Interesting statistics. Collection of strange facts from around the world

1. 4 out of 5 centenarians who live to 100 are women
2. There are over 200 lightning bolts on Earth every second.
3. There are more than 100 thousand families in Moscow named Ivanovs
4. According to the US Department of the Treasury, over 10 billion (!) 1 cent coins were minted in 1998. The exact number of issued coins is as follows: 1 cent - 10,257,400,000 pieces; 5 cents - 1,323,672,000; 10 cents - 2,335,300,000; 25 cents - 1,867,400,000; 50 cents - 30,710,000
5. The longest paid holidays in Europe are Italians and Finns - 9 weeks each. This is followed by Germans (8 weeks), Austrians, Spaniards and Portuguese (36 days each), Swedes, Danes, French and British (34 days each). For comparison, in the US, the average paid vacation is 5 weeks.
6. According to a Gallup survey, 64% of Hong Kong residents show no interest in religion; in the Czech Republic, the number of non-believers reaches 55% of the population; in South Korea– 46%. Overall, however, non-believers make up only 13% of the world's inhabitants. The inhabitants of West Africa are the most religious (99%). Curiously, although 87% of respondents say they believe in God, only 32% said they went to church or other places of worship
7. The main fears of the inhabitants of the EU countries: Nuclear war - 49%, climate disasters - 43%, environmental pollution - 36%, accidents at nuclear reactors - 35%, human cloning - 28%, the danger of leakage of deadly bacteria from gene laboratories - 26% , the disappearance of forests - 20%, the disappearance of animal and plant species - 17%, the depletion of oil reserves - 7%, the excess of information - 5%, the fall of meteorites - 3%, the invasion of aliens - 1%.
8. The second most common cutlery in the world is ... chopsticks
9. In the US, there are an average of two credit cards and two radios for every person.
10. According to the UN, 250 thousand newborns are born on earth every day, three every second
11. Every year, approximately 250,000 married Americans are beaten by their wives.
12. On average, 3 gender reassignment surgeries are performed every day in America.
13. The world consumes about 4.5 billion (!) Liters of gasoline per day.
14. In 1900, there were 8,000 cars in the US; in 1919 - already 6 million
15. When typing on a computer, 56% of the work is done with the left hand
16. In the course of a mass survey of secretaries conducted by American social psychologists, 92% of respondents said they "would like to have an affair" with their boss
17. More than 90 million people in China have the surname Li
18. The smallest death rate in the world in 1998 belonged to the Asian state of Qatar - 1.6 people per 1,000 inhabitants
19. Time spent by residents different countries watching TV per day: Germany - 182 minutes, France - 185, England - 212, Russia - 224, USA - 238, Mexico - 239, Japan - 240
20. The average American uses 56 liters of water to take a shower. At the same time, he spends an average of 10.4 minutes, and the water temperature is about 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
21. More than 90 million people in China have the surname Li

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Do you know what average life expectancy Was in Ancient Egypt, in which city, and is there a month without full moon?

We invite you to learn about this and much more in our collection. interesting facts from all over the world.

1) Butterflies in the stomach seeing or thinking about a loved one is actually the result of a reaction to stress caused by adrenaline. A similar state of excitement can also be experienced with any other stressful situations, for example, before exams, an important meeting, going on stage, and so on.

2) Bags that cannot be bought at a discount. Every year the company Louis Vuitton burns all his unsold bags. Why does the company's management think that it is better to burn them than to discount them? It believes that in this way the value of their bags will never fall.

3) In the UK in police cars you can find teddy bear, to calm children after accidents. Also, in cars that go to the scene of accidents, in addition to a first-aid kit and a fire extinguisher, blankets, towels, a shovel, a broom, road spikes and some special appliances.

4) moonwalk appeared at least 50 years before birth michael jackson However, it is thanks to him that he became so popular. Before the singer, this dance technique was performed by clowns, tap dancers, film artists, and so on.

