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*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
|-
| Global health || ~12B
|-
| US || ~4B
|-
| Developments || ~3B
|-
| Grants || ~1B
|}

===Book publishing industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Genre !! Revenue
|-
| Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
|-
| Romance || $1,380,000,000
|-
| Trade books || $14,130,000,000
|-
| K-12 || $5,570,000,000
|-
| Professional || $3,750,000,000
|-
| Higher education || $4,560,000,000
|}

===Video game industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Video game industry revenue || $48,900,000,000
|-
| United States || $18,830,000,000
|}

===Harvard University revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Tuition, donations, and fees || $1,425,000,000
|-
| Investments || $7,900,000,000
|}

In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.

===Education===

===Education foundations===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Foundation !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation || $36,700,000,000
|-
| INGKA Foundation || $36,000,000,000
|-
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute || $14,800,000,000
|-
| Ford Foundation || $13,800,000,000
|-
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation || $6,100,000,000
|}

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! University !! Endowments
|-
| Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities || $277,570,000,000
|-
| Harvard || $32,000,000,000
|-
| Yale || $19,400,000,000
|-
| Princeton || $17,100,000,000
|-
| U of Texas || $16,610,000,000
|-
| Stanford || $16,500,000,000
|-
| MIT || $9,900,000,000
|-
| Columbia || $7,800,000,000
|-
| U of Michigan || $7,800,000,000
|-
| Texas A&M || $7,030,000,000
|-
| Northwestern || $7,030,000,000
|}

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===
by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Company !! Value
|-
| Saudi Aramco (State-owned company--estimated market value) || $2,940,000,000,000
|-
| Apple || $358,310,000,000
|-
| ExxonMobil || $357,910,000,000
|-
| PetroChina || $280,160,000,000
|-
| IBM || $211,640,000,000
|-
| Microsoft || $211,340,000,000
|-
| Bank of China || $208,810,000,000
|-
| China Mobile || $201,510,000,000
|-
| Royal Dutch Shell || $199,780,000,000
|-
| Nestle || $193,700,000,000
|-
| Chevron || $188,030,000,000
|-
| Facebook 2011 valuation || $70,000,000,000
|-
| AT&T attempted T-Mobile purchase || $39,000,000,000
|-
| Facebook 2010 valuation || $33,450,000,000
|-
| Zynga 2011 valuation || $14,000,000,000
|-
| LivingSocial 2011 valuation || $2,980,000,000
|}

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Cost
|-
| Cost to buy the world a coke (2011 wholesale prices) || $2,240,000,000
|-
| Coca-Cola's annual marketing budget || $2,980,000,000
|-
| Cost to teach the world to sing (four half-hour lessons at $30 each) || $840,000,000,000
|}

===State government spending===

[map without amounts]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Total US states' debt || $46,000,000,000
|}

===US foreign military aid===

====US foreign military aid====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount
|-
| Total || $11,010,000,000
|-
| Afghanistan || $5,800,000,000
|-
| Israel || $2,410,000,000
|-
| Egypt || $1,320,000,000
|-
| Other || $5,800,000,000
|}

====US foreign humanitarian and economic aid====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount
|-
| Total || $11,010,000,000
|-
| Iraq and Afghanistan || $5,370,000,000
|-
| West Bank and Ghana || $1,050,000,000
|-
| Africa (total) || $8,850,000,000
|-
| Other || $19,130,000,000
|}

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Ft. Knox gold reserves (November 2011 prices) || $245,900,000,000
|-
| Unclaimed US treasury bonds || $16,000,000,000
|-
| All the tea in China || $4,210,000,000
|}

===Corporate tax deduction===

(Note: some of the corporate deductions are very technical, and even with the help of a technical accountant, I had trouble making sense of them. The text below is my best attempt at an English interpretation of the legalese.)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Deductions
|-
| Corporate tax deduction || $125,180,000,000
|-
| Reduced tax on first $10 million of corporate income || $3,240,000,000
|-
| Delay of taxes on 'income' made from defaulting on a debt (Temporary stimulus measure) || $21,390,000,000
|-
| Temporary change to equipment depreciation rules allowing more (and sooner) deductions on the purchase of new equipment || $24,390,000,000
|-
| Clean energy, space, science, and tech R&D || $13,900,000,000
|-
| Miscellaneous rules for international corporate finance || $6,800,000,000
|-
| Foreign corporation income financing rules || $13,680,000,000
|}

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-17T23:22:03Z

Rachel: /* Ft. Knox gold reserves */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
|-
| Global health || ~12B
|-
| US || ~4B
|-
| Developments || ~3B
|-
| Grants || ~1B
|}

===Book publishing industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Genre !! Revenue
|-
| Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
|-
| Romance || $1,380,000,000
|-
| Trade books || $14,130,000,000
|-
| K-12 || $5,570,000,000
|-
| Professional || $3,750,000,000
|-
| Higher education || $4,560,000,000
|}

===Video game industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Video game industry revenue || $48,900,000,000
|-
| United States || $18,830,000,000
|}

===Harvard University revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Tuition, donations, and fees || $1,425,000,000
|-
| Investments || $7,900,000,000
|}

In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.

===Education===

===Education foundations===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Foundation !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation || $36,700,000,000
|-
| INGKA Foundation || $36,000,000,000
|-
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute || $14,800,000,000
|-
| Ford Foundation || $13,800,000,000
|-
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation || $6,100,000,000
|}

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! University !! Endowments
|-
| Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities || $277,570,000,000
|-
| Harvard || $32,000,000,000
|-
| Yale || $19,400,000,000
|-
| Princeton || $17,100,000,000
|-
| U of Texas || $16,610,000,000
|-
| Stanford || $16,500,000,000
|-
| MIT || $9,900,000,000
|-
| Columbia || $7,800,000,000
|-
| U of Michigan || $7,800,000,000
|-
| Texas A&M || $7,030,000,000
|-
| Northwestern || $7,030,000,000
|}

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===
by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Company !! Value
|-
| Saudi Aramco (State-owned company--estimated market value) || $2,940,000,000,000
|-
| Apple || $358,310,000,000
|-
| ExxonMobil || $357,910,000,000
|-
| PetroChina || $280,160,000,000
|-
| IBM || $211,640,000,000
|-
| Microsoft || $211,340,000,000
|-
| Bank of China || $208,810,000,000
|-
| China Mobile || $201,510,000,000
|-
| Royal Dutch Shell || $199,780,000,000
|-
| Nestle || $193,700,000,000
|-
| Chevron || $188,030,000,000
|-
| Facebook 2011 valuation || $70,000,000,000
|-
| AT&T attempted T-Mobile purchase || $39,000,000,000
|-
| Facebook 2010 valuation || $33,450,000,000
|-
| Zynga 2011 valuation || $14,000,000,000
|-
| LivingSocial 2011 valuation || $2,980,000,000
|}

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Cost
|-
| Cost to buy the world a coke (2011 wholesale prices) || $2,240,000,000
|-
| Coca-Cola's annual marketing budget || $2,980,000,000
|-
| Cost to teach the world to sing (four half-hour lessons at $30 each) || $840,000,000,000
|}

===State government spending===

[map without amounts]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Total US states' debt || $46,000,000,000
|}

===US foreign military aid===

====US foreign military aid====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount
|-
| Total || $11,010,000,000
|-
| Afghanistan || $5,800,000,000
|-
| Israel || $2,410,000,000
|-
| Egypt || $1,320,000,000
|-
| Other || $5,800,000,000
|}

====US foreign humanitarian and economic aid====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount
|-
| Total || $11,010,000,000
|-
| Iraq and Afghanistan || $5,370,000,000
|-
| West Bank and Ghana || $1,050,000,000
|-
| Africa (total) || $8,850,000,000
|-
| Other || $19,130,000,000
|}

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Ft. Knox gold reserves (November 2011 prices) || $245,900,000,000
|-
| Unclaimed US treasury bonds || $16,000,000,000
|-
| All the tea in China || $4,210,000,000
|}

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

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__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
|-
| Global health || ~12B
|-
| US || ~4B
|-
| Developments || ~3B
|-
| Grants || ~1B
|}

===Book publishing industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Genre !! Revenue
|-
| Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
|-
| Romance || $1,380,000,000
|-
| Trade books || $14,130,000,000
|-
| K-12 || $5,570,000,000
|-
| Professional || $3,750,000,000
|-
| Higher education || $4,560,000,000
|}

===Video game industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Video game industry revenue || $48,900,000,000
|-
| United States || $18,830,000,000
|}

===Harvard University revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Tuition, donations, and fees || $1,425,000,000
|-
| Investments || $7,900,000,000
|}

In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.

===Education===

===Education foundations===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Foundation !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation || $36,700,000,000
|-
| INGKA Foundation || $36,000,000,000
|-
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute || $14,800,000,000
|-
| Ford Foundation || $13,800,000,000
|-
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation || $6,100,000,000
|}

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! University !! Endowments
|-
| Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities || $277,570,000,000
|-
| Harvard || $32,000,000,000
|-
| Yale || $19,400,000,000
|-
| Princeton || $17,100,000,000
|-
| U of Texas || $16,610,000,000
|-
| Stanford || $16,500,000,000
|-
| MIT || $9,900,000,000
|-
| Columbia || $7,800,000,000
|-
| U of Michigan || $7,800,000,000
|-
| Texas A&M || $7,030,000,000
|-
| Northwestern || $7,030,000,000
|}

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===
by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Company !! Value
|-
| Saudi Aramco (State-owned company--estimated market value) || $2,940,000,000,000
|-
| Apple || $358,310,000,000
|-
| ExxonMobil || $357,910,000,000
|-
| PetroChina || $280,160,000,000
|-
| IBM || $211,640,000,000
|-
| Microsoft || $211,340,000,000
|-
| Bank of China || $208,810,000,000
|-
| China Mobile || $201,510,000,000
|-
| Royal Dutch Shell || $199,780,000,000
|-
| Nestle || $193,700,000,000
|-
| Chevron || $188,030,000,000
|-
| Facebook 2011 valuation || $70,000,000,000
|-
| AT&T attempted T-Mobile purchase || $39,000,000,000
|-
| Facebook 2010 valuation || $33,450,000,000
|-
| Zynga 2011 valuation || $14,000,000,000
|-
| LivingSocial 2011 valuation || $2,980,000,000
|}

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Cost
|-
| Cost to buy the world a coke (2011 wholesale prices) || $2,240,000,000
|-
| Coca-Cola's annual marketing budget || $2,980,000,000
|-
| Cost to teach the world to sing (four half-hour lessons at $30 each) || $840,000,000,000
|}

===State government spending===

[map without amounts]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Total US states' debt || $46,000,000,000
|}

===US foreign military aid===

====US foreign military aid====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount
|-
| Total || $11,010,000,000
|-
| Afghanistan || $5,800,000,000
|-
| Israel || $2,410,000,000
|-
| Egypt || $1,320,000,000
|-
| Other || $5,800,000,000
|}

====US foreign humanitarian and economic aid====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount
|-
| Total || $11,010,000,000
|-
| Iraq and Afghanistan || $5,370,000,000
|-
| West Bank and Ghana || $1,050,000,000
|-
| Africa (total) || $8,850,000,000
|-
| Other || $19,130,000,000
|}

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
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__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
|-
| Global health || ~12B
|-
| US || ~4B
|-
| Developments || ~3B
|-
| Grants || ~1B
|}

===Book publishing industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Genre !! Revenue
|-
| Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
|-
| Romance || $1,380,000,000
|-
| Trade books || $14,130,000,000
|-
| K-12 || $5,570,000,000
|-
| Professional || $3,750,000,000
|-
| Higher education || $4,560,000,000
|}

===Video game industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Video game industry revenue || $48,900,000,000
|-
| United States || $18,830,000,000
|}

===Harvard University revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Tuition, donations, and fees || $1,425,000,000
|-
| Investments || $7,900,000,000
|}

In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.

===Education===

===Education foundations===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Foundation !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation || $36,700,000,000
|-
| INGKA Foundation || $36,000,000,000
|-
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute || $14,800,000,000
|-
| Ford Foundation || $13,800,000,000
|-
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation || $6,100,000,000
|}

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! University !! Endowments
|-
| Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities || $277,570,000,000
|-
| Harvard || $32,000,000,000
|-
| Yale || $19,400,000,000
|-
| Princeton || $17,100,000,000
|-
| U of Texas || $16,610,000,000
|-
| Stanford || $16,500,000,000
|-
| MIT || $9,900,000,000
|-
| Columbia || $7,800,000,000
|-
| U of Michigan || $7,800,000,000
|-
| Texas A&M || $7,030,000,000
|-
| Northwestern || $7,030,000,000
|}

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===
by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Company !! Value
|-
| Saudi Aramco (State-owned company--estimated market value) || $2,940,000,000,000
|-
| Apple || $358,310,000,000
|-
| ExxonMobil || $357,910,000,000
|-
| PetroChina || $280,160,000,000
|-
| IBM || $211,640,000,000
|-
| Microsoft || $211,340,000,000
|-
| Bank of China || $208,810,000,000
|-
| China Mobile || $201,510,000,000
|-
| Royal Dutch Shell || $199,780,000,000
|-
| Nestle || $193,700,000,000
|-
| Chevron || $188,030,000,000
|-
| Facebook 2011 valuation || $70,000,000,000
|-
| AT&T attempted T-Mobile purchase || $39,000,000,000
|-
| Facebook 2010 valuation || $33,450,000,000
|-
| Zynga 2011 valuation || $14,000,000,000
|-
| LivingSocial 2011 valuation || $2,980,000,000
|}

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Cost
|-
| Cost to buy the world a coke (2011 wholesale prices) || $2,240,000,000
|-
| Coca-Cola's annual marketing budget || $2,980,000,000
|-
| Cost to teach the world to sing (four half-hour lessons at $30 each) || $840,000,000,000
|}

===State government spending===

[map without amounts]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Total US states' debt || $46,000,000,000
|}

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-17T23:02:45Z

Rachel: /* Cost to buy the world a coke */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
|-
| Global health || ~12B
|-
| US || ~4B
|-
| Developments || ~3B
|-
| Grants || ~1B
|}

===Book publishing industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Genre !! Revenue
|-
| Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
|-
| Romance || $1,380,000,000
|-
| Trade books || $14,130,000,000
|-
| K-12 || $5,570,000,000
|-
| Professional || $3,750,000,000
|-
| Higher education || $4,560,000,000
|}

===Video game industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Video game industry revenue || $48,900,000,000
|-
| United States || $18,830,000,000
|}

===Harvard University revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Tuition, donations, and fees || $1,425,000,000
|-
| Investments || $7,900,000,000
|}

In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.

