preliminary announcement in August 2025, the real gross domestic product (GDP) of Japan in the second quarter of 2025 increased by 0.3 percent compared to the previous quarter. On a year-on-year basis, Japan's GDP rose by 1.2 percent.

GDP refers to the total market value of all goods and services that are produced within a country. Real GDP is adjusted for price changes and is therefore regarded as a key indicator for the economic well-being of a country.

Most expensive Premier League transfers 2025

Liverpool broke the Premier League transfer record in June 2025, signing Florian Wirtz for around 125 million euros. Meanwhile, Enzo Fernández's 121 million euro move to Chelsea ranked second.

Share of mobile subscriptions Nigeria 2019-2025, by operator

In June 2025, MTN was the leading mobile operator in Nigeria with a market share of 52.03 percent. During the period from January 2019 to June 2025, the market share of the major carriers in Nigeria have remained relatively stable, with MTN as the market leader followed by Airtel and Globacom, with market shares of around 34.4 percent and 12.2 percent, respectively.

Lendlease revenue 2016-2025

Lendlease Group Limited, a multinational construction and property management company headquartered in Sydney, Australia, reported a total revenue of around 7.75 billion Australian dollars in the 2025 financial year. This represented a decline from the previous year's revenue of just over 9.3 billion dollars.

Lendlease was once a dominant force in the Australian construction industry, but since the COVID-19 pandemic, the company has struggled financially. In the 2024 fiscal year, the company reported a substantial profit loss after tax of around 1.5 billion Australian dollars. This loss underscores the complex operating environment for construction firms, even those with a global presence. As a result, in May 2024, Lendlease announced its intention to sell its overseas operations in Asia, Europe, and the Americas and focus solely on its domestic operations in Australia by late 2025. 

As of November 2024, over 1.36 million people were employed in Australia’s construction industry, continuing the upward trend since 2021. The building installation services sector leads with the highest workforce across construction-related industries, with around 318,300 employees. Building completion services was the second-largest sector by number of people in its workforce. Despite the increase in the construction industry's workforce size in recent years, the industry still struggles with a skilled worker shortage and fluctuating construction labor productivity index (LPI).