Before Jackson, a no less famous performer "dabbled" with the moonwalk David Bowie back in the 1960s, although his performance style was somewhat different.

5) Word Canada ( Kanata) is of Indian origin and means "Big Village". The names of some other countries in local dialects may also surprise you. For example, Kyrgyzstan "Land of the Four Tribes", Luxembourg - "small castle" , Madagascar - "end of the world", Sri Lanka - "beautiful land", Thailand - "land of the free", Zimbabwe - "stone houses", Cyprus - "copper", Guinea - "women".

6) In order not to cry while peeling onions, you have to chew gum. There are a myriad of ways to avoid tears in the kitchen, including goggles, wetting a knife with water, or freezing onions before chopping.

7) You can't sneeze with your eyes open. During a sneeze, a special "sneeze center" in the brain sends motor impulses along the nerves that control the muscles of the abdomen, chest, diaphragm, neck, face, eyelids and various sphincters, as well as glands that produce mucus, blood vessels nose. All this happens automatically.

8) Money is not actually made from pure paper, but with the addition of cotton and synthetic fibers. This helps to improve their strength while maintaining ease of handling. Not all countries use these materials for production" paper money". For example, in Romania, banknotes are made of special plastic and are not easy to break.

9) Most of dust particles in our apartment consists of dead skin flakes of its inhabitants. We leave dust literally everywhere.

10) In Sweden until September 3, 1967 it was right-hand traffic. On the day H at 5 am everyone vehicles had to change sides of the road by going to Left side traffic. Following these changes, the world of road transport saw a significant reduction in accidents during the first few months, since drivers were likely to drive more carefully to get used to the innovation. The center of Stockholm that day looked like this:

11) In Los Angeles more cars than residents. In this large Californian metropolis, people seem to have stopped walking, so many residents have several cars. Traffic jams are common in this city.

1) February 1865 is the only recorded month when there was no full moon. As you know, there is one full moon per month, since the Moon revolves around the Earth in 27.32 days, but in rare cases there may be two - at the beginning calendar month and at the very end. This full moon is called Blue Moon, and it happens about once every 2.7 years. In 2012 there were two blue moons- August 2 and 31, and the next one is expected on July 2, 2015.

2) A day on Venus lasts longer than a year. This is due to the fact that our neighbor Venus rotates around its axis more slowly than it has time to do. full turn around the sun.

3) In space astronauts can't cry, because due to the lack of gravity, tears cannot flow down the cheeks. However, in space it is impossible to do many other things that we are used to while on Earth.

4) Footprints left on the moon by American astronauts remain on its surface for millions of years until some meteorite falls on them. This is not surprising, because there are no winds on the Moon and no precipitation to blow away or wash them away.

Interesting statistics: interesting facts in numbers

1) Average people laugh about 15 times a day. If you laugh naturally, it will help you relax, calm your nerves, and improve your overall well-being. That is why laughter is very useful.

2) Cats and dogs consume food 7 billion dollars a year. Modern food industry does not particularly favor our pets with good products. Although giving food is much more convenient than preparing food, consider whether to feed your cats and dogs with anything you don't know. Most feeds do not carry any nutritional value , and animal fats are replaced in them by vegetable ones.

3) Throughout your life you use just over 27 tons of food, this is the weight of only 6 elephants. If you doubt this, just calculate how many foods you eat per day, and then multiply the number of days of average life expectancy. Maybe for someone these numbers will be much higher.

4) If you lick a stamp, you spend one tenth of a calorie. This is how much energy our body spends to do this work.

5) Fingernails grow approximately 4 times faster than on your feet.

6) To cook a portion of pasta, it takes an average of about 2 liters of water, and to wash the pan after them - 4 liters.

7) Lightning strikes our planet about 6 thousand times every minute.

8) Every year the world dies more people through the fault of donkeys than in plane crashes. Airplanes are actually one of the safest modes of transport, as they are much less likely to get into accidents than the same cars or other types of ground transportation.

