Technology Facts

Ebay transactions

Every second there is an average of $680 worth of transactions and over 18 million items for sale on Ebay. By the time you get around to reading this these numbers will be even higher.

Video games sales

Since 2008, video games have outsold movie DVDs. Video game sales represent roughly 52.46% of all "packaged media" sales, leaving movies with the minority share of 47.54%.

Internet users

About 1.8 billion people connect to the Internet, 450 million of them speak English. 4.4 billion people scattered across the globe, including 3.2 billion living in only 20 countries, still aren't connected to the Internet.

Cell phones in use

There are more than 4 billion cell phones in use. About 3 million cell phones are sold every day. Four years from now, 5.1 billion people will be mobile phone users around the globe. Asia, the region that will see the most growth, is already home to the most mobile phone users.

Google search queries

Google handles about 1 billion search queries per day, 100 billion per month, releasing almost 200 tons of CO2 per day. According to its website, Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and “make it universally accessible and useful.”