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Spotify: most streamed daily tracks worldwide 2025

On September 1 2025, "Golden", signature song of the Netflix hin KPop Demon Hunters, was the most-streamed track on Spotify with 7.7 million streams worldwide, followed by "back to friends", by sombr, reaching more thansix million Spotify streams on Spotify that day. Sabrina Carpenter'S "Tears" came third also with just over six million streams. 

Firstly, Spotify is one of the most successful and popular music streaming services in the United States, and as of the first half of 2018 had the biggest share of music streaming subscribers in the world. With Spotify’s vast audience, featuring on the platform is a good start for emerging and popular artists hoping to make an impact.

Secondly, there is no exact science to ‘going viral’. From the famous egg photo on Instagram posted in early 2019 to wildly successful music video ‘Gangnam Style’ released back in 2012, viral content comes in all shapes and sizes. Purposeful viral marketing is one way in which something could go viral, and is one of the reasons why some songs have so many streams in a short space of time. This type of marketing involves a tactical approach and pre-planning in an attempt to push the content into the public eye and encourage it to spread as quickly as possible.

However, many artists who go viral do not expect to. Accessible, catchy content created by an already popular artist is already poised to do well, i.e. the latest song or album from U.S. singer Drake. This is an example of incidental viral marketing, when content spreads by itself partially as a result of an established and engaged audience. Indeed, Spotify’s most-streamed tracks generally originate from a well-known figure with a large following. But for smaller or entirely unknown content creators, going viral or experiencing their 15 minutes of fame can simply be a case of posting the right thing at the right time.

Monthly global downloads of Temu shopping app 2022-2025

The popularity of e-commerce platform Temu has been surging since its debut in the fall of 2022. In August 2025, the app was downloaded about 34 million times all over the world, making it more popular than Amazon’s marketplace app.

Temu, which is owned by the Chinese online retailer PDD Holdings, has successfully replicated the meteoric growth of its sister app Pinduoduo in overseas markets through effective marketing campaigns. Focusing on providing low-cost products with free and fast shipping, Temu has emerged as a wallet-saving alternative amidst rising inflation. The newcomer has also followed the playbook of Pinduoduo, such as gamification features and personalized purchase recommendations, to make shopping on mobile more fun.

These strategies work. In the first five months of 2023, Temu generated over 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in gross merchandise volume. It has caught the eye of inflation-weary shoppers in the West, particularly young people in the United States and Mexico. In 2024, Temu was the most downloaded shopping app in the United States. 

Most expensive transfers in women's soccer worldwide 2025

As of 2025, the most expensive transfer in women's soccer history was Grace Geyoro's move to London City Lionesses, with the English club paying around 1.43 million British pounds. Meanwhile, the Orlando Pride paid around 1.1 million British pounds to secure the services of Lizbeth Ovalle from Tigres.

Share of French people satisfied with the resignation of the Bayrou government 2025

In September 2025, Prime Minister François Bayrou had requested a vote of confidence in the French National Assembly. He did not obtain the confidence of a majority of deputies (364 votes “against” and 194 votes “for”). Therefore, he had to resign under the Constitution. Most of the French respondents (74 percent) were satisfied with the Prime Minister and his government's resignation. 

Monthly inflation rate and Federal Reserve interest rate in the U.S. 2018-2025

The inflation rate in the United States declined significantly between June 2022 and July 2025, despite rising inflationary pressures towards the end of 2024. The peak inflation rate was recorded in June 2022, at 9.1 percent. In August 2023, the Federal Reserve's interest rate hit its highest level during the observed period, at 5.33 percent, and remained unchanged until September 2024, when the Federal Reserve implemented its first rate cut since September 2021. By January 2025, the rate dropped to 4.33 percent, signalling a shift in monetary policy. 

The Federal Reserve interest rate, or the federal funds rate, is the rate at which banks and credit unions lend to and borrow from each other. It is one of the Federal Reserve's key tools for maintaining strong employment rates, stable prices, and reasonable interest rates. The rate is determined by the Federal Reserve and adjusted eight times a year, though it can be changed through emergency meetings during times of crisis. The Fed doesn't directly control the interest rate but sets a target rate. It then uses open market operations to influence rates toward this target.