9) Only 1 out of 2 billion people can live to see 116 years and over. Despite the fact that today there are not so many centenarians among us, by the standards of ancient people, we are all centenarians. Modern medicine works wonders, prolonging the life of people suffering from even the most serious and incurable diseases.

10) 40 percent owners dogs and cats carry pictures of their pets in their wallets. Even more sleep with them in the same bed and eat from the same plate, despite the warnings of experts that pets carry dangerous diseases.

11) Reusing one glass bottle saves enough energy to watch TV within 3 hours.

12) Studies have shown that if a cat falls from the 7th floor, she 30 percent less chance survive than a cat that fell from the 12th floor. Probably, flying the first 8 floors, she understands what is happening to her, relaxes and can correct her position.

13) The average person sees over 1460 dreams annually. We simply do not remember most of our dreams, so we believe that we do not dream anything.

14) The number of chickens currently living on the planet, roughly equals the number of people living.

15) Most Popular man's name in the world - Muhammad(in honor of the prophet Muhammad), and the most popular woman's name – Anna.

16) The average person blinks 20 million times a year.

17) Human scent 20 times weaker than the scent of a dog.

18) You are more likely to be stung by a bee on a windy day than in any other weather.

19) When equal conditions hot water turn to ice faster than cold. It has to do with evaporation. Hot water loses mass, so it will take less time to freeze it.

20) Statistically you more likely You will die from being hit by a champagne cork than from a spider bite.

1) Cats do not meow at all to communicate with each other, but only to communicate with a person. Cat kidneys work so efficiently that they are able to process even sea water filtering the salt. There are 32 muscles in a cat's ear.

2) Giraffe can live without water longer than a camel. He also knows how to clean his ears with his long tongue, the average length of which is 50 centimeters. Giraffes also lack vocal cords.

3) Birds gravity is needed to swallow, so if they are launched into space, they will starve to death in zero gravity.

4) Goldfish have a long memory no more than 3 seconds. Jellyfish are 95 percent water. The shark is the only fish that can blink both eyes at the same time, and also feels blood dissolved in water in proportions - 1 part of blood per 100 million parts of water.

5) The tallest tree on the planet - sequoia Hyperion, which grows in national park "Redwood", California. Its exact location is kept secret and known to only a few scientists. The tree reaches a height of 115.61 meters.

6) Representatives of the species nine-banded armadillos are of particular interest to science, since they produce mainly 4 cubs of the same sex who are identical twins. These mammals are one of the few other than rats and related to man primates who can get leprosy.

7) Newborn thrushes eat at first up to 4.5 meters of worms in a day.

8) When the bats fly out of their cave to hunt, they always turn left.

9) Camel milk never curdles. To protect their eyes from sandstorms, camels have three whole centuries, and they also learned to cover their nostrils so that sand does not get into them.

10) Dolphins sleep with one eye open. They may also turn off one part of the brain during sleep when the other part is awake and can observe what is happening around.

11) Emu and Kangaroo unable to move backwards for this reason they appeared on the coat of arms of Australia, and not at all because they are found only on this continent.

12) At the bees hair growing in front of your eyes and mosquitoes have teeth.

13) Over the past 4 thousand years, not a single new animal was not domesticated. The first animal that began to live next to a man was a dog, and the last to domesticate guinea pigs and mice.

14) In Tokyo you can buy dog wigs. However, dog accessories " human origin You can already get it anywhere or order it online.

15) To lobster reached a weight of 0.5 kilograms, it takes 7 years. They cannot be bred in captivity, so this crustacean species is currently in danger of extinction.

16) Most cows give more milk if during milking they put on nice music.

17) About a thousand birds dies every year from what hits the glass of houses. This happens for a number of reasons, but mainly due to the fact that in the glass she "recognizes" the opponent and tries to attack him.

