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Japan’s ageing lead

Follow the changing share of people aged 65 and above in ten selected countries.

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SpaceX pulls away

Compare SpaceX and ULA orbital launch attempts from a shared 2010 starting line.

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Two poles, two paths

Explore September sea ice across the Arctic and Antarctic from 1979 to 2026.

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Switch takes the crown

Watch Switch chase the lifetime records of Wii, Game Boy and DS. Four consoles, three milestones, one new Nintendo No. 1.

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The air travel race

See how airlines in ten countries navigated two decades of growth and a sudden shock.

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China rises. US leads.

Watch China rise among ten major economies from 1992 to 2025, while the United States remains first.

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Who leads the oil race?

Watch the United States rise to first among ten major crude oil producers from 1993 to 2025.

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Who grows the world’s coffee?

See Brazil hold its lead as Vietnam rises among ten leading coffee producers from 1990/91 to 2025/26.

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Nvidia’s $216bn breakaway

From the smallest of three computing rivals to more revenue than the other two combined. Follow Nvidia, Intel and AMD across 18 annual reporting periods.

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China’s solar breakaway · 2001–2025

China reaches 50.2% of global installed solar capacity in 2025. Follow its breakaway against nine other major solar markets from 2001–2025.

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The space race flipped · 2000–2025

Russia leads for two decades, then the US passes in 2022 and China follows in 2025. Replay 26 years of cumulative orbital launch attempts from a shared 2000 starting line.

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India takes the rice lead · 1961–2024

A 60-million-tonne gap becomes a lead of more than 10 million. Follow the annual paddy harvests of India and mainland China across 64 years.

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Vinyl came back · 1983–2025

The CD takes over, towers over vinyl, then loses the revenue lead. Follow 43 years of US album revenues, adjusted to 2025 dollars.

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How Chrome took over · 2009–2026

Watch Chrome climb from 1.37% to two-thirds of measured worldwide browsing, as Internet Explorer loses the crown. Seven browsers, 213 months and one extraordinary reversal.

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USA vs China: 40 golds each

Eleven Summer Games, 1984–2024: a Chinese lead in Beijing, a one-gold gap in Tokyo and a 40–40 finish in Paris. Explore the native Line video and the exact 22 medal counts.

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Airbus vs Boeing · The long delivery race · 2000–2025

A 26-year duel in cumulative reported deliveries: watch Airbus overtake Boeing in 2019.

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The lead switched sides · Kiplimo vs Sawe · 2022 & 2024

Kiplimo and Sawe: compare four listed half-marathon marks across the selected 2022 and 2024 seasons.

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One planet, two warming paths · 1980–2025

Compare annual temperature anomalies in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, 1980–2025.

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Europe's electric divide · 4 countries · 2020–2025

Compare the battery-electric share of new cars in France, Germany, Italy and Norway, 2020–2025.

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Why US prices jumped · Mar–Sep 2026

Gasoline, groceries, electricity and shelter: compare seven months of US price changes.

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Internet adoption 2000–2023

Internet use across six selected countries at six observed dates, with country flags and a NASA night-lights illustration.

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Apple’s revenue mix · FY2021–2025

See how Apple’s five revenue categories share the whole business. Annual net sales from fiscal 2021 to 2025 in US$ billions, animated as a native Treemap.

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The renewable power shift · 2015–2025

Watch solar catch up with hydropower as four renewable electricity technologies grow worldwide. Explore IRENA year-end installed capacity with a native Bubble chart.

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Which planet wins the moon race? · 1900–2025

Four giant planets, 504 annual counts. Follow moon discoveries through a retrospective JPL catalogue reconstruction.

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Europe’s tourist comeback · 2012–2025

Six destinations, 84 annual observations. Follow the fall and recovery of foreign overnight stays.

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Console history: six gaming generations

From Game Boy to PS5: six handheld and home-console families across nearly three decades.

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Switch vs PS5 · Lifetime shipments · 2017–2026

Lifetime console shipments, 2017–2026. Different launch dates, two growing totals.

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How we find new worlds

Four ways to find new worlds: 124 cumulative counts, 1995–2025. These methods cover 6,020 of 6,090 confirmed planets through 2025; other methods are omitted. Counts use the 15 Oct 2026 archive snapshot, classified retrospectively, not historical archive snapshots. Do not add years together. Movement between annual counts is interpolated.

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CO₂ kept climbing: Mauna Loa

67 annual CO₂ readings, 1959–2025. Concentration, not emissions. Maunakea observations temporarily replace Mauna Loa in 2022–2023; values may be revised. Movement between years is interpolated. The labeled chart scale starts at 300 ppm.

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