Inflation is typically measured using several methods, with the most common being the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The CPI tracks the price of a fixed basket of goods and services over time, providing a measure of the price changes consumers face. At the end of 2023, the CPI in the United States was 158.11 percent, up from 153.12 a year earlier. A more business-focused measure is the producer price index (PPI), which represents the costs of firms.

United States: physical retail store count 2015-2024

In 2024, there were a total of 1.07 million retail establishments throughout the United States, a number which has increased over the past couple of years. The chains with the most stores in the United States were Dollar General and Dollar Tree.

Most-subscribed YouTube channels Asia 2025

As of September 2025, Indian music company T-Series had the most-subscribed YouTube channel from Asia and in the world, with more than 302 million subscribers. The leading three most-subscribed channels from Asia were from India, including SET India and Zee Music Company, followed by the South Korean YouTubers KIMPRO, who had over 118 million subscribers as of September 2025. 

YouTube was the second most-used social media platform in the Indian market during recent years. Facebook still rules the Indian social media landscape with a market share of almost 50 percent. Nevertheless, YouTube secured the highest brand index score among the youngest demographics – Gen Z surpassing Facebook and Instagram in that regard.

The largest YouTube audiences in Asia are in India and Indonesia, with the former leading the ranks. Meanwhile, the service is restricted in China. Despite the growing number of viewers, YouTube’s usage rate has declined. Thus, the monthly market share of YouTube on mobile devices dropped to 5.5 percent in January of 2023, compared to around 7.5 percent recorded in the year prior.

Leading search engines in China 2020-2025, by market share

Much like the alternatives to mainstream social media platforms, China has pioneered the production of search engines that provide an alternative to Google and Bing. Some of the most prominent Chinese search engines are Baidu and Bing, with a combined market share of 79.25 percent.

Since its founding in 2000, Baidu’s revenue surged swiftly and totaled about 133.13 billion yuan in 2024. A majority of the revenue was generated through online marketing services. However, the operating profit bounced back after having contracted in 2019 and 2021. Baidu used to control about 70 to 80 percent of China’s online search market, a new contender Haosou emerged and is expected to close the gap shortly. 

In a country with around 777 million online search users, there are multiple local options besides Baidu. In a 2023 consumer survey in China, Shenma and Quark Search were rated the best in user experience whereas Haosou or 360 Search led the pack in search response speed and the diversity in search results.

Latin America: countries with most Facebook users 2025

As of August 2025, Brazil was home to 186.21 million Facebook users. In Latin America, it was followed by Mexico and Colombia with approximately 117 million and 44 million Facebook users, respectively. In the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic was the country with the largest number of people on the social media platform.

Brazil is expected to continue building up its Facebook audience in the coming years. It is estimated that by 2025, the South American nation will reach nearly 152.2 million users on the social network. By that same year, more than 96.33 million Mexicans are forecast to be on Facebook, according to another source. Despite such awaited growth, Facebook’s market share decreased in most of the six largest Latin American countries between 2019 and 2020 – the exception was Chile, where an increase of 5.2 percent was recorded. Concurrently, Instagram, also owned by Facebook, Inc., experienced an increase in its market share across the region.

In March 2020, when COVID-19 was officially characterized by the World Health Organization as a pandemic, Facebook users in Brazil made nearly 37 percent more posts than they had during the same month a year prior. Furthermore, the contents of posts addressing the virus, made during the month of March throughout Latin America, were more visual than textual. Namely, 41 percent of posts using the words ‘coronavirus’ or ‘COVID-19’ consisted of videos and almost a quarter of them contained photos, whereas only two percent included users’ statuses. At that same time, Latin American governments flocked to the social network to communicate with the region's inhabitants, increasing their Facebook posting behavior by almost 36 percent in one year.

Largest iron ore mining companies Australia 2025, by market capitalization

BHP Group was ranked number one among the iron ore mining companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange as of September 2025, with a market capitalization of over 208 billion Australian dollars. BHP Group is a multinational, diversified natural resources company and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.