Length 0:36One minute on Earth, fast-forwarded
Ticker · 2025
Chart type · Retention
Ticker
Odometer counters ticking at real-world rates, with every event drawn as a dot.
How to read it
Each counter runs at its real-world rate. In a fast-forwarded clip the clock shows how much world-time has passed and the counters land on the exact per-minute total; in a live clip the figure is what has happened since it started. The dots in each lane are individual events, so a slow counter is a drip you can count and a fast one a flood.
Best for
Rates of change — what happens in the world in a minute, or while you watch this.
When not to use it
The rate is lumpy rather than steady — a smooth counter implies a regularity the data does not have.
The common mistake
Dividing an annual total down to a per-second rate and presenting it as if the world worked that evenly.
Example data
One minute on Earth, fast-forwarded
Global activity in one minute
Since you opened this page 0:00 ago, at the rates in this clip:
- Photos uploaded4,200,000 a minute
- Cups of coffee drunk2,800,000 a minute
- Babies born258 a minute
- Flights taking off73 a minute
The sample dataset this format ships with, drawn the way the site draws every clip's numbers — hover, sort or step through it. Figures as given by its source line: Illustrative example data.
1 ticker reel
- Length 0:36
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