๐ Stock performance this year :
๐บ๐ธ Dell (DELL) - +163%
๐ฐ๐ท Samsung - +116%
๐บ๐ธ AMD (AMD) - +110%
๐บ๐ธ Palo Alto Networks (PANW) - +70%
๐บ๐ธ Etsy (ETSY) - +62%
๐บ๐ธ Intel (INTC) - +53%
๐บ๐ธ Airbnb (ABNB) - +40%
๐บ๐ธ FedEx (FDX) - +34%
๐บ๐ธ Apple (AAPL) - +26%
๐บ๐ธ Pfizer (PFE) - +24%
๐บ๐ธ Amazon (AMZN) - +12%
๐บ๐ธ Macyโs (M) - +8%
๐ธ๐ช Spotify (SPOT) - +4%
๐ฏ๐ต Toyota - +2%
๐บ๐ธ Nvidia (NVDA) - ~0%
๐บ๐ธ Meta (META) - -7%
๐จ๐ฆ Shopify (SHOP) - -7%
๐บ๐ธ Palantir (PLTR) - -10%
๐ฎ๐ณ Mahindra & Mahindra - -10%
๐บ๐ธ Carvana Co (CVNA) - -13%
๐บ๐ธ Broadcom (AVGO) - -15%
๐บ๐ธ Uber (UBER) - -16%
๐ฎ๐ณ Reliance - -16%
๐บ๐ธ Salesforce (CRM) - -19%
๐บ๐ธ Tesla (TSLA) - -20%
๐บ๐ธ Alphabet (GOOGL) - -10%
๐บ๐ธ Booking (BKNG) - -24%
๐บ๐ธ Adobe (ADBE) - -32%
๐บ๐ธ Netflix (NFLX) - -32%
๐บ๐ธ Roblox (RBLX) - -39%
๐บ๐ธ Oracle (ORCL) - -40%
๐บ๐ธ Coinbase (COIN) - -40%
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๐บ๐ธ Length of Recessions in the US Since World War II
Feb 2020 โ Apr 2020 โ 2 Months
Jan 1980 โ Jul 1980 โ 6 Months
Aug 1957 โ Apr 1958 โ 8 Months
Jul 1990 โ Mar 1991 โ 8 Months
Mar 2001 โ Nov 2001 โ 8 Months
Jul 1953 โ May 1954 โ 10 Months
Apr 1960 โ Feb 1961 โ 10 Months
Nov 1948 โ Oct 1949 โ 11 Months
Dec 1969 โ Nov 1970 โ 11 Months
Nov 1973 โ Mar 1975 โ 16 Months
Jul 1981 โ Nov 1982 โ 16 Months
Dec 2007 โ Jun 2009 โ 18 Months
Note: According to the NBER, a recession is a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy that typically lasts more than a few months.
Sources: NBER, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Minimum age to be a candidate for the president:
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: 18
๐ซ๐ท France: 18
๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosovo: 35
๐ป๐ช Venezuela: 30
๐ฆ๐น Austria: 35
๐ง๐ท Brazil: 35
๐จ๐ซ CAR: 35
๐จ๐ฑ Chile: 35
๐จ๐พ Cyprus: 35
๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland: 35
๐ฎ๐ณ India: 35
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland: 35
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico: 35
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: 35
๐ต๐ฑ Poland: 35
๐ต๐น Portugal: 35
๐ท๐บ Russia: 35
๐บ๐ธ USA: 35
๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia: 35
๐ฌ๐ช Georgia: 35
๐ท๐ด Romania: 35
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia: 40
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia: 40
๐ช๐ช Estonia: 40
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: 40
๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq: 40
๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova: 40
๐ต๐ธ Palestine: 40
๐ต๐ญ Philippines: 40
๐ฐ๐ท S Korea: 40
๐น๐ผ Taiwan: 40
๐น๐ท Turkey: 40
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan: 45
๐จ๐ณ China: 45
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Leading Prediction Markets in Q1 2026 ๐
1. ๐ข Kalshi โ $30.4B
QoQ Growth: +82.1%
Transactions: 196M
2. ๐ต Polymarket โ $24.7B
QoQ Growth: +80.3%
Transactions: 232M
3. ๐ Opinion โ $11.6B
QoQ Growth: -0.43%
Transactions: 4.81M
4. ๐ต Crypto. com โ $1.37B
QoQ Growth: +52.2%
Total Prediction Market Volume (Q1 2026): $71.5B
๐ Total Transactions: 443M
Data as of Q1 2026.
