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Technology	First computer programmer	In 1843 mathematician Ada Lovelace wrote in her notes for a translation of a French article about the Analytical Engine how the machine could be used to follow a program to calculate Bernoulli numbers. For this, she has been called the first computer programmer.	https://www.britannica.com/technology/Analytical-Engine
Space	First human in space	On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space.	https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-man-in-space
Space	First woman in space	Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made history as the first woman in space aboard the then-Soviet Union’s Vostok 6 spacecraft in 1963.	https://www.itu.int/en/myitu/News/2021/04/12/07/19/Women-in-space-history-International-Day-Human-Space-Flight
Literature	First book ever written	The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest-known written story that can be called a book. It was written in ancient Sumeria sometime prior to the 18th century B.C. on clay tablets.	https://www.reference.com/world-view/first-book-ever-made-f7c1de44dbcf61f8
Space	First human on the moon	On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon.	https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/first-person-on-moon.html
Ecommerce	First thing sold on the Internet	What likely counts as the very first legitimate online transaction goes to Dan Kohn in August 1994, who creating a website called NetMarket, the Shopify video reports. On August 11, Kohn sold a CD of Sting’s "Ten Summoner’s Tales" to a friend in Philadelphia, writes Peter H. Lewis wrote for The New York Times. Kohn’s friend paid $12.48 plus shipping, and he used data encryption software to send his credit card number securely.	https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-was-first-thing-sold-internet-180957414/#:~:text=What%20likely%20counts%20as%20the,for%20The%20New%20York%20Times.
Technology	First telephone call	March 10, 1876: Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call in his Boston laboratory, summoning his assistant from the next room.	https://www.wired.com/2008/03/dayintech-0310/
Comics	First superhero	Created by Lee Falk (USA), the first superhero was Mandrake the Magician, who debuted in his own newspaper comic strip on June 11, 1934.	https://www.statsfind.com/who-was-the-first-superhero-in-comics/
Comics	First superheroine	Two comic-book characters have a claim to being the first female superhero. Fantomah was the first female superhero with superhuman powers to appear in print, in Jungle Comics #2 (Feb 1940). The first masked and costumed superheroine (and of “natural” birth), however, was the Woman in Red, created by Richard Hughes and George Mandel for Thrilling Comics #2 (Mar 1940).	https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/products/books/superlatives/superhero-timeline
Technology	First automobile, First car	Who invented the first automobile (car)? There were two inventors: Karl Friedrich Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. The two men, who had never met previously, filed their patents on the same day—January 29, 1886—in two different German cities. Benz’s three-wheeled vehicle, which he first drove in 1885, was the first to combine an internal combustion engine with an integrated chassis, while Daimler’s motorized carriage (invented with his collaborator, Wilhelm Maybach) was the world’s first four-wheeled automobile and featured the first high-speed gasoline engine.	https://www.history.com/news/who-built-the-first-automobile
Technology	First website	The very first website was info.cern.ch and went live in 1991 to provide information on the World Wide Web Project led by Berners-Lee.	https://websitesetup.org/news/how-many-websites-are-there/
Space	First animal in space	The first animal to make an orbital spaceflight around the Earth was the dog Laika, aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 on 3 November 1957.	https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/sad-story-laika-space-dog-and-her-one-way-trip-orbit-1-180968728/
Nobel Prize	First Nobel Prize in Physics	The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 was awarded to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him."	https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1901/summary/
Nobel Prize	First Nobel Prize in Chemistry	The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1901 was awarded to Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions."	https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1901/summary/
Nobel Prize	First Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine	The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 was awarded to Emil Adolf von Behring "for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria, by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and deaths."	https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1901/summary/
Nobel Prize	First Nobel Prize in Literature	The Nobel Prize in Literature 1901 was awarded to Sully Prudhomme "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect."	https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1901/summary/
Nobel Prize	First Nobel Peace Prize	The Nobel Peace Prize 1901 was divided equally between Jean Henry Dunant "for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded soldiers and create international understanding" and Frédéric Passy "for his lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy and arbitration."	https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1901/summary/
Military	First woman to fight in a US war	A hero of the American Revolution, Margaret Cochran Corbin was the first woman to receive a military pension. On November 16, 1776, Corbin dressed as a man and joined her husband in the Battle of Fort Washington on Manhattan Island. There, she helped him load his cannon, and when he was killed, she quickly and heroically took over firing the cannon against the British.	https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/educational-magazines/corbin-margaret-cochran
Monarchy	First King of England	The first king of all of England was Athelstan (895-939 AD) of the House of Wessex, grandson of Alfred the Great and 30th great-granduncle to Queen Elizabeth II.	https://www.history.com/news/british-royal-family-monarchy-facts
Technology	First human voice recorded First song recorded	The oldest recorded human voice is a ten-second fragment of the French folk song 'Au Clair de la Lune'. It was recorded on 9 April 1860 by inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville (France).	https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-voice-recording
Motorsport	First Daytona 500	Lee Petty, the driver of the No. 42 Oldsmobile, poses in front of his car after winning the first 1959 Daytona 500 race at the Daytona International Speedway on February 25, 1959. Petty was not awarded the trophy until three days later after officials thought Johnny Beauchamp was the winner.	https://www.nascar.com/gallery/complete-daytona-500-winner-history/#photo-2
Politics	First Black US President	On November 4, 2008, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois defeats Senator John McCain of Arizona to become the 44th U.S. president, and the first African American elected to the White House.	https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/barack-obama-elected-as-americas-first-black-president
Sports	First Black major league baseball player	Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first African American to play pro baseball, six decades before Jackie Robinson The first varsity baseball team of Oberlin College in Ohio poses for a group portrait in 1881. Moses Fleetwood Walker (no. 6 in the middle row) and his brother Weldy (no. 10) were the first blacks to play major league baseball for Toledo when Toledo was a major league team in 1884.	https://theundefeated.com/features/moses-fleetwood-walker-was-the-first-african-american-to-play-pro-baseball-six-decades-before-jackie-robinson/#:~:text=Moses%20Fleetwood%20Walker%20was%20the,before%20Jackie%20Robinson%20%E2%80%94%20The%20Undefeated
Media and Entertainment	First film actor	Andrew Shail, senior lecturer in film at Newcastle University, has uncovered what appears to be the first film-star marketing: a poster for a Pathé Frères’ film featuring Max Linder called Le Petit Jeune Homme, released in Europe in September 1909.“This makes Linder – as far as we can tell – the first film star anywhere,” says Shail. Previously the title of “first film star” had been bestowed on the American actor Florence Lawrence, known to the public only as the Biograph Girl until Carl Laemmle hired her for his IMP studio in 1910.	https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/22/fame-at-last-was-this-the-worlds-first-film-star
Politics	First woman with presidential power in the United States	For 85 minutes on Friday, November 19, 2021, Kamala Harris became the first woman with presidential power in the United States.	https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/19/politics/kamala-harris-presidential-power/index.html
Technology	The first chatbot	The first chatbot (Eliza) dates to 1966, which makes it older than the Internet.	https://www.chatbot.com/blog/chatbot-statistics/
Technology Business	The first commercial movie	On December 28, 1895, the world’s first commercial movie screening takes place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumiere, two French brothers who developed a camera-projector called the Cinematographe. The entrepreneurial siblings screened a series of short scenes from everyday French life and charged admission for the first time.	https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-commercial-movie-screened
Technology	The first telegram	On January 6, 1838, Samuel Morse’s telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey. In May 1844, Morse sent the first official telegram over the line, with the message: “What hath God wrought!” Just a decade after the first line opened, more than 20,000 miles of telegraph cable crisscrossed the country.	https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/what-hath-god-wrought
Currency	First Black Woman to Have Her Likeness Depicted on a US Coin	The writer and poet Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to have her likeness depicted on the quarter, the first in a series of coins commemorating pioneering American women that began shipping Monday, January 10, 2022. While Lady Liberty was depicted as a Black woman on a $100 commemorative coin in 2017, Maya Angelou is the first real-life woman.	https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/11/us/maya-angelou-quarter.html
Politics	First Female Prime Minister of India	On January 19, 1966, Indira Gandhi became India's first female prime minister. Following the death of Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi becomes head of the Congress Party and thus prime minister of India. Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of the independent Republic of India. She became a national political figure in 1955, when she was elected to the executive body of the Congress Party.	https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/indira-gandhi-becomes-indian-prime-minister
Politics	First woman named US Chief of Protocol, First Honorary US Foreign Service Officer	On February 10, 2014, Shirley Temple dies at age 85. Temple remains the youngest recipient of an Oscar, receiving one at age six. She became the first woman named U.S. Chief of Protocol. In 1988, she was also the first person appointed as Honorary U.S. Foreign Service Officer. keywords: dead celebrities	https://www.biography.com/news/shirley-temple-biography-facts
Politics	First Black Woman Nominated to the US Supreme Court	On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Brown is poised to become the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.	https://time.com/6146624/history-first-black-woman-supreme-court-justice-nominee/
Sports	First Women's College Basketball Game	On March 22, 1893, the first women’s college basketball game is played at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. With each made basket counting as one point and the game lasting two 15-minute halves, a sophomore class team prevails over a freshmen team, 5-4. This first women’s college basketball game was organized by the college's gymnastics instructor, Lithuanian immigrant Senda Berenson, less than two years after the invention of the game in late 1891 by Dr. James Naismith. Berenson’s rules were adapted from Naismith’s rules for men, making basketball one of the rare sports that developed the male and female versions on a parallel timeline. The first women's intercollegiate game, between Stanford and Cal, was played in 1896.	https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-womens-college-basketball-game-smith-college
Media and Entertainment	First Animated Film to Win an Oscar	DreamWorks Animation's 'Shrek' was released 21 years ago today on May 18, 2001. 'Shrek' was nominated for two Academy Awards (Animated Feature Film and Adapted Screenplay) and went on to become the first ever winner of the Animated Feature Film Oscar.	https://www.britannica.com/topic/DreamWorks-Animation#ref1256758
Automobiles	First Ford Car Buyer	On July 15, 1903, the newly formed Ford Motor Company takes its first order from Chicago dentist Ernst Pfenning: an $850 two-cylinder Model A automobile with a tonneau (or backseat). The car, produced at Ford’s plant on Mack Street (now Mack Avenue) in Detroit, was delivered to Dr. Pfenning just over a week later. Ford gathered a group of 12 stockholders, including himself, to sign the papers necessary to form the Ford Motor Company in mid-June 1903. In an assembly room measuring 250 by 50 feet, the first Ford Model A went into production that summer. The Model A could accommodate two people side-by-side on a bench; it had no top and was painted red. The car’s biggest selling point was its engine, which at two cylinders and eight horsepower was the most powerful to be found in a passenger car. It had relatively simple controls, including two forward gears that the driver operated with a foot pedal, and could reach speeds of up to 30 miles per hour. Within two months, the company had sold 215 Fords, and by the end of its first year the Mack Avenue plant had turned out some 1,000 cars.	https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ford-motor-company-takes-its-first-order
Health	COVID-19	2021-10-26: The number of new daily Covid-19 cases has plunged 57 percent since peaking on Sept. 1.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/briefing/covid-cases-falling-delta.html
Health	Marathon	2021-11-07: The 50th NYC Marathon consists of 30,000 participants, about 40 percent smaller than the 2019 event.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/sports/nyc-marathon-guide-start-times.html
Media and Entertainment	Sesame Street	2021-11-15: 'Sesame Street' makes history as it adds first Asian American Muppet to cast	https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/sesame-street-makes-history-adding-first-asian-american-muppet-cast-rcna5569
Media and Entertainment	Movies	2021-11-11: The price of a Wilson volleyball ranges between $15 and $55 on Amazon. The Wilson volleyball head from the "Cast Away" film sold for $308,000.	https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59242756
Nature and Science	Animals	2021-11-16: National Geographic Explorer Joel Sartore announced the Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) joins the National Geographic Photo Ark as the 12,000th species.	https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2021/11/16/arabian-cobra-joins-national-geographic-photo-ark-as-the-12000th-species/
Health	COVID-19	2021-11-17: White House officials estimated that nearly 10 percent of the nation’s 5- to 11-year olds had received their first coronavirus vaccine dose since the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech shot for that age group.	https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/elections/100000008081143/covid-vaccine-children-white-house.html
Health	COVID-19	2021-11-17: Over 100,000 people in the U.S. died of drug overdoses as the pandemic spread (May 2020 - April 2021), surpassing the toll of gun violence and car crashes combined. The nearly 30% rise in deaths last year was fueled by the use of fentanyl.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/health/drug-overdoses-fentanyl-deaths.html
Business and Technology	Retail	2021-11-18: CVS plans to close about 900 stores over the next three years, reflecting nearly 1 in 10 (10%) of its locations, as the drugstore chain continues its pivot away from retail and toward health care services. The company announced Thursday that it would shutter 300 stores per year for the next three years. The closures will begin in spring 2022.	https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/11/18/cvs-store-closings-cvs-pharmacy/8664870002/
Sociology	US Population	2021-11-23: Among childless adults in the United States surveyed by Morning Consult last year, one in four cited climate change as a factor in why they do not currently have children.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/style/breed-children-climate-change.html