18) Reindeer love bananas. By the way, mosquitoes also love the smell of bananas. Studies have shown that mosquitoes harass people who have recently eaten these fruits.

19) Some tapeworms start eating themselves if there is no food nearby.

Some ciliary worms capable of adverse conditions environment break into pieces. These pieces are then recombined if conditions get better. Biologists call this phenomenon "self-healing".

If such a worm is deliberately divided into parts, each part has good conditions grow up missing organs, and they turn into separate healthy individuals!

20) The elephant is the only animal that can't jump. However, they have a large number of talents for example, some of them can draw and others can even talk!

21) Green grasshoppers can hear with holes in their hind legs.

22) The penguin is the only bird in the world that can swim, but can't fly. Other flightless birds, including ostriches, ... cannot swim.

23) The location of the eyes of the donkey does not allow the animal see your 4 legs at the same time.

24) The starfish is the only animal that can turn your stomach inside out.

25) Cafe2Go in Dubai has started making lattes and cappuccinos using camel milk – important product nutrition of the Bedouins, the inhabitants of the deserts. Products containing camel milk were called Camellos (it. camel).

Desert dwellers have been eating camel milk since ancient times, but for some time this product was no longer favored. Today it looks like it's coming back.

1) A nation without old people: About 3,000 years ago, most Egyptians did not live to be 30 years old. The Egyptians also had strange habits For example, instead of pillows, they put stones under their heads. The Egyptians invented the contraceptive, which was made from crocodile skin as early as 2000 BC.

2) According to British law in force in 1845 attempted suicide was considered a crime punished death penalty . If a suicide, for example, could not kill himself in suicide attempts, the official authorities helped him in this by hanging.

3) In Germany, close to nursing homes there are fake bus stops. Signs about the movement of regular transport are installed in these places in order to make it easier to find older people who suddenly were about to leave the institution and go home.

We have already been waiting for 2 hours… maybe we should have taken a taxi?

4) According to the channel national geographic , redheads will be gone by 2060. There are many famous people with red hair in history, including William Shakespeare, Christopher Columbus and Queen Elizabeth.

5) In Mexico there is dying ancient language , which only 2 people know, but they do not talk to each other.

On the tongue ayapaneco the ancient inhabitants of modern Mexico spoke during long centuries. He survived the Spanish invasion, numerous warriors, revolutions, famines and floods. But today, like many other Aboriginal languages, it has practically disappeared.

Manuel Segovia thinks what to speak mother tongue he is no longer with anyone

There are only 2 people left who can speak it. Manuel Segovia(77 years old) and Isidro Velazquiz(69 years old) live just 500 meters apart in the village of Ayapa in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco. These two people avoid each other and do not want to communicate.

6) Most an old man in the world turned out to be fake.

In 2010, when the Tokyo authorities decided to congratulate the oldest person on the planet, who turned 111 years old, they found instead of the old man skeleton of a 30 year old man. Tricky family for many years received a pension for him, although in fact he was no longer alive.

7) 12 newborns per day go to the wrong parents. A newborn is born without kneecaps. These organs develop later, 2-6 years after birth.

8) Heartbeat in women faster than men. On average, the human heart makes 100,000 beats per day.

9) Human teeth as hard as stones and the femur is harder than concrete. A quarter of all the bones in our body are located in the feet. Our

14) Goethe couldn't stand barking dogs. He could write only if in his desk there was a rotten apple.

15) Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. He was also credited with the invention of the searchlight, the tank, and even the bicycle.

16) Michael Jordan earns in Nike in year more money than all the workers in the company's factories in Malaysia combined.

17) Sigmund Freud had an unhealthy fear of ferns.

18) Microwave Inventor Percy Spencer invented this miracle of technology when he noticed that while working with a powerful electric lamp, the chocolate in his pocket melted very quickly. One of the first microwaves looked like this (1940s):

19) The Ramses condom brand was named after Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, who, however, apparently did not use condoms or any other means of contraception, so he had neither more nor less, but 160 children.