===Education===

===Education foundations===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Foundation !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation || $36,700,000,000
|-
| INGKA Foundation || $36,000,000,000
|-
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute || $14,800,000,000
|-
| Ford Foundation || $13,800,000,000
|-
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation || $6,100,000,000
|}

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! University !! Endowments
|-
| Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities || $277,570,000,000
|-
| Harvard || $32,000,000,000
|-
| Yale || $19,400,000,000
|-
| Princeton || $17,100,000,000
|-
| U of Texas || $16,610,000,000
|-
| Stanford || $16,500,000,000
|-
| MIT || $9,900,000,000
|-
| Columbia || $7,800,000,000
|-
| U of Michigan || $7,800,000,000
|-
| Texas A&M || $7,030,000,000
|-
| Northwestern || $7,030,000,000
|}

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===
by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Company !! Value
|-
| Saudi Aramco (State-owned company--estimated market value) || $2,940,000,000,000
|-
| Apple || $358,310,000,000
|-
| ExxonMobil || $357,910,000,000
|-
| PetroChina || $280,160,000,000
|-
| IBM || $211,640,000,000
|-
| Microsoft || $211,340,000,000
|-
| Bank of China || $208,810,000,000
|-
| China Mobile || $201,510,000,000
|-
| Royal Dutch Shell || $199,780,000,000
|-
| Nestle || $193,700,000,000
|-
| Chevron || $188,030,000,000
|-
| Facebook 2011 valuation || $70,000,000,000
|-
| AT&T attempted T-Mobile purchase || $39,000,000,000
|-
| Facebook 2010 valuation || $33,450,000,000
|-
| Zynga 2011 valuation || $14,000,000,000
|-
| LivingSocial 2011 valuation || $2,980,000,000
|}

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Cost
|-
| Cost to buy the world a coke (2011 wholesale prices) || $2,240,000,000
|-
| Coca-Cola's annual marketing budget || $2,980,000,000
|-
| Cost to teach the world to sing (four half-hour lessons at $30 each) || $840,000,000,000
|}

===State government spending===

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-17T23:00:23Z

Rachel: /* Corporations */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
|-
| Global health || ~12B
|-
| US || ~4B
|-
| Developments || ~3B
|-
| Grants || ~1B
|}

===Book publishing industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Genre !! Revenue
|-
| Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
|-
| Romance || $1,380,000,000
|-
| Trade books || $14,130,000,000
|-
| K-12 || $5,570,000,000
|-
| Professional || $3,750,000,000
|-
| Higher education || $4,560,000,000
|}

===Video game industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Video game industry revenue || $48,900,000,000
|-
| United States || $18,830,000,000
|}

===Harvard University revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Tuition, donations, and fees || $1,425,000,000
|-
| Investments || $7,900,000,000
|}

In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.

===Education===

===Education foundations===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Foundation !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation || $36,700,000,000
|-
| INGKA Foundation || $36,000,000,000
|-
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute || $14,800,000,000
|-
| Ford Foundation || $13,800,000,000
|-
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation || $6,100,000,000
|}

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! University !! Endowments
|-
| Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities || $277,570,000,000
|-
| Harvard || $32,000,000,000
|-
| Yale || $19,400,000,000
|-
| Princeton || $17,100,000,000
|-
| U of Texas || $16,610,000,000
|-
| Stanford || $16,500,000,000
|-
| MIT || $9,900,000,000
|-
| Columbia || $7,800,000,000
|-
| U of Michigan || $7,800,000,000
|-
| Texas A&M || $7,030,000,000
|-
| Northwestern || $7,030,000,000
|}

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===
by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Company !! Value
|-
| Saudi Aramco (State-owned company--estimated market value) || $2,940,000,000,000
|-
| Apple || $358,310,000,000
|-
| ExxonMobil || $357,910,000,000
|-
| PetroChina || $280,160,000,000
|-
| IBM || $211,640,000,000
|-
| Microsoft || $211,340,000,000
|-
| Bank of China || $208,810,000,000
|-
| China Mobile || $201,510,000,000
|-
| Royal Dutch Shell || $199,780,000,000
|-
| Nestle || $193,700,000,000
|-
| Chevron || $188,030,000,000
|-
| Facebook 2011 valuation || $70,000,000,000
|-
| AT&T attempted T-Mobile purchase || $39,000,000,000
|-
| Facebook 2010 valuation || $33,450,000,000
|-
| Zynga 2011 valuation || $14,000,000,000
|-
| LivingSocial 2011 valuation || $2,980,000,000
|}

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

===State government spending===

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-17T22:25:27Z

Rachel: /* Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
|-
| Global health || ~12B
|-
| US || ~4B
|-
| Developments || ~3B
|-
| Grants || ~1B
|}

===Book publishing industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Genre !! Revenue
|-
| Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
|-
| Romance || $1,380,000,000
|-
| Trade books || $14,130,000,000
|-
| K-12 || $5,570,000,000
|-
| Professional || $3,750,000,000
|-
| Higher education || $4,560,000,000
|}

===Video game industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Video game industry revenue || $48,900,000,000
|-
| United States || $18,830,000,000
|}

===Harvard University revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Tuition, donations, and fees || $1,425,000,000
|-
| Investments || $7,900,000,000
|}

In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.

===Education===

===Education foundations===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Foundation !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation || $36,700,000,000
|-
| INGKA Foundation || $36,000,000,000
|-
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute || $14,800,000,000
|-
| Ford Foundation || $13,800,000,000
|-
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation || $6,100,000,000
|}

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! University !! Endowments
|-
| Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities || $277,570,000,000
|-
| Harvard || $32,000,000,000
|-
| Yale || $19,400,000,000
|-
| Princeton || $17,100,000,000
|-
| U of Texas || $16,610,000,000
|-
| Stanford || $16,500,000,000
|-
| MIT || $9,900,000,000
|-
| Columbia || $7,800,000,000
|-
| U of Michigan || $7,800,000,000
|-
| Texas A&M || $7,030,000,000
|-
| Northwestern || $7,030,000,000
|}

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

===State government spending===

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-16T22:56:03Z

Rachel: /* Education foundations */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
|-
| Global health || ~12B
|-
| US || ~4B
|-
| Developments || ~3B
|-
| Grants || ~1B
|}

===Book publishing industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Genre !! Revenue
|-
| Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
|-
| Romance || $1,380,000,000
|-
| Trade books || $14,130,000,000
|-
| K-12 || $5,570,000,000
|-
| Professional || $3,750,000,000
|-
| Higher education || $4,560,000,000
|}

===Video game industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Video game industry revenue || $48,900,000,000
|-
| United States || $18,830,000,000
|}

===Harvard University revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Tuition, donations, and fees || $1,425,000,000
|-
| Investments || $7,900,000,000
|}

In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.

===Education===

===Education foundations===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Foundation !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation || $36,700,000,000
|-
| INGKA Foundation || $36,000,000,000
|-
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute || $14,800,000,000
|-
| Ford Foundation || $13,800,000,000
|-
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation || $6,100,000,000
|}

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

===State government spending===

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-16T22:52:36Z

Rachel: /* Harvard University revenue */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
|-
| Global health || ~12B
|-
| US || ~4B
|-
| Developments || ~3B
|-
| Grants || ~1B
|}

===Book publishing industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Genre !! Revenue
|-
| Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
|-
| Romance || $1,380,000,000
|-
| Trade books || $14,130,000,000
|-
| K-12 || $5,570,000,000
|-
| Professional || $3,750,000,000
|-
| Higher education || $4,560,000,000
|}

===Video game industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Video game industry revenue || $48,900,000,000
|-
| United States || $18,830,000,000
|}

===Harvard University revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Tuition, donations, and fees || $1,425,000,000
|-
| Investments || $7,900,000,000
|}

In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.

===Education===

===Education foundations===

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

===State government spending===

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-15T01:04:16Z

Rachel: /* Harvard University revenue */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
|-
| Global health || ~12B
|-
| US || ~4B
|-
| Developments || ~3B
|-
| Grants || ~1B
|}

===Book publishing industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Genre !! Revenue
|-
| Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
|-
| Romance || $1,380,000,000
|-
| Trade books || $14,130,000,000
|-
| K-12 || $5,570,000,000
|-
| Professional || $3,750,000,000
|-
| Higher education || $4,560,000,000
|}

===Video game industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Video game industry revenue || $48,900,000,000
|-
| United States || $18,830,000,000
|}

===Harvard University revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Tuition || $1,425,000,000
|-
| Investments || $7,900,000,000
|}

===Education===

===Education foundations===

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

===State government spending===

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-15T01:00:55Z

Rachel: /* Video game industry revenue */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
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==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
|-
| Global health || ~12B
|-
| US || ~4B
|-
| Developments || ~3B
|-
| Grants || ~1B
|}

===Book publishing industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Genre !! Revenue
|-
| Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
|-
| Romance || $1,380,000,000
|-
| Trade books || $14,130,000,000
|-
| K-12 || $5,570,000,000
|-
| Professional || $3,750,000,000
|-
| Higher education || $4,560,000,000
|}

===Video game industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Revenue
|-
| Video game industry revenue || $48,900,000,000
|-
| United States || $18,830,000,000
|}

===Harvard University revenue===

===Education===

===Education foundations===

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

===State government spending===

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

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__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
|-
| Global health || ~12B
|-
| US || ~4B
|-
| Developments || ~3B
|-
| Grants || ~1B
|}

===Book publishing industry revenue===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Genre !! Revenue
|-
| Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
|-
| Romance || $1,380,000,000
|-
| Trade books || $14,130,000,000
|-
| K-12 || $5,570,000,000
|-
| Professional || $3,750,000,000
|-
| Higher education || $4,560,000,000
|}

===Video game industry revenue===

===Harvard University revenue===

===Education===

===Education foundations===

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

===State government spending===

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-15T00:55:57Z

Rachel: /* Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
|-
| Global health || ~12B
|-
| US || ~4B
|-
| Developments || ~3B
|-
| Grants || ~1B
|}

===Book publishing industry revenue===

===Video game industry revenue===

===Harvard University revenue===

===Education===

===Education foundations===

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

===State government spending===

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-14T22:12:01Z

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__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
|-
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

===Book publishing industry revenue===

===Video game industry revenue===

===Harvard University revenue===

===Education===

===Education foundations===

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

===State government spending===

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

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__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving || $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

===Book publishing industry revenue===

===Video game industry revenue===

===Harvard University revenue===

===Education===

===Education foundations===

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

===State government spending===

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
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980: Money/Prices in tables

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__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Amount given
|-
| US annual charitable giving !! $294,850,000,000
|-
| To religious organizations || $102,000,000,000
|-
| To educational organizations || $42,240,000,000
|-
| To foundations || $33,450,000,000
|-
| To human services || $26,850,000,000
|-
| To societal benefit organizations || $24,570,000,000
|-
| To health organizations || $23,140,000,000
|-
| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000
|-
| To arts and culture || $13,460,000,000
|-
| To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|}
====Type of giving:====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Amount given
| Individual giving || $214,650,000,000
|-
| Foundation grantmaking || $41,560,000,000
|-
| Bequests || $23,140,000,000
|-
| Corporate giving || $15,500,000,000
|}

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

===Book publishing industry revenue===

===Video game industry revenue===

===Harvard University revenue===

===Education===

===Education foundations===

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

===State government spending===

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-14T20:17:13Z

Rachel: /* Billions */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}

===Charity===

===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===

===Book publishing industry revenue===

===Video game industry revenue===

===Harvard University revenue===

===Education===

===Education foundations===

===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===

===Corporate revenue===

===US health care spending===

===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===

===The Economic Vortex===

===Billionaires===

===Corporations===

===US household income===

===Cost to buy the world a coke===

===State government spending===

===US foreign military aid===

===Ft. Knox gold reserves===

===Corporate tax deduction===

===Individual tax deductions===

===Federal spending===

===Disasters===

===Cost of electricity===

===BP oil spill claims fund===

===New York CIty===

===Megaprojects===

===Federal budget===

===Budget options===

===Stimulus spending===

===US Spending on Wars===

===Bailouts===

</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-14T20:05:30Z

Rachel: /* Billions */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
|-
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 || $22,000,000,000
|}

===Box office revenue===
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Revenue !! Highlighted
|-
| 2009 || ''Avatar'' || $783,510,000 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
|-
| 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Ghostbusters'' || $507,720,000 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Return of the Jedi'' || $686,710,000 ||
|-
| 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
|-
| 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1975 || ''Jaws'' || $1,067,510,000 || Yes
|-
| 1973 || ''The Exorcist'' || $1,019,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1965 || ''The Sound of Music'' || $1,144,920,000 || Yes
|-
| 1962 || ''101 Dalmatians'' || $1,131,310,000 || Yes
|-
| 1960 || ''Ben-Hur'' || $561,090,000 ||
|-
| 1957 || ''The Ten Commandments'' || $532,570,000 ||
|-
| 1943 || ''Bambi'' || $1,391,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
|-
| 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
|}
</div>

==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

802: Online Communities 2

2015-09-11T20:36:33Z

Rachel: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 802
| date = October 6, 2010
| title = Online Communities 2
| image = online_communities_2.png
| titletext = Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
}}
A [http://xkcd.com/802_large/ larger version] of this picture can be found by clicking the comic on xkcd.
{{TOC}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Not all of the regions are fully explained. Many labels aren't even mentioned outside of the transcript. Some towns need to be added for example.}}
This comic shows a map of internet communities where the size of each region roughly corresponds to its size, and its proximity to other regions indicates similarities.