World Records	Track and Field	2021-11-10: At 105-years-old, Hawkins became the first female track and field athlete and first American to set a world record in the 100-meter dash for her age group (105+ division) at the 2021 Louisiana Senior Games competition on Saturday, according to the National Senior Games Association.	https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2021/11/10/105-year-old-runner-sets-world-record-louisiana-senior-games/6367227001/
Health	Diabetes	2021-11-27: There are 1.5 million Americans suffering from Type 1 diabetes. Brian Shelton may be the first person cured.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/health/diabetes-cure-stem-cells.html
Health	COVID-19	2021-11-04: Covid has killed nearly 700,000 Americans. Roughly half of those deaths occurred this year, even as vaccines became widely available.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/business/covid-antiviral-pill-merck.html
Technology	Robots	2021-11-29: Xenobots, the world's first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say.	https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/29/americas/xenobots-self-replicating-robots-scn/index.html
Politics	Presidents	2021-11-30: The island nation of Barbados swore in its first president, Sandra Mason, ending nearly 400 years of British rule.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/world/americas/barbados-queen-republic-rihanna.html
Health	COVID-19	2021-11-26: World Health Organization classifies Omicron (B.1.1.529) as a SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern	https://www.who.int/news/item/26-11-2021-classification-of-omicron-(b.1.1.529)-sars-cov-2-variant-of-concern
Business and Technology	Workers	2021-10-15: U.S. workers left their jobs nearly 20 million times between April and August this year, according to the latest federal data, a number more than 60% higher than the resignations handed in during the same period last year, and 12% above the spring and summer of 2019 when the job market was the hottest it had been in almost 50 years.	https://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-driving-americas-workers-to-leave-jobs-in-record-numbers-11634312414
Nature and Science	Animals	2021-12-03: With a total population below 20 individuals, the world's most endangered wolf, the Red Wolf, lives only in a small area in eastern North Carolina. IMAGE	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/red-wolves-preventing-extinction-next-steps
Sports	Speed Skydiving	2021-12-03: In October [2021], at the United States Parachute Association Nationals in Arizona, Lobpries became the fastest athlete in the sport [of speed skydiving] when he reached a speed of 318.74 m.p.h. That exceeded his previous world record of 316.23 m.p.h. Maxine Tate, a fellow American competitor, also broke her own women’s world record, increasing her speed from 275.8 to 285.27 m.p.h. Those records blow by the top speeds of NASCAR, IndyCar and Formula 1 drivers, who have never surpassed 260 miles per hour in official competitions.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/sports/speed-skydiving-athletes.html
Business and Technology	Amazon	2021-12-07: Amazon.com stock surged nearly 3% on Tuesday despite a lingering Amazon Web Services outage that is affecting many websites and online services.	https://www.barrons.com/articles/amazon-stock-rallied-51638917395
Sports	American Football	2021-09-13: Line judge Maia Chaka made history as the first Black woman to officiate an NFL game during a game between the Carolina Panthers and the New York Jets at Bank of America Stadium on Sept. 12 in Charlotte.	https://www.npr.org/2021/09/13/1036580405/maia-chaka-first-black-woman-officiate-nfl-game
Health	COVID-19	2021-11-18: Wuhan Wet Market Worker Is Now the 1st Known Case of COVID-19, According to New Study	https://time.com/6121482/first-covid-19-case-wuhan-wet-market/
Health	COVID-19	2021-11-01: Peru has the highest COVID-19 death rate in the world with 615 deaths per 100,000 people. Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Hungary have the next highest death rates, each with more than 300 deaths per 100,000 people.	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/covid-19-has-killed-nearly-5-million-peopleand-the-pandemic-is-far-from-over
Health	Cancer	2021-11-17: More than 46,000 cancer cases in the United States might be prevented each year if almost all of us walked for about 45 minutes a day, according to an eye-opening new study of inactivity, exercise and malignancies.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/well/move/exercise-cancer.html
Space	NASA	2021-11-24: NASA launched its first planetary defense mission Wednesday aboard a SpaceX rocket, which carried a probe designed to ram into an asteroid and move it off course. The technique could one day prevent an apocalyptic collision with Earth.	https://www.wsj.com/articles/nasas-asteroid-defense-mission-to-smash-probe-into-distant-space-rock-11637679600
Economy	Collapse	2021-12-04: An estimated 22.8 million people — more than half Afghanistan's population — are expected to face potentially life-threatening food insecurity this winter.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/world/asia/afghanistan-starvation-crisis.html
Wars	World War II	2021-12-06: Army Col. Edward Shames, the last remaining officer of World War II's 'Band of Brothers,' dies at 99	https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/04/politics/edward-shames-easy-company-world-war-ii-band-of-brothers/index.html
Business and Technology	Media and Entertainment	2021-12-02: Walt Disney has elected a woman, Susan Arnold, to chair its board for the first time in the entertainment giant's 98-year history.	https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59500682
Economy	Gender Gap	2021-12-06: A survey of more than 80,000 physicians estimated that women make 25 percent less than men over a 40-year career.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/health/women-doctors-salary-pay-gap.html
Business and Technology	Richest People	2021-12-07: MacKenzie Scott, the third richest woman in the world, named Forbes' World's Most Powerful Woman 2021	https://www.forbes.com/power-women/#51a9bcc5e252
Health	Mental Health	2021-12-07: In the United States, emergency room visits for suicide attempts rose 51 percent for adolescent girls in early 2021 as compared with the same period in 2019. The figure rose 4 percent for boys.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/health/teens-mental-health-murthy.html
Nature and Science	Habitat Restoration	2021-12-10: 11.2 million juvenile oysters have been added in the past six months to a section of the Hudson River off the coast of Lower Manhattan, where they are helping to filter the water and creating habitats for other marine life.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/us/oysters-new-york-hudson-river.html
Nature and Science	Animals	2021-12-16: First true millipede discovered nearly 200 feet underground in Australia. The new species (named Eumillipes Persephone) has 1,306 legs, the most legs of any animal on Earth, living or dead.	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/first-true-millipede-discovered-with-thousand-legs?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20211216animals-truemillipede&linkId=144738962
Health	Mental Health	2021-12-17: In a recent New York Times survey, one in four mental health providers said suicidal thoughts were among the top reasons clients were seeking therapy.	https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/16/well/mental-health-crisis-america-covid.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20211219&instance_id=48240&nl=updates-from-the-newsroom®i_id=176230599&segment_id=77436&te=1&user_id=1437a62254a95e9129bd61a8dd6
Sociology	US Population	2021-12-21: According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2021 national and state population estimates and components of change released today, the population of the United States grew in the past year by 392,665, or 0.1%, the lowest rate since the nation’s founding. The slow rate of growth can be attributed to decreased net international migration, decreased fertility, and increased mortality due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic.	https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/2021-population-estimates.html
Media and Entertainment	Marvel Cinematic Universe	2021-12-26: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' is the first $1 billion movie of the pandemic era. The film reached the milestone just 12 days after it was released. It is also the top-grossing film of the year worldwide.	https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/26/media/spider-man-no-way-home-box-office-billion/index.html
Health	COVID-19	2021-12-30: With a caseload nearly twice that of the worst days last winter, the United States shattered its record for new daily coronavirus cases on Wednesday. The new daily case total topped 488,000.	https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/12/29/world/omicron-covid-vaccine-tests?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur#the-us-breaks-its-single-day-case-record-nearly-doubling-the-highest-numbers-from-last-winter
Sociology	US Population	2021-12-26: Across one of the nation’s fastest-growing states, an average 1,000 new Texans arrive every day. Half of them are newborns. Every three minutes, a child is born somewhere in Texas. Between 2010 and 2020, the state’s population grew by four million — or the entire population of neighboring Oklahoma. Babies made up the largest number of new arrivals to Texas (about 48 percent), with migrants from other states (31 percent) and countries (21 percent) rounding out the rest.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/us/texas-newborns-birthrate.html
Business and Technology	Retail	2021-12-26: Retail sales in the United States jumped nearly 11 percent this season compared with the holiday period in 2019, the year before the pandemic upended the global economy, according to a report Mastercard published on Sunday. Sales in stores were up 8.1 percent compared with last year, while e-commerce sales were up 11 percent. Online sales made up 20.9 percent of all retail sales this year, according to the Mastercard report. Black Friday, Mastercard noted, was the top day for spending during the holiday season, and spending for the entire long weekend was up 14 percent compared with last year.	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/business/holiday-sales-data.html
Aviation	Flight Cancellations	2022-01-03: More than 8,000 flights in the United States were canceled from Saturday through Monday, affecting more than one in 10 scheduled flights, according to FlightAware, a tracking service. The recent cancellations were caused by storms that produced heavy snowfall in the Midwest over the weekend and over the eastern United States on Monday, the worst day of the holiday season with more than 3,000 canceled flights. Overall, airlines canceled more than 15,000 flights over the 10 days spanning Christmas and New Year’s Eve, or about 7 percent of all scheduled flights.	https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/business/airlines-flight-cancelations.html
Business and Technology	Apple	2022-01-03: Apple Inc. briefly touched $3 trillion in market value, making it the first U.S. company to do so.	https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-becomes-first-u-s-company-to-reach-3-trillion-market-value-11641235625
Health	COVID-19	2022-01-04: The U.S. has reported a record single-day number of new daily Covid cases on Monday, a total of 1,082,549, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.	https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/04/us-counts-over-1-million-new-daily-covid-cases-in-global-record-.html
Wars	World War II	2022-01-05: Lawrence Brooks, the oldest known US WWII veteran, dies at 112	https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/05/us/oldest-american-wwii-veteran-dies-trnd/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=link&utm_content=2022-01-06T04%3A01%3A06
Space	NASA	2022-01-08: The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is now fully deployed almost a million miles away, with its 21-foot-wide primary mirror and its 70-foot sunshield. The JWST is about three stories tall, and its sunshield would cover most of a tennis court. In two weeks, the telescope will arrive at its final destination, a point in space known as L2, four times farther from Earth than the moon. And after a nearly perfect rocket launch, JWST could end up studying the universe for significantly longer than its official 10-year lifetime.	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/relief-as-nasas-most-powerful-space-telescope-finishes-risky-unfolding
Nature and Science	Fossils	2022-01-09: Excavated fossils of the ichthyosaur, a sea reptile, stretch more than 30 feet —comparable in size to a modern minke whale. The skull alone is nearly seven feet long. The nearly complete skeleton took a little more than two weeks to fully excavate, even with crews working from sunrise to sunset. Paleontologist Dean Lomax says he and his colleagues have “unearthed the most complete skeleton of a large prehistoric reptile ever discovered in Britain.”	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/giant-sea-monster-fossil-is-one-of-the-largest-of-its-kind
Media and Entertainment	Comics	2022-01-15: A single comic book page from a 1984 issue of Spider-Man - which debuted the now-iconic black costume - has been sold at auction for $3.36m (£2.5m). The black suit seen in the issue shows the "symbiote" suit, which eventually led to the character Venom. The work was drawn by Mike Zeck and featured on page 25 of Marvel Comics' Secret Wars no 8. The artwork was sold at auction in Dallas, Texas, for more than ten times its original opening bid. Last year, a 1962 Spider-Man comic sold at auction for $3.6m, beating Superman as the most expensive comic ever sold.	https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60002289
Business and Technology	Workers	2022-01-18: Vaccine specialists top LinkedIn's 2022 Jobs on the Rise - United States. Others are: 2 - Diversity and inclusion managers 3 - Customer marketing managers 4 - Machine learning engineers 5 - Process development scientists 6 - Business development representatives 7 - Search marketing managers 8 - User experience researchers 9 - Business system administrators 10 - Analyst relations specialists The full list contains 25 jobs.	https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-jobs-rise-2022-25-us-roles-growing-demand-linkedin-news/?trackingId=n8PAB2kOT2SgxiuQJ%2FhqFw%3D%3D
Health	COVID-19	2022-02-01: The WHO Global analysis of health care waste in the context of COVID-19 estimates that approximately 87,000 tons of personal protective equipment (PPE) that was procured between March 2020- November 2021 is expected to have ended up as waste. Today, 30% of healthcare facilities (60% in the least developed countries) are not equipped to handle existing waste loads, let alone the additional COVID-19 load.	https://www.who.int/news/item/01-02-2022-tonnes-of-covid-19-health-care-waste-expose-urgent-need-to-improve-waste-management-systems
Wars	Russia-Ukraine	2022-02-24: Many of the 5,500 American troops who arrived in Poland this month have been working with Polish forces to set up three processing centers near the border to help deal with tens of thousands of people, including Americans, who are expected to flee neighboring Ukraine. American officials have estimated that a nationwide attack on Ukraine could result in one million to five million refugees, with many of them going to Poland. That could lead to the largest arrival of refugees in Europe since more than one million migrants and refugees arrived in 2015, a dynamic that had a profound effect on European politics by bolstering far-right parties.	https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/world/europe/us-troops-poland-ukraine-russia.html
Business and Technology	Workers	2022-02-04: The U.S. economy has regained more than 19 million of the 22 million jobs lost in the early weeks of the pandemic, and the unemployment rate has fallen far faster than forecasters expected, even after the uptick in January.	https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/business/economy/january-2022-jobs-report.html
Wars	Russia-Ukraine	2022-02-27: At around 9 pm local time on February 26, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and minister for digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, announced the creation of the volunteer cyber army. More than 175,000 people have volunteered for Ukraine's IT Army and have launched distributed denial of service attacks against more than 25 Russian websites.	https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-it-army-russia-war-cyberattacks-ddos/
Wars	Russia-Ukraine	2022-03-01: More than 660,000 people have fled Ukraine since Feb. 24th. 410,000 have entered Poland, 105,452 entered Romania, 99,795 entered Hungary, 69,581 entered Moldova, and 27,679 entered Slovakia.	https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/28/ukraine-refugees-europe/
Wars	Russia-Ukraine	2022-03-02: Russian forces captured their first major city in Ukraine, the southern port of Kherson, Ukrainian officials said.	https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/02/world/ukraine-russia-war