20) Inventor of the light bulb Thomas Edison afraid of the dark.

- you can not convey. And if all this is also in numbers, for better understanding volumes, sums, masses, etc., it is even more interesting.

VseKnow.ru presents a selection of facts presented in the form of statistical figures from different areas of our lives. Enjoy and be surprised!

1,000,000 GB of information can be stored in human memory. This amount of memory is enough to record a video lasting 3 million hours and it would take 350 years to watch it in a row.

The most valuable piece of art ever sold is Leonardo da Vinci's "The Savior of the World", which was bought by the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi - $450,300,000

1/3 of the food produced in the world ends up in the trash or is lost. For each inhabitant of Europe and North America, from 95 to 115 kg of discarded products per year, for one inhabitant of Africa, South and Southeast Asia - from 6 to 11 kg

Around the world, 4280 skyscrapers higher than 150 m have been built today. The leaders in such buildings are China (1672) and the USA (740). Russia ranks 17th in the ranking, having 40 high-rise buildings on its territory

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) calculated that in order to present gifts to all children, Santa Claus on his team must travel 510,000,000 km

"Track" the route online since 1958. According to NORAD, Santa moves at the speed of light. This means that it can cover about 25,920,000,000 kilometers in 24 hours.

The largest treasure in the world was discovered in 2011 in the underground vaults of a Hindu temple in the city of Trivandrum (Kerala, India). These are several tons of gold and gold jewelry worth $22 billion.

Spice production in the world (in tons)

Pepper 36 606 068 (Fresh bell and chili peppers, as well as dry chili and black, green, white peppers).
Ginger 2 156 453
Anise, star anise, fennel and coriander 970 404
Cinnamon 213 678
Carnation 152 968
Nutmeg, mace and cardamom 106 339
Vanilla 7 746

18.2 liters - consumption of pure alcohol per capita (over 15 years old) in Lithuania, the highest in the world

Dubai ($28.5 billion) and New York ($17.020 billion) receive the largest tourist revenue.

Longest-reigning current monarchs

Each inhabitant of the Earth spends on the World Wide Web an average of almost three months a year. The army of social media users has 2.078 billion people, which is 29% of the population

20 cm - the level of the World Ocean has risen so much over the past century. Every year it grows by an average of 3.4 mm.

The most influential countries in the world. Red = highest impact, orange = medium, yellow = low, green = very low, gray not surveyed

Influence Ranking - U.S. News & World Report Study " Top countries world”, which is compiled on the basis of a survey of 21,372 informed respondents (representatives of the business and political elite). Includes an assessment of the state leader, connections with the rest of the world, the influence of culture, political influence and international alliances of the country.

65.6 million people have left their permanent place of residence worldwide (2017 data)

The average world level of motorization - 182 cars per 1000 inhabitants

There are 1644 geysers in the world, of which 1041 are active, 272 are dormant and 331 are extinct.

$13.5 million - the largest buyout in history. Was paid to Somali pirates in 2011 for the release of the tanker Irene SL. It carried 2 million barrels. oil (the value of the cargo was estimated at $200 million)

Approximately 2.8 million people die each year due to health problems associated with being overweight and obese

AT North America only 6% of the world's population lives, but it accounts for 34% of the "extra" biomass of mankind. And in Asia, where 61% of the world's population lives - only 13%. If the world's average human weight were the same as in the United States, this would be equivalent to an increase in the world's population by 1 billion people.

Venezuela has the largest oil reserves - 300.9 billion barrels, or 47 billion tons (17.7% of the global figure). Russia is the largest oil producer in the world

14% of the world's population can be considered the middle class. The wealth of these people is growing more slowly than the wealth of the highest stratum of world society

Most people drink not in Brazil, which is the leader in the production and export of coffee, but in Finland (3.4 cups per day), Sweden (3.3) and the Netherlands (3.1)

2.5 centimeters - this layer of water will cover the Earth if all the moisture contained in the atmosphere in the form of steam rains

Emirates - the country in which the largest number of working foreigners - 85%

Indigenous people work in government agencies, in the judiciary, are members of the boards of directors of international economic and financial organizations. All foreigners are employed in construction and services.

