Survey data from Statista’s Consumer Insights shows that the #Amazon Echo voice-activated smart speaker running the #Alexa voice assistant dominates the U.S. market.

On World #Press #Freedom Day, observed annually on May 3rd, we acknowledge the critical importance of a free press in democratic societies. Upholding press freedom is crucial for fostering transparency, promoting informed decision-making, and safeguarding democratic principles.

According to the latest #OECD data, Iceland continues to have one of the highest levels of #antidepressant use in the world - with an average consumption of 157 daily doses per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022.

#Amazon and #Walmart are the biggest online fashion retailers in the United States. Both retailers sell all sorts of goods online and in brick-and-mortar stores and according to the data, $12.3 billion and $8.9 billion worth of apparel net sales was among that in 2023.

With revenues of $1.58 billion in 2023, Honor of Kings is the most successful game available for smartphones and tablets, according to #AppMagic data, followed by PUBG Mobile with $1.17 billion and Genshin Impact with 960 million.

Total grosses for the top 100 tours that year were up 46 percent from $6.28 billion in 2022 to $9.17 billion last year. At the top of this list is Taylor Swift with her record-breaking “Eras Tour” - the first ever to break the $1 billion mark - which visited 60 stadiums in total.

More than 15 percent of food sales in Denmark are of organic products, making the country the biggest market for #organic food in relative terms. Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland are the only other countries achieving a share above 10 percent.

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#China Leads the Global E-Commerce Market

#Malaria Receives More than 600M in Funding

#Reading For Pleasure Declines in Popularity

What Is the #Rwanda Deportation Deal Costing UK Tax Payers?

Americans' views of China have continued to worsen after 2018. Among American adults in 2024, unfavorable views of China were voiced by 77 percent of respondents after having reached a high of 84 percent in early 2023. In 2005, that figure had stood at just 47 percent.

Two thirds of Republicans strongly or somewhat approve the forced divesture/potential #ban of #TikTok . Democratic voters are almost evenly split on the issue, with 40 percent of respondents in favor of legislative action against TikTok and its parent company.

Between 2010 and 2022, roughly two thirds of funding for #malaria control and elimination was provided by international countries and donors while another third was provided by the governments of endemic countries.

According to immunization coverage data by the World Health Organization, the #vaccine against tuberculosis was still the most widespread in the world in the year 2022 with a coverage level of 87 percent.

In 2023 as many as 17.3 million U.S. citizens considered themselves to be digital nomads. This number has more than doubled since 2019, most certainly supported by the increase in remote work opportunities since the COVID-19 pandemic.

E-book penetration still trails that of printed books in the vast majority of countries around the world. In the United States for example, 20 percent of the population are estimated to have purchased an e-book last year.

Global plastics use has increased rapidly over the past few decades, growing 250 percent since 1990 to reach 460 million tonnes in 2019, according to the #OECD ’s Global #Plastics Outlook, which projects another 67-percent increase in global plastics use by 2040.

Consumers around the world are painfully aware of the need for more environmentally friendly packaging. It was found that eco-friendly, e.g. #recyclable , non- #plastic or minimal #packaging is among the most widely recognized levers for more sustainable consumption.

According to findings from Statista Consumer Insights, just 1 in 4 U.S. adults still prefers hard copies of films, books or music these days. More than twice as many respondents, 55 percent, said that they want to access their music/movies on all their devices.

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#Netflix Adds 9.3M Subscribers in Strongest Q1 Since 2020

Chicago Bulls & LA Lakers: #NBA Popularity Battle

Despite Comeback, #Vinyl Is Still Far From Its Glory Days

U.S. & China Dominate the #Art Market

After there’s been a lot of talk about a so-called soft landing, the U.S. economy’s continued strength along with some hotter-than-expected #inflation readings has given rise to a new buzzword, the “no landing” scenario.

With #India ’s general #elections kicking off today, Statista Consumer Insights surveyed more than 24,000 urban online respondents in the country about which issues they consider to be the most pressing in India right now. #Unemployment was the answer most frequently selected.