๐ค Paid partnership
Kalshi raised $1B at a $22B valuation led by Coatue, with participation from Morgan Stanley, Sequoia, a16z, and others.
In 2018, we were two kids who loved math, markets, and debate. And we had a dream: build the next generation financial market, where we capture a broader set of questions and harness the power of the masses to price them better than Wall Street.
Kalshi was born to fulfill that dream.
Today, most of these questions are traded indirectly, priced through imprecise proxies or negotiated bilaterally in opaque, restricted, relationship-driven markets. But thanks to our incredible community of users who make our markets work, Kalshi has the opportunity to change that by turning historically fragmented and untradeable risk into open, liquid, and standardized markets.
Weโve seen this movie before. When interest rates, currencies, commodities, and crypto moved from dark to lit markets, volume did not just migrate: access expanded, new use cases emerged, and the opportunity grew by orders of magnitude.
Today, Kalshi represents over 90% of US prediction market volume and the majority of activity globally, with annualized volume growing to $178B over the past 6 months.
What started as retail is quickly becoming institutional โ hedge funds, asset managers, prop firms, and insurers are beginning to trade, provide liquidity, and hedge real-world risk directly. The scope and scale of prediction markets are just beginning to take shape.
Weโre using this new capital to accelerate the institutional adoption underway โ unlocking trillions in capital to facilitate active trading and risk management.
Prediction markets are moving from early adoption to core financial infrastructure. This is just the beginning.
๐โโ๏ธ Menโs Haircut Price:
๐ณ๐ด Norway: $64.50
๐ฏ๐ต Japan: $56.00
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark: $48.21
๐ธ๐ช Sweden: $46.13
๐ฆ๐บ Australia: $46.00
๐บ๐ธ USA: $44.00
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland: $42.96
๐ซ๐ท France: $37.05
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea: $36.94
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England: $35.74
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: $35.39
๐ฆ๐น Austria: $35.06
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: $31.03
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland: $26.90
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia: $25.69
๐จ๐ฆ Canada: $24.28
๐ต๐ฑ Poland: $23.54
๐ต๐น Portugal: $23.40
๐ฎ๐น Italy: $23.21
๐ช๐ธ Spain: $21.68
๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia: $20.34
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa: $18.27
๐ท๐บ Russia: $16.66
๐จ๐ฑ Chile: $16.41
๐ฌ๐ท Greece: $14.79
๐ง๐พ Belarus: $14.52
๐ญ๐บ Hungary: $13.92
๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan: $11.71
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine: $11.10
๐จ๐ด Colombia: $10.65
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico: $9.66
๐ป๐ณ Vietnam: $8.98
๐ง๐ท Brazil: $8.67
๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria: $5.96
๐ฎ๐ณ India: $5.29
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan: $4.44
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina: $3.15
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: $1.83
๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia: $1.65
Note: in capital cities
According to NetCredit
๐ฎ๐ณ Unfavorable view of India
๐น๐ท Turkey: 56%
๐ฆ๐บ Australia: 54%
๐บ๐ธ USA: 48%
๐ง๐ท Brazil: 47%
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa: 44%
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea: 43%
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico: 42%
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: 40%
๐ช๐ธ Spain: 40%
๐จ๐ฆ Canada: 39%
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia: 39%
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina: 38%
๐ฏ๐ต Japan: 38%
๐ฌ๐ท Greece: 36%
๐ธ๐ช Sweden: 35%
๐ซ๐ท France: 34%
๐ฎ๐น Italy: 34%
๐ญ๐บ Hungary: 32%
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: 31%
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: 30%
๐ฌ๐ง UK: 29%
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya: 27%
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel: 27%
๐ต๐ฑ Poland: 23%
Source: Pew Research Center (Spring 2025 Survey)
Countries that were once part of the French Empire:
๐ซ๐ท France
๐บ๐ธ United States
๐จ๐ฆ Canada
๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco
๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria
๐ธ๐ณ Senegal
๐จ๐ฌ Congo
๐ฎ๐ณ India
๐ง๐ซ Burkina Faso
๐จ๐ฎ Ivory Coast
๐ป๐ณ Vietnam
๐ฒ๐ฌ Madagascar
๐ป๐บ Vanuatu
๐จ๐ซ Central African Republic
๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania
๐ฒ๐จ Monaco
๐น๐ฉ Chad
๐ต๐ซ French Polynesia
๐ฒ๐ฑ Mali
๐ฌ๐ฆ Gabon
๐ธ๐พ Syria
๐ณ๐จ New Caledonia
๐ญ๐น Haiti
๐ฌ๐ณ Guinea
๐ฉ๐ฏ Djibouti
๐ง๐ฏ Benin
๐ณ๐ช Niger
๐น๐ณ Tunisia
๐น๐ฌ Togo
๐ฐ๐ฒ Comoros
๐ธ๐จ Seychelles
๐ฑ๐ง Lebanon
๐ฑ๐ฆ Laos
๐ฌ๐ต Guadeloupe
๐ฒ๐ถ Martinique
๐ธ๐ฝ Saint Martin
๐ง๐ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy
๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia
๐ธ๐ญ Saint Lucia
๐ป๐จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
๐ฌ๐ฉ Grenada
๐ฉ๐ฒ Dominica
๐ฌ๐ซ French Guiana
๐ผ๐ซ Wallis and Futuna
Percentage of the population that speaks fluent English:
๐จ๐ณ China - 0.9%
๐ง๐ท Brazil - 5%
๐ท๐บ Russia - 5%
๐ฎ๐ณ India - 10.5%
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico - 12.9%
๐ฎ๐น Italy - 13.74%
๐น๐ท Turkey - 17%
๐ช๐ธ Spain - 22%
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia - 30.8%
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa - 31%
๐ท๐ด Romania - 31%
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt - 39.9%
๐ต๐ฑ Poland - 49.1%
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan - 49~58%
๐ฌ๐ท Greece - 51%
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria - 51~57%
๐ฉ๐ช Germany - 56%
๐ซ๐ท France - 57.2%
๐ต๐ญ Philippines - 58.2%
๐ง๐ช Belgium - 60%
๐ฆ๐น Austria - 73%
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland - 75%
๐จ๐ฆ Canada - 83%
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark - 86%
๐ธ๐ช Sweden - 89%
๐ณ๐ด Norway - 90%
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands - 90.9%
๐ฆ๐บ Australia - 92.8%
๐บ๐ธ USA - 95.5%
๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore - 96.4%
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand - 97.8%
๐ฌ๐ง UK - 98.3%
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland - 98.37%
๐ฌ๐ฎ Gibraltar - 100%
Source: Census, Crystal, Euromonitor, Eurobarometer, etc.