Wars	Russia-Ukraine	2022-03-03: Ukrainian officials say the world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225, has been destroyed. The Antonov AN-225, a massive plane with more than 30 years of service, was reportedly destroyed last week during the fourth day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, reports the Agence France-Presse. The aircraft, also known as Mriya ("dream" in Ukrainian), was parked at an airfield near the capital city of Kyiv when Russian forces attacked it, reports Jack Guy for CNN.	https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-largest-aircraft-antonov-an-225-destroyed-in-ukraine-180979654/
Wars	Russia-Ukraine	2022-03-05: Refugees fleeing Ukraine now represent the biggest movement of people in Europe since World War II. More than 1.45 million people have left the country since Russia invaded, with most headed for Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. Around half of the refugees have crossed into Poland, whose border-control agency said on Saturday that 827,600 people had entered from Ukraine since Feb. 24, when the Russian invasion began. The first seven hours of Saturday saw 33,700 arrivals, more than the previous day, according to the agency.	https://www.wsj.com/articles/refugees-fleeing-ukraine-now-represent-biggest-movement-of-people-in-europe-since-world-war-ii-11646493910
Wars	Russia-Ukraine	2022-03-06: In less than a week, the United States and NATO have pushed more than 17,000 antitank weapons, including Javelin missiles, over the borders of Poland and Romania, unloading them from giant military cargo planes so they can make the trip by land to Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and other major cities.	https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/us/politics/us-ukraine-weapons.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20220307&instance_id=55092&nl=updates-from-the-newsroom®i_id=176230599&segment_id=84866&te=1&user_id=1437a62254a95e9129bd61a8dd6f04cc
Wars	Russia-Ukraine	2022-03-08: McDonald’s announced on Tuesday that it was temporarily closing its nearly 850 locations in Russia and halting operations in the country. The company employed 62,000 people in the country. Russian operations make up only 3 percent of McDonald’s operating income but 9 percent of its revenue. Starbucks said it, too, was closing all of its 140 store locations in Russia. PepsiCo, whose products have been in Russia since the early 1970s, said it would no longer sell Pepsi and 7-Up there. Russia accounts for $3.4 billion, or 4 percent, of PepsiCo’s annual revenue of $79.4 billion. The company says on its website that it is the largest food and beverage manufacturer in Russia. It owns more than 20 factories in the country. Yum, which owns KFC and Pizza Hut, said on Tuesday that it was suspending operations at 70 company-owned KFCs and all 50 franchisee-owned Pizza Huts in Russia.	https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/business/mcdonalds-russia-starbucks-pepsi-coca-cola.html https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262040/number-of-starbucks-stores-russia/
Wars	Russia-Ukraine	2022-03-13: According to the organizers, some 125,000 people across Germany marched for peace on Sunday, calling on Putin to stop the attacks on Ukraine. Police estimated that 20,000-30,000 people took part in Berlin, while the organizers put the number at 60,000. In Frankfurt, around 11,000 people gathered in solidarity with Ukrainians, according to a police spokesman, who said the rallies proceeded “peacefully and without incident”.	https://www.thelocal.de/20220313/in-pictures-tens-of-thousands-of-people-across-germany-demonstrate-for-peace-in-ukraine/
Wars	Russia-Ukraine	2022-03-16: THE HAGUE. The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has today delivered its Order on the Request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Ukraine in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation). By thirteen votes to two, The Russian Federation shall immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced on 24 February 2022 in the territory of Ukraine. AGAINST: Vice-President Gevorgian (Russia); Judge Xue (China);	https://www.icj-cij.org/public/files/case-related/182/182-20220316-PRE-01-00-EN.pdf
Wars	Russia-Ukraine	2022-03-20: Despite controls on the flow of information inside the country and the threat of punishment, many Russians have taken steps to protest their country's aggressive actions. Fifteen thousand people have been detained in over 100 Russian cities since the war broke out late last month.	https://www.npr.org/2022/03/20/1087766146/russian-citizens-continue-to-protest-war-with-ukraine-despite-threat-of-punishme
Aviation	Flight Crashes	2022-03-21: Flight 5735, a Boeing 737-800 NG, crashed on 3/21/2022 in Teng County in Guangxi while flying from Kunming, a city in southwest China, to Guangzhou, a city in the country’s far south. The plane was carrying 132 people, including 123 passengers and 9 crew members, according to the civil aviation administration. China Eastern Airlines’ Flight MU-5735 left Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, at 1:11 p.m. on Monday for what should have been an hour-and-a-half flight east to Guangzhou, a major commercial city in southeastern China. The plane was cruising at an altitude of 29,100 feet when, in just over a minute, it lost more than 21,000 feet. It appeared to briefly regain altitude around 8,000 feet before continuing its plunge, according to Flightradar24’s data.	https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/21/world/china-eastern-airlines-crash#flight-path-eastern-airlines
Wars	Russia-Ukraine	2022-04-04: France expelled 35 Russian diplomats from the country, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs France announced in a statement Monday, citing the banned diplomats act “counter to our security interests.” The move comes hours after similar bans from other European countries: Germany expelled 40 Russian diplomats from its Berlin embassy, citing suspected spy ties, while Lithuania expelled Russia’s ambassador to the country and called for its ambassador to return from Moscow.	https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/04/04/nobody-negotiated-with-hitler-france-expels-russian-diplomats-but-still-faces-criticism-of-how-its-handled-russia/?sh=2ab8f52979d5
Sociology	Record-Setting People	2022-04-25: Kane Tanaka, the world's oldest person, died in Japan aged 119. She saw two world wars, and two global pandemics, and survived cancer twice.	https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/04/25/asia/worlds-oldest-dies-scli-intl/index.html
Sociology	Record-Setting People	2022-04-25: Sister André (France, b. 11 February 1904 as Lucile Randon) is now officially the oldest person alive at 118 years 73 days old.	https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/4/worlds-oldest-person-confirmed-as-118-year-old-sister-andre-699611
Sociology	Record-Setting People	2022-04-25: In 2020, one in every 1,565 people in Japan was over 100 years old -- more than 88% of them women. Government figures released in July 2020 showed that women have a life expectancy of 87.45 years compared with 81.4 for men.	https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/04/25/asia/worlds-oldest-dies-scli-intl/index.html
Art	Andy Warhol	2022-05-09: On the night of Monday, May 9, 2022, Andy Warhol's 1964 silkscreen artwork, "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn", sold for $195 million, the most ever for a U.S. artist. A $450 million Leonardo da Vinci painting remains No. 1 on the all-time list.	https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-10/warhol-shot-sage-blue-marilyn-sells-for-195-million-most-ever-for-u-s-artist?srnd=premium
Business and Technology	Automobiles	2022-05-19: An ultra-rare Mercedes-Benz race car, the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe, sold for $143 million earlier this month, making it the most expensive car ever sold. The sale took place May 5 in a secretive and highly unusual auction at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany. The sale smashed the previous record for the most expensive car sold at auction by more than $95 million and topped the $70 million record for a car sold privately. The 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe is one of only two created in 1955 and is regarded as one of the most prized cars in auto history. It was built by Mercedes' race department and named after its chief engineer and designer, Rudolf Uhlenhaut. The Mercedes-Benz company owned both of the 300 SLR cars, and the May 5 sale took many collectors by surprise. Prior to the sale, the most expensive car sold at auction was a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO that went for $48.5 million at RM Sotheby's in 2018. A 1963 Ferrari GTO sold privately in 2018 for $70 million.	https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/05/19/mercedes-benz-300-slr-uhlenhaut-coupe-sells-at-auction-for-143-million.html
Sports	Surfing	2022-05-25: Sebastian Steudtner from Germany broke the record for riding the largest wave in October 2020 off the coast of Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal, when he surfed through a wave that measured a whopping 26.21 m (86 feet). It took 18 months to measure the wave. The record-breaking athlete has won the World Surf League Biggest Wave Award three times– in 2010, 2015, and 2021. Brazil’s Maya Gabeira is the current title holder for the Largest wave surfed (unlimited) – female. Gabeira has broken her record in 2020, riding a 22.4 m (73.5 ft) wave always at the infamous Praia do Norte, on the coast of Nazaré.	https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/5/sebastian-steudtner-surfs-giant-wave-and-smashes-world-record-705874
Food and Drink	Coffee	2022-06-01: Researchers found that individuals who drank 1.5 to 3.5 cups of coffee per day, even with a teaspoon of sugar, were up to 30 percent less likely to die during the study period than those who didn’t drink coffee. Those who drank unsweetened coffee were 16 to 21 percent less likely to die during the study period, with those drinking about three cups per day having the lowest risk of death when compared with noncoffee drinkers. The data was inconclusive for those who drank coffee with artificial sweeteners. The average amount of added sugar per cup of sweetened coffee in the study was a little more than a teaspoon. A tall Caramel Macchiato at Starbucks contains 25 grams of sugar, about five times as much sugar as a sweetened cup of coffee from the study. Caffeinated beverages high in calories and fat potentially negate or at least blunt any benefit from the coffee itself. The study showed that the benefits of coffee tapered off for people who drank more than 4.5 cups of coffee each day.	https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/well/eat/coffee-study-lower-dying-risk.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20220609&instance_id=63520&nl=updates-from-the-newsroom®i_id=176230599&segment_id=94615&te=1&user_id=1437a62254a95e9129bd61a8dd6f04cc
Nature and Science	Animals	2022-06-21: A 300kg (661lb) stingray caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia is the biggest freshwater fish ever documented, scientists say. It turned out to be 3.98m long and 2.2m wide. It unseated the previous record-holder, a 646lb (293kg) Mekong giant catfish caught in Thailand in 2005. There is no official record-keeping or database of the world's biggest freshwater fish. The giant freshwater stingray is an endangered species. This is the second giant stingray examined by the team since May - the earlier one weighed 181kg.	https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61862169
Food and Drink	Fast Food	2022-06-11: Nick DiGiovanni (USA) and Lynn Davis (Japan) have created the world’s largest chicken nugget, weighing in at 20.960 kg (46 lb 3.34 oz), approximately 115 times larger than your average chicken nugget. The chicken “slurry” for the main component of the nugget consisted of: - 40 slices of white bread -Half a gallon of whole milk -40 pounds of ground chicken -40 eggs -¾ cup onion powder -¾ cup garlic powder -1 cup salt -½ cup black pepper Between the eggs and ground meat, close to 60 whole chickens were used.	https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/6/tiktoks-nick-digiovanni-and-lynja-create-worlds-largest-chicken-nugget-707422
Nature and Science	Astronomy	2022-07-06: The shortlist, comprising of 22 candidates, for Astronomy Photographer of the Year has been revealed. Astronomy Photographer of the Year is the largest astrophotography competition in the world. 2022 is the 14th edition of the competition, and it has seen more than 3,000 images submitted from 67 different countries across the globe.	https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronomy-photographer-year/galleries/2022-shortlist
Space	NASA	2022-08-29: The Space Launch System (SLS) is NASA’s most powerful rocket ever, as of August 29, 2022. Rocket name: Space Launch System (SLS) Height: 322 ft Engines: 4, providing more than 1.6 million pounds of thrust at launch Fuel Capacity: 730,000 gallons Solid-fuel boosters: 2, each 177 ft tall and accounting for over 75% of the thrust at launch Name of Inner Spacecraft: Orion, comprising of crew and service modules Orion’s Solar Wings: 23 ft (7 m) wide containing 15,000 solar cells for collecting power Crew Capacity: 4 Mission name: Artemis I Objective: Round trip test flight to the moon in preparation for the first crewed flight Launch Date: August 29, 2022 Launch Window: 8:33 AM EST – 10:33 AM EST Launch Location: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Initial Thrust at Launch: 4,400 tons Test Flight Crew?: No, using manikins with sensors “Crew” Names: Commander Moonikin Campos, Helga, Zohar	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/graphics/a-visual-guide-of-nasas-plan-to-get-back-to-the-moon?rid=1437A62254A95E9129BD61A8DD6F04CC&cmpid=org%3Dngp%3A%3Amc%3Dcrm-email%3A%3Asrc%3Dngp%3A%3Acmp%3Deditorial%3A%3Aadd%3DDaily_NL_Friday_Science_20220826&loggedin=true
Business and Technology	VMware	2022-09-13: The Securities and Exchange Commission today said it has charged the cloud computing giant VMware for “misleading investors about its order backlog management practices, which enabled the Palo Alto, Ca.-based technology company to push revenue into future quarters by delaying product deliveries to customers, concealing the company’s slowing performance relative to its projections.” "VMware shifted tens of millions of dollars in revenue into future quarters, building a buffer in those periods and obscuring the company’s financial performance as its business slowed relative to projections in fiscal year 2020." VMWare has already consented to a cease-and-desist order and will pay an $8 million penalty, said the SEC. Currently, VMWare boasts a $52 billion market cap. In late May, Broadcom announced that it is buying VMWare in a blockbuster $61 billion cash-and-stock deal that has yet to close.	https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/12/the-sec-revealed-today-that-it-charged-vmware-with-fraud-then-settled-for-next-to-nothing/
Nature and Science	Animals	2022-10-11: Karine Aigner’s photo of a writhing ball of mating cactus bees has earned her the coveted title of 2022's Wildlife Photographer of the Year — an annual award given out by the Natural History Museum in London.	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2022
Business and Technology	Workers	2022-10-20: From a study of the 200 largest U.S. cities, the following rank the best to live as a remote worker: 1 - Plano, Texas 2 - Frisco, Texas 3 - Tampa, Florida The following cities ranked the lowest: 1 - Oceanside, California 2 - Oxnard, California 3 - Palmdale, California	https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/realestate/best-cities-remote-work.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20221028&instance_id=75808&nl=from-the-times®i_id=176230599&segment_id=111297&te=1&user_id=1437a62254a95e9129bd61a8dd6f04cc
Business and Technology	Retail	2023-02-05: In 2022, over 60 major retailers filed for bankruptcy including Brooks Brothers, J. Crew, Sears, Lucky Brand, Forever 21, and Circuit City. Retailers with upcoming closures include: 1. Bed Bath & Beyond - In the process of closing 150 stores in the U.S. 2. Macy's - Plans to close over 120 of its physical locations this year. 3. JCPenney - While JCPenney has around 670 locations today, the company has had to restructure its debt and close more than 200 stores. 4. Gap - In 2020, Gap said it intended to close 350 stores across North America by the end of 2023. These closures include its subsidiaries Old Navy and Banana Republic.	https://www.the-sun.com/money/7281861/retail-closures-happening-this-year/
