The World's Biggest Tire Manufacturers by Tire Sales 1️⃣ 🇫🇷 Michelin — $24.10 billion 2️⃣ 🇯🇵 Bridgestone — $19.63 billion 3️⃣ 🇺🇸 Goodyear — $16.90 billion 4️⃣ 🇩🇪 Continental — $13.02 billion 5️⃣ 🇮🇹 Pirelli — $7.66 billion 6️⃣ 🇯🇵 Yokohama Rubber — $7.50 billion 7️⃣ 🇰🇷 Hankook Tire — $7.26 billion 8️⃣ 🇯🇵 Sumitomo Rubber Industries — $6.98 billion 9️⃣ 🇨🇳 Zhongce Rubber Group (ZC Rubber) — $5.92 billion 🔟 🇨🇳 Sailun Group — $5.18 billion Sources: European Rubber Journal — Global Tire Report 2026 2026 Global Tire Manufacturers Ranking

Countries With the Most Ports, Harbours and Trade Terminals 1️⃣ 🇺🇸 United States — 666 2️⃣ 🇨🇦 Canada — 284 3️⃣ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — 185 4️⃣ 🇯🇵 Japan — 163 5️⃣ 🇳🇴 Norway — 141 6️⃣ 🇮🇩 Indonesia — 123 7️⃣ 🇮🇹 Italy — 123 8️⃣ 🇸🇪 Sweden — 92 9️⃣ 🇵🇭 Philippines — 70 🔟 🇩🇰 Denmark — 69 Source: Global Firepower — Total Ports, Harbours and Terminals by Country (2026).

The World's Largest Shipbuilding Companies by Orderbook 1️⃣ 🇨🇳 China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) — 106.9 million DWT 2️⃣ 🇨🇳 Hengli Heavy Industry — 41.6 million DWT 3️⃣ 🇰🇷 HD Hyundai — 41.0 million DWT 4️⃣ 🇨🇳 COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry — 26.2 million DWT 5️⃣ 🇨🇳 New Times Shipbuilding — 23.7 million DWT 6️⃣ 🇯🇵 Nihon Shipyard — 22.2 million DWT 7️⃣ 🇨🇳 Yangzijiang Shipbuilding — 20.9 million DWT 8️⃣ 🇰🇷 Hanwha Ocean — 20.1 million DWT 9️⃣ 🇨🇳 Hangtong Shipbuilding — 19.0 million DWT 🔟 🇨🇳 Changhong International Shipbuilding — 15.3 million DWT

The World's Largest Mining Companies by Market Capitalization 1️⃣ 🇦🇺 BHP Group — $220.39 billion 2️⃣ 🇺🇸 Southern Copper — $176.20 billion 3️⃣ 🇨🇳 China Shenhua Energy — $160.66 billion 4️⃣ 🇬🇧 Rio Tinto — $153.36 billion 5️⃣ 🇺🇸 Newmont — $123.44 billion 6️⃣ 🇨🇳 Zijin Mining — $118.69 billion 7️⃣ 🇺🇸 Freeport-McMoRan — $105.24 billion 8️⃣ 🇲🇽 Grupo México — $104.77 billion 9️⃣ 🇨🇦 Agnico Eagle Mines — $95.28 billion 🔟 🇨🇭 Glencore — $90.63 billion

Leading AI-Related Public Companies by Market Valuation 🌍🤖💰 1️⃣ 🇺🇸 NVIDIA — $5.54 trillion 2️⃣ 🇺🇸 Apple — $4.87 trillion 3️⃣ 🇺🇸 Alphabet (Google) — $4.21 trillion 4️⃣ 🇺🇸 Microsoft — $3.93 trillion 5️⃣ 🇺🇸 Meta Platforms — $1.88 trillion 6️⃣ 🇺🇸 Tesla — $1.50 trillion 7️⃣ 🇺🇸 Palantir — $462 billion 8️⃣ 🇺🇸 Oracle — $439 billion 9️⃣ 🇨🇳 Alibaba — $272 billion 🔟 🇺🇸 IBM — $208 billion

The World's Largest Dams by Reservoir Capacity 1️⃣ Kariba Dam 🇿🇲🇿🇼 — 180.6 km³ 2️⃣ Bratsk Dam 🇷🇺 — 169.3 km³ 3️⃣ Aswan High Dam 🇪🇬 — 168.9 km³ 4️⃣ Akosombo Dam 🇬🇭 — 153 km³ 5️⃣ Daniel-Johnson Dam 🇨🇦 — 141.8 km³ 6️⃣ Guri Dam 🇻🇪 — 138 km³ 7️⃣ W. A. C. Bennett Dam 🇨🇦 — 74.3 km³ 8️⃣ Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam 🇪🇹 — 74 km³ 9️⃣ Krasnoyarsk Dam 🇷🇺 — 73.3 km³ 🔟 Zeya Dam 🇷🇺 — 68.4 km³

Most Downloaded Mobile Apps Worldwide in 2025 📱🌍 1️⃣ ChatGPT — 845.3 million downloads 2️⃣ Instagram — 762.3 million downloads 3️⃣ TikTok — 545.8 million downloads 4️⃣ WhatsApp — 541.4 million downloads 5️⃣ CapCut — 501.1 million downloads 6️⃣ TikTok Lite — 433.8 million downloads 7️⃣ Netflix — 415.6 million downloads 8️⃣ Facebook — 408.2 million downloads 9️⃣ Temu — 390 million downloads 🔟 Snapchat — 386.6 million downloads Source: AppTweak Market Intelligence, 2025 global mobile app download estimates across iOS and Android.