Replying to @TerribleMaps
ๆฅๆฌใฎใชใฌใณใธใใผใซใใใ
๐ฏ๐ต Japan Passport Power Ranking Since 2000:
2000 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 4th
2001 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 4th
2002 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 4th
2003 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 4th
2004 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 4th
2005 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 4th
2006 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 3rd
2007 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 4th
2008 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 5th
2009 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 6th
2010 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 6th
2011 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 4th
2012 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 5th
2013 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 4th
2014 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 3rd
2015 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 3rd
2016 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 5th
2017 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 5th
2018 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 1st
2019 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 1st
2020 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 1st
2021 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 1st
2022 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 1st
2023 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 1st
2024 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 1st
2025 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 2nd
2026 โ ๐ฏ๐ต Passport Rank: 2nd
๐ Obesity rate (% of adult population):
๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwait: 43.8%
๐บ๐ธ USA: 42.7%
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico: 36.9%
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt: 35.7%
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand: 34.3%
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina: 32.4%
๐ฆ๐บ Australia: 31.3%
๐ท๐บ Russia: 30.3%
๐ฆ๐ช UAE: 27.8%
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa: 26.2%
๐ง๐ท Brazil: 25.9%
๐ป๐ช Venezuela: 24.6%
๐จ๐ฆ Canada: 24.3%
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland: 21.0%
๐น๐ท Tรผrkiye: 20.2%
๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia: 20.2%
๐ฌ๐ง UK: 20.1%
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia: 19.8%
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: 19.0%
๐ต๐ฑ Poland: 19.0%
๐ฆ๐น Austria: 17.1%
๐ซ๐ท France: 17.0%
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel: 17.0%
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark: 16.5%
๐ฌ๐ท Greece: 16.4%
๐ง๐ช Belgium: 16.3%
๐ธ๐ช Sweden: 16.0%
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: 15.5%
๐ณ๐ด Norway: 14.0%
๐น๐ญ Thailand: 11.6%
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland: 11.0%
๐ท๐ด Romania: 10.9%
๐ฎ๐น Italy: 10.4%
๐จ๐ณ China: 6.5%
๐ฎ๐ณ India: 5.5%
๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh: 5.4%
๐ฏ๐ต Japan: 4.5%
๐ป๐ณ Vietnam: 1.7%
๐ช๐น Ethiopia: 1.0%
(World Population Review, only selected countries)
Replying to @TerribleMaps
Map of Germany, with capital city represented as black dot.
Any resemblance to Pacman is purely coincidental.
So creators who focus on global, non-political content now get penalized because they donโt chase regional narratives?
This change assumes people engage cross-border only for politics โ which is simply not true. Tech, sports, science, memes, and business content thrive because they are global.
By weighting โhome regionโ impressions more, youโre not encouraging diversity โ youโre fragmenting reach and discouraging organic global audiences that creators built without gaming anything.
@elonmusk isnโt X supposed to reward merit and engagement, not geography?
Starting Thursday, we'll be updating our revenue sharing incentives to better reward the content we want on X:
We will be giving more weight to impressions from your home regionโto encourage content that resonates with people in your country, in neighboring countries and people who speak your language.
While we appreciate everyone's opinion on American politics, we hope this will disincentivize gaming the attention of US or Japanese accounts and instead, drive diverse conversations on the platform.