This is the successor of [[256: Online Communities]]. It differs in that it is updated, and furthermore, instead of using the ''membership'' of whichever service to determine its size on the map, it uses its "daily social activity."

The map actually has two super−maps: the online community map is surrounded by the "countries" of E−Mail and SMS ("Instant Messaging"). These, in turn, are surrounded by the "Spoken Language" country (which is odd, considering that e−mail, SMS, and the Internet in general are based on ''written'' language) with its own sub−country, "cell phones" (which ''do'' involve e−mail and the Internet while being the mean medium of SMS's).

At the title text [[Randall]] explains that, using his definition of "most activity per day," Farmville is actually the ''second'' most popular social-network farming game -- the Chinese game Happy Farm was more popular at the time. This strikes many English-speaking xkcd readers as odd, because Farmville is much more famous, leading one to wonder how the it could not be the most played. The phrase "browser-based social-networking-centered farming game" is an example of an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyNarrowSuperlative overly-narrow superlative.]

===Facebook Region===
The Facebook region deals with social networks, that is, websites oriented towards having people meet.

'''{{w|Facebook}}''' is a social networking site that allows people to meet old real−life friends and make new friends that share similar interests. One of its most notable features is that a member can update a "status" or make normal posts about the happenings of the member's life, complete with pictures, other members "liking" these posts. The size of the Facebook region is not exaggerated; most websites seem to allow "liking" their content or allow/require logging in the website with a Facebook account. There even are cell phones with a "Facebook" button!

*'''{{w|FarmVille}}''' and '''{{w|Farm Town}}''' are Facebook games in which users manage farms. '''{{w|Happy Farm}},''' the Chinese game that inspired the other two, does not require Facebook integration, so it is separated by a solid line from Facebook. The "Unethical Bay" refers to how these games tend to addict players into constantly buying virtual items of questionable value.

*'''People You Can't Unfriend''' refers to people whom, due to real-life expectations and relationships, unfriending them is difficult, no matter how you really feel about them.

*'''Blatherskite River''' refers to the conversations on Facebook, which may be long yet devoid of general meaning or logic.

*'''Data Mines''' refer to the data mining that Facebook does with the interests of its members. This fuels the profitable advertising business at the expense of customer trust.

*'''Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions''' refer to how interactions with family members on Facebook suddenly become more awkward because everyone on Facebook (and sometimes ''off'' Facebook, given that you do not necessarily need to log in if you want to see someone's Facebook account) if you are discussing with your family through post comments.

*'''524,287 Strong for Mersenne Primes''' refers to the communities who gain followers for a cause. A {{w|Mersenne prime}} is a prime number that is 1 less than a power of 2; 524287 is the 7th known Mersenne prime.

*'''Jungle-Bay Mountains of "It's Complicated"''' refers to one of Facebook's options as to what a user's relationship status currently is. A Jungle-Bay Mountain is a complicated and undefined climate, hence the complication.

*'''"Old Facebook" Resistance''' refers to Facebook's earlier users, who have often resisted (and resented) changes made to Facebook as it became more popular.

*'''Privacy Controls''' is located on the map surrounded by a Lava Pool, which is a reference to how difficult it is to find the privacy controls within Facebook.
*'''Niche Market Mountains''' refers to social networks aimed towards more niche markets are located. Similar to how mountains tend to be isolated from mainland, niche social networks tend to be just that: niche, without much interaction with the general populace.
*'''Charred Wasteland of Abandoned Social Networks''' refers to the tons of websites wanting to take advantage of the success of websites like Facebook to compete or even overpower with them. Even so, these websites tend to not have the userbase or even the expertise towards the long-term, hence they become wastelands: environments devoid of life, except the few life forms that are from these wastelands (in this case, the ones who are loyal to the website or which are sadly few).
*In the Charred Wasteland stands '''{{w|Ozymandias}}''', the titular broken statue of Shelley's poem. In the poem, only "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" and a "shattered visage" are all that remain of the once-great statue and both of these features are present in the comic. According to the poem, the pedestal before the broken statue reads "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..." hence "friend of friends" below Ozymandias on the map.
*In the north are the '''Duckface Mountains''' and the '''Red Cup Mountains'''."Duckface" refers to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face this incredibly obnoxious facial expression], and "red cup pictures" are any pictures containing party-goers holding disposable red plastic beverage cups. Facebook is absolutely flooded with both types of pictures.
*In the south is '''Buzzword Bay'''. {{w|Buzzword}}s are words and phrases that make you sound a lot more topical than you actually are, used to garner attention; again, Facebook status updates are commonly filled with buzzwords.

While Facebook is the largest "country" of the Facebook Region, there are a lot of smaller "countries" that represent smaller social networks.

*Below Facebook (and "Old Facebook' Resistance") is '''{{w|Diaspora (social network)|Diaspora}}''', a fully open-source, decentralized, privacy-respecting-and-expecting alternative to Facebook. From what this map tells, Diaspora is little-known, even if Facebook is taken out of the context.
*'''{{w|StudiVZ}}''' is a German-speaking social network similar if not a ripped-off version of Facebook.
*'''{{w|XING}}''' is a German-speaking social platform similar to LinkedIn.
*'''{{w|Ning (website)|Ning}}''' is a service to create custom social websites. Its free services shut down in 2010.
*'''{{w|Taringa!}}''' is a Spanish-speaking social network that is based on a forums. Copyrighted material is frequently found there.
*Next to the Euro(pean) Gulf is '''{{w|Skyrock (social network site)}}''', a French-speaking social network.
*'''{{w|Wer-kennt-wen}}''' is a German-social network somewhat like MySpace.
*'''{{w|Nasza-klasa.pl}}''' or NK, is a Polish-speaking social network based on school relationships.
*'''{{w|Badoo}}''' is a social network primarily based on dating and picture-sharing.
*'''{{w|Classmates.com}}''' is a services in which the user can meet classmates that came from the same high school. The website is probably best known by its memetic advertisement that said [http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-am-i-supposed-to-care-about-nick.html "She married him??!! And they've got 7 kids??"] (Incidentally, [http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003325519_adcouple27.html there is more to the coupled picture than what the advertisement says.])
*'''{{w|Myspace}}''' is a social networking website that is a kind of proto-Facebook: users could customize their one-page websites with whatever they wanted, make their interests and daily lives public, and interact with other users. Back in the mid 2000s, MySpace was the largest social network, many people using the website; however, the surprisingly-less-customizable Facebook ended up taking the place of MySpace. The "bands" country of MySpace refers to how a lot of bands in the day advertised and interacted using the website. Indeed, the latest incarnation of MySpace (in terms of 2013) is more oriented towards band members.
*'''{{w|LinkedIn}}''' is a social network aimed towards people in the workplace, which is why it is adjancent to '''Corporate Bay'''.
*'''{{w|Orkut}}''' was one of Google's first social networks before Google made [https://plus.google.com/ Google+]. It shut down in 2014.
*'''{{w|Hi5}}''' is a social network that is very popular among people in Latin America.
*'''{{w|Renren}}''' ('''「人人」''', "people" in Chinese) is "a Chinese copy of Facebook."
*'''{{w|Bebo}}''' was a social network popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It went bankrupt in 2013 and will move away from social networking and into apps.
*'''{{w|Friendster}}''' - One of the first major social networks, it has fallen way off in usage in recent years and was eclipsed by MySpace. It is still popular in Asia.
*'''{{w|VK (social networking website)|Vkontakte}}''' or VK, is the second largest social network service in Europe after Facebook. It is available in several languages, but particularly popular among Russian-speaking users around the world.
*'''{{w|Netlog}}''' is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the global youth demographic.
*'''{{w|Mixi}}''' is an online Japanese social networking service.
*'''{{w|Qzone}}''' is a social networking website, which is big in China. According to a report published by Tencent, possibly surpassing other social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace in China.
*'''{{w|Tuenti}}''' is a Spain-based, social networking service, that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook."
*'''{{w|Cloob}}''' is a Persian-language social networking website, mainly popular in Iran. After the locally (and internationally) popular social networking website Orkut was blocked by the Iranian government, a series of local sites and networks, including Cloob, emerged to fill the gap.
*'''{{w|Kaixin001}}''' is a social networking website which ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall.
*'''{{w|Piczo}}''' was a privately held blog website for teens. In November 2012, Piczo.com shut down.
*'''{{w|Odnoklassniki}}''' is a social network service for classmates and old friends. It is popular in Russia and former Soviet Republics.
*'''{{w|Adult FriendFinder}}''' is a pornographic dating site.
*'''{{w|Match.com}}''' is a dating site.
*'''{{w|Ok Cupid}}''' is another dating site.
*'''{{w|PlentyofFish}}''' is yet another dating site.
*'''{{w|Sulawesi}}''' is a real-life island in the Indonesian archipelago. It also appears in 256: Online Communities.

===MMO Isle===
MMO's (short form of "MMORPG", short form of "Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Player Game") are websites that host online games where multiple people take the role of a character and play in a setting hosted by the website. These types of games tend to be fantastical in setting. Frequently, missions are added to the game, giving current player more incentive towards playing more.

*'''[https://www.habbo.com/ Habbo Hotel]''' is a website where someone creates a human avatar an interacts in a virtual world that is not that different from the one in real life.
*'''[http://www.clubpenguin.com/ Club Penguin]''' is [http://disney.com/ Disney's] MMO where someone creates a penguin avatar and interacts with other in a more polar, cartoony setting. Club Penguin is aimed towards children.
*'''[http://maplestory.nexon.net/ Maple Story]''' is an MMO that has a more natural setting. The most distinguishing feature of Maple Story is its cartoony pixel art.
*'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]''', while not an MMO, is a website that has the largest repository of walkthoughs, that is, guides that help someone beat a game. GameFAQs is notable for not only its large repository of walkthroughs of games that are across an extreme variety of consoles, handhelds, and even computers (not all of them MMOs), but also the drama that is rumoured to happen in the GameFAQs forums.
*'''[http://www.ign.com/ IGN]''' (full: '''Imagine Games Network'''), while also not an MMO, is the largest website that gives news on video games in general, not just MMOs. Each of the games mentioned in the site have pages that have summaries, reviews, screenshots, other art, videos, and links to news related to its games.
*'''[http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml FFXI]''' (full: '''Final Fantasy XI''') is an MMO from SquareEnix, being the first MMO of the popular ''Final Fantasy'' series.
*'''[http://www.runescape.com/community Runescape]''' is an older MMO.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ Starcraft II]''' is a realtime strategy game with a science fiction setting that heavily involves space travel. While technically not an MMO, it has a significant online multiplayer component.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ WoW]''' (full: '''World of Warcraft''') is the definitive MMO, being not only the most popular and one of the longest-running but also the most expansive (having its own spinoff games, comic books, novels, and even figurines), WOW giving the idea of how an MMO should be. A player can choose from a variety of races, each with its own heavy history.
*'''[http://secondlife.com/ Second Life]''' is similar to Habbo, albeit with a bigger suspension of disbelief (one example being that the player does not need to be a human) and in a 3D setting.
*'''[http://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates]''' is a text-based political simulation game. Notably, some of its traffic comes not from the actual game (which is optional), but the extensive set of political, roleplaying, and general forums attached.
*'''[http://www.urbandead.com/ Urban Dead]''' describes itself as "A Massively Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypse", which sums it up pretty well.
*'''[http://www.kingdomofloathing.com KoL]''' (full: '''Kingdom of Loathing''') is a comedic browser-based MMO-ish RPG with minimalistic stick-figure art.
*'''{{w|CDC Games}}''' is a Chinese company reputed to be the largest MMORPG distributor.
*'''{{w|Eve Online|EVE Online}}''' is a science fiction MMO which is notable because of its virtual economy.
*'''{{w|Gaia Online|Gaia}}''' or Gaia Online, while not an MMO, is a forum oriented towards pop culture, including video games and Japanese media. Its most notable feature is the heavy customization possible of a member's pixel-art avatar. Its members tend to roleplay a lot, albeit in a more written, story-based form. Gaia has gained a reputation with its members stealing art and causing drama.
*'''{{w|City of Heroes|CoH}}''' or City of Heroes was a superhero-based MMORPG that was shut down November 2012.

Other notable regions include:
*The '''Mountains of Steam''', referring to the game distribution service [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] where people could buy and download video games in general, not just MMOs.
*'''River Grind''' refers to "grinding." In most MMOs, the character is a fighter of some sorts, yet starts at a level 1, signifying the character's aptitude level in combat. The character can level up and gain more aptitude levels through earning experience, of which the most reliable and otherwise common way is the process of "grinding," that is, repeatedly fighting opposing monsters (sometimes of a level notably lower that your character's), gaining experience points from winning these battles until your character gains a level, that is, "levels up". While a practical necessity in strengthening the character, this process can be tiresome, hence the expression "grinding."
*'''Spawn Camp''' refers to "spawn points", the places in combat-oriented MMO's tend to produce ("spawn") random AI-powered creatures, and the act of "spawn camping", in which the player character simply stands behind or around the spawn points to fight the enemy creatures as soon as they appear.
*'''Gulf of Lag''' refers to how the MMO can be slowed down a considerable amount due to the large amount of players simultaneously using the same server, this congestion bogging down the server and frustrating the users.
*'''[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/final-boss-of-the-internet End Guy for the Internet]''' refers to "end bosses," the last — and usually hardest to defeat — "bad guy" in a game (or a section of a game).