Countries With the Most Official Languages 🌍🗣️ 🇧🇴 Bolivia — 37 official languages 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe — 16 officially recognised languages 🇲🇱 Mali — 13 official languages 🇿🇦 South Africa — 12 official languages 🇷🇼 Rwanda — 4 official languages 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea — 4 official languages 🇨🇭 Switzerland — 4 national languages 🇸🇬 Singapore — 4 official languages 🇫🇯 Fiji — 3 official languages 🇧🇪 Belgium — 3 official languages

Some of the world's biggest corporate income tax payers: 🇺🇸 Apple — $43.2 billion (FY2025) 🇺🇸 Microsoft — $28.7 billion (FY2025) 🇬🇧 Shell — $12 billion (2025) 🇺🇸 ExxonMobil — over $11 billion (2025)

The World's Top Private and Corporate Landholders 1️⃣ Mudanjiang City Mega Farm 🇨🇳 — approximately 22.24 million acres 2️⃣ Gina Rinehart 🇦🇺 — approximately 21.3 million acres 3️⃣ Australian Agricultural Company 🇦🇺 — approximately 16.4 million acres 4️⃣ North Australian Pastoral Company 🇦🇺 — approximately 14.83 million acres 5️⃣ Jumbuck Pastoral Company 🇦🇺 — approximately 14.21 million acres 6️⃣ Handbury Group 🇦🇺 — approximately 13.05 million acres 7️⃣ Williams family 🇦🇺 — approximately 11.12 million acres 8️⃣ Paraway Pastoral Company 🇦🇺 — approximately 10.87 million acres 9️⃣ Consolidated Pastoral Company 🇦🇺 — approximately 8.89 million acres 🔟 Macdonald family 🇦🇺 — approximately 8.30 million acres Note: This is not a definitive global ranking. In particular, the acreage reported for Mudanjiang and several Australian pastoral businesses may not represent land owned outright.

Manchester City has won just 2 out of their last 10 games at Anfield in the Premier League.

The World's 10 Most Profitable Companies (Latest Annual Results) 1️⃣ Alphabet 🇺🇸 — $132.2 billion 2️⃣ NVIDIA 🇺🇸 — $120.1 billion 3️⃣ Apple 🇺🇸 — $112.0 billion 4️⃣ Saudi Aramco 🇸🇦 — $104.7 billion 5️⃣ Microsoft 🇺🇸 — $101.8 billion 6️⃣ Amazon 🇺🇸 — $77.7 billion 7️⃣ Berkshire Hathaway 🇺🇸 — $67.0 billion 8️⃣ Meta Platforms 🇺🇸 — $60.5 billion 9️⃣ JPMorgan Chase 🇺🇸 — $57.0 billion 🔟 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 🇹🇼 — approximately $50 billion Ranked by net income — profit after expenses and taxes. Figures are in US dollars and rounded. Note: These are the latest annual results available in the sources, and fiscal year-ends differ. The ranking is based on reported net income, not revenue or market value.

The Oldest Businesses Still Operating in the World 1️⃣ 🇯🇵 Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan — 705 AD — Hotel 2️⃣ 🇯🇵 Koman — 717 AD — Hotel 3️⃣ 🇯🇵 Hōshi Ryokan — 718 AD — Hotel 4️⃣ 🇯🇵 Genda Shigyō — 771 AD — Ceremonial paper products 5️⃣ 🇦🇹 St. Peter Stiftskulinarium — 803 AD — Restaurant 6️⃣ 🇩🇪 Staffelter Hof — 862 AD — Winery 7️⃣ 🇫🇷 Monnaie de Paris — 864 AD — Mint 8️⃣ 🇯🇵 Tanaka-Iga — 885 AD — Religious goods 9️⃣ 🇮🇪 Sean’s Bar — traditionally dated to 900 AD — Pub 🔟 🇬🇧 The Bingley Arms — traditionally dated to 953 AD — Pub Note: This is not a complete list. Founding dates for some businesses are based on historical tradition, and rankings depend on whether subsidiaries, institutional enterprises, and disputed dates are included. Sources: INSEAD, Monnaie de Paris official history, and published histories of long-established businesses.