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	96% of organizations globally are either using or evaluating Kubernetes Survey concluded June 2021	https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CNCF-AR_FINAL-edits-15.2.21.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	Influencer marketing is estimated to have grown to have a market size of $9.7 billion in 2020. This is expected to jump to $13.8 billion in 2021.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	The majority of marketers (59%) admit to having a standalone budget for content marketing, and 75% of them now intend to dedicate a budget to influencer marketing in 2021.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	90% of our survey respondents believe influencer marketing to be an effective form of marketing.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	67% of our respondents measure the ROI from their influencer campaigns.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	83% of firms take their influencer marketing spending from their marketing budget.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	67% of respondents use Instagram for influencer marketing, but there has been a colossal increase in TikTok influencer marketing.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	67% of respondents prefer their influencer marketing to be campaign-based rather than always-on.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	240 new influencer marketing-focused platforms and agencies entered the market over the last 12 months.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	Micro-influencers on Instagram have an average engagement rate of 3.86%, and that rate falls at every level of influencer, bottoming out at 1.21% for mega-influencers.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	Micro-influencers receive a whopping 17.96% engagement on TikTok, compared to 4.96% for Mega-influencers.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	On Instagram, there is a clear marketing preference (57.78%) for micro-influencers, followed by 23.57% for regular influencers.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	62% of those respondents who budget for influencer marketing intend to increase their influencer marketing budget over the next 12 months.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	49% of the brands surveyed said they spend less than $10K annually on influencer marketing. 23% spend between $10K and $50K. A further 12% spend $50K to $100K, 7.5% $100K to $500K, and 8.6% spend more than $500K.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	36% of respondents paid their influencers by giving them product samples. 21% gave them a discount on their product or services. 10.5% entered their influencers in a giveaway. 32.4% of firms gave monetary payment to influencers.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	59% of firms use influencers in their affiliate campaigns.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	72% believe that the quality of customers from influencer marketing campaigns is better than other marketing types.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	38.5% believe that you should gauge an influencer campaign by the conversions/sales that result. 32.5% most interested in engagement or clicks generated due to a campaign, and 29% interested in views/reach/impression.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	82.5% of the respondents in our survey take their influencer marketing spending from their Marketing Department's budget. The remaining 17.5% take their influencer marketing spending from their PR Department's funds	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	77% of our survey respondents claimed that they ran their influencer campaigns in-house, with the remaining 23% opting to use agencies or managed services for their influencer marketing.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	Instagram remains the network of choice for influencer marketing campaigns. 68% of our survey respondents consider Instagram important for their influencer marketing campaigns. TikTok is in second place with 45% of marketers using the platform for influencer marketing campaigns.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	33.6% of our respondents claim their influencer campaign aims to increase sales. 33.5% place more emphasis on awareness. 32.8% engage in influencer marketing to build up a library of user-generated content.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	38% of marketers claimed to have experiences influencer fraud.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	We asked our respondents how they rated the difficulty of finding appropriate influencers to work their industry. 22% stated that it was very difficult and 56% suggested that they had medium difficulty. 22% of respondents found finding appropriate influencers to be easy.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	43% of our respondents believed brand safety could occasionally be a concern when running an influencer marketing campaign. 33% gave a more definitive belief that brand safety is always a concern.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	The majority of respondents (56%) believe that automation plays a vital role in influencer marketing. Those who disagree with this sentiment are 44%.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	55% of our respondents believe that influencer marketing is definitely a scalable tactic in their marketing ecosystem, and a further 38% think that it is somewhat of a scalable tactic. Only 8% disagree with the sentiment.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Influencer Marketing	52% of respondents stated that they had worked with 0-10 influencers. A further 22% had worked with 10-50 influencers and 13% with 50-100 influencers. 8% of those surveyed admitting to working with 100-1,000 influencers. A further 6% had worked with more than 1,000 influencers.	https://influencermarketinghub.com/ebooks/influencer_marketing_benchmark_report_2021.pdf
Business and Technology	Digital Health	According to a survey conducted in the United States in April 2021, 60 percent of physicians had recommended the use of electronic health records to their patients, while a further 57 percent had recommended using remote/virtual consultation with a healthcare professional.	https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249849/digital-health-tools-recommended-in-the-us/
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	56% of shoppers either sometimes, usually, or always abandon a prouct purchase specifically because of a poor customer experience. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	43% of customer give high important to previous good customer experience with the brand when considering a new purchase. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	42% of customers give high importance to speed of availability/delivery when considering a new purchase. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	40% of customers give high importance to a large selection of products when considering a new purchase. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	61% of customers would pay at least 5% more if they knew they would receive oustanding CX. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	49% of shoppers have left a brand to which they've been loyal in the past 12 months due to poor CX. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	64% of customers would leave a brand because of poor product quality. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	63% of customers would leave a brand because of poor customer experience. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	36% of customers would leave a brand because of lack of social responsibility. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	35% of customers would leave a brand because of limited product range. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	33% of customers would leave a brand because of poor brand image. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	15% of customers would leave a brand they had previously been loyal to after one instance of a poor customer experience. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	68% of customers would leave a brand they had previously been loyal to after two or three instances of a poor customer experience. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	37% of customers feel not receiving quick responses to their messages would make them feel negatively about a brand. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	23% of customers feel not having customer service available 24/7 would make them feel negatively about a brand. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	18% of customers feel not sharing their values would make them feel negatively about a brand. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	12% of customers feel not providing product and service recommendations would make them feel negatively about a brand. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	12% of customers feel not asking for their feedback would make them feel negatively about a brand. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	52% of customers expect a brand to respond to a message they've posted on one of its digital channels (e.g., website, social media, etc.). Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	22% of customers prefer to communicate with brands through social media. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	20% of customers prefer to communicate with brands by visiting a physical store. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	19% of customers prefer to communicate with brands through email. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	16% of customers prefer to communicate with brands through telephone. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	16% of customers prefer to communicate with brands through website chat. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	8% of customers prefer to communicate with brands through the Contact Us Form. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	43% of customers rate receiving excellent social media customer service as being very important when making a purchase. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	35% of customers find it very important to have a fully self-serve customer care option available to resolve their issues. Survey conducted November 2021	https://go.emplifi.io/rs/284-ENW-442/images/Emplifi_Report_Consumer_Expectations_US_UK_EN.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	Photos/images (40%), color (39%), and videos (21%) were the top visual elements consumers appreciate in website design. Published April 21, 2021	https://topdesignfirms.com/web-design/blog/website-redesign-checklist
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	38% of people look at a website’s page layout or navigational links when visiting a website for the first time. Published April 21, 2021	https://topdesignfirms.com/web-design/blog/website-redesign-checklist
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	42% of people would leave a website because of poor functionality. Published April 21, 2021	https://topdesignfirms.com/web-design/blog/website-redesign-checklist
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	Blue (46%) and green (30%) are the top color preferences for consumers that visit business websites. Published April 21, 2021	https://topdesignfirms.com/web-design/blog/website-redesign-checklist
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	Only 18% of consumers look at a website’s font styles when visiting their pages for the first time. Published April 21, 2021	https://topdesignfirms.com/web-design/blog/website-redesign-checklist
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	31% of people think that an engaging user experience is a top priority for website designs. Published April 21, 2021	https://topdesignfirms.com/web-design/blog/website-redesign-checklist
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	The percentage of U.S. consumers using technology to manage their finances jumped 30%, from 58% in 2020 to 88% in 2021.	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	Consumers year-over-year that reported fintech had a positive impact on their financial understanding - 47% in 2020 and 44% in 2021, helped them progress toward financial goals - 36% in 2020 and 34% in 2021, and improved their financial management - 31% in 2020 and 29% in 2021.	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	While the majority of fintech users report saving time (93%) and money (78%), those aren’t people’s top-rated benefits. When asked to rank their top three benefits of fintech use, people list softer benefits like easier tracking of finances (82%), more control (81%), more choice (79%), and better habits (73%) above time (60%) and money (45%) savings.	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	Nearly a quarter of people save an hour each month by managing their finances online (21%)	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	46% of fintech users report saving more than $50 per month on interest and fees, and a similar percentage used auto-savings or investing apps to set aside at least $50 in savings and investments monthly that they otherwise wouldn’t have (45%).	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	For the second year running, a higher percentage of fintech users (78%) than non-users (70%) reported being financially confident.	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	Seven in ten say the more they use fintech the more confident they feel about their finances (71%), a proportion that stretches even higher among millennials (78%) and Gen X (76%).	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	66% of people making under $50k say they’re financially confident, compared to 77% between $50k and $100k, and 85% over $100k.	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	People using fintech budgeting apps report slightly higher levels of financial confidence (rating their confidence at 7.4 on a scale from 1 to 10) than those using an online banking tool alone (7.0 out of 10), and those using investing tools report the highest confidence of all use cases (8.8 out of 10).	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	Three-quarters say fintech helps people make smarter financial decisions (73%), a number that stretches higher for millennials (81%) and Gen X (75%) who in their middle years face perhaps the most financial decisions overall.	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	When looking for new fintech applications to try, Millennials (41%) and Gen X (42%) are the most likely to prioritize apps that help them make decisions that would otherwise be too complicated to handle manually.	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	Three-quarters are more focused on their finances as a result of the pandemic (74%).	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	Americans continue to cite short- and long- term savings (31% in both 2020 and 2021) and sticking to a budget (33% in 2020 and 31% in 2021) as their main financial challenges. The largest year-over-year jump in financial challenges came from fees for financial services (13% to 19%).	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	Savings and investing saw the largest year-over-year increase in digital use, with adoption of digital savings tools up 11% to 57% of all Americans and investing up 8% to 51%. Four in ten Americans say they use apps and other digital services because it saves them money on fees including overdrafts and account minimums (39%).	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	In terms of reaching goals, people saving for big ticket items, building emergency funds, and paying off personal debt all report using budgeting tools at a high rate – 35%, 39%, and 28%, respectively. More than half of people who say they want to save more money used a budgeting app in 2021 (53%). A similar proportion of people who cited saving or investing as a top goal use a digital investing tool (56%).	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	Three in ten people who say they’re not saving enough for retirement use investing tools to reach their goals (28%), and a third who cite keeping a budget as a challenge have started using fintech budgeting applications (33%).	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	In 2020, 42% of people said they started using fintech to aggregate their accounts in order to gain a holistic understanding of their finances.	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	Three quarters of people said the ability to connect their accounts is not just a priority, but an expectation when choosing their bank (76%). In fact, nearly seven in ten value it so highly that they would consider switching banks if they could not connect their financial accounts to fintech apps (69%).	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Financial Technology	79% of people value the ability to share their information with the financial apps and services they use. And 83% say they prefer to choose where they share their data (e.g., with fintech apps), instead of having companies share their data for them (e.g., credit scores).	https://plaid.com/blog/report-the-fintech-effect-2021/
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	AI adoption is continuing its steady rise: 56 percent of 1,843 respondents report AI adoption in at least one function, up from 50 percent in 2020.	https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/quantumblack/our-insights/global-survey-the-state-of-ai-in-2021
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	AI adoption since last year has increased most at companies headquartered in emerging economies, which includes China, the Middle East, and North Africa: 57 percent of 1,843 respondents report adoption, up from 45 percent in 2020.	https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/quantumblack/our-insights/global-survey-the-state-of-ai-in-2021
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	The share of respondents reporting at least 5 percent of earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) that’s attributable to AI has increased year over year to 27 percent, up from 22 percent in the previous survey.	https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/quantumblack/our-insights/global-survey-the-state-of-ai-in-2021
