Category Business

Snips In Numbers, Business, Miscellaneous, Tech

SiN #83 – $643,000,000,000

That, according to an independent study commissioned by Apple, is the total amount of money that app developers in its App Store made during 2020, a 24% rise over 2019. That includes the sale of digital goods and services, for…

Shreesha S
June 8, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Auto, Business, China, Finance

SiN #78 – $87 Billion

That is the valuation the China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group Ltd had in April, before even selling a vehicle. This massive valuation can be attributed to the Evergrande Group being the 2nd biggest real-estate developer in China, which drove…

Shreesha S
June 2, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Auto, Business, Tech

SiN #67 – 1.1 Seconds

That’s how fast the Tesla Roadster can accelerate from 0-100kmh/60mph with the Space X option package, as confirmed by Elon Musk on Twitter. This is crazy fast considering the standard roadster is claimed to hit 0-100kmh in 1.9 seconds!!

Emil Eapen
May 24, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Cryptocurrency, India, Startups

SiN #65 – 350

That is the number of startups that operate in blockchain and cryptocurrencies in India. There are approximately 1.5 crore Indians who have invested in cryptocurrencies holding Rs 15,000 crore according to Moneycontrol. Ironically, Indians have substantial exposure to crypto even…

Shreesha S
May 21, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Business, China, Miscellaneous

SiN #63 – 258,700

That is the total number of employees working for the Logistics division of the Chinese E-commerce giant JD.com. For a comparison, that is almost double that of the whole of Alphabet, Google‘s parent company(135,301).

Shreesha S
May 20, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Business, Economy, India, Miscellaneous

SiN #61 – 56%

That is the contribution of Reliance Industries to the production of single use plastics in India. India is the third largest single use plastic producer after China and the USA at 5.58 Million Tons(MT) annually as of 2019 out of…

Shreesha S
May 19, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Auto, Business, Economy, India, Miscellaneous, USA

Sin #58 – $110 Billion

That is how much the on going worldwide semiconductor chip shortage is expected to cost the global automotive industry in revenue in 2021, according to consulting firm AlixPartners.

Emil Eapen
May 17, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Auto, Business

SiN #53 – 15x

That is how much the value of the car maker Volvo has increased over 10 years. It was bought by the Chinese car company Geely for about $1.8 billion from Ford Motors in 2010. It is now planning to go…

Shreesha S
May 14, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Business, Miscellaneous, Tech

SiN #52 – $100 Million

YouTube recently announced a $100 Million YouTube Shorts Fund, which it will use to pay creators for their most viewed and most engaging content over the course of 2021 and 2022. This comes almost a year after Tik-Tok announced its…

Shreesha S
May 13, 2021