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There's a lot in the zeitgeist we all take for granted. Because of that, it's easy to miss how jaw-droppingly huge a lot of entertainment has become. And it's not until you look at the actual numbers that you realize what juggernauts they actually are.

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There are 2.2 billion active gamers in the world but 65% of gaming companies employ less than 100 people. A total of 15% have 2-5 employees, while 19%

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the office accounts for a whopping SEVEN PERCENT of all streaming on NETFLIX

One out of every 13 tourists visiting South Korea in 2017 was there because of K-pop boy band BTS. Their impact on the South Korean economy each year

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CRACKED The number of people searching for flights from the US to Norway tripled after the release of Frozen, an animated film that takes place in loc

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CRACKED c COM PewDiePie has 96 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. 118 SUB 2 PEW DIE PIE If he were a nation, he'd rank as the sixteenth most

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The largest comic book collection can be found at the Library of Congress. L1G6GN ITHIRIT The library holds over 6,000 titles of comic books, with a t

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Minutes after the finale of M.A.S.H., 6.7 million gallons of water surged through the Big Apple's sewer. C0ODEE One million New Yorkers held their pee

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CRACKEDG COM The number of attendees to concerts featuring video game music is now twice as many as the more traditional concerts like Bach or Beethov

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The overall swiping distance traveled by the fingers of Candy Crush users on a daily basis is 71,458 miles. 35 30 Glear I the jellyf Cand CUsH That's

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The Chandler Bing-ing of America refers to how FRIENDS has innovated how Americans talk. Let me think: let me think. Oh, I donptcare. A study found

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Game of Thrones brought F240 million ($300 million) worth of business to Northern lreland. Filming the hit show in the region not only increased visit

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A Czech Republic Lego Model Shop made a 5.3 million brick Star Wars X-Wing, the largest Lego model ever built. Weight: 23 tons Wingspan: 44 feet Time:

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CRACKED CON WAILING woods FORTNITE players searched for one game-related item per second on eBay in 2018. DUSTY DEPOT eBay also reported a 35% increas

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CRACKED C 123 SESAME STREET The show has won 189 Emmys. That's enough to give four to every US President in history.

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As of June 2019, Despacito by Luis Fonsi ranks as the most watched Youtube video with over 6 billion views. DESPACITO The second most watched video

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The gaming industry is bigger than the film and music industry combined. In 2018, the gaming industry earned a revenue of $137.9 billion, compared to

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In 2017, 15% of searches on Google were things that had never been searched before. Google cat memes Google Search I'm Feeling Lucky To put that into

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I1ARRY POTTER ROWLING J. K. HARRY HALIC HARRY POTTEP DEATHIY THE POTTER AND the Deathly Hallow Every fifteenth human owns a Harry Potter book. CRACKED

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The Cars franchise generated $8 billion in merchandise in the first five years after the original movie's release. Over that period, over 200 million

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Build-A-Bear Workshop saw a spike in sales during the first quarter of 2019 with an increase from $1.2m to $84.4m. Build-A-Bear Workshop CEO, Sharon P

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Collectively, mankind has spent 6 million years playing World of Warcraft. 10 15- A 50 20 45 eenr 25 30 O 35 That's about as long as we've spent evolv

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CRACKEDDO Chernobyl, HBO'S miniseries that became overnight the highest rated show on IMDb, significantly boosted Chernobyl (Ukraine) tourism. Tour ag

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