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	High performers use cloud infrastructure much more than their peers do: 64 percent of their AI workloads run on public or hybrid cloud, compared with 44 percent at other companies.	https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/quantumblack/our-insights/global-survey-the-state-of-ai-in-2021
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	The second-most common response from those seeing lower returns from AI adoption is that they are unclear on the extent of their exposure to AI risks (29 percent versus only 17 percent of AI high performers).	https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/quantumblack/our-insights/global-survey-the-state-of-ai-in-2021
Business and Technology	Internet	31% of U.S. adults now report that they go online “almost constantly,” up from 21% in 2015. Published: March 26, 2021	https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/26/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-say-they-are-almost-constantly-online/
Business and Technology	Internet	85% of Americans say they go online on a daily basis. Published: March 26, 2021	https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/26/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-say-they-are-almost-constantly-online/
Business and Technology	Internet	31% report going online almost constantly, 48% say they go online several times a day, and 6% go online about once a day.  Published: March 26, 2021	https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/26/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-say-they-are-almost-constantly-online/
Business and Technology	Internet	8% go online several times a week or less often, while 7% of adults say they do not use the internet at all.  Published: March 26, 2021	https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/26/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-say-they-are-almost-constantly-online/
Business and Technology	Internet	44% of 18- to 49-year-olds say they go online almost constantly. 22% of those aged 50 to 64 and those 65 and older (8%) say they use the internet constantly. Published: March 26, 2021	https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/26/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-say-they-are-almost-constantly-online/
Business and Technology	Internet	The share of 18- to 29-year-olds who say they use the internet almost constantly has risen 9 percentage points since 2018, it remains unchanged since 2019. Published: March 26, 2021	https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/26/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-say-they-are-almost-constantly-online/
Business and Technology	Internet	The share of constantly online Americans ages 30 to 49 has risen 14 points since 2015, and the share of 50- to 64-year-olds has risen from 12% in 2015 to 22% in 2021. Published: March 26, 2021	https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/26/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-say-they-are-almost-constantly-online/
Business and Technology	Internet	42% of adults with a college degree or more education go online almost constantly, compared with 23% of adults with a high school diploma or less education. Published: March 26, 2021	https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/26/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-say-they-are-almost-constantly-online/
Business and Technology	Internet	The share of Hispanic adults who are almost always online has risen 17 points since 2015, while there has been no growth for White and Black adults during this time period. Published: March 26, 2021	https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/26/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-say-they-are-almost-constantly-online/
Business and Technology	Internet	40% of adults with an annual household income of $75,000 or more say they use the internet almost constantly, just 27% of those living in households earning less than $30,000 a year do.  Published: March 26, 2021	https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/26/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-say-they-are-almost-constantly-online/
Business and Technology	Healthcare	Half of the CEOs surveyed said health equity was among their top three organizational priorities for 2021. Published May 26, 2021	https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/health-care/health-care-equity-steps.html
Business and Technology	Healthcare	Of the 20 CEOs surveyed, 17 said they have a dedicated team, task force, or committee and budget dedicated to health equity. Published May 26, 2021	https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/health-care/health-care-equity-steps.html
Business and Technology	Healthcare	Of the 20 CEOs surveyed, 15 said they are prioritizing recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce (clinical and nonclinical) Published May 26, 2021	https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/health-care/health-care-equity-steps.html
Business and Technology	Healthcare	Only four surveyed health care CEOs said their health equity goals were related to business objectives such as improved patient outcomes, satisfaction, brand, or market share. Published May 26, 2021	https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/health-care/health-care-equity-steps.html
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	96% of organizations globally are either using or evaluating Kubernetes Survey concluded June 2021	https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CNCF-AR_FINAL-edits-15.2.21.pdf
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	In the Africa region, 73% of organizations use Kubernetes in production. Survey concluded June 2021	https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CNCF-AR_FINAL-edits-15.2.21.pdf
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	In the Australia and Oceania region, 45% of organizations use Kubernetes in production. Survey concluded June 2021	https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CNCF-AR_FINAL-edits-15.2.21.pdf
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	In the North America region, 55% of organizations use Kubernetes in production. Survey concluded June 2021	https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CNCF-AR_FINAL-edits-15.2.21.pdf
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	In the Asia region, 54% of organizations use Kubernetes in production. Survey concluded June 2021	https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CNCF-AR_FINAL-edits-15.2.21.pdf
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	In the Europe region, 69% of organizations use Kubernetes in production. Survey concluded June 2021	https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CNCF-AR_FINAL-edits-15.2.21.pdf
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	In the South and Central America region, 62% of organizations use Kubernetes in production. Survey concluded June 2021	https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CNCF-AR_FINAL-edits-15.2.21.pdf
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	79% of respondents use certified K8s hosted platforms. Survey concluded June 2021	https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CNCF-AR_FINAL-edits-15.2.21.pdf
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	90% of K8s users leverage cloud-managed services Survey concluded June 2021	https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CNCF-AR_FINAL-edits-15.2.21.pdf
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	58% of today's consumer shopping use on-the-move mobile devices making up 58% of traffic and browsing on desktops makes up 39% of traffic. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Marketing	In a survery of over 1,000 global executives, the highest growing brands (10% or higher) address the entire customer experience, from activating an enterprisewide purpose to overhauling entire customer data strategies. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	Compared to companies that approach AI in a piecemeal manner, companies that take a more holistic approach are far more likely (36% versus 20%) to report widespread AI adoption. (Updated: November 28, 2022)	https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-business-survey.html
Business and Technology	Marketing	In the U.S., brands spent more than $74 billion on network, cable and spot TV advertising last year, well above the $57.4 billion they spent in 2020.	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Sales	71% of a 400 salesperson survey report 50% or fewer of ther initial prospects turn out to be a good fit for what they sell. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Workers	In 2020, more than half of female founders in the tech industry felt they have experienced differential treatment while raising funding because of their gender, while only 35 percent of male founders also reported feeling this way. Additionally, nine percent more women than men reported being told at least once that they would be more likely to get funded if they were a man or had a male cofounder. However, 40 percent of male founders reported having experienced an investor stealing their idea, while only 16 percent of female founders reported having experienced this. Published January 11, 2022 keywords: women in tech	https://www.statista.com/statistics/1215547/workplace-gender-discrimination-technology-industry/
Business and Technology	Video Gaming	The number of video game users in the United States increased by 13.7 million between 2019 and 2020. The number of video game users in the U.S. in 2019 was 188.2 million. It was 201.9 in 2020. The number dipped slightly in 2021 to 201.7 million.	https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1277728/physical-or-digital-core-gamers-in-the-us
Business and Technology	Cyberattacks	In 2021, ransomware attack volume rose 105% to a staggering 623.3 million. This represented an average of 2,170 ransomware attempts per customer, and nearly 20 ransomware attempts every second. IMAGE	https://www.sonicwall.com/medialibrary/en/white-paper/2022-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report.pdf
Business and Technology	Cyberattacks	In 2021, there were 5.4 billion malware attacks globally, a decrease of 4% from the previous year.	https://www.sonicwall.com/medialibrary/en/white-paper/2022-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report.pdf
Business and Technology	Cyberattacks	In 2021, there was 60.1 million IoT malware globally, an increase of 6% from the previous year.	https://www.sonicwall.com/medialibrary/en/white-paper/2022-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report.pdf
Business and Technology	Cyberattacks	In 2021, there were 5.3 trillion intrusion attempts globally, an increase of 11% from the previous year.	https://www.sonicwall.com/medialibrary/en/white-paper/2022-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report.pdf
Business and Technology	Cyberattacks	In 2021, there were 97.1 million cryptojacking attacks globally, an increase of 19% from the previous year.	https://www.sonicwall.com/medialibrary/en/white-paper/2022-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report.pdf
Business and Technology	Cyberattacks	In 2021, there were 10.4 million encrypted threats globally, an increase of 167% from the previous year.	https://www.sonicwall.com/medialibrary/en/white-paper/2022-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report.pdf
Business and Technology	Cyberattacks	Percentage of respondents either concerned or extremely concerned about the following types of cyberattacks: Targeted phishing attacks = 77% Ransomware attacks = 73% A breach of customer data = 68% Business email compromise = 63% A breach of employee data = 56% Supply-chain compromise attacks = 37% Accidental insider incident (e.g., misdirected email) = 36% Malicious insider attack (e.g., internal espionage) = 33% The reply to an encrypted email containing sensitive information is sent back unencrypted = 31% Sensitive financial data sent unencrypted because the sender forgot to encrypt message = 31% Assumption that an email message is encrypted end-to-end but are unsure if it actually is = 28% Eavesdropping inside a recipient's email account = 28%	https://www.sonicwall.com/medialibrary/en/white-paper/2022-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report.pdf
Business and Technology	Cyberattacks	According to NIST, 20,136 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) were published in 2021. This marks the fifth year in a row that a record number of vulnerabilities has been discovered, and the first time in history that the number of CVEs has passed the 20,000 mark.	https://www.sonicwall.com/medialibrary/en/white-paper/2022-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report.pdf
Business and Technology	Cyberattacks	Of the more than 20,000 new CVEs published in 2021, 14 were published immediately to identify and correct zero-day vulnerabilities.	https://www.sonicwall.com/medialibrary/en/white-paper/2022-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report.pdf
Business and Technology	Cyberattacks	While the Apache Log4j vulnerability was the final major vulnerability identified in 2021, it quickly became one of the most exploited. From Dec. 11 to Jan. 31, SonicWall recorded 142.4 million exploit attempts against Log4j vulnerabilities — an average of 2.7 million each day.	https://www.sonicwall.com/medialibrary/en/white-paper/2022-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report.pdf
Business and Technology	Cyberattacks	The Log4j vulnerabilities have been exploited across all industries. But the hardest hit so far has been the scientific and technical community (28%), manufacturing (13%), government (9%), finance (5%), retail (5%) and K-12 (5%).	https://www.sonicwall.com/medialibrary/en/white-paper/2022-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report.pdf
Business and Technology	Cyberattacks	Percentage of respondents experiencing a type of "Business Email Compromise" attack: Impersonation of senior executive's emails (e.g., CEO@c0mpanyname.com) = 44% Cybercriminal used impersonation and an altered 'reply-to' address = 23% Email account of employee compromised = 23% A recipient's email account was compromised = 13% Senior executive's email account was compromised = 13% Employee tricked into paying fraudulent invoice = 13% Employee tricked into paying a valid invoice to a fraudulent bank account = 12% Employee tricked into paying payroll to a fraudulent bank account = 7%	https://www.sonicwall.com/medialibrary/en/white-paper/2022-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report.pdf
Business and Technology	College Graduates	U.S. employers are planning to hire 31.6% more college grads this year compared to 2021, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.	https://www.naceweb.org/job-market/trends-and-predictions/college-hiring-surges-with-31-point-6-percent-increase/
Business and Technology	College Graduates	The oil and gas extraction industry is doubling its college hires and has the largest projected increase at 105.9%.	https://www.naceweb.org/job-market/trends-and-predictions/college-hiring-surges-with-31-point-6-percent-increase/
Business and Technology	College Graduates	Almost 56% of respondents to NACE’s Job Outlook 2022 Spring Update survey indicate that they will increase their college hire numbers and an additional 41% will maintain them. Less than 4% will decrease their number of college hires.	https://www.naceweb.org/job-market/trends-and-predictions/college-hiring-surges-with-31-point-6-percent-increase/
Business and Technology	College Graduates	Respondents anticipate that 42% of their entry-level positions will be fully in person, 40% will be in a hybrid modality, and 18% will be fully remote.	https://www.naceweb.org/job-market/trends-and-predictions/college-hiring-surges-with-31-point-6-percent-increase/
Business and Technology	College Graduates	The overall percentage of respondents that screen candidates by GPA has fallen to its all-time low of 43.5%. This is a significant drop from the high-point of 2019, when 73.3% of respondents were screening by GPA.	https://www.naceweb.org/job-market/trends-and-predictions/college-hiring-surges-with-31-point-6-percent-increase/