We invite creators to start building an audience locally. X will be a much richer community when there's relevant posts for people in all parts of the world.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Elon Musk has put this change on hold.
โWe will pause moving forward with this until further considerationโ
x.com/elonmusk/statuโฆ
๐ The word "pineapple" in different languages:
๐ฆ๐ฟ ananas
๐ง๐พ ะฐะฝะฐะฝะฐั
๐ง๐ฌ ะฐะฝะฐะฝะฐั
๐ญ๐ท ananas
๐จ๐ฟ ananas
๐ฉ๐ฐ ananas
๐ณ๐ฑ ananas
๐ช๐ช ananass
๐ซ๐ฎ ananas
๐ซ๐ท ananas
๐ฉ๐ช Ananas
๐ฌ๐ท ฮฑฮฝฮฑฮฝฮฌฯ
๐ญ๐น anana
๐ญ๐บ ananรกsz
๐ฎ๐ธ ananas
๐ฎ๐ฉ nanas
๐ฎ๐ช anann
๐ฎ๐น ananas
๐ฑ๐ป anannas
๐ฑ๐น ananasas
๐ณ๐ด ananas
๐ต๐ฑ ananas
๐ท๐ด ananas
๐ท๐บ ะฐะฝะฐะฝะฐั
๐ท๐ธ ะฐะฝะฐะฝะฐั
๐ธ๐ฐ ananรกs
๐ธ๐ฎ ananas
๐ธ๐ช ananas
๐น๐ท ananas
๐ฌ๐ง pineapple ๐ณ
๐บ๐ฆ ะฐะฝะฐะฝะฐั
Highest Sexual Satisfaction
1. ๐ณ๐ด Norway โ 91%
2. ๐ต๐น Portugal โ 83%
3. ๐ง๐ท Brazil โ 82%
4. ๐จ๐ณ China โ 79%
5. ๐ฎ๐ณ India โ 76%
6. ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia โ 75%
7. ๐น๐ญ Thailand โ 75%
8. ๐ซ๐ท France โ 74%
9. ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia โ 71%
10. ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands โ 70%
11. ๐ต๐ญ Philippines โ 70%
12. ๐จ๐ด Colombia โ 70%
13. ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa โ 70%
14. ๐ฆ๐บ Australia โ 68%
15. ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria โ 67%
16. ๐ต๐ช Peru โ 66%
17. ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland โ 65%
18. ๐ฉ๐ช Germany โ 65%
19. ๐ฎ๐น Italy โ 64%
20. ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina โ 64%
21. ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico โ 63%
22. ๐จ๐ฑ Chile โ 63%
23. ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand โ 62%
24. ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark โ 61%
25. ๐ต๐ฑ Poland โ 60%
26. ๐ฆ๐น Austria โ 59%
27. ๐ง๐ช Belgium โ 59%
28. ๐น๐ท Turkey โ 58%
29. ๐ธ๐ช Sweden โ 57%
30. ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom โ 56%
31. ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland โ 55%
32. ๐ญ๐บ Hungary โ 54%
33. ๐ช๐ธ Spain โ 53%
34. ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel โ 52%
35. ๐ฌ๐ท Greece โ 51%
36. ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana โ 51%
37. ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya โ 50%
38. ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt โ 49%
39. ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia โ 49%
40. ๐จ๐ฆ Canada โ 48%
41. ๐บ๐ธ United States โ 48%
42. ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda โ 48%
43. ๐น๐ณ Tunisia โ 47%
44. ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe โ 46%
45. ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco โ 45%
46. ๐ช๐น Ethiopia โ 44%
47. ๐ท๐บ Russia โ 42%
48. ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea โ 37%
49. ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore โ 35%
50. ๐ฏ๐ต Japan โ 15%
(Source: multiple global sex-life surveys combined)
Share of babies born outside marriage (%)
๐จ๐ด Colombia โ 87.0%
๐จ๐ฑ Chile โ 78.1%
๐จ๐ท Costa Rica โ 74.0%
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico โ 73.7%
๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland โ 69.4%
๐ณ๐ด Norway โ 61.2%
๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria โ 59.7%
๐ต๐น Portugal โ 59.5%
๐ซ๐ท France โ 58.5%
๐ธ๐ช Sweden โ 57.5%
๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia โ 56.5%
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark โ 54.7%
๐ช๐ช Estonia โ 53.8%
๐ง๐ช Belgium โ 52.4%
๐ช๐ธ Spain โ 50.0%
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand โ 48.4%
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland โ 48.4%
๐ฌ๐ง UK โ 47.6%
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia โ 47.1%
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands โ 42.1%
๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia โ 41.6%
๐ฎ๐น Italy โ 40.5%
๐ฆ๐น Austria โ 40.0%
๐บ๐ธ United States โ 40.0%
๐ฆ๐บ Australia โ 39.9%
๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg โ 39.0%
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland โ 38.4%
๐ฑ๐ป Latvia โ 37.3%
๐ท๐ด Romania โ 33.9%
๐ฉ๐ช Germany โ 33.1%
๐จ๐ฆ Canada โ 29.0%
๐ต๐ฑ Poland โ 28.7%
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland โ 27.7%
๐ฑ๐น Lithuania โ 27.3%
๐ญ๐ท Croatia โ 26.1%
๐ญ๐บ Hungary โ 24.4%
๐จ๐พ Cyprus โ 21.2%
๐ฌ๐ท Greece โ 9.7%
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel โ 8.6%
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea โ 4.7%
๐น๐ท Tรผrkiye โ 3.1%
๐ฏ๐ต Japan โ 2.4%
Source: OECD



