There are 14 countries on the equator. To date, not a single traveler has been able to bypass all these countries and thus make a round-the-world trip along the equator.

0.1 × 39,800,000,000 \u003d 3,980,000,000 mm, or 3980 km - this is the height of a bundle of banknotes if you collect all paper dollars on Earth and stack them on top of each other and this pyramid will go beyond the atmosphere

2. About 710 fires occur in Russia every day, in which about 40 people die.

3. In 1977, only 8 percent of American physicists were women.

4. The most popular female name in the world is Anna. Almost 100 million women wear it.

6. The most popular name in the world is Muhammad.

7. The millionth resident of Moscow was born in 1897.

8. Almost 2/3 of the world's gold is mined in South Africa.

9. Older people are the most in Sweden (24%) and the least in Kuwait (2%).

10. There are more than 300,000 people in Sweden with the last name Carlson (or Karlsson).

11. Of the 5 million Finns, 2.15 million (43%) regularly use the Internet.

12. Every second American student expects to become a millionaire by the age of 40.

14. To wallpaper the Great Chinese Wall about 15,840,000 rolls of wallpaper will be required.

15. The two highest IQs ever recorded on Earth belong to women.

16. In Japan, 93 percent of the corpses are cremated, in England - 67, and in America - only 12 percent.

17. Nearly 70 percent of women in the world masturbate occasionally or constantly.

18. Average age Internet users in the world is 33 years old.

19. Only 15% of the Dutch know the words to the national anthem of the Netherlands.

20. There are more Catholics in the world than all other Christians combined.

21. The largest number post offices in the world in India - 152,792 (for comparison, in the USA, just over 38,000).

22. In Russia, a person who is 20 years old, but not 21, will say that he is 20 years old, and in America and Europe - that he is 21 years old.

23. In 1950, the average life expectancy in China was 35 years, by 2000 this figure was close to 70.

24. At the beginning of the second millennium (1000) the population of the Earth was 400 million people; by the end of it (1999) - already 6 billion.

25. At the beginning of the 20th century, there were 360 large cities in the world (with a population of over 100 thousand people), in which only 5% of the total population lived. At the end of the 80s. there were already 2.5 thousand such cities, and their share in the world population exceeded 33%.

26. In the Middle Ages, people extracted from earth's crust only 18 chemical elements and their compounds, in the XVII century - 25, in the XVIII century. - 29, in the XIX century. - 47, at the beginning of the 20th century - 54, in the second half - more than 80 elements.

27. Average salary in countries former USSR as of May 2000: Russia - $73, Ukraine - $39, Belarus - $67, Uzbekistan - $49, Azerbaijan - $46, Armenia - $37, Moldova - $33, Kyrgyzstan - $22, Tajikistan - $8.9.

28. India consumes 1.5 kg of paper per capita per year, Afghanistan and Mali - 100 g. For comparison average around the world is 45 kg, and in Finland it reaches 1400 kg.

29. 10 percent of men and 8 percent of women on Earth are left-handed.

30. The most common name and surname in Italy is Mario Rossi.

32. 53 percent of American philatelists are ... women.

33. Blondes (and blondes) have an average of 150,000 hairs on their heads; on the head of brunettes (and brunettes) - 100 thousand each.