Business and Technology	Workers	21% of employees globally are engaged at work. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	33% of employees globally are thriving in their overall wellbeing. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	44% of employees globally experience stress a lot of the previous day. %40 experienced worry, 23% sadness, and 21% anger. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	With 11% of employees thriving, South Asia has the lowest regional wellbeing in the world. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	45% of employees globally said now is a good time to find a job. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	The U.S. and Canada region is #1 for employee engagement and job opportunities. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	61% of employees globally are satisfied with their country's efforts to preserve environment. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	11% of employees globally were not treated with respect all day on the previous day. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	74% of employees globally say corruption is widespread in their country's business. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	20% of employees globally are likely to move away from the city or area where they live. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	22% of employees globally are living comfortably on their present income. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	Australia and New Zealand region is #1 in employees thriving in their overall wellbeing. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	Latin America and the Caribbean region is #1 in employees feeling daily worry. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	East Asia region is #1 in employees feeling daily stress. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	South Asia region is #1 in employees feeling daily anger and daily sadness. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	East Asia region is #1 in employees feeling satisfied with efforts to preserve the environment. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	The Commonwealth of Independent States is #1 in employees believing corruption is widespread within business located in their country. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	At 71%, the U.S. and Canada region is #1 in employees believing now is a good time to find a job. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	Sub-Saharan Africa region is #1 in employees likely to move away from the city or area where they live. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	Australia and New Zealand region is #1 in employees living comfortably on their present income. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Workers	Gallup estimates that low engagement costs the global economy US$7.8 trillion and accounts for 11% of GDP globally. Gallup’s analysis of 112, 312 business units in 96 countries found a strong link between engagement and performance outcomes, such as retention, productivity, safety, and profitability. Published: June 14, 2022	https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393623/state-global-workplace-report-2022.aspx
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Bounce rates increase from 47% in 2020 to 50% in 2021 with a 328% increase in page views during sessions where a conversion took place. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	85% of people are unhappy with their online shopping experience. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	During the peak holiday shopping period in November 2021, there were 4.8 billion peak online user sessions. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Consumer electronics and fashion were the top number of sessions per month by industry of online straffic with over 9 billion sessions each. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	US shoppers spent $201.32 billion online during the 2021 holiday season. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	At the onset of the pandemic in the United States, click and collect increased from 15% to 25% and there was a 65% overall share increase in click and collect orders. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The -9% year-on-year decrease of mobile’s share of traffic shows that desktop is still critical to online life, however,mobile continues to dominate engagement with 58% of online visits coming from smartphones in 2021. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Tablets represented only 3% of online traffic - a non-mover from 2020. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Mobile traffic in the consumer electronics industry, dropped from 65%in 2020 to just 45% in 2021. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The luxury sector was dominated by mobile traffic last year, with 76% of website visitors originating from a mobile device. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The beauty sector represented 74% mobile traffic sources and the pharmaceutical industry had 73% mobile traffic sources. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Desktop traffic continues to dominate in the financial services (60%) and B2B (78%) industries, where visitors tend to access sites on work computers or prefer a larger screen size to do transactions. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	51% of traffic is made up of returning users across all industries on average. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	54% of shoppers surveyed say when shopping online, they visit multiple websites before settling on what to buy and who to buy it from. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The predicted worth of the global luxury market by 2025 is $1.5 trillion. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Earned (or unpaid) traffic was a huge driver of site visits in 2021, with 75% of web traffic coming from earned sources across all industries Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Alongside direct traffic, data suggests investments in search engine optimization have been at the forefront of digital marketing success too, with 22% of sessions coming from organic search. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The pharmaceutical industry had the largest percentage of paid vs unpaid traffic, with 44%of all traffic coming paid sources. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Financial services acquired the vast majority of its traffic through unpaid sources in 2021, with a whopping 91% of traffic coming from unpaid traffic. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	55 seconds on average are spent per page across all industries. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	4 minutes & 17 seconds on average are spent per session across all industries. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	On average, 5 pages were viewed by users per session across all industries. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The grocery industry had the highest number of page views per session at 7 pages, as shoppers typically add items to their basket. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	B2B, financial services, consumer electronics, and telecoms came in at the lowest page views per session at just 3 pages per session each in 2021. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The industry with the highest time spent per page is media, with users spending 1 minute and 33 seconds on average on each page. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The industry with the highest average time spent per session is media at 5 minutes and 22 seconds, closely followed by automotive (5 minutes and 18 seconds) and grocery (5 minutes and 16 seconds). Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Compared to 2020, the 2021 data suggests that our attention span is getting longer on desktop (by 22 seconds on average) and shorter on mobile (by 8 seconds). Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	53% of Americans admit to using their smartphone to shop while in bed. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The average loading time by page on mobile devices is 1.52 seconds. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The average loading time by page on desktops is 1.61 seconds. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	For every 1 second delay in page load time, there is a 16% decrease in customer satisfaction. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	For every 1 second delay in mobile page load time, there is a 20% decrease in customer satisfaction. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The lowest average loading time per page by industry is the automotive industry at 1.12 seconds. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The highest average loading time per page by industry is the energy industry at 2.28 seconds. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	There is a 32% increase in bounce rate probability as page loading time goes from 1 second to 3 seconds. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Many brands have prioritized the speed of their homepages, with the average loading time across all industries at 2.17 seconds on the desktop and 2.08 seconds on mobile. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Site loading in 1.7 seconds is faster than approximately 75% of the web and if at 0.8 seconds, it's faster than 94% of the web. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The average scroll rate by device in all industries is 54%. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The average bounce rate across all industries is 50% of website visitors who leave after viewing just one page in 2021, up from 47% in 2020. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The B2B industry had the highest bounce rate at 65%, down from 75% in 2020. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The average time spent per session on mobile is 2 minutes and 39 seconds, compared to 5 minutes and 55 seconds on desktop. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	When customers committed to making a purchase, page views per session went up by 328% on average across all industries. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Users are more likely to shop around before making a purchase decision when on desktop versus mobile, with an average of 21 pages viewed on desktop compared with 18 on mobile. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The average time spent during buying sessions across industries is 15 minutes and 5 seconds. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Online grocery spend almost doubled in 2021, with a surge of 97.4% over the previous year. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	There is a 2.3% average conversion rate for all industries in 2021. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Conversion rates improved slightly on desktops, going from 2.3% in 2020 to 3% in 2021. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Across all industries, grocery had the highest conversion rate at 6.8% in 2021. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Users prefer to grocery shop on desktop, with 9. 6 % of conversions coming from desktop compared to just 4% on mobile. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	There is a 91% higher average order value on desktop than mobile in 2021. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	The industries in which the average order value is most similar across devices are energy ($61 on desktop vs $58on mobile), fashion ($19 on desktop vs $16 on mobile), and grocery ($13 on desktop vs $10 on mobile). Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	Desktop accounts for 78% of B2B traffic with an average order value of $1,431 more than mobile in 2021. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Digital Experience	In the home goods and furnishings industry, the average order value for desktop is $19 compared with $9 on mobile in 2021. Published: June 29, 2022	https://explore.contentsquare.com/2022-benchmark/2022-digital-benchmark-report
Business and Technology	Marketing	High growth brands are 66% more likely to see purpose as a means to guiding employee decision-making. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	A third of consumers under 25 see sustainability as a top criterion for beauty and personal care products. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Out of 11,500 surveys, price and quality were individually cited as the top purchasing criteria (between 61% and 86%) for products across eight different categories (automotive, travel, apparel and footwear, beauty and personal care, household equipment, furniture, electronics, and banking). Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	57% of 11,500 surveys indicate more loyalty to brands that commit to addressing social inequities. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	High growth brands put a premium on accountability, with 93% indicating that they have established key performance metrics related to their purpose statement versus 72% of negative grouth organizations. These metrics include product portfolio measurements (50%); diversity, equity, and inclusion (47%); and the employee review process (44%). Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	High-growth brands are 1.9x more likely to have diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) related talent objectives than negative-growth brands. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	A 2021 Gallup poll reports LGBTQ identity has risen from 3.5% in 2012 to 5.6% in 2020 and includes one in six among Generation Z (age 16-26). Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	The World health Organization reports 15% of the population globally lives with a disability. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	High growth brands are shifting to a first data strategy 61% of the time while 40% of negative growth brands shift to this strategy. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Consumers report 53% of the time that active device listening is creepy. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Consumers report 68% of the time they found it helpful when a brand they regularly shopped provided them with alerts when items go on sale. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	75% of over 1000 global executives surveyed said they will invest more in delivering hybrid experiences over the next 12 months. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	43% of executives invest in hybrid experiences to increase personalization of products and services and to make offerings more innovative. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	40% of executives invest in hybrid experiences to help people feel more connected. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	38% of executives invest in hybrid experiences to offer more inclusive experiences. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	The number one most helpful tactic for spurring purchases is timely offers. Published: June 2022	https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/us164911_gmt_2022_master/DI_2022-Global-Marketing-Trends.pdf
Business and Technology	Sales	55% of respondents said that budget was either the first or second most common reason that stronger opportunities fall apart in sales. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	66.7% of a 400 salesperson survey have reached out to 250 or fewer leads in the past year, only 15% reached over 1000 prospects. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	77.3% of a 400 salesperson survey reported that their company provide at least one quarter of their leads. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	61% of salespeople consider selling harder or much harder than five years ago. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	54% of a 400 salesperson survey reported that it was harder or much harder to get in front of prospects than it was five years ago. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	41% of a 400 salesperson survey reported that the phone was is the most effective sales tool at their disposal. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	57% a 400 salesperson survey reported ask for fewer than one referal per month, 40.4% report rarely asking, and 18.6% ask every person for a referral. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	17.6% a 400 salesperson survey reported their job satisfaction as outstanding, 47.1% rate their job as just good. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	Salespeople who spend three hours or less on sales-related activites have an overall average job satifaction level of 3.45 (out of 5), while people who spend four or more hours a day on sales-related activities have a job satisfaction level of 3.8. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	24.3% of a 400 salesperson survey reported exceeding their quota last year. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	7% of top performers report pitching, while 19% of non-top performers pitch their offering. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	47% of top performers ask for referrals consistently (every day, or with every person they are in front of), versus only 26% of non-top performers. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	Top performers are less likely to surf the web as a main activity they waste time on: 12% versus 24% of non-top performers. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	81.6% of top performers spend four hours or more on sales-related activities (prospecting, sales meetings, presentations, proposal work, sales follow-up, etc.) versus 60.8% of non-top performers who spend four hours or less on the same activities. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	51% of top performers report being seen as an expert in their field, while only 37% of non-top performers see themselves as an expert. Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Sales	Top performers were less likely to be seen as vendors (8% versus 24% of others) or as salespeople (7% versus 20% of others). Published: March 28, 2022	https://salesinsightslab.com/sales-research/
