Claude just passed ChatGPT on multiple benchmarks.

We looked at every time a model took the #1 spot in the last 3 years. Average time at the top: 4.2 months.

The AI throne has no permanent occupant.

https://dropthe.org/tech/claude-beat-chatgpt-benchmarks-how-long/

62% of the 50 most popular TV series are based on something that already existed. Books, comics, games, real events.

Original ideas are the minority in peak TV. The data is clear.

https://dropthe.org/culture/most-popular-series-adaptations-vs-originals/

We tracked 16,000 crypto tokens from launch to now.

Most were dead within a year. The median token lost 95%+ of its value. The survival rate makes restaurants look like safe investments.

https://dropthe.org/coin/crypto-token-lifespan-data-16000/

30+ countries have banned at least one major app.

TikTok gets the headlines, but the full list is much longer. We tracked every ban, every country, every app. The internet is more fragmented than it looks.

https://dropthe.org/tech/countries-banned-apps-social-media-list/

The 50 highest-rated video games of all time are mostly over 10 years old.

Only a handful of games released after 2015 crack the top 50. The golden age of gaming might already be behind us.

https://dropthe.org/gaming/highest-rated-games-all-time-data/

We scored cities on restaurants, museums, parks, nightlife, and cost per day.

Five cities consistently outperformed the usual tourist traps on every metric. None of them are Paris or New York.

https://dropthe.org/travel/underrated-cities-travel-mapped-data/

Big Tech has killed 295+ products since 2000.

The average lifespan before shutdown: 7.6 years. Google leads the kill count. Some products had millions of users when they were axed.

https://dropthe.org/tech/big-tech-killed-295-products-since-2000/

Palantir doubled its revenue in 2 years.

We compared that growth rate against every other major defense contractor. Almost none of them came close.

The gap between Palantir and legacy defense is widening fast.

https://dropthe.org/money/palantir-revenue-doubled-defense-tech-comparison/

Apple acquires a company roughly every 2 weeks. Most of them you never hear about.

We mapped every acquisition and found a clear pattern: almost every recent buy is an AI play.

https://dropthe.org/tech/apple-acquisitions-pattern-ai-strategy/

90% of the original S&P 500 companies are gone.

The average S&P 500 company now lasts about 18 years before being replaced. In 1960 it was 60 years.

Corporate mortality is accelerating.

https://dropthe.org/money/sp500-company-turnover-lifespan-data-3/

Three separate studies tracked what happens when companies deploy AI tools to "save time."

All three found the same thing: workers spent more hours, not fewer. The productivity promise has a data problem.

https://dropthe.org/tech/ai-burnout-studies-productivity-myth/

AI companies spent $100M+ on Super Bowl ads this year.

We ran the numbers on what that buys in actual user acquisition. The math does not add up for most of them.

https://dropthe.org/tech/super-bowl-ai-ads-math/

We tracked 886 cryptocurrencies with full price history.

91% never recovered from their all-time high. The median coin is down 91.9% from its peak.

The crypto graveyard is bigger than most people realize.

https://dropthe.org/coin/crypto-graveyard-coins-never-recovered/

DropThe tracks 1.83 million entities across companies, crypto, streaming, games, and more. Data-driven analysis, zero fluff.

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