===YouTube Region===
The YouTube region refers to websites that are based on user-created content.

'''[https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]''' is the definitive video website where people can upload videos with the purpose of public viewing, ranging from home movies through official music videos through Let's Plays of people playing video games to questionably-legal uploads of cartoons and films. Google had purchased YouTube.

Many of the sites on the map are just references to {{w|viral video}}s at {{w|YouTube}}:
*'''Viral Shores''' refers to how viral videos (whether they be viral marketing or simply memes) tend to proliferate on YouTube.
*'''Britney''' likely refers to pop singer {{w|Britney Spears}} and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc‎ "Leave Britney Alone" guy].
*'''Maru Gulf''' refers to Maru the Cat, a YouTube celebrity [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/676:_Abstraction also mentioned in xkcd].
*'''Prairie Dog Habitat''' likely refers to the viral video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw Dramatic Chipmunk] (which is actually a Prairie Dog).
*'''Rick Rolling Hills''' references, well, {{w|Rickrolling}}. More information [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ here]. The "deserted" note likely refers to how Rick Astley himself is tired of the meme, or again, how people tend to leave the video upon getting "Rick Roll'd," never actually going to the video with the express purpose of viewing the video.
*'''Lunar Landing Soundstage''' is, of course, a reference to the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}}, which Randall has railed on before.
*'''{{w|OK Go}} Bay''' refers to the band "OK Go" who have multiple viral music videos on YouTube, most famously [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA "Here it goes again"] featuring treadmills.

The '''HTML5 swamp''' refers to the spotty support of HTML 5 (an update on HTML that is frequently touting its media capabilities, making HTML 5 a viable alternative to Flash) YouTube has. Of course, by the time the comic was written, HTML 5 was still in its infancy. The Music Video Bay refers to the amount of music videos (official or otherwise) are present in YouTube.

Other counties of the YouTube region include:
*'''[https://vimeo.com/ vimeo]''', a website where people tend to showcase artistic content that they made on their own, notably independent studios.

Snob Sound:
*'''[https://secure.flickr.com/ Flickr]''', a website where people can upload and share photographs they took.
*'''[http://fotolog.com Fotolog]''', a photo website very popular in South America in 2004-2008, which was used as a social network.
*'''[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]''', a music website that is notable of its "scrobbling" feature.
*'''[http://www.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]''', the largest art website, where people can upload, sell, and buy not only art itself, but also video, audio, Flash-work, and even skins (the original purpose of deviantArt). While many big-name/professional people and organizations have their works in deviantArt, the site is more infamous for the large amount of people who upload low-quality fan-art and fan-characters, most notably of media from Japan. Another point of infamy is the large amount of drama that can happen in the website.

*'''[https://www.newgrounds.com/ Newgrounds]''', a website that hosts art, (Flash-based) videos, audio, and (Flash-based) games to which other users can comment and rate. Even so, content from Newgrounds tends to be obscene, though there is a filtering system if a viewer does not wish to see obscene content.
*'''[http://www.chatroulette.com/ Chatroulette]''' is a website where people are randomly paired up with each other and video/text chat.
*'''{{w|Brickshelf}}''' is the online resource for {{w|LEGO}} fans.
*'''[https://tumblr.com/ Tumblr]''', where people could make a blog and post text, pictures, video, audio, quotes, and links. The most distinguishing feature is the ability to "reblog" these posts from other's people's blogs into the user's own blog. Notable features of Tumblr include sketchblogs (where people upload their sketches), Ask blogs (where people answer questions other users ask, the moderators of these blogs usually pretending to be a character from a form of media), and the large amount of "social justice" (where people fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of negative discrimination). (See also [[1043: Ablogalypse]].)
*'''{{w|b3ta}}''' is a popular British website, described as a "puerile digital arts community" by The Guardian.

The '''Isle of teenagers who just discovered macroeconomics''' is a joke about how teenagers tend to think that the world and the economy are a lot simpler than they actually are. Combined with the typical internet mindset, this leads to a lot of teenagers posting blogs and videos and comments on blogs and videos describing how idiotic the government and other red-tape-related adults are.
The '''Snob Sound''' could refer to the large amount of people who look down on others in the surrounding websites (one example being an original artist looking down on people who draw mainly fan-art). '''The Iraq''' is a reference to Miss Teen USA 2007, Ms. Teen South Carolina - Lauren Katlin said "I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as...the US should help the US and should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the asian countries so we are able to build up our future." The usage of "the iraq" became a meme.

===Twitter Region===
*'''Bieber Bay''' is a reference to {{w|Justin Bieber}} a pop singer whose singing sprouted on YouTube and became very popular on Twitter and other social media. He is very much vilified because of his rather feminine appearance and his hordes of fans (called "Beliebers") that seem to support him to ridiculous extents. Lately, though, Justin Beiber has taken a "bad boy" attitude because of all the Beliebers who are willing to defend him no matter what, him partaking in a lot of questionable activities that include tattoos, questionably-legal substances, and buying prostitution, thus lowering his popularity in the general populace.
*'''{{w|Google Buzz}}''' is a former social network attempted by Google. It has since been shut down.
*'''Bit.Ly Mountains''' is a reference to the URL shortening service {{w|bit.ly}}.
*'''Kayne's Isle of Sadness''' is a reference to the musician {{w|Kayne West}}.
*'''Sarah Palin USA''' is the Twitter handle of former politician {{w|Sarah Palin}}.
*'''Clueless Politician Coast''' is a reference to the number of politicians on Twitter and other social networks who repeatedly share clueless updates that more often create an uproar than help their election chances.
*'''Desert of Food Updates''' is a reference to the number of pictures of food that are shared on social media (especially Twitter). There has even been some controversy on posting such pictures.
*'''Journalists Trying to Find the Cutting Edge''' is referencing journalists on Twitter trying to keep up with the way that news is gathered and delivered now, despite usually working for a newspaper that publishes once a day.
*'''{{w|SHAQ}}''' is a reference to the former NBA basketball player, {{w|Shaq}}.
*'''{{w|identi.ca}}''' is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service, being an alternative to Twitter.
*''' Breaking! Waves''' is a pun on the fact that so many people used the word "Breaking" at the beginning of tweets that do not warrant that tag that the word has lost most of its meaning and become a joke. It is a pun because waves "break" on the shore.
*'''Web 3.0''' refers to the unofficial term {{w|Web 2.0}}. In this case, "Web 1.0" refers to websites that give information to users. Web 2.0 refers to websites where the users themselves create content. Web 3.0 has sometimes been used as a term. For {{w|semantic web}}, a machine-readable version of the web, but this usage is far from universal.
*'''Hashtag games whose popularity confuses and depresses you''' refers to the game where a user posts something under a particular hashtag and others respond with their own ideas, all tagged under the same phrase. This has been very popular for no clear reason, as Randall notes.

===Geotagged Bay===
*'''{{w|Yelp}}''' is a website where people post reviews of real-life public locations (one example being restaurants).
*'''{{w|Geocaching}}''' is a worldwide GPS scavenger hunt where users upload positions of caches and others will find them and log it online.
*'''{{w|Foursquare}}''' is a location-based social network.
*'''Latitude''' refers to {{w|Google Latitude}}.

===Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes===
*'''{{w|Reddit}}''' is the self-described "front page of the Internet" in which users submit stories, photos and videos and the best are "up-voted" to the top of the page.
*'''{{w|Help:Using talk pages|Wikipedia Talk Pages}}''' refer to the pages where Wikipedia editors discuss how to improve articles.
*'''{{w|Wikia}}''' is a 3rd party wiki software, used in the making of the user-editable encyclopedias of just about any subject matter.
*'''{{w|StumbleUpon}}''' is a website-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Delicious (website)|Delicious}}''' is a bookmarking and bookmark-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Digg}}''' is a former competitor to Reddit in the social-news sphere, but now has been sold and restarted as an aggregator of news stories.
*'''{{w|Slashdot}}''', labeled "/." on the map, is a technical news site.
*'''{{w|Fark}}''' is a community website that allows members to comment on news articles from other sites.
*'''{{w|YTMND}}''' is an acronym for "You're The Man Now, Dog!" It's also a community in which users can create meme-type nonsense by playing music over an image (either static or animated).

===Skype Region===
The Skype Region refers to different IM, or Instant Messaging services, that enable almost-real-time text chatting between multiple people. These often allow services like voice chat and even video calls.

*'''{{w|Skype}}''' is, according to Randall, the most popular of these among the internet. It has many features to allow peer-to-peer voice chats, as well as allowing calls to be made at a price to actual phones.
*'''{{w|AIM}}''' or AOL Instant Messenger is a chat client created by AOL.
*'''GG''' is {{w|Gadu-Gadu}} and instant messenger client popular in Poland.
*'''{{w|Yahoo Messenger}}''' is an instant messenger client by Yahoo.
*'''{{w|Google Talk}}''' is a voice/video chatting service from Google (that Google has been replacing with Hangouts). Google Talk also has an invasion fleet at its shores.
*'''{{w|ICQ}}''' is an older messaging service, albeit with an 18+ requirement (despite pornography not being the point of ICQ).
*'''{{w|Windows Live Messenger}}''', or "MSN", was the messaging service of Microsoft before Microsoft bought Skype. MSN was useful in that people could draw and send pictures to other chatters.
*'''{{w|UseNet}}''' was one of the original ways to communicate on the internet, though people can download (copyrighted) files through the service. Since it is still in use by some, it gets the tag "Still Around!" on the map.
*'''{{w|IRC}} Isles''' refers to the ancestor of Internet-powered chatting. People would have connected to a server and spoke publicly. IRC is still in use (per 2014, notably in getting help from users4. One of those isles is #xkcd which is an IRC community around [[xkcd]].

===Bay of Drama===
*'''{{w|FanFiction.net}}''' is a website where people can submit their fanfiction (stories by fans written about other peoples' media, normally that about popular media). The website tend to have people that are not helpful to those who legitimately want critique of their own stories.
*'''{{w|Xanga}}''' is a blogging service that, while popular at its time, lost out to...
*'''{{w|LiveJournal}}''' was the most popular blogging service before Tumblr.
*'''ONYD''' - Reference to {{w|Oh No You Didn't}}, which is explained in the Blogosphere region.
*'''{{w|Dreamwidth}}''' is a LiveJournal fork emphasizing its open-source nature.

===Blogosphere===
The Blogosphere region contains several general {{w|blog}} topics.
*'''{{w|photo blog|Photo Blogs}}''' are commonly used to chronicle the lives of the authors through photographs.
*'''Diary Blogs''' are another popular use of blogs (and, in fact, the original use) where authors write commentary about their lives.
*'''Bay of Grammar Pedantry''' deals with the fact that, whether due to a lack of proper education, a habit of using "chat-speak" in the text-limited SMS and MMS, or simply due to the (generally) more relaxed nature of the Internet, blog authors tend to write with horrible composition, a point of annoyment to a lot of other people due to the subsequent increased difficulty of reading the horribly-written material.
*'''Fandom Blogs''' are blogs created by a "{{w|fandom}}" which is a community of fans. A fandom blog deals with the subject matter of the respective fandom.
*'''Sea of Zero (0) Comments''' refers to blogs that get very little attention and therefore have no comments.
*'''SpamBlog Straits''' references spammers who use blogs to increase the number of links to their site to try to game search engines.
*'''OffTopic.com''' is a general interest forum that refers to itself as "the largest general discussion forum on the internet."
*Many more straightforward blogs, including:
**'''Writing/Poetry'''
**'''Gossip Blogs'''
**'''Political Blogs'''
**'''Music Blogs'''
**'''Tech Blogs'''
**'''Business Blogs'''
**'''Corporate Blogs'''
**'''Religious Blogs'''
**'''Miscellaneous Blogs'''
*'''Blog Blogs''' - These can refer to blogs that talk about the matter about blogging itself, though they can also refer to blogs which authors use in talking about blogging.

===Blogosphere (Core Region)===
Gossip Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on gossip surrounding celebrities and other well-known persons.
*'''{{w|Jezebel}}''' is a liberally feminist blog, hosted by Gawker.
*'''{{w|deadline.com|Deadline}}''' is an online entertainment news magazine.
*'''{{w|TMZ}}''' is a celebrity news website.
*'''{{w|Gawker}}''' is a blog that is the host of other blogs.
*'''LJ Oh No They Didn't''' - LiveJournal {{w|Oh No They Didn't}} - Oh No They Didn't, also known as ONTD, is the largest community on LiveJournal with over 100,000 members. The community focuses on celebrity gossip and pop culture with most of its posts aggregated from other gossip blogs.
*'''Doucheblog''' refers to blogs that were once insightful but that spiraled into long rants due to relationship changes of their authors.
*'''Isle of Mockery''' is a reference to the fact that some of what these blogs do is mock celebrities or other for doing or saying stupid things on camera.

Liberal Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "liberal" or "progressive" slant. These blogs tend to lean for the Democratic party.
*'''{{w|Huffington Post}}''' is a news blog.
*'''{{w|Paul Krugman}}''' is an American economist who considers himself a liberal.
*'''{{w|Daily Beast}}''' is a news and opinion website focusing on politics and pop culture.
*'''{{w|Talking Points Memo|TPM}}''' is a political journal run by Josh Marshall.
*'''{{w|Ezra Klein}}''' used to have his own site at the Washington Post, but is now the editor of [Vox.com].
*'''{{w|Think Progress}}''' is a political news blog.
*'''{{w|Daily Kos|Kos}}''' is another political blog.

Bay of Flame:
*'''{{w|Politics Daily}}''' is a political journalism website launched by AOL.
*'''CNN Political Ticker''' is CNN's political blog.
*'''{{w|Mediaite}}''' is a news and opinion blog covering politics and entertainment in the media.
*'''{{w|NY Times}}''' is one of the most famous newspapers, thus the comparatively large size of its island.
*'''{{w|The Talk}}''' is a talk show on CBS that discusses the latest headlines "through the eyes of mothers."
*Libertarian Isle (shaped like a {{w|Nolan Chart}})

Conservative Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "conservative" or Republican slant.
*'''{{w|Pajamas Media}}''' is a media company and operator of conservative news.
*'''{{w|Michelle Malkin}}''' is a conservative blogger, political commentator, and author.
*'''{{w|Hot Air}}''' is a news blog founded by Michelle Malkin.
*'''{{w|RedState|Red State}}''' is a political blog.
*'''{{w|American Thinker}}''' is a daily online magazine focused on politics.
*'''{{w|Townhall}}''' is a web publication and print magazine.

Tech Blogs:
*'''{{w|Boy Genius Report}}''' is a weblog that focuses on technology and consumer gadgets.
*'''{{w|Gizmodo}}''' is a news and opinion blog, hosted by Gawker, that talks about life's more technological matters.
*'''{{w|Engadget}}''' is another technology-oriented, albeit independent, blog.
*'''Crunchgear''' is a blog that reviews gadgets and other hardware.
*'''{{w|Techcrunch}}''' is an online publisher of technology industry news.
*'''{{w|Joystiq}}''' is a news and opinion blog that focuses on gaming.
*'''{{w|Kotaku}}''' is another gaming-oriented news/opinion blog, the main difference beig that Kotaku is owned by Gawker.

Assorted:
*'''{{w|BoingBoing}}''' is "i blog about wonderful things", the topics being quite random.
*'''{{w|Lifehacker}}''' is another Gawker blog, is a blog that teaches people how to simplify their lives through 'lifehacking', that is, using their resources in creative wayss. While the subject matter is life in general, there is a significant technological slant.
*'''{{w|Deadspin}}''' is a sports and sports gossip blog founded by Will Leitch.
*'''Meatorama''' is a blog that talks about cooking meat.

===QQ Region===
*'''Baidu Baike''' (「百度百科」, "Baidu Encyclopedia") and '''Hudong''' (「互动百科」, "Interactive Encyclopedia" ) are two Chinese online encyclopedias. Baidu Baike is powered by the same company as Baidu, the search engine popular in China.
* The '''Ma Le Ge Bi''' and the '''Grass Mud Horse Bay''' could refer to the {{w|Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures}}.
* The '''Location of Jia Junpeng''' refers to the Internet meme of {{w|Jia Junpeng}} in 2009 in China.
*'''{{w|Tencent QQ}}''' is a Chinese instant messaging program.
*In English communities "QQ" has several more common definitions:
**An {{w|emoticon}}, representing a face with two large, crying eyes.
**A synonym for "rage quit", in which a video game player quits the game out of sheer frustration. It originated in ''Warcraft II'' multiplayer, where pressing Ctrl+Q+Q would quit the game, and became more widely known in ''World of Warcraft''.
**These definitions are commonly combined, usually to mock the "rage quitter".
*The Gulf of China refers to how sites in the region are based in People's Republic of China ("Red China"). The '''Great Firewall''' refers to {{w|The Great Firewall of China}}, a pun on {{w|The Great Wall of China}}. Similar to how The Great Wall of China was meant to keep intruding nations out of the then-capital of the city, The Great Firewall of China is meant to keep visitors from visiting censored websites. However, either a VPN or remote access to a computer in a "freer" country can circumvent the Firewall. Oddly other Chinese websites (Qzone, Renren etc.) are not enclosed in this zone.

===Forums Islands===
Forums are websites where one person post a topic to which other people can discuss.

While the map has a zoomed in version, this article shall discuss the two bigger islands, first.

*'''[http://www.2ch.net 2channel]''' is a Japanese imageboard that was actually the original inspiration for 4chan.
*'''[http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Craigslist]''' is a classified advertisement website with sections devoted to just about everything... which formerly included prostitution services, hence the '''The Former Site of Adult Services'''.

In the zoomed-in map, there is...
*'''[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan.org]''' is an {{w|imageboard}} in which people can upload pictures while others comment on them. The website is infamous for its loose/often non-existent rules, incredibly vulgar userbase, source of new memes, and spawning of trolls. 4chan's random board, known internally as '''/b/''', is almost constantly flooded with porn and image macros. This is why Randall's incarnation of 4chan is shaped like a penis.
*'''420chan''' and '''7chan''', other imageboards in the style of 4chan. Their relative lack of popularity and derivative nature leads a lot of 4chan users to mock them; hence, their position on Randall's map suggests that they're mere wads of semen.
*'''Encyclopedia Dramatica''', labeled '''ED''' on the map, is a wiki site dedicated to chronicling internet memes and other noteworthy sites, events, people, and anything else that catches their attention, their respective articles written in an incredibly arbitrary and vulgar manner. The site is ''heavily'' steeped in the attitude of veteran, vulgar 4chan users. People who have articles in the website tend to react with despair, given not only the cruelty in which the articles talk about the person in question, but the presence of the article means that the person is now an eternal target from the trolls. The user is not in a position of retaliation, since the userbase of Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan tends to overpower the victim easily...
:...usually. Due to the founder's talk against the Australian Aboriginals (the founder is Australian), legal action has gone against the founder to the point of the founder having to shut down Encyclopedia Dramatica, founding the far tamer website Oh, Internet! (which is now shut down), instead. Trolls responded by not only uploading their own mirror of the website but also vilifying the former founder forever.
*'''Tunnel to Habbo''' is a reference to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed the 2006 Habbo Hotel Raids], in which hundreds of 4chan Anons simultaneously logged onto Habbo Hotel and proceeded to be as obnoxious as possible, standing in formations of swastikas and penises or body-blocking the swimming pools.
*'''{{w|Catbus}} Route''' is likely a reference to {{w|Lolcat}}s in general.
*'''[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World]''' is a media-hosting website founded by Eric Bauman. The site has lost a lot of traffic after (quite valid) accusations of stolen content.
*The gulf labelled '''{{w|Anonymous (group)|Anonymous}}''' is a reference to the trolls that label themselves "Anonymous" who recently had gained national acknowledgement because of the group's real-life tirades, including cracking attacks against the Church of Scientology and the founding of WikiLeaks (a website that leaks confidential material related to governments).
*[http://www.somethingawful.com/ SomethingAwful] is a website that is meant to showcase all things "awful". SomethingAwful also has a large trollbase, but they tend to be more honorable than the ones from Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan. One example is there being a spotty holding of the no-furries rule in the forums. The forums themselves are famous because of the holding of the Let's Plays of [http://lparchive.org/Dangan-Ronpa/ Dangan Ronpa] and [http://danganronpa2mirror.tumblr.com/ Super Dangan Ronpa 2], which had cooked up public interest to the point of there being an English-language release of the games.
Please note that, due to these Let's Plays being in a forums that frequently hides behind a "paywall" that requires a paid account before accessing, the links provided go to their mirrors.

==Transcript==
:'''Map of Online Communities'''
:Size on map represents volume of Daily Social activity (posts, chat, etc). Based on data gathered over the Spring and Summer of 2010.

:[Two insets on the upper left-hand corner shows that this map is a tiny portion of the huge continent of Spoken Language, encompassing portions of the Internet, Email, and Cell Phones (SMS).]

:[The largest landmass on the map by far, which takes up nearly the entire northern half of the map is "Facebook" - with large states in the south-east of the country labeled 'Farmville' and 'Happy Farm'. There is a much smaller state to the west of these called 'Farm Town'. To the north of these states is a large swath of unremarkable land entitled 'Northern Wasteland of Unread Updates.' This is directly north of the large Dopamine Sea.

:A peninsula on the south-west, just below the Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions, houses many tiny states, such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Bebo, & Hi5. It is bordered on the south by Buzzword Bay, which contains several islands of varying sizes. Among these are YouTube and Twitter (the largest), which are separated by the Social Media Consultant Channel. To the south-east of Twitter, across the Sea of Protocol Confusion, is another, equally large island. Most of it is Skype, with the north having two largish states called AIM and Windows Live Messenger. On the south-west part of the island are two smaller states called GG and Yahoo Messenger.

:The Island of Skype is extremely close to, but separated by the Great Firewall (a dashed line), the large landmass of QQ. It's north shore is the Gulf of China and Grass Mud Horse Bay. Outside of these bays, over the Great Firewall are two islands called Craigslist and 2Channel.

:In the Dopamine Sea, off the southern shores of Farmville and Happy Farm, is MMO Isle. Its largest state is WoW, with Runescape, Lineage, Maple Story, Habbo, and the Mountains of Steam among its notable landmarks. To the southeast of the island is the Gulf of Lag, in which sits the CDC Games island, with Eve Online.

:To the east of Twitter is Troll Bay, with such islands as Reddit and Reddit, Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicio.us, and Wikipedia Talk Pages. To their south are the IRC isles, of which one is the tiny island of #xkcd.

:East of these islands, and north of Skype island, is the Sea of Memes. In this sea, to the north of Craigslist and 2Channel, is an archipelago of tiny islands. There is an inset, labeled 'Forums.' (See below.)

:To the southwest of Twitter island, in the Sea of Opinions, are the blog islands. These lie south of the islands in Buzzword Bay, as well. The northernmost islands in this group are centered around the Bay of Drama, on which can be found Diary Blogs, Gossip Blogs, and Livejournal. Gossip Blogs share an island with Political, Music, and Tech Blogs. To the north of this island is a smaller island called Photo Blogs. South of Diary Blogs, and off the southwest coast of Music blogs is a smaller island called Fandom Blogs. South of Tech Blogs, off of which sprouts the small peninsula of Business Blogs, is the Spamblog Straits. On the other side of the straits is a large island made up of Miscellaneous Blogs, with two states demarcated as Religious Blogs and Blog Blogs. Southwest of the Blog Islands is the Sea of Zero (0) Comments.]

:[An inset of a group of islands in the sea of memes located on the lower right corner of the map, labeled 'Forums'. The largest by far is 4chan and /b/. Also found here are D2JSP, JLA Frums, Fan Forum, Something Awful, and many smaller ones, too numerous to list here.]

:[The northeastern third of Gossip/Political/Tech Blogs island is another inset labeled 'Blogosphere (Core)'. This can be found on the lower left corner of the map. Two peninsulas in Political Blogs bookend the Bay of Flame -- these are Liberal Blogs and Conservative Blogs. Between them lie several tiny islands such as Politics Daily, CNN Politcal Ticker, and Mediaite. Off the coast of Liberal Blogs lies the island of NYTimes, off the coast of Conservative Blogs is Libertarian Isle. Between the two lies The Talk. The northern peninsula of Tech Blogs contains places such as Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, and Kotaku.]

:[Text found between the two insets, which are directly below the main map.]
:ABOUT THIS MAP
:Communities rise and fall, and total membership numbers are no longer a good measure of a community's current size and health. This updated map uses size to represent total social activity in a community -- that is, how much talking, playing, sharing, or other socializing happens there. This meant some comparing of apples and oranges, but I did my best and tried to be consistent.

:Estimates are based on the numbers I could find, but involved a great deal of guesswork, statistical inference, random sampling, nonrandom sampling, a 20,000-cell spreadsheet, emailing, cajoling, tea-leaf reading, goat sacrifices, and gut instinct (i.e. making things up).

:Sources of data include Google and Bing, Wikipedia, Alexa, Big-Boards.com, StumbleUpon, Wordpress, Akismet, every website statistics page I could find, press releases, news articles, and individual site employees. Thanks in particular to folks at Last.fm, LiveJournal, Reddit, and the New York Times, as well as sysadmins at a number of sites who shared statistics on condition of anonymity.

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980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-11T20:24:43Z

Rachel: /* J.K. Rowling */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
|-
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
</div>
==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

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__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
</div>
==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
|-
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-11T20:23:54Z

Rachel: /* World GDP */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
</div>
==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
| -
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-11T20:23:37Z

Rachel: /* All US real estate */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
</div>
==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
| -
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-11T20:22:41Z

Rachel: /* Trillions */

__NOTOC__
*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
*This is still work in progress.
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]

{{Incomplete | Boy, lots of stuff needs to be added here}}
==Dollars==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===1 Dollar Bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Apples (one dozen) || $5.68
|-
| Oranges (one dozen) || $3.08
|-
| Daily interest on average credit card debt || $5.63
|-
| Starbucks Coffee || $2.00
|}
===Average US restaurant meals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Average single US restaurant meal || $35.65
|-
| Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants || $85.27
|}
===Game Consoles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Console !! Price
|-
| PS3 || $250
|-
| Xbox 360 || $200
|-
| Wii || $150
|}
===Dinner for four===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Meal !! Price
|-
| Homemade rice and pinto beans || $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
|-
| Homemade chicken dinner || $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
|-
| McDonalds || $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
|-
| Arby’s || $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
|-
| Chili’s || $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
|-
| Outback Steakhouse || $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
|}
===Loose change value per pound===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Change !! Price
|-
| Loose change value per pound || $12.80
|-
| Loose change with no quarters || $5.40
|-
| Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) || $7.30
|-
| Loose change with no pennies || $17.40
|}
===Daily income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Objects !! Price
|-
| Median household daily income || $136.28
|-
| Taxes || $32.16
|-
| After-tax || $104.12
|}
===Books and Kindles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Paperback book || $6.80
|-
| Hardcover book || $32.27
|-
| Audio book || $50.42
|-
| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle] || $79.00
|-
| New video game || $49.99
|-
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee || $77.36
|-
| Smartphone average monthly fee || $110.30
|-
| Kindle keyboard + 3G || $139
|}
===Loose change===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| One-gallon jug of loose change || $270
|}
===Pet ownership===
Based on ASPCA estimations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Pet !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of rabbit ownership || $730
|-
| Annual cost of dog ownership || $695
|-
| Annual cost of cat ownership || $670
|-
| Annual cost of fish ownership || $35
|-
| Annual cost of bird ownership || $200
|-
| Annual cost of small mammal ownership || $300
|}
===Technological devices et cetera===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Object !! Price
|-
| Kindle Fire || $199
|-
| Men’s suit || $400
|-
| Low-end bicycle || $190
|-
| Basic iPad || $499
|-
| iPad+3G+ a year of data || $869
|-
| Basic Macbook Air || $999
|-
| Netbook || $249.99
|-
| iPod Nano || $129
|-
| Mac Mini || $599
|-
| Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
|}
===Cell phone bill===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Phone !! Price
|-
| Traditional cell phone average annual bill || $928.30
|-
| Smartphone average annual bill || $1,320
|}
===Worker/CEO comparison===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Worker/CEO and year!! Price
|-
| 1965 production worker average hourly wage || $19.61
|-
| 2007 production worker average hourly wage || $19.71
|-
| Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period || $490.31
|-
| Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period || $5419.97
|}
</div>