Business and Technology	Marketing	A solid year for the ad market in 2022 is expected, forecasting global growth of 9.7%. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	In select digital channels, the planned increase in the ad marrket will be as high as 53%. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Global marketers say their brands are emphasizing purpose, but Nielsen data shows that 55% of consumers aren’t convinced that brands are fostering true progress. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Globally, marketers are somewhat confident in ROI measurement across select channels, but their confidence in full-funnel ROI measurement stands at just 54%. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Brand awareness is the top marketing objective for 2023, followed by customer acquisition and customer retention. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Nielsen data shows that marketing accounts for 10%-35% of a brand’s equity. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	In December 2021, YouTube reached 135 million people on TV screens alone. YouTube is also a strong competitor in the streaming space, as Americans streamed 177.3 billion minutes of video on the platform in January 2022. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Social media remains global marketers’ most bankable channel, as 64% say it’s their most effective paid channel. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Marketers plan to increase their ad spending across linear TV and traditional radio significantly less than across social media, where the aggregate increase is 53% among global marketers. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	While 61% of global survey respondents say they are confident in their ability to measure the impact of brand building, their planned limited increases in ad spending across traditional mass reach channels highlights a possible misalignment between top business goals and marketing tactics. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Nielsen’s experience base shows that on average, a 1-point gain in brand metrics, such as awareness and consideration, drives a 1% increase in sales. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Linear TV has a 47% perceived effectiveness of primary paid traditional channels. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	According to Nielsen Commspoint Journey, a survey of purchase journeys across 80 product categories found that 85% of purchases involved brands the customer had already tried in the past. Additionally, 22% of consumers report feeling worried or nervous about trying a new brand. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	A 1-point gain in brand metrics would drive $1 million in sales for a brand that generates $100 million in annual sale. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	While marketers are most confident in measuring ROI from social media, global measurement confidence is only 64%. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Almost half (49%) of global marketers, said they plan to increase their spending on podcasts over the next year, with 11% planning increases of more than 50%. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Nielsen’s Podcast Ad Effectiveness (PAE) solutions show that host-read ads drive a brand recall rate of 71%. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Globally, two-thirds (65%) of marketers believe new formats, like podcasts, brand integrations and sponsorships are greatly important to marketing strategies. This sentiment is less in Asia-Pacific (59%) and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) (58%), but greater in North America (71%) and Latin America (73%). Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Consumer journeys aren’t isolated to platforms and channels, but only 54% of global marketers are confident in their ability to measure full-funnel ROI. Somewhat surprisingly, 73% of marketers globally express satisfaction with their measurement tools. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Connected TV (CTV) is especially a growing focus for global marketers, with 51% planning to increase their over-the-top/CTV spending in the coming year. In North America, the percentage is 61%, which aligns with last year’s streaming video boom. In the U.S., Americans streamed almost 15 million years’ worth of content across subscription- and ad-supported platforms. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Data Management	Only 26% of global marketers are fully confident in their audience data. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Data Management	A majority of marketers (69%) believe firstparty data is important for their strategies and campaigns, and even more (72%) believe they have access to quality data to maximize the impact of their media budgets. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Data Management	Globally, 36% of marketers claim that data access, identity resolution and deriving actionable insights from data is either extremely or very difficult. In Latin America, the percentages are much higher (57%, 54%, 52%, respectively), while marketers in North America and Asia Pacific claim to have the lowest levels of difficulty. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Internet	Complete third-party cookie depreciation is still on the horizon, but the current reality is that just over 40% of U.S. internet users are already using browsers that block them, and others are using browser capabilities to block them on their own. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Marketing	Data from Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings highlights that the average on-target percentage of ads across computer and mobile is 63%—even for targets defined by age and gender—targets for which there’s significant data coverage and quality. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	Nielsen Scarborough data highlights that over half of U.S. consumers (52.3%) purchase from brands that support causes they care about; similarly, more than 36% expect the brands they buy to support social causes. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	Amid their desire for purpose-driven brands, however, 55% of consumers aren’t convinced that brands are contributing to real progress. Survey concluded January 2022	https://annualmarketingreport.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/pdf/full_report_1656727254_982220462.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	88% of customers believe trust becomes more important in times of change. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	64% of customers trust most companies to meet their needs and expectations. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	67% of customers believe most companies have the capabilities to meet their needs and expectations. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	74% of customers say communicating honestly and transparently is more important now than before the pandemic. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	Sixty-two percent of customers feel an emotional connection to the brands they buy from most. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Trust	52% of customers say they generally trust companies — up from 48% in 2020. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Trust	77% of customers trust that businesses make honest claims about their products and services. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Trust	75% of customers trust that businesses act with customers' best interests in mind Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Trust	71% of customers trust that businesses make honest claims about their social initiatives Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Trust	68% of customers now trust organizations to tell the truth — a nine percentage point gain over just two years. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Trust	68% of customers now trust organizations to act with society's best interest in mind. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	66% of customers have stopped buying from a company whose values didn't align with theirs — up from 62% in 2020. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	94% of customers say the treatment of customers influences their decision to buy from a company. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	85% of customers say the Treatment of employees influences their decision to buy from a company. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	78% of customers say a company's environmental practices influence their decision to buy from a company. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	75% of customers say a company's actions on economic injustices influence their decision to buy from a company. Survey concluded February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	73% of customers say a company's actions on racial injustices influence their decision to buy from a company. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	70% of customers say a company's Community involvement influences their decision to buy from a company. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	57% of customers prefer to engage through digital channels The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	53% of customers prefer to purchase online versus in store The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	88% of customers believe the experience a company provides is as important as its product or services The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	73% of customers expect companies to understand their unique needs and expectations The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	62% of customers expect companies to anticipate their needs The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	56% of customers expect offers to always be personalized The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	56% of customers believe most companies treat them as a number The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	57% of customers trust companies to use AI ethically The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	72% of customers are concerned about the unethical use of AI The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	62% of customers are concerned about bias in AI The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	69% of customers are open to the use of AI to improve their experiences The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	84% of customers say AI can be a force for good or bad, depending on how it's used The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	60% of customers would better trust AI if they had more control over how it's used The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Data	61% of consumers are comfortable with companies using relevant personal information in a transparent and beneficial manner — up from 52% in 2020. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Data	64% of consumers say companies take online privacy more seriously than they used to The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Data	79% of consumers say they’d more likely trust a company with their information if its use were clearly explained The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Data	74% of consumers say companies collect more personal information than they need The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Data	64% of consumers say most companies aren’t transparent about how they use personal information The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	66% of customers switched brands in the past year because of better deals. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	58% of customers switched brands in the past year because of better product quality. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	48% of customers switched brands in the past year because of better customer service. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	46% of customers switched brands in the past year because of product availability. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	44% of customers switched brands in the past year because of convenience. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	40% of customers switched brands in the past year because of greater product selection/variety. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	34% of customers switched brands in the past year because of changing needs/expectations. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	27% of customers switched brands in the past year because of better values alignment. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	55% would use loyalty programs more if rewards were personalized, better reflecting their individual needs. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	61% would use loyalty programs more if rewards were automatically applied. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	55% would use loyalty programs more if rewards were applied to multiple brands. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	51% would use loyalty programs more if rewards were easy to track. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	44% would use loyalty programs more if there were simpler terms and conditions. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	64% of consumers regularly buy directly from a brand The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	83% of customers expect to interact with someone immediately when they contact a company The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	78% of customers have used multiple channels to start and complete a transaction The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	Customers turn to an average of nine different channels to communicate with companies. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	59% of customers prefer to engage with a company by phone. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	57% of customers prefer to engage with a company by email. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	46% of customers prefer to engage with a company in person. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	42% of customers prefer to engage with a company by online chat. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	28% of customers prefer to engage with a company by mobile app. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	27% of customers prefer to engage with a company by messenger app. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	21% of customers prefer to engage with a company by social media. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	21% of customers prefer to engage with a company by video chat. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	19% of customers prefer to engage with a company by text/SMS. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	18% of customers prefer to engage with a company by online portal. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	68% of customers have purchased products in a new way in the past two years. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	B2B	89% of business buyers are more likely to buy if companies demonstrate an understanding of their goals The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	B2B	71% of business buyers say most sales interactions feel transactional The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	B2B	87% of business buyers expect sales reps to act as trusted advisors The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	B2B	87% of business buyers say they generally trust sales reps The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	B2B	75% of business buyers say sales conversations are more asynchronous (e.g., messaging platforms, social media) than they used to be The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	83% of customers expect to solve complex problems by speaking to one person The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	53% of customers say most support interactions are fragmented The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	Only 13% of customers say it takes little effort to get cases resolved. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	58% of customers have used chatbots for simple customer service The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	65% of customers have used self-service account portals The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	66% of millennials prefer self-service for simple Cases The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	96% of customers say excellent customer service builds trust. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	94% of customers say a positive customer service experience makes them more likely to purchase again The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	82% of customers have recommended a company based on excellent customer service The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	80% of customers will forgive a company for its mistake after receiving excellent service The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	78% of customers have made purchase decisions based on the quality of customer service The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	83% of customers say they're more loyal to companies that provide consistency across departments. The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	85% of customers expect consistent interactions across departments The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	66% of customers often have to repeat or re-explain information to different representatives The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Service	60% of customers say it generally feels like they’re communicating with separate departments, not one company The survey concluded on February 1, 2022	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	The top five sectors customers say meet their needs and expectations are: - Technology - Consumer goods - Healthcare - Communications - Retail The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital maturity	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	The bottom five sectors customers say meet their needs and expectations are: - Media & entertainment - Energy & utilities - Architecture, engineering & construction - Nonprofit - Government The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital maturity	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	92% of customers have used order tracking in the past year The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	58% of customers who use order tracking expect to do it more in three years The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	83% of customers have use contactless payments in the past year The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	65% of customers who use contactless payments expect to use it more in three years The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	82% of customers have used mobile ordering in the past year The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	65% of customers who use mobile ordering expect to use it more in three years The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	69% of customers have used subscriptions in the past year The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	49% of customer who have used subscriptions expect to use them more over the next three years The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	67% of customers have used contactless delivery in the past year The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	63% of customers who have used contactless delivery expect to use it more over the next three years The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	63% of customers have used expedited delivery in the past year The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	57% of customers who have used expedited delivery expect to do it more in three years The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	60% of customers have used curbside pickup in the past year The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	51% of customers who have used curbside pickup expect to do it more in three years The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	57% of customers have used shopping via social media in the past year The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	61% of customers who have used shopping via social media expect to do it more in three years The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	55% of customers have used virtual experiences in the past year The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	59% of customers who have virtual experiences expect to use it more over the next three years The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	42% of customers have used video appointments in the past year The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	59% of customers who have video appointments expect to use it more over the next three years The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	30% of customers have used augmented/virtual reality in the past year The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences, extended reality	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Customer Experience	58% of customers who have used augmented/virtual reality expect to use it more over the next three years The survey concluded on February 1, 2022 Keywords: digital first experiences, extended reality	https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	88% of organizations using K8s have more than five clusters.	https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/stateofkubernetes2022-ebook
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	62% of respondents cite increase flexibility of applications as a main factor driving adoption of Kubernetes	https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/stateofkubernetes2022-ebook
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	59% of respondents cite improve cloud utilization as a main factor driving adoption of Kubernetes	https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/stateofkubernetes2022-ebook
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	54% of respondents cite better developer efficiency as a main factor driving adoption of Kubernetes	https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/stateofkubernetes2022-ebook
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	46% of respondents cite reducing costs of cloud as a main factor driving adoption of Kubernetes	https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/stateofkubernetes2022-ebook
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	37% of respondents cite need to imrpove operator efficiency as a main factor driving adoption of Kubernetes	https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/stateofkubernetes2022-ebook
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	59% of respondents cite improved resource utilization as a benefit from operating Kubernetes	https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/stateofkubernetes2022-ebook
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	49% of respondents cite eased application upgrades and maintenance as a benefit from operating Kubernetes	https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/stateofkubernetes2022-ebook
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	42% of respondents cite enabled move to the cloud as a benefit from operating Kubernetes	https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/stateofkubernetes2022-ebook
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	40% of respondents cite enabled a hybrid model between public cloud and on-prem as a benefit from operating Kubernetes	https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/stateofkubernetes2022-ebook
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	99% of respondents recognize clear benefits from Kubernetes	https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/stateofkubernetes2022-ebook
Business and Technology	Kubernetes	52% of Kubernetes deployments are on-prem	https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/stateofkubernetes2022-ebook
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	40% of companies that took a holistic approach to AI adoption saw improvement in customer experience. (Updated: November 28, 2022)	https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-business-survey.html
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	41% of companies that took a holistic approach to AI adoption saw improvement in decision making. (Updated: November 28, 2022)	https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-business-survey.html
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	28% of companies that took a holistic approach to AI adoption saw increase in the valuation of the company. (Updated: November 28, 2022)	https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-business-survey.html
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	74% of companies that took a holistic approach to AI adoption leverage AI for technology decisions. (Updated: November 28, 2022)	https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-business-survey.html
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	61% of companies that took a holistic approach to AI adoption leverage AI for customer experience. (Updated: November 28, 2022)	https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-business-survey.html
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	52% of companies that took a holistic approach to AI adoption leverage AI for product and service development. (Updated: November 28, 2022)	https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-business-survey.html
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	57% of companies that took a holistic approach to AI adoption plan to use AI simulations to forecast market conditions. (Updated: November 28, 2022)	https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-business-survey.html
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	54% of companies that took a holistic approach to AI adoption plan to use AI simulations for financial, sales, or marketing planning. (Updated: November 28, 2022)	https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-business-survey.html
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	54% of companies that took a holistic approach to AI adoption plan to use AI simulations to develop new products or target new segments. (Updated: November 28, 2022)	https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-business-survey.html
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	Ninety-eight percent of respondents understand the imperative: They have at least some plans to make their AI responsible in 2022. (Updated: November 28, 2022)	https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-business-survey.html
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	57% of companies that took a holistic approach to AI adoption verify AI is compliant with applicable regulations. (Updated: November 28, 2022)	https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-business-survey.html
Business and Technology	Artificial Intelligence	55% of companies that took a holistic approach to AI adoption protect AI systems from cyber threats and manipulations (Updated: November 28, 2022)	https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-business-survey.html
Business and Technology	Extended Reality	In 2021, the number of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) devices shipped worldwide reached 9.86 million units, with forecasts suggesting that this is set to rise to 14.19 million units in 2022. Published: February 21, 2022	https://www.statista.com/statistics/653390/worldwide-virtual-and-augmented-reality-headset-shipments/
Business and Technology	Extended Reality	Hardware is the largest segment of the augmented and mixed reality market, with HUD being the largest component. Published: January 2022	https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5265116/augmented-and-mixed-reality-market-by-technology?utm_source=GNOM&utm_medium=PressRelease&utm_code=wjxwq6&utm_campaign=1507556+-+Global+Augmented+and+Mixed+Reality+Market+(2021+to+2026)+-+by+Technology%2c+Infrastructure%2c+Devices%2c+Solutions+and+Apps+%26+Services+in+Industry+Verticals&utm_exec=jamu273prd
Business and Technology	Extended Reality	The augmented and mixed reality market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 62.7% and reach $502 billion Published: January 2022	https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5265116/augmented-and-mixed-reality-market-by-technology?utm_source=GNOM&utm_medium=PressRelease&utm_code=wjxwq6&utm_campaign=1507556+-+Global+Augmented+and+Mixed+Reality+Market+(2021+to+2026)+-+by+Technology%2c+Infrastructure%2c+Devices%2c+Solutions+and+Apps+%26+Services+in+Industry+Verticals&utm_exec=jamu273prd
Business and Technology	Extended Reality	In the augmented and mixed reality market, consumer electronics is the largest industry vertical whereas the military segment is expected to have the highest growth potential Published: January 2022	https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5265116/augmented-and-mixed-reality-market-by-technology?utm_source=GNOM&utm_medium=PressRelease&utm_code=wjxwq6&utm_campaign=1507556+-+Global+Augmented+and+Mixed+Reality+Market+(2021+to+2026)+-+by+Technology%2c+Infrastructure%2c+Devices%2c+Solutions+and+Apps+%26+Services+in+Industry+Verticals&utm_exec=jamu273prd
Business and Technology	Extended Reality	In the augmented and mixed reality market, Latin America is expected to have the highest growth with a CAGR of 69.0%. Brazil and Argentina are the major countries within the region Published: January 2022	https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5265116/augmented-and-mixed-reality-market-by-technology?utm_source=GNOM&utm_medium=PressRelease&utm_code=wjxwq6&utm_campaign=1507556+-+Global+Augmented+and+Mixed+Reality+Market+(2021+to+2026)+-+by+Technology%2c+Infrastructure%2c+Devices%2c+Solutions+and+Apps+%26+Services+in+Industry+Verticals&utm_exec=jamu273prd
Business and Technology	Extended Reality	In the augmented and mixed reality market, China, India, and Japan are the leading countries in Asia Pac while South Africa, UAE, and South Africa are the major countries in the MEA region Published: January 2022	https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5265116/augmented-and-mixed-reality-market-by-technology?utm_source=GNOM&utm_medium=PressRelease&utm_code=wjxwq6&utm_campaign=1507556+-+Global+Augmented+and+Mixed+Reality+Market+(2021+to+2026)+-+by+Technology%2c+Infrastructure%2c+Devices%2c+Solutions+and+Apps+%26+Services+in+Industry+Verticals&utm_exec=jamu273prd
Business and Technology	Extended Reality	In the augmented and mixed reality market, North America is the largest region, followed by Europe. The USA is the largest country in North America, while Germany, France, UK are in Europe Published: January 2022	https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5265116/augmented-and-mixed-reality-market-by-technology?utm_source=GNOM&utm_medium=PressRelease&utm_code=wjxwq6&utm_campaign=1507556+-+Global+Augmented+and+Mixed+Reality+Market+(2021+to+2026)+-+by+Technology%2c+Infrastructure%2c+Devices%2c+Solutions+and+Apps+%26+Services+in+Industry+Verticals&utm_exec=jamu273prd
Blogs		Find the Firsts: The First Book Ever Written (10/27/2021)	https://www.statsfind.com/first-book-ever-written/
Blogs		What counts as a statistic? (11/10/2021)	https://www.statsfind.com/what-counts-as-a-statistic/
Blogs		The First Recording of a Human Voice (11/18/2021)	https://www.statsfind.com/the-first-recording-of-a-human-voice/
Blogs		Are COVID booster statistics proving efficacy? (11/28/2021)	https://www.statsfind.com/what-do-covid-booster-statistics-say-of-their-efficacy/
Blogs		Social proof: When psychology and statistics drive marketing (12/01/2021)	https://www.statsfind.com/social-proof-when-psychology-and-statistics-drive-marketing/
Blogs		COVID at-home test statistics: What do they reveal? (12/05/2021)	https://www.statsfind.com/covid-at-home-test-statistics-what-do-they-reveal/
Blogs		What can we learn from COVID home collection statistics? (12/13/2021)	https://www.statsfind.com/covid-home-collection-statistics/
Blogs		Who was the first superhero in comics? (12/19/2021)	https://www.statsfind.com/who-was-the-first-superhero-in-comics/
Blogs		The Up-to-Date COVID-19 and Omicron Variant Statistics (Updated 05/15/2022) keywords: omicron deaths	https://www.statsfind.com/the-up-to-date-covid-19-and-omicron-variant-statistics/
Blogs		Four mcommerce statistics to leverage in 2022 (December 29,2021)	https://www.statsfind.com/four-mcommerce-statistics-to-leverage-in-2022/
StatsFind Reports		StatsFind Annual Report – The State of the World Wide Web, 2022 (January 3,2022)	https://www.statsfind.com/web-statistics-2022/
Blogs		COVID-19 mental health statistics: What the numbers uncover (January 10, 2022)	https://www.statsfind.com/covid-19-mental-health-statistics-what-the-numbers-uncover/
Blogs		Who was the first computer programmer? (January 25, 2022)	https://www.statsfind.com/who-was-the-first-computer-programmer/
Blogs		What are firmographics, psychographics, and technographics? (02/14/2022)	https://www.statsfind.com/what-are-firmographics-psychographics-and-technographics/
Blogs		What’s the first city in the United States? (02/28/2022)	https://www.statsfind.com/whats-the-first-city-in-the-united-states/
Blogs		5 intriguing statistics about Ukraine (03/07/2022)	https://www.statsfind.com/5-intriguing-statistics-about-ukraine/
Blogs		8 Simple tricks to combat inflation (January 10, 2022)	https://www.statsfind.com/8-simple-tricks-to-combat-inflation/
Blogs		How profitable businesses apply customer experience statistics (March 17, 2022)	https://www.statsfind.com/how-profitable-businesses-apply-customer-experience-statistics/
Blogs		Sobering Russia-Ukraine War Statistics (April 1, 2022)	https://www.statsfind.com/sobering-russia-ukraine-war-statistics/
Blogs		21 U.S. Supreme Court Statistics (March 27, 2022)	https://www.statsfind.com/21-u-s-supreme-court-statistics/
Blogs		The first video game ever played (March 31, 2022)	https://www.statsfind.com/the-first-video-game-ever-played/
Blogs		What was the first recorded cyberattack?	https://www.statsfind.com/blogs/what-was-the-first-recorded-cyberattack
Blogs		A brief look at Internet firsts	https://www.statsfind.com/a-brief-look-at-internet-firsts/
Blogs		Favorite on-screen versions of iconic DC characters	https://www.statsfind.com/favorite-on-screen-versions-of-iconic-dc-characters/
Blogs		Statistics on the first black hole discovered in our galaxy	https://www.statsfind.com/statistics-on-the-first-black-hole-discovered-in-our-galaxy/
Blogs		Stock market firsts: 3 milestones in the history of stocks	https://www.statsfind.com/stock-market-firsts-3-milestones-in-the-history-of-stocks/
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