Future By NumbersThe world, explained by numbers.https://futurebynumbers.world/BYD outsold Tesla by 276,000 cars in one quarterhttps://futurebynumbers.world/v/byd-vs-tesla/https://futurebynumbers.world/v/byd-vs-tesla/In Q3 2026, BYD sold 762,478 passenger battery-electric vehicles while Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in total, a gap of 275,946 cars.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe average CEO now earns 312x the median workerhttps://futurebynumbers.world/v/ceo-pay-ratio/https://futurebynumbers.world/v/ceo-pay-ratio/The average S&P 500 CEO earned $22.8M in 2025, up from $18.9M in 2024 (excluding Elon Musk's outlier Tesla package). A neutral look at how the gap moved in a single year.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBig Tech will spend $730 billion on AI this yearhttps://futurebynumbers.world/v/big-tech-ai-capex/https://futurebynumbers.world/v/big-tech-ai-capex/Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta have each guided to hundreds of billions in 2026 capital spending, mostly on AI data centers. Alphabet, Amazon and Meta all raised guidance at Q2 earnings.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTOver-65s now outnumber under-5s worldwidehttps://futurebynumbers.world/v/over-65s-outnumber-under-5s/https://futurebynumbers.world/v/over-65s-outnumber-under-5s/About 852 million people were 65 and over in 2025 (10.5% of the world), while under-5s made up less than 10%. The U.S. Census Bureau projects the 65+ group will reach about 2 billion by 2060.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTUS vs Chinese AI: who's cheaper?https://futurebynumbers.world/v/us-vs-china-ai-price/https://futurebynumbers.world/v/us-vs-china-ai-price/Median price per million output tokens: $8.00 for US labs versus $2.58 for Chinese labs, across 12 US and 8 Chinese models. List prices only, not a quality comparison.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTSeven stocks now own 31% of the S&P 500https://futurebynumbers.world/v/sp500-concentration/https://futurebynumbers.world/v/sp500-concentration/Those seven companies also account for roughly 26% of the index's expected earnings. That gap between weight and profits is one reason analysts watch index concentration closely.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI got 52% cheaper in four monthshttps://futurebynumbers.world/v/ai-token-price-fall/https://futurebynumbers.world/v/ai-token-price-fall/From about $2.07 to $0.99 per million tokens (26 Sep 2026). The index is usage-weighted, so it reflects a shift toward cheaper models as well as falling list prices. Cheaper intelligence does not automatically mean smaller bills, since usage keeps growing.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT20 AI models, ranked by pricehttps://futurebynumbers.world/v/ai-model-prices/https://futurebynumbers.world/v/ai-model-prices/20 AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Meta and China's top labs, ranked by what they charge per million output tokens (about 750,000 words).Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTNorway hit 98.7% electric. America fell to 5.7%.https://futurebynumbers.world/v/norway-vs-us-ev/https://futurebynumbers.world/v/norway-vs-us-ev/Norway's new-car market hit a record 98.7% electric in August 2026, while U.S. EV sales fell 46.9% year-over-year to just 5.7% of new-vehicle sales the same month.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT