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Richest people 1984–2026

Explore more than four decades of changing fortunes, from the Japanese property boom to the rise of Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. Drag the timeline, choose a year or press play to follow the top 15 people shown in our richest-people film, from July 1984 to September 2026. Open the event cards for archival interviews, memorable business moments and unexpected humour, including a young Donald Trump on 60 Minutes, Bill Gates on Letterman, Facebook’s stock-market debut and Ga

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Most valuable companies 1989–2026: an interactive history

Explore 37 years of the world’s most valuable companies. Scroll the timeline, jump to the events that changed markets, or press play to watch the top 15 trade places. Which change surprised you most? 31 May 1989–9 September 2026. Values are nominal US dollars. Public companies use market capitalization; private companies use disclosed funding or secondary-sale valuations. Historical gaps include estimates; animation between observations is interpolated. This interactive uses the same underlying

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Most popular AI 2021–2026

Watch the AI boom unfold, from early writing assistants to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and DeepSeek. Scroll the timeline, choose a year or press play to explore how popular AI websites change places from January 2021 to September 2026. This is the interactive companion to our “Most Popular AI 2021–2026” video. Open the event cards for memorable launches, interviews, demonstrations and viral moments—from the original DALL·E avocado chair and Toy Jensen to ChatGPT, Sora and Will Smith’s spaghetti. Whi

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Top car brands by production 1960–2026

Explore the history of car production from 1960 to 2026. Drag the timeline, choose a year or press play to watch the top 20 change places. Open the historical events for iconic launches, racing victories and turning points in the industry. This is the interactive companion to our “Top Car Brands by Production 1960–2026” video. From the Mustang and the Corolla to Le Mans, Senna and Hamilton, discover the stories alongside the numbers. Which car or moment would you add? Watch video About the data:

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Every Currency on Earth: 2000 BC–2026

How did money travel from weighed silver to the currencies we use today? Explore more than 4,000 years with a changing world map, ten historical milestones and an animated ranking of the largest cities. Press play, drag the timeline or choose a milestone. The map follows the 4K film’s currency regions while the city ranking uses the same historical population series. Follow early electrum coinage, Roman silver, Chinese paper money, medieval gold, national currencies and the euro. How to read the

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Largest Airlines by Passengers 1960–2026

Who carried the world? Explore the changing airline passenger rankings from 1960 to 2026, from Pan Am and the early jet age to the growth of low-cost carriers and today’s airline groups. Drag the timeline, choose a year or press play to follow the top 15 airlines shown in our film. This interactive companion lets you pause the race and compare passenger numbers at your own pace. Open the event cards for 22 moments in aviation history: the Boeing 747 and the jumbo era, Concorde’s supersonic servi

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Europe’s Population 1880–2026

How has Europe’s population changed since 1880? Explore more than 140 years through a top-15 ranking and a historical map, from the German and Russian empires to Europe in 2026. Press play, drag the timeline or choose a year to follow changing populations, borders and country identities. The chart and map share the same clock and population figures. Violet-to-peach shading shows where people are concentrated; historical flags follow the timeline. Use the country lookup to highlight smaller state

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Countries Resized by Cost of Living (1950–2026)

What would the world look like if countries were resized by their cost of living? Explore the changing map and top-15 ranking from 1950 to 2026. Press play, drag the timeline, or choose a country on the map to see its value. The numbers are a household-consumption price-level index, with the United States set to 100 separately in each year. A value of 150 means the modeled price level is about 50% above the US level at that date. This compares prices across countries; it does not measure wages,

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Africa’s Population 1880–2026

How has Africa’s population changed since 1880? Explore 146 years through an interactive top-15 ranking and a historical map, from colonial expansion and independence to Africa in 2026. Press play, drag the timeline or choose a year to follow changing populations, borders and country identities. Violet-to-peach shading shows where people are concentrated, and historical flags follow the timeline. Use the country lookup to highlight smaller states, or open fullscreen for a closer look. Follow Nig

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Asia’s Population 1880–2026

How has Asia’s population changed since 1880? Explore more than 140 years through a top-15 ranking and a historical map, from the Qing, Ottoman and Russian empires to Asia in 2026. Press play, drag the timeline or choose a year to follow changing populations, borders and country identities. The chart and map share the same clock and population figures. Violet-to-peach shading shows where people are concentrated; historical flags follow the timeline. Use the country lookup to highlight smaller st

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Richest Countries by GDP (1600–2026)

How has the balance of economic power changed over the last four centuries? Play the historical top-15 chart from 1600 to 2026 and watch empires, industrial economies and modern powers move through the ranking. Press play or drag the timeline to explore the rise and fall of the largest economies. Open the event cards for paintings, photographs and other images tied to turning points in the story. What the numbers mean The chart reproduces the source film's displayed GDP · USD series. The source

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Countries Resized by Economic Size (0–2026)

What would the world look like if countries were sized by their economies instead of their land? Watch the map reshape over two thousand years, alongside a top-15 ranking of the largest economies. Press play or drag the timeline to explore the rise of industrial economies and the changing balance between Asia, Europe and the Americas. Point to a country, or choose one from the map’s lookup, to see its estimated economic output. Open fullscreen for a closer look. What the numbers mean The measure

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Top retailers by market cap 2001–2026

Follow the changing retail landscape from January 2001 to August 2026. Drag the timeline, choose a year or press play to explore the top 15 retailers by market capitalization, using the same curves as our video. Watch Amazon and Walmart compete for the lead, follow the rise of Alibaba and other online retailers, and see how familiar supermarket chains, department stores and specialist retailers compare. The ranking also includes retail-related businesses represented in the film. Open the event c

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