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Leading Android gaming apps worldwide 2025, by downloads

In February 2025, Block Blast! was the most-downloaded gaming app in the Google Play Store worldwide. The casual game generated more than 19.6 million downloads from Android users. Roblox was the second-most popular gaming app title with approximately 12.5 million downloads from global users.

U.S. the richest people in America 2024

As of June 2024, Elon Musk was estimated as the wealthiest person in the United States with a net worth of around 195 billion dollars. 

Richest people in the United States - additional information

Every year since 1982, the American business magazine Forbes has been compiling lists of the 400 richest people in the United States, known as the “Forbes 400.” In addition to that, since 1987, the publication has also been compiling a ranking of the 500 richest people in the world (excluding royalty and dictators), as well as more specialized tops, such as “World's Most Powerful Women,” “America's Richest Families,” “Most Valuable Brands” or “30 Under 30,” which focuses on young entrepreneurs from various fields which have gained millions in the past year by the use of social media, technical innovations and generally new and fresh approaches to business.

Film studio ranking by number of "Best Picture" Academy Awards 2000-2025

As of 2024, Columbia Pictures was the film studio with the most Academy Awards in the Best Picture category. The studio, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2024, has collected 12 wins in the category over the years – outperforming Paramount by one trophy.

Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures is an American film studio and production company founded in 1924. The now Sony-owned business ranks among the top film studios in North America, generating box office revenue of over 1.06 billion U.S. dollars in 2021. In addition to that, Sony/Columbia managed to nearly double its market share in recent years and outperform competitors such as Warner Bros. amid the pandemic. Comparing the two studios' performances at the Academy Awards in recent years, however, one can see that Columbia has not scored a Best Picture win since 1987, whereas a Warner Bros. movie last won the category in 2012.

The 95th Academy Awards: the night of the indies The 95th Academy Awards took place on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The show marked a milestone for independent filmmaking as an A24 film won the coveted Best Picture award. Even prior to the ceremony, A24 managed to amass the highest number of Oscar nominations among all movie distributors, followed closely by the streaming platform Netflix.

USD/EUR FX rate, up until Apr 1, 2025

The USD to EUR exchange rate in 2022 roughly 30 percent higher than it was in 2012, revealing a very strong dollar against the euro. The value of 0.92 euros per dollar was noticeably higher than the 2016 peak of 0.95 euros per dollar, but still above the price before the Eurozone Crisis. This started in 2009 and was caused by difficulties of several European countries with repaying government debt.

What does the exchange rate mean?At any single point in time, an exchange rate is simply a measure of the value of one currency in terms of another. However, when the exchange rate shifts, one currency gets “stronger” and the other “weaker”. This is particularly important in international trade. A strong currency makes imports cheaper, so one could expect the trade balance of a country with a strong currency to decrease. In such a way, a strong currency would hurt a country with a high trade surplus.

Exchange rate investmentsThere is a financial market built around currency fluctuations. The foreign exchange market, or forex market, has a daily turnover of trillions of dollars. This market is critical for international trade, but many investors simply use it to speculate.

Huawei's revenue by region 2014-2024

In 2024, as a leading smartphone manufacturer internationally, Huawei generated a revenue of about 615 billion yuan in China.   

Background of Huawei

 According to the official website, Huawei is a Chinese multinational technology company, which mainly includes telecommunication services and equipment, with smartphones being one of the company’s most popular products sold worldwide. The headquarters is located in Shenzhen, the major technological advancement hub in China. In the last few years, Huawei has transformed their business focus from carrier network to technological innovations. For instance, as ICT infrastructure they earned over 360 billion yuan from the infrastructure business. Since 2012, the spending on research and development of Huawei has increased from almost 30 billion yuan to over 162 billion yuan, only slightly less than the selling and administrative expenses in the company.

Huawei in the world

Nowadays, Huawei’s brand recognition has been improved significantly; most people in the world are aware of the brand. Huawei’s smartphones have been introduced to various key markets in the rest of the world. In the first quarter of 2012, the smartphone shipments of Huawei only accounted for around three percent globally, and at its highest, the market share of Huawei has reached 20 percent. However, in 2021, the company lost significant market position.

Vladimir Putin's approval rating in Russia monthly 1999-2025

In March 2025, almost nine out of ten percent of Russians approved of the activities of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. The popularity level was 10 percentage points higher than in September 2022, when the figure declined following the announcement of a partial mobilization in the country. After Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February 2022, the approval rating increased. During the COVID-19 lockdown in the spring of 2020, the figure declined. 

Since his first presidential term started in 2000, Vladimir Putin's highest approval rating has been measured at 88 percent, when he was the country's prime minister. In 2008, as a result of the war with Georgia, Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In 2014, Russia annexed the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, viewing it as a historic reunification. Despite Western sanctions that were imposed on the country in response the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, the approval rating remained high over the following years. In February and March 2019, among the reasons behind the decline in approval were a pension reform and a retirement age hike.

During his state of-the-nation speech in January 2020, Vladimir Putin suggested amendments to the Russian Constitution, some of which are aimed at restructuring the executive power within the country’s administration. Regarding the amendments, 47 percent of Russians believed that they were designed to prepare the political system for the period after 2024, allowing Putin to stay in power in a role different from a president. In March 2020, an amendment was proposed to the Constitution to reset the previous presidential terms of Putin, allowing him to stay as a president until 2036. The amendments were approved in an all-Russian voting with nearly 78 percent of Russians supporting them.

Forecast for GDP growth, inflation, and unemployment in the UK 2025

In 2025, the UK economy is expected to grow by just one percent, according to the economic and fiscal outlook from March 2025. GDP growth has been downgraded from two percent when compared with the previous forecast from October 2024. The inflation rate is expected to average out at 3.2 percent, and the unemployment rate at 4.5 percent. 

E-commerce revenue in Latin America 2024-2025, by country

In 2025, e-commerce in Brazil was forecast to generate approximately 48.2 billion U.S. dollars in revenue, a 17 percent increase from the 41.03 billion dollars recorded a year earlier. While  Mexico ranked second in Latin America and the Caribbean, with over 44 billion dollars in online sales revenue projected for 2025, Argentina would reach over 20 billion dollars that year – roughly 16 percent more than the 17 billion dollar revenue estimated for 2024. 

Brazil may be the leading e-commerce market in Latin America, but its position atop the leaderboard grows fragile as Mexico continues to gain traction. While the share of consumers using e-commerce is higher in Brazil than in Mexico, the latter experienced remarkable growth in retail e-commerce revenues during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. That led the North American country to grab an even larger portion of the pie, reinforcing Mexico's potential to lead e-commerce in the region.

Still, Brazil is home to several of the region’s leading e-commerce companies. As a matter of fact, in terms of total sales, three of the top four online retail companies in Latin America were founded there. In Mexico, several homegrown players are among the most popular e-commerce websites in the country, but unlike their Brazilian counterparts, much of their influence has yet to reach the greater Latin American region.

Website traffic distribution of department store websites Australia 2025

Across popular department store websites among Australian shoppers in February 2025, kmart.com.au registered the highest number of site visits. Of these site visits, mobile visits were the leading traffic source and held a share of around 61 percent. bigw.com.au came in second by number of site visits, with mobile visits holding the largest share at over 66 percent of its total site visits.