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$118.35 trillionWorld GDP in 2025, at current pricesSource: World Bank, WDI, July 2026
$5.50 trillionNVIDIA market value, the most valuable listed companySource: Market close, 30 Sep 2026
$2.28 trillionCombined revenue of Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and NvidiaSource: Company annual reports, latest fiscal years
325 millionNetflix paid memberships worldwideSource: Netflix, January 2026
500 millionYouTube users in India, the largest audience of any countrySource: Google ad tools, late 2025
30.3%AMD share of x86 PC processors (Intel 69.7%)Source: Mercury Research, Q2 2026
23.6 millionMillionaires in the United States, about 41% of the world totalSource: UBS Global Wealth Report, end of 2025
6,810,966Spectators at the 2026 World Cup, a record for the tournamentSource: FIFA, 104 matches
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US housing starts and completions statistics & facts
Starts steady, completions falling. US housing starts reached 1.36 million in 2025, while builders completed 1.49 million homes and completed 1.49 million.
US housing shortage statistics & facts
Millions of homes missing. Estimates of the US housing shortage range from 3.7 million to 4.9 million homes.
US homebuilders statistics & facts
Bigger builders, thinner margins. The ten largest US home builders closed 43.6 percent of all new single-family homes in 2025.
US building permits statistics & facts
Approvals down, apartments recovering. Local governments issued building permits for 1.43 million new housing units in 2025, 3.1 percent fewer than in 2024.
Single-family vs multifamily construction in the US statistics & facts
Two segments, two cycles. Builders started 939,700 single-family homes and about 396,600 apartments in 2025.
Home remodeling and improvement spending in the US statistics & facts
Half a trillion dollars a year. US homeowners spent about 509 billion dollars on home remodeling, improvements and repairs in 2025, and spending on owner improvements...
Challenges facing US home builders statistics & facts
Confidence at a one-year low. US home builder sentiment fell to 32 in September 2026, and 84 percent of builders said high interest rates were a...
Cost to build a house in the US statistics & facts
Construction costs at a record share. The cost to build a house now accounts for 64.4 percent of the price of a new home, about 428,000...
Combined revenue of Big Tech, 2016 to 2025
Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Nvidia, trillion US dollars
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Six companies now sell almost four times as much as in 2016
Combined revenue of the six largest US technology companies rose from 0.57 trillion dollars in 2016 to 2.23 trillion dollars in 2025, a growth rate of 16.4 percent a year with no year of decline.
The mix has shifted: Apple produced 38 percent of the total in 2016 and under 19 percent in 2025, while Amazon and Nvidia gained the most. The full report compares margins, AI spending, staff and payouts.
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