34. Residents major cities spend approximately 6 months of their lives waiting for the green light of traffic lights.

35. English statisticians calculated that average person walks 100,000 kilometers in a lifetime.

36. The average Japanese sits in front of the TV 9 hours a day - more than the representative of any other nation.

37. In America, approximately 2,383,000 people have the surname Smith.

38. More people speak English in China than in the US.

39. Only 55% of Americans know that the Sun is a star.

40. Only one person in 2 billion lives longer than 116 years.

41. According to the US Department of the Treasury, over 10 billion (!) 1 cent coins were minted in 1998. Exact amount issued coins are as follows: 1 cent - 10,257,400,000 pieces; 5 cents - 1,323,672,000; 10 cents - 2,335,300,000; 25 cents - 1,867,400,000; 50 cents - 30,710,000.

42. The longest paid holidays in Europe are Italians and Finns - 9 weeks each. This is followed by Germans (8 weeks), Austrians, Spaniards and Portuguese (36 days each), Swedes, Danes, French and British (34 days each). For comparison, in the US, the average paid vacation is 5 weeks.

43. According to a Gallup survey, 64% of Hong Kong residents show no interest in religion; in the Czech Republic, the number of non-believers reaches 55% of the population; in South Korea - 46%. Overall, however, non-believers make up only 13% of the world's population. The inhabitants are the most religious West Africa(99%). Interestingly, although 87% of respondents say they believe in God, only 32% said they attended church or other places of worship.

44. The main concerns of residents of the EU countries: Nuclear war - 49%, climate disasters - 43%, environmental pollution - 36%, accidents at nuclear reactors- 35%, human cloning - 28%, the danger of leakage of deadly bacteria from gene laboratories - 26%, the disappearance of forests - 20%, the disappearance of animal and plant species - 17%, the depletion of oil reserves - 7%, excess information - 5%, falling meteorites - 3%, alien invasion - 1%.

45. The second place in the world in terms of prevalence among cutlery is occupied by ... chopsticks.

46. In the United States, there are on average two credit cards and 2 radios.

47. According to the UN, 250 thousand newborns appear on earth every day, three every second.

48. Every year, approximately 250,000 married Americans are beaten by their wives.

49. On average, 3 gender reassignment surgeries are performed every day in America.

50. The world consumes about 4.5 billion (!) Liters of gasoline per day.

51. In 1900, there were 8,000 cars in the US; in 1919 - already 6 million.

52. When typing on a computer, 56% of the work is done with the left hand.

53. In a massive survey of secretaries conducted by American social psychologists, 92% of the respondents said they "would like to have an affair" with their boss.

54. The lowest death rate in the world in 1998 belonged to the Asian state of Qatar - 1.6 per 1,000 inhabitants.

55. Time spent by residents of different countries watching TV per day: Germany - 182 minutes, France - 185, England - 212, Russia - 224, USA - 238, Mexico - 239, Japan - 240.

56. The average American uses 56 liters of water to take a shower. At the same time, he spends an average of 10.4 minutes, and the water temperature is about 105 degrees Fahrenheit.

57. More than 90 million people in China have the surname Li.

58. 4 out of 5 centenarians who lived to be 100 years old are women.

59. Every second over 200 lightnings sparkle on Earth.

60. There are more than 100,000 families in Moscow named after the Ivanovs.

Marketing is adapting to ever-changing technologies, strategies and regulations. In order to navigate this complex area and keep abreast of fresh ideas, special skills are required, large stock creativity and knowledge.

Explore these nine amazing statistics. They will change the way you think about marketing.

1. 68% of marketers plan to increase their digital video ads

Say goodbye to traditional forms of advertising. Sherrill Maine, senior vice president of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), responsible for research, analytics and measurement, said, “Many advertisers and media buyers have dramatically increased their investment in digital video. By all indications, this type of advertising is the most profitable.”

According to a study by Advertiser Perceptions, most marketers and agency executives plan to next year focus on digital video advertising while reducing or maintaining TV advertising budgets. These statistics indicate that the popularity of exclusive online content is increasing.