==Thousands==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
===Typical household net worth by head of household’s age===
{| class="wikitable"
! 1984 !! Age !! 2009
|-
| $11,680
| <35 years
| $3,710
|-
| $72,090
| 35-44 years
| $40,140
|-
| $115,060
| 45-54 years
| $103,040
|-
| $149,240
| 55-64 years
| $164,270
|-
| $122,100
| >65 years
| $172,820
|}
===Raising a child to age 17===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Life class !! Price
|-
| Upper income || $302,860
|-
| Middle income || $206,920
|-
| Lower income || $206,920
|}
===Vacation package from New England===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) || $3,204
|-
| Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations || $136,020
|}
===Typical trip from US West Coast===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Trip !! Price
|-
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $6,801
|-
| Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) || $2,863
|}
===Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Cancer treatment including chemo || $117,260
|-
| Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) || $43,000
|-
| Seven-year Hogwarts degree || $301,000
|-
| Average community college tuition || $10,340
(One year $2,580)
|-
| Average in-state university tuition || $28,920
(One year $7,230)
|}

===Golden Opulence ice cream sundae===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae] || $1,000
|-
| Average smartphone annual cost || $1.320
|-
| Average used car || $8,910
|-
| Average new car || $27,230
|-
| High-end bicycle || $1,500
|-
| One Starbucks latte per day || $1.820
|}
===Income per capita===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country !! Price
|-
| United States 2005 per capita income || $32,360
|-
| Switzerland 2005 per capita income || $29,910
|-
| Germany 2005 per capita income || $27,550
|-
| UK 2005 per capita income || $23,240
|-
| France 2005 per capita income || $16,400
|-
| China 2005 per capita income || $3,540
|-
| Brazil 2005 per capita income || $5,540
|}
===Rural houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Small rural house || $100,000
|-
| Typical new home || $224,910
|-
| Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft] || $193,500
|}
===Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Average individual health insurance annual premium || $5,430
|-
| Typing F-U-N-D-S || $10,000
|-
| A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) || $3,050
|-
| Waist deep half-room ball pit || $2,400
|-
| All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) || $2,640
|}
===Annual costs of cars and houses===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Annual cost of car ownership || $3,650
|-
| Typical annual household spending || $5,650
|-
| Average household CC debt || $9,960
|-
| Annual cost to carry that debt || $2,090
|}
===Typical annual housing cost for various cities===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Price
|-
| NYC || $25,416
|-
| San Francisco || $21,888
|-
| Boston || $18,216
|-
| Los Angeles || $17,640
|-
| Washington DC || $16,380
|-
| Chicago || $13,664
|-
| Worcester || $12,456
|-
| Houston || $11,888
|-
| Minneapolis || $10,908
|-
| Detroit || $10,080
|-
| Salt Lake City || $9,108
|-
| Scranton || $8,60
|}
===Prince William and Kate Middleton===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000
|-
| Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000
|-
| Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000
|-
|Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000
|}
===Value of an investment of $1,000/year===
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Time !! Value of investment !! Real value
|-
| 1 year || $1,000 ||
|-
| 5 years || $5,526 ||
|-
| 10 years || $12,850 ||
|-
| 15 years || $21,580 ||
|-
| 20 years || $33,070 ||
|-
| 25 years || $47,730 ||
|-
| 30 years || $66,440 || $27,370
|-
| 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) || $30,000 || $12,360
|-
| 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) || $56,080 ||
|}

===Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Car !! Price !! If gas were $10/gallon
|-
| Honda Insight || $27,874 ||
|-
| Toyota Prius || $38,771 || $48,990
|-
| Jeep Patriot || $35,425 ||
|-
| Honda Fit || $28,745 || $45,233
|-
| BMW Z4 || $61,312 ||
|-
| Ford Explorer || $45,524 || $69,076
|-
| Toyota Camry || $34,679 ||
|-
| smart fortwo || $29,629 || $45,058
|-
| Honda CR-V || $35,183 ||
|-
| Chevy Volt || $42,180 || $50,612
|-
| Hyundai Sonata || $34,644 ||
|-
| Ford F-150 || $48,734 || $77,111
|-
| Nissan Cube || $29,383 ||
|-
| Porsche 911 || $91,590 ||
|}

===Typical annual household income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Percentile !! Income
|-
| Bottom 20% || $10,200
|-
| Second 20% || $24,800
|-
| Middle 20% || $44,400
|-
| Fourth 20% || $76,100
|-
| Top 10% || $201,100
|-
| Top 1% || $822,000
|-
| Top 1/500th || $2,080,000
|}

===Median US household income===
{| class="wiktable sortable"
|-
| Median US household income || $51,570
|-
| After-tax || $39,170
|-
| Taxes || $12,100
|-
| Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access || $359,790
|}

===If I had $1000000===
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Furniture || $21,160
|-
| Plymouth Reliant || $3,000
|-
| Tree fort || $15,000
|-
| Llama || $2,120
|-
| Joseph Merrick's remains || N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|-
| House || $224,820
|-
| Tiny fridge || $99.08
|-
| Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) || $34.48
|-
| Kraft Dinner (two double servings) || $3.06
|-
| Expensive ketchup || $10.75
|-
| Faux fur coat || $198.00
|-
| Limo ride to the store || $186.59
|}

===Total lifetime income===
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
</div>

==Millions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Dr. Evil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world || $6,630,000
|-
| Amount he was actually demanding || $1,380,000
|-
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
|-
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
|-
| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
|-
| Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
|-
| Large city office building || $100,000,000
|-
| Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
|-
| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
|-
| EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
|-
| Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
|}

===William and Kates wedding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Flowers || $800,000
|-
| Security || $20,000,000
|-
| Total cost || $800,000,000
|}
===$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes || $1,500,000
|-
| Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles || $3,270,000
|}
===Qianlong Chinese vase===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
|-
| Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
|-
| Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
|-
| Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
|-
| Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
|-
| 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
|-
| Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
|-
| Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
|-
| Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
|-
| Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
|-
| Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
|}

===Prizes===
{| class="wikitable"
! Amount 1 !! Year 1 !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
|-
| $64,000
| 1955
| The $64,000 Question
| $528,310
|-
| £1,000,000
| 1998
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
| $2,270,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1999
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
| $1,330,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1955
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
| $8,250,000
|-
| $1,000,000
| 1931
| The Millionaire (Movie)
| $14,530,000
|}
===Bitcoins===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
|-
| Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
|}
===Elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| Herman Cain || $5,380,000
|-
| Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
|-
| Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
|-
| Ron Paul || $12,790,000
|-
| Rick Perry || $17,200,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
|-
| Barack Obama || $88,420,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
|-
| Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, || $900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
|-
| Ron Paul || $32,480,000
|-
| John Edwards || $64,410,000
|-
| Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
|-
| Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
|-
| Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
|-
| John McCain || $394,280,000
|-
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
|-

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
|-
| Howard Dean || $61,620,000
|-
| Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
|-
| John Edwards || $39,310,000
|-
| John Kerry || $352,090,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $429,660,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Person !! Funds raised
|-
| 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
|-
| Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
|-
| John McCain || $75,180,000
|-
| Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
|-
| Steve Forbes || $11,440,000
|-
| Al Gore || $170,520,000
|-
| George W. Bush || $247,100,000
|-
| Other ||
|}

===2010 midterm elections fundraising===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds raised
|-
| Democrats || $815,000,000
|-
| Republicans || $587,000,000
|}

===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| To Other ||
|-
| To Democrats ||
|-
| To Republicans ||
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Funds donated
|-
| Finance industry || $122,900,000
|-
| Organized labor || $18,720,000
|-
| Energy industry || $26,680,000
|-
| Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
|-
| Health industry || $42,727,000
|-
| Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
|}

===Inaugurations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Price
|-
| George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
|-
| Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
|-
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
|}

===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
|-
| 1996 || $559,810,000
|-
| 1992 || $521,480,000
|-
| 1988 || $606,300,000
|-
| 1984 || $429,860,000
|-
| 1980 || $434,220,000
|-
| 1976 || $664,160,000
|}

===A billionare===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
| Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
|-
| Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
|-
| John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
|-
| Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
|-
| Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
|-
| Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
|-
| Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
|}

===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Value
|-
| 1970 ||
|-
| 1980 ||
|-
| 1990 ||
|-
| 2000 ||
|-
| 2010 ||
|}

===$1 per US resident===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value || Notes
|-
| $1 per US resident || $312,620,000 ||
|-
| $1 per US household || $117,290,000 ||
|-
| Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000 ||
|-
| One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
|-
| One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
|-
| $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000 ||
|-
| $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000 ||
|}

===Professional rapper net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rapper !! Net worth
|-
| 50 Cent || $100,000,000
|-
| 50 Cent (stage name) || $0,50
|-
| 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0,70
|-
| Birdman || $100,000,000
|-
| Dr Dre || $125,000,000
|-
| Jay-Z || $450,000,000
|-
| Diddy || $475,000,000
|}

===J.K. Rowling===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value !! Notes
| J.K. Rowlinng || $1,000,000,000 ||
|-
| J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
|}

===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
|-
| Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
|-
| Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
|}

===Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
|}

===Marginal cost to launch one shuttle===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
|-
| Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000
|-
| Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
|-
| New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
|}

</div>

==Billions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
</div>
==Trillions==
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">

===Size of derivatives markets by year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
|-
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
|-
| 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
|}

====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Size of market
|-
| 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
|-
| 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
|-
| 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
|-
| 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
|}

===US household net worth===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| US household || $58,740,000,000,000
|-
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
|-
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
|-
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
|}

===Total debt in the US===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Worth
|-
| Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
|-
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
|-
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
|-
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
|-
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
|}

===World GDP===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Area !! GDP
|-
| World || $62,900,000,000,000
|-
| North America || $17,850,000,000,000
|-
| United States || $14,530,000,000,000
|-
| South America || $3,070,000,000,000
|-
| EU || $16,240,000,000,000
|-
| Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
| -
| Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
|-
| Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
|-
| Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|}

===Total public debt===
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Area !! Debt !! Notes
|-
| EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|-
| Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
|-
| China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
|-
| France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
|-
| United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
|-
| Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
|-
| Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
|-
| Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
|}

===Energy reserves===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
|-
| Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
|-
| Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
|-
| Natural gas || $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) || $930,470,000,000
|}

===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Thing !! Value
|-
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
|-
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}

===All US real estate===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Type !! Value
|-
| All || $28,380,000,000,000
|-
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000
|-
| Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
|}

===Value of all gold ever mined===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item !! Value
|-
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
|}

===GDP by year===
{|class=wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
|-
| 1920 || || ||
|-
| 1930 || || ||
|-
| 1940 || || ||
|-
| 1950 || || ||
|-
| 1960 || || ||
|-
| 1970 || || ||
|-
| 1980 || || ||
|-
| 1990 || || ||
|-
| 2000 || || ||
|-
| 2010 || || ||
|}

===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000
|}
</div>
{{DEFAULTSORT: 0980}}

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-11T19:48:52Z

Rachel: /* Millions */

980: Money/Prices in tables

2015-09-11T19:48:11Z

Rachel: /* Millions */

802: Online Communities 2

2015-09-11T16:54:21Z

Rachel: /* Blogosphere (Core Region) */

{{comic
| number = 802
| date = October 6, 2010
| title = Online Communities 2
| image = online_communities_2.png
| titletext = Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
}}
A [http://xkcd.com/802_large/ larger version] of this picture can be found by clicking the comic on xkcd.
{{TOC}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Not all of the regions are fully explained. Many labels aren't even mentioned outside of the transcript. Some towns need to be added for example.}}
This comic shows a map of internet communities where the size of each region roughly corresponds to its size, and its proximity to other regions indicates similarities.

This is the successor of [[256: Online Communities]]. It differs in that it is updated, and furthermore, instead of using the ''membership'' of whichever service to determine its size on the map, it uses its "daily social activity."

The map actually has two super−maps: the online community map is surrounded by the "countries" of E−Mail and SMS ("Instant Messaging"). These, in turn, are surrounded by the "Spoken Language" country (which is odd, considering that e−mail, SMS, and the Internet in general are based on ''written'' language) with its own sub−country, "cell phones" (which ''do'' involve e−mail and the Internet while being the mean medium of SMS's).

At the title text [[Randall]] explains that, using his definition of "most activity per day", Farmville is actually the ''second'' most popular social-network farming game -- the Chinese game Happy Farm was more popular at the time. This strikes many English-speaking xkcd readers as odd, because Farmville is much more famous, leading one to wonder how the it could not be the most played. The phrase "browser-based social-networking-centered farming game" is an example of an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyNarrowSuperlative overly-narrow superlative.]

===Facebook Region===
The Facebook region deals with social networks, that is, websites oriented towards having people meet.

'''{{w|Facebook}}''' is a social networking site that allows people to meet old real−life friends and make new friends that share similar interests. One of its most notable features is that a member can update a "status" or make normal posts about the happenings of the member's life, complete with pictures, other members "liking" these posts. The size of the Facebook region is not exaggerated; most websites seem to allow "liking" their content or allow/require logging in the website with a Facebook account. There even are cell phones with a "Facebook" button!