The Most Expensive Stadiums Ever Built 1️⃣ 🇺🇸 SoFi Stadium — $5.5 billion 2️⃣ 🇺🇸 MetLife Stadium — $2.03 billion 3️⃣ 🇺🇸 Allegiant Stadium — $1.9 billion 4️⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wembley Stadium — $1.88 billion 5️⃣ 🇺🇸 Yankee Stadium — $1.82 billion 6️⃣ 🇺🇸 Mercedes-Benz Stadium — $1.59 billion 7️⃣ 🇺🇸 AT&T Stadium — $1.58 billion 8️⃣ 🇸🇬 Singapore National Stadium — $1.44 billion 9️⃣ 🇺🇸 Levi's Stadium — $1.43 billion 🔟 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium — $1.32 billion Figures are reported in 2020 US dollars. Costs and rankings vary depending on inflation adjustments and whether surrounding facilities are included. Source: Construction Dive, stadium construction-cost ranking.

Countries With the Most Overseas Military Bases 1️⃣ 🇺🇸 United States — 877 2️⃣ 🇹🇷 Türkiye — 131 3️⃣ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — 118 4️⃣ 🇷🇺 Russia — 35 5️⃣ 🇮🇳 India — 19 6️⃣ 🇮🇱 Israel — 14 7️⃣ 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates — 12 8️⃣ 🇸🇬 Singapore — 11 9️⃣ 🇫🇷 France — 7 🔟 🇨🇳 China — 6 Source: World BEYOND War, 2025 report. Note: These figures count bases operated outside each country's own borders. They are estimates, not a universally standardized official census.

Largest Cement-Producing Countries 🇨🇳 China — 1,700 million tonnes 🇮🇳 India — 470 million tonnes 🇻🇳 Vietnam — 100 million tonnes 🇹🇷 Türkiye — 89 million tonnes 🇺🇸 United States — 84 million tonnes 🇮🇷 Iran — 68 million tonnes 🇧🇷 Brazil — 67 million tonnes 🇪🇬 Egypt — 64 million tonnes 🇮🇩 Indonesia — 64 million tonnes 🇷🇺 Russia — 59 million tonnes Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. Figures are estimated cement production for 2025, rounded to the nearest million tonnes.

Countries With the Largest Metro Rail Networks 🇨🇳 China — over 11,550 km 🇰🇷 South Korea — approximately 1,639 km 🇺🇸 United States — approximately 1,324 km 🇮🇳 India — approximately 1,031 km 🇯🇵 Japan — approximately 775 km 🇷🇺 Russia — approximately 750 km 🇪🇸 Spain — approximately 549 km 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — approximately 539 km 🇫🇷 France — approximately 410 km 🇹🇷 Türkiye — approximately 404 km Source: FACS, Métros du monde, updated July 2026. Figures are approximate country totals obtained by adding listed metro-system lengths. They include above-ground sections, not just underground tunnels.

Largest Consumers of Beef 🇺🇸 United States — 13.16 million tonnes 🇨🇳 China — 11.64 million tonnes 🇧🇷 Brazil — 8.27 million tonnes 🇪🇺 European Union — 6.28 million tonnes 🇮🇳 India — 2.99 million tonnes 🇦🇷 Argentina — 2.40 million tonnes 🇲🇽 Mexico — 2.19 million tonnes 🇷🇺 Russia — 1.69 million tonnes 🇯🇵 Japan — 1.18 million tonnes 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — 1.14 million tonnes Source: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade, April 2026.

The Highest Waterfalls on Earth 🇿🇦 Tugela Falls, South Africa — 948 m 🇨🇭 Mattenbachfälle, Switzerland — 930 m 🇵🇪 Tres Hermanas Falls, Peru — 914 m 🇺🇸 Oloʻupena Falls, Hawaii, USA — 900 m 🇵🇪 Yumbilla Falls, Peru — 896 m 🇳🇴 Skorga, Norway — 875 m 🇳🇴 Vinnufallet, Norway — 845 m 🇺🇸 Puʻukaʻoku Falls, Hawaii, USA — 840 m 🇨🇦 James Bruce Falls, Canada — 840 m 🇳🇿 Browne Falls, New Zealand — 836 m Ranked by total overall height, including multi-tier waterfalls. Source: World Waterfall Database, “World’s Tallest Waterfalls.”

Countries With the Highest Household Debt (% of GDP) 1️⃣ 🇨🇭 Switzerland — 121.1% 2️⃣ 🇦🇺 Australia — 113.7% 3️⃣ 🇨🇦 Canada — 98.4% 4️⃣ 🇳🇱 Netherlands — 93.9% 5️⃣ 🇳🇿 New Zealand — 90.2% 6️⃣ 🇰🇷 South Korea — 89.7% 7️⃣ 🇳🇴 Norway — 88.4% 8️⃣ 🇭🇰 Hong Kong — 87.9% 9️⃣ 🇹🇭 Thailand — 87.7% 🔟 🇩🇰 Denmark — 84.4% Source: BIS household credit data, Q2 2025 snapshot. Figures measure household and nonprofit-institution debt as a percentage of GDP. Hong Kong is listed separately as a statistical economy.