2. Teens enjoy following YouTube celebrities more than actors, musicians, and TV stars.

When we reminisce about famous people, the names of Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt and Beyoncé first of all pop up in my thoughts, but YouTube stars are gradually starting to displace them and are gaining more and more popularity among American teenagers. A survey conducted by Variety showed that the top 5 most influential figures among teenagers aged 13-18 years are occupied by celebrities who have achieved success through YouTube.

Well-known brands partner with YouTube influencers for marketing purposes through partnerships and sponsorships.

3. Social media sales professionals make 6x their target

Sales training has been at the peak of popularity for decades. But with the advent of social media, consumer behavior has completely changed. Your approach to sales should also be in line with the trends of the new time. Researchers at KiteDesk found that professionals who received special training increased their sales significantly compared to those who had minimal skills in promoting products on social networks.

Salespeople interact with potential customers through social media, answer their questions, and provide relevant content. Also, sales on social networks are considered less intrusive than endless calls and others. traditional methods advertising. Specialized social media sales tutorials can make a big difference in how you approach lead generation and conversions.

4. Global brands spend 45-75% of their social media time on Facebook

Even though teens are being removed from Facebook because their parents are already on Facebook, Quintly's research shows that global brands are still using Facebook as a social media platform. In addition, Facebook has a number of advantages for marketers, such as a good the target audience, content more High Quality(as opposed to traditional clickbait headlines and intrusive ads), as well as the ability to integrate ads.

If you want to expand the reach of social platforms like Instagram or Twitter to distribute your ads, then you definitely shouldn't underestimate Facebook.

5. 22% of executives use LinkedIn, 0% use Facebook or Google+

If you would like to keep in touch with other leaders, in better ways achieve this goal are LinkedIn and Twitter. According to Weber Shandvik's study of executive habits, 22% of those surveyed reported using LinkedIn, while 10% used Twitter. By comparison, none of the executives named Facebook or Google+.

The decision which social network to use as an investment of time and energy depends on where your target audience is located. If your customers mainly prefer Facebook or Google+, then it makes sense to build your community on these sites. But if your consumers prefer other sites, you need to consider their needs.

6. 80% of marketers email data to every user

Even 30 years after its inception, email continues to be used when it comes to personalized marketing. The VentureBeat website found that 80% of marketers use email to deliver messages and data individually to each user.

Collecting data associated with unique email addresses allows marketers to get to know their customers better through their search terms, content downloads, purchases and more. This extremely important information can then be used to send e-mail advertisements that will capture the attention of your consumers and influence demand.

7. Big brand ads were found on a third of pirate sites

If you're on the lookout for new, creative, and unexpected ad spots, pirate sites should definitely not be on your potential list. Advertising on content stealing sites can not only lower your company's legitimacy and credibility, but also undermine customers' trust in you and your brand.

According to a report by the Digital Citizens Alliance and Medialink, 32.3% of major piracy websites had large brand ads, up from 28.9% last year. Pirated sites contain a large number of viruses and malware that damage computers and make life difficult for your customers. Not to mention, these sites are also responsible for millions of dollars of lost entertainment industry profits.

Supporting such sites increases content theft and damages your company's reputation. Instead, take the right route and only advertise on trusted sites.

8. 3,000 Brands and Millions of Users Victimized by Fake Ads

These ads include annoying programs disguised as browser extensions and toolbars. They steal user information and place ads in browser windows. As a result, advertisers have to pay for unplanned traffic.

Google found over 50,000 browser extensions and 34,000 software applications that were linked to fake ads. To prevent the negative effects of such advertising, review the Google Platforms program and guidance, and remind your customers to necessary measures precautions involving the use of antiviruses and secure browsers.

9. Gen Ys are more likely to post their data online.

It is believed that representatives of the so-called generation Y have a tendency to give greater value the security of your personal data. But actually it is not. Only 44% of Gen Y respondents believe that business information should be kept secret at all times. Marketers can bet on their propensity for honest disclosure of personal information and consent to its use in order to encourage older users to adopt this trend. This way you can increase trust and loyalty to your brand.