*'''{{w|FarmVille}}''' and '''{{w|Farm Town}}''' are Facebook games in which users manage farms. '''{{w|Happy Farm}},''' the Chinese game that inspired the other two, does not require Facebook integration, so it is separated by a solid line from Facebook. The "Unethical Bay" refers to how these games tend to addict players into constantly buying virtual items of questionable value.

*The '''People You Can't Unfriend''' refer to people whom, due to real-life expectations and relationships, unfriending them is difficult, no matter how you really feel about them.

*The '''Blatherskite River''' refers to the conversations on Facebook, which may be long yet devoid of general meaning or logic.

*The '''Data Mines''' refer to the data mining that Facebook does with the interests of its members. This fuels the profitable advertising business at the expense of customer trust.

*The '''Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions''' refer to how interactions with family members on Facebook suddenly become more awkward because everyone on Facebook (and sometimes ''off'' Facebook, given that you do not necessarily need to log in if you want to see someone's Facebook account) if you are discussing with your family through post comments.

*The '''524,287 Strong for Mersenne Primes''' refers to the communities who gain followers for a cause. A {{w|Mersenne prime}} is a prime number that is 1 less than a power of 2; 524287 is the 7th known Mersenne prime.

*The '''Jungle-Bay Mountains of "It's Complicated"''' refers to one of Facebook's options as to what a user's relationship status currently is. A Jungle-Bay Mountain is a complicated and undefined climate, hence the complication.

*'''"Old Facebook" Resistance''' refers to Facebook's earlier users, who have often resisted (and resented) changes made to Facebook as it became more popular.

*'''Privacy Controls''' is located on the map surrounded by a Lava Pool, which is a reference to how difficult it is to find the privacy controls within Facebook.
*'''Niche Market Mountains''' refers to social networks aimed towards more niche markets are located. Similar to how mountains tend to be isolated from mainland, niche social networks tend to be just that: niche, without much interaction with the general populace.
*'''Charred Wasteland of Abandoned Social Networks''' refers to the tons of websites wanting to take advantage of the success of websites like Facebook to compete or even overpower with them. Even so, these websites tend to not have the userbase or even the expertise towards the long-term, hence they become wastelands: environments devoid of life, except the few life forms that are from these wastelands (in this case, the ones who are loyal to the website or which are sadly few).
*In the Charred Wasteland stands '''{{w|Ozymandias}}''', the titular broken statue of Shelley's poem. In the poem, only "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" and a "shattered visage" are all that remain of the once-great statue and both of these features are present in the comic. According to the poem, the pedestal before the broken statue reads "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..." hence "friend of friends" below Ozymandias on the map.
*In the north are the '''Duckface Mountains''' and the '''Red Cup Mountains'''."Duckface" refers to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face this incredibly obnoxious facial expression], and "red cup pictures" are any pictures containing party-goers holding disposable red plastic beverage cups. Facebook is absolutely flooded with both types of pictures.
*In the south is '''Buzzword Bay'''. {{w|Buzzword}}s are words and phrases that make you sound a lot more topical than you actually are, used to garner attention; again, Facebook status updates are commonly filled with buzzwords.

While Facebook is the largest "country" of the Facebook Region, there are a lot of smaller "countries" that represent smaller social networks.

*Below Facebook (and "Old Facebook' Resistance") is '''{{w|Diaspora (social network)|Diaspora}}''', a fully open-source, decentralized, privacy-respecting-and-expecting alternative to Facebook. From what this map tells, Diaspora is little-known, even if Facebook is taken out of the context.
*'''{{w|StudiVZ}}''' is a German-speaking social network similar if not a ripped-off version of Facebook.
*'''{{w|XING}}''' is a German-speaking social platform similar to LinkedIn.
*'''{{w|Ning (website)|Ning}}''' is a service to create custom social websites. Its free services shut down in 2010.
*'''{{w|Taringa!}}''' is a Spanish-speaking social network that is based on a forums. Copyrighted material is frequently found there.
*Next to the Euro(pean) Gulf is '''{{w|Skyrock (social network site)}}''', a French-speaking social network.
*'''{{w|Wer-kennt-wen}}''' is a German-social network somewhat like MySpace.
*'''{{w|Nasza-klasa.pl}}''' or NK, is a Polish-speaking social network based on school relationships.
*'''{{w|Badoo}}''' is a social network primarily based on dating and picture-sharing.
*'''{{w|Classmates.com}}''' is a services in which the user can meet classmates that came from the same high school. The website is probably best known by its memetic advertisement that said [http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-am-i-supposed-to-care-about-nick.html "She married him??!! And they've got 7 kids??"] (Incidentally, [http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003325519_adcouple27.html there is more to the coupled picture than what the advertisement says.])
*'''{{w|Myspace}}''' is a social networking website that is a kind of proto-Facebook: users could customize their one-page websites with whatever they wanted, make their interests and daily lives public, and interact with other users. Back in the mid 2000s, MySpace was the largest social network, many people using the website; however, the surprisingly-less-customizable Facebook ended up taking the place of MySpace. The "bands" country of MySpace refers to how a lot of bands in the day advertised and interacted using the website. Indeed, the latest incarnation of MySpace (in terms of 2013) is more oriented towards band members.
*'''{{w|LinkedIn}}''' is a social network aimed towards people in the workplace, which is why it is adjancent to '''Corporate Bay'''.
*'''{{w|Orkut}}''' was one of Google's first social networks before Google made [https://plus.google.com/ Google+]. It shut down in 2014.
*'''{{w|Hi5}}''' is a social network that is very popular among people in Latin America.
*'''{{w|Renren}}''' ('''「人人」''', "people" in Chinese) is "a Chinese copy of Facebook."
*'''{{w|Bebo}}''' was a social network popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It went bankrupt in 2013 and will move away from social networking and into apps.
*'''{{w|Friendster}}''' - One of the first major social networks, it has fallen way off in usage in recent years and was eclipsed by MySpace. It is still popular in Asia.
*'''{{w|VK (social networking website)|Vkontakte}}''' or VK, is the second largest social network service in Europe after Facebook. It is available in several languages, but particularly popular among Russian-speaking users around the world.
*'''{{w|Netlog}}''' is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the global youth demographic.
*'''{{w|Mixi}}''' is an online Japanese social networking service.
*'''{{w|Qzone}}''' is a social networking website, which is big in China. According to a report published by Tencent, possibly surpassing other social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace in China.
*'''{{w|Tuenti}}''' is a Spain-based, social networking service, that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook."
*'''{{w|Cloob}}''' is a Persian-language social networking website, mainly popular in Iran. After the locally (and internationally) popular social networking website Orkut was blocked by the Iranian government, a series of local sites and networks, including Cloob, emerged to fill the gap.
*'''{{w|Kaixin001}}''' is a social networking website which ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall.
*'''{{w|Piczo}}''' was a privately held blog website for teens. In November 2012, Piczo.com shut down.
*'''{{w|Odnoklassniki}}''' is a social network service for classmates and old friends. It is popular in Russia and former Soviet Republics.
*'''{{w|Adult FriendFinder}}''' is a pornographic dating site.
*'''{{w|Match.com}}''' is a dating site.
*'''{{w|Ok Cupid}}''' is another dating site.
*'''{{w|PlentyofFish}}''' is yet another dating site.
*'''{{w|Sulawesi}}''' is a real-life island in the Indonesian archipelago. It also appears in 256: Online Communities.

===MMO Isle===
MMO's (short form of "MMORPG", short form of "Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Player Game") are websites that host online games where multiple people take the role of a character and play in a setting hosted by the website. These types of games tend to be fantastical in setting. Frequently, missions are added to the game, giving current player more incentive towards playing more.

*'''[https://www.habbo.com/ Habbo Hotel]''' is a website where someone creates a human avatar an interacts in a virtual world that is not that different from the one in real life.
*'''[http://www.clubpenguin.com/ Club Penguin]''' is [http://disney.com/ Disney's] MMO where someone creates a penguin avatar and interacts with other in a more polar, cartoony setting. Club Penguin is aimed towards children.
*'''[http://maplestory.nexon.net/ Maple Story]''' is an MMO that has a more natural setting. The most distinguishing feature of Maple Story is its cartoony pixel art.
*'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]''', while not an MMO, is a website that has the largest repository of walkthoughs, that is, guides that help someone beat a game. GameFAQs is notable for not only its large repository of walkthroughs of games that are across an extreme variety of consoles, handhelds, and even computers (not all of them MMOs), but also the drama that is rumoured to happen in the GameFAQs forums.
*'''[http://www.ign.com/ IGN]''' (full: '''Imagine Games Network'''), while also not an MMO, is the largest website that gives news on video games in general, not just MMOs. Each of the games mentioned in the site have pages that have summaries, reviews, screenshots, other art, videos, and links to news related to its games.
*'''[http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml FFXI]''' (full: '''Final Fantasy XI''') is an MMO from SquareEnix, being the first MMO of the popular ''Final Fantasy'' series.
*'''[http://www.runescape.com/community Runescape]''' is an older MMO.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ Starcraft II]''' is a realtime strategy game with a science fiction setting that heavily involves space travel. While technically not an MMO, it has a significant online multiplayer component.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ WoW]''' (full: '''World of Warcraft''') is the definitive MMO, being not only the most popular and one of the longest-running but also the most expansive (having its own spinoff games, comic books, novels, and even figurines), WOW giving the idea of how an MMO should be. A player can choose from a variety of races, each with its own heavy history.
*'''[http://secondlife.com/ Second Life]''' is similar to Habbo, albeit with a bigger suspension of disbelief (one example being that the player does not need to be a human) and in a 3D setting.
*'''[http://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates]''' is a text-based political simulation game. Notably, some of its traffic comes not from the actual game (which is optional), but the extensive set of political, roleplaying, and general forums attached.
*'''[http://www.urbandead.com/ Urban Dead]''' describes itself as "A Massively Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypse", which sums it up pretty well.
*'''[http://www.kingdomofloathing.com KoL]''' (full: '''Kingdom of Loathing''') is a comedic browser-based MMO-ish RPG with minimalistic stick-figure art.
*'''{{w|CDC Games}}''' is a Chinese company reputed to be the largest MMORPG distributor.
*'''{{w|Eve Online|EVE Online}}''' is a science fiction MMO which is notable because of its virtual economy.
*'''{{w|Gaia Online|Gaia}}''' or Gaia Online, while not an MMO, is a forum oriented towards pop culture, including video games and Japanese media. Its most notable feature is the heavy customization possible of a member's pixel-art avatar. Its members tend to roleplay a lot, albeit in a more written, story-based form. Gaia has gained a reputation with its members stealing art and causing drama.
*'''{{w|City of Heroes|CoH}}''' or City of Heroes was a superhero-based MMORPG that was shut down November 2012.

Other notable regions include:
*The '''Mountains of Steam''', referring to the game distribution service [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] where people could buy and download video games in general, not just MMOs.
*'''River Grind''' refers to "grinding." In most MMOs, the character is a fighter of some sorts, yet starts at a level 1, signifying the character's aptitude level in combat. The character can level up and gain more aptitude levels through earning experience, of which the most reliable and otherwise common way is the process of "grinding," that is, repeatedly fighting opposing monsters (sometimes of a level notably lower that your character's), gaining experience points from winning these battles until your character gains a level, that is, "levels up". While a practical necessity in strengthening the character, this process can be tiresome, hence the expression "grinding."
*'''Spawn Camp''' refers to "spawn points", the places in combat-oriented MMO's tend to produce ("spawn") random AI-powered creatures, and the act of "spawn camping", in which the player character simply stands behind or around the spawn points to fight the enemy creatures as soon as they appear.
*'''Gulf of Lag''' refers to how the MMO can be slowed down a considerable amount due to the large amount of players simultaneously using the same server, this congestion bogging down the server and frustrating the users.
*'''[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/final-boss-of-the-internet End Guy for the Internet]''' refers to "end bosses," the last — and usually hardest to defeat — "bad guy" in a game (or a section of a game).

===YouTube Region===
The YouTube region refers to websites that are based on user-created content.

'''[https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]''' is the definitive video website where people can upload videos with the purpose of public viewing, ranging from home movies through official music videos through Let's Plays of people playing video games to questionably-legal uploads of cartoons and films. Google had purchased YouTube.

Many of the sites on the map are just references to {{w|viral video}}s at {{w|YouTube}}:
*'''Viral Shores''' refers to how viral videos (whether they be viral marketing or simply memes) tend to proliferate on YouTube.
*'''Britney''' likely refers to pop singer {{w|Britney Spears}} and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc‎ "Leave Britney Alone" guy].
*'''Maru Gulf''' refers to Maru the Cat, a YouTube celebrity [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/676:_Abstraction also mentioned in xkcd].
*'''Prairie Dog Habitat''' likely refers to the viral video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw Dramatic Chipmunk] (which is actually a Prairie Dog).
*'''Rick Rolling Hills''' references, well, {{w|Rickrolling}}. More information [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ here]. The "deserted" note likely refers to how Rick Astley himself is tired of the meme, or again, how people tend to leave the video upon getting "Rick Roll'd," never actually going to the video with the express purpose of viewing the video.
*'''Lunar Landing Soundstage''' is, of course, a reference to the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}}, which Randall has railed on before.
*'''{{w|OK Go}} Bay''' refers to the band "OK Go" who have multiple viral music videos on YouTube, most famously [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA "Here it goes again"] featuring treadmills.

The '''HTML5 swamp''' refers to the spotty support of HTML 5 (an update on HTML that is frequently touting its media capabilities, making HTML 5 a viable alternative to Flash) YouTube has. Of course, by the time the comic was written, HTML 5 was still in its infancy. The Music Video Bay refers to the amount of music videos (official or otherwise) are present in YouTube.

Other counties of the YouTube region include:
*'''[https://vimeo.com/ vimeo]''', a website where people tend to showcase artistic content that they made on their own, notably independent studios.

Snob Sound:
*'''[https://secure.flickr.com/ Flickr]''', a website where people can upload and share photographs they took.
*'''[http://fotolog.com Fotolog]''', a photo website very popular in South America in 2004-2008, which was used as a social network.
*'''[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]''', a music website that is notable of its "scrobbling" feature.
*'''[http://www.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]''', the largest art website, where people can upload, sell, and buy not only art itself, but also video, audio, Flash-work, and even skins (the original purpose of deviantArt). While many big-name/professional people and organizations have their works in deviantArt, the site is more infamous for the large amount of people who upload low-quality fan-art and fan-characters, most notably of media from Japan. Another point of infamy is the large amount of drama that can happen in the website.

*'''[https://www.newgrounds.com/ Newgrounds]''', a website that hosts art, (Flash-based) videos, audio, and (Flash-based) games to which other users can comment and rate. Even so, content from Newgrounds tends to be obscene, though there is a filtering system if a viewer does not wish to see obscene content.
*'''[http://www.chatroulette.com/ Chatroulette]''' is a website where people are randomly paired up with each other and video/text chat.
*'''{{w|Brickshelf}}''' is the online resource for {{w|LEGO}} fans.
*'''[https://tumblr.com/ Tumblr]''', where people could make a blog and post text, pictures, video, audio, quotes, and links. The most distinguishing feature is the ability to "reblog" these posts from other's people's blogs into the user's own blog. Notable features of Tumblr include sketchblogs (where people upload their sketches), Ask blogs (where people answer questions other users ask, the moderators of these blogs usually pretending to be a character from a form of media), and the large amount of "social justice" (where people fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of negative discrimination). (See also [[1043: Ablogalypse]].)
*'''{{w|b3ta}}''' is a popular British website, described as a "puerile digital arts community" by The Guardian.

The '''Isle of teenagers who just discovered macroeconomics''' is a joke about how teenagers tend to think that the world and the economy are a lot simpler than they actually are. Combined with the typical internet mindset, this leads to a lot of teenagers posting blogs and videos and comments on blogs and videos describing how idiotic the government and other red-tape-related adults are.
The '''Snob Sound''' could refer to the large amount of people who look down on others in the surrounding websites (one example being an original artist looking down on people who draw mainly fan-art). '''The Iraq''' is a reference to Miss Teen USA 2007, Ms. Teen South Carolina - Lauren Katlin said "I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as...the US should help the US and should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the asian countries so we are able to build up our future." The usage of "the iraq" became a meme.

===Twitter Region===
*'''Bieber Bay''' is a reference to {{w|Justin Bieber}} a pop singer whose singing sprouted on YouTube and became very popular on Twitter and other social media. He is very much vilified because of his rather feminine appearance and his hordes of fans (called "Beliebers") that seem to support him to ridiculous extents. Lately, though, Justin Beiber has taken a "bad boy" attitude because of all the Beliebers who are willing to defend him no matter what, him partaking in a lot of questionable activities that include tattoos, questionably-legal substances, and buying prostitution, thus lowering his popularity in the general populace.
*'''{{w|Google Buzz}}''' is a former social network attempted by Google. It has since been shut down.
*'''Bit.Ly Mountains''' is a reference to the URL shortening service {{w|bit.ly}}.
*'''Kayne's Isle of Sadness''' is a reference to the musician {{w|Kayne West}}.
*'''Sarah Palin USA''' is the Twitter handle of former politician {{w|Sarah Palin}}.
*'''Clueless Politician Coast''' is a reference to the number of politicians on Twitter and other social networks who repeatedly share clueless updates that more often create an uproar than help their election chances.
*'''Desert of Food Updates''' is a reference to the number of pictures of food that are shared on social media (especially Twitter). There has even been some controversy on posting such pictures.
*'''Journalists Trying to Find the Cutting Edge''' is referencing journalists on Twitter trying to keep up with the way that news is gathered and delivered now, despite usually working for a newspaper that publishes once a day.
*'''{{w|SHAQ}}''' is a reference to the former NBA basketball player, {{w|Shaq}}.
*'''{{w|identi.ca}}''' is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service, being an alternative to Twitter.
*''' Breaking! Waves''' is a pun on the fact that so many people used the word "Breaking" at the beginning of tweets that do not warrant that tag that the word has lost most of its meaning and become a joke. It is a pun because waves "break" on the shore.
*'''Web 3.0''' refers to the unofficial term {{w|Web 2.0}}. In this case, "Web 1.0" refers to websites that give information to users. Web 2.0 refers to websites where the users themselves create content. Web 3.0 has sometimes been used as a term. For {{w|semantic web}}, a machine-readable version of the web, but this usage is far from universal.
*'''Hashtag games whose popularity confuses and depresses you''' refers to the game where a user posts something under a particular hashtag and others respond with their own ideas, all tagged under the same phrase. This has been very popular for no clear reason, as Randall notes.

===Geotagged Bay===
*'''{{w|Yelp}}''' is a website where people post reviews of real-life public locations (one example being restaurants).
*'''{{w|Geocaching}}''' is a worldwide GPS scavenger hunt where users upload positions of caches and others will find them and log it online.
*'''{{w|Foursquare}}''' is a location-based social network.
*'''Latitude''' refers to {{w|Google Latitude}}.

===Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes===
*'''{{w|Reddit}}''' is the self-described "front page of the Internet" in which users submit stories, photos and videos and the best are "up-voted" to the top of the page.
*'''{{w|Help:Using talk pages|Wikipedia Talk Pages}}''' refer to the pages where Wikipedia editors discuss how to improve articles.
*'''{{w|Wikia}}''' is a 3rd party wiki software, used in the making of the user-editable encyclopedias of just about any subject matter.
*'''{{w|StumbleUpon}}''' is a website-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Delicious (website)|Delicious}}''' is a bookmarking and bookmark-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Digg}}''' is a former competitor to Reddit in the social-news sphere, but now has been sold and restarted as an aggregator of news stories.
*'''{{w|Slashdot}}''', labeled "/." on the map, is a technical news site.
*'''{{w|Fark}}''' is a community website that allows members to comment on news articles from other sites.
*'''{{w|YTMND}}''' is an acronym for "You're The Man Now, Dog!" It's also a community in which users can create meme-type nonsense by playing music over an image (either static or animated).

===Skype Region===
The Skype Region refers to different IM, or Instant Messaging services, that enable almost-real-time text chatting between multiple people. These often allow services like voice chat and even video calls.

*'''{{w|Skype}}''' is, according to Randall, the most popular of these among the internet. It has many features to allow peer-to-peer voice chats, as well as allowing calls to be made at a price to actual phones.
*'''{{w|AIM}}''' or AOL Instant Messenger is a chat client created by AOL.
*'''GG''' is {{w|Gadu-Gadu}} and instant messenger client popular in Poland.
*'''{{w|Yahoo Messenger}}''' is an instant messenger client by Yahoo.
*'''{{w|Google Talk}}''' is a voice/video chatting service from Google (that Google has been replacing with Hangouts). Google Talk also has an invasion fleet at its shores.
*'''{{w|ICQ}}''' is an older messaging service, albeit with an 18+ requirement (despite pornography not being the point of ICQ).
*'''{{w|Windows Live Messenger}}''', or "MSN", was the messaging service of Microsoft before Microsoft bought Skype. MSN was useful in that people could draw and send pictures to other chatters.
*'''{{w|UseNet}}''' was one of the original ways to communicate on the internet, though people can download (copyrighted) files through the service. Since it is still in use by some, it gets the tag "Still Around!" on the map.
*'''{{w|IRC}} Isles''' refers to the ancestor of Internet-powered chatting. People would have connected to a server and spoke publicly. IRC is still in use (per 2014, notably in getting help from users4. One of those isles is #xkcd which is an IRC community around [[xkcd]].

===Bay of Drama===
*'''{{w|FanFiction.net}}''' is a website where people can submit their fanfiction (stories by fans written about other peoples' media, normally that about popular media). The website tend to have people that are not helpful to those who legitimately want critique of their own stories.
*'''{{w|Xanga}}''' is a blogging service that, while popular at its time, lost out to...
*'''{{w|LiveJournal}}''' was the most popular blogging service before Tumblr.
*'''ONYD''' - Reference to {{w|Oh No You Didn't}}, which is explained in the Blogosphere region.
*'''{{w|Dreamwidth}}''' is a LiveJournal fork emphasizing its open-source nature.

===Blogosphere===
The Blogosphere region contains several general {{w|blog}} topics.
*'''{{w|photo blog|Photo Blogs}}''' are commonly used to chronicle the lives of the authors through photographs.
*'''Diary Blogs''' are another popular use of blogs (and, in fact, the original use) where authors write commentary about their lives.
*'''Bay of Grammar Pedantry''' deals with the fact that, whether due to a lack of proper education, a habit of using "chat-speak" in the text-limited SMS and MMS, or simply due to the (generally) more relaxed nature of the Internet, blog authors tend to write with horrible composition, a point of annoyment to a lot of other people due to the subsequent increased difficulty of reading the horribly-written material.
*'''Fandom Blogs''' are blogs created by a "{{w|fandom}}" which is a community of fans. A fandom blog deals with the subject matter of the respective fandom.
*'''Sea of Zero (0) Comments''' refers to blogs that get very little attention and therefore have no comments.
*'''SpamBlog Straits''' references spammers who use blogs to increase the number of links to their site to try to game search engines.
*'''OffTopic.com''' is a general interest forum that refers to itself as "the largest general discussion forum on the internet."
*Many more straightforward blogs, including:
**'''Writing/Poetry'''
**'''Gossip Blogs'''
**'''Political Blogs'''
**'''Music Blogs'''
**'''Tech Blogs'''
**'''Business Blogs'''
**'''Corporate Blogs'''
**'''Religious Blogs'''
**'''Miscellaneous Blogs'''
*'''Blog Blogs''' - These can refer to blogs that talk about the matter about blogging itself, though they can also refer to blogs which authors use in talking about blogging.

===Blogosphere (Core Region)===
Gossip Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on gossip surrounding celebrities and other well-known persons.
*'''{{w|Jezebel}}''' is a liberally feminist blog, hosted by Gawker.
*'''{{w|deadline.com|Deadline}}''' is an online entertainment news magazine.
*'''{{w|TMZ}}''' is a celebrity news website.
*'''{{w|Gawker}}''' is a blog that is the host of other blogs.
*'''LJ Oh No They Didn't''' - LiveJournal {{w|Oh No They Didn't}} - Oh No They Didn't, also known as ONTD, is the largest community on LiveJournal with over 100,000 members. The community focuses on celebrity gossip and pop culture with most of its posts aggregated from other gossip blogs.
*'''Doucheblog''' refers to blogs that were once insightful but that spiraled into long rants due to relationship changes of their authors.
*'''Isle of Mockery''' is a reference to the fact that some of what these blogs do is mock celebrities or other for doing or saying stupid things on camera.

Liberal Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "liberal" or "progressive" slant. These blogs tend to lean for the Democratic party.
*'''{{w|Huffington Post}}''' is a news blog.
*'''{{w|Paul Krugman}}''' is an American economist who considers himself a liberal.
*'''{{w|Daily Beast}}''' is a news and opinion website focusing on politics and pop culture.
*'''{{w|Talking Points Memo|TPM}}''' is a political journal run by Josh Marshall.
*'''{{w|Ezra Klein}}''' used to have his own site at the Washington Post, but is now the editor of [Vox.com].
*'''{{w|Think Progress}}''' is a political news blog.
*'''{{w|Daily Kos|Kos}}''' is another political blog.

Bay of Flame:
*'''{{w|Politics Daily}}''' is a political journalism website launched by AOL.
*'''CNN Political Ticker''' is CNN's political blog.
*'''{{w|Mediaite}}''' is a news and opinion blog covering politics and entertainment in the media.
*'''{{w|NY Times}}''' is one of the most famous newspapers, thus the comparatively large size of its island.
*'''{{w|The Talk}}''' is a talk show on CBS that discusses the latest headlines "through the eyes of mothers."
*Libertarian Isle (shaped like a {{w|Nolan Chart}})

Conservative Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "conservative" or Republican slant.
*'''{{w|Pajamas Media}}''' is a media company and operator of conservative news.
*'''{{w|Michelle Malkin}}''' is a conservative blogger, political commentator, and author.
*'''{{w|Hot Air}}''' is a news blog founded by Michelle Malkin.
*'''{{w|RedState|Red State}}''' is a political blog.
*'''{{w|American Thinker}}''' is a daily online magazine focused on politics.
*'''{{w|Townhall}}''' is a web publication and print magazine.

Tech Blogs:
*'''{{w|Boy Genius Report}}''' is a weblog that focuses on technology and consumer gadgets.
*'''{{w|Gizmodo}}''' is a news and opinion blog, hosted by Gawker, that talks about life's more technological matters.
*'''{{w|Engadget}}''' is another technology-oriented, albeit independent, blog.
*'''Crunchgear''' is a blog that reviews gadgets and other hardware.
*'''{{w|Techcrunch}}''' is an online publisher of technology industry news.
*'''{{w|Joystiq}}''' is a news and opinion blog that focuses on gaming.
*'''{{w|Kotaku}}''' is another gaming-oriented news/opinion blog, the main difference beig that Kotaku is owned by Gawker.

Assorted:
*'''{{w|BoingBoing}}''' is "i blog about wonderful things", the topics being quite random.
*'''{{w|Lifehacker}}''' is another Gawker blog, is a blog that teaches people how to simplify their lives through 'lifehacking', that is, using their resources in creative wayss. While the subject matter is life in general, there is a significant technological slant.
*'''{{w|Deadspin}}''' is a sports and sports gossip blog founded by Will Leitch.
*'''Meatorama''' is a blog that talks about cooking meat.

===QQ Region===
*'''Baidu Baike''' (「百度百科」, "Baidu Encyclopedia") and '''Hudong''' (「互动百科」, "Interactive Encyclopedia" ) are two Chinese online encyclopedias. Baidu Baike is powered by the same company as Baidu, the search engine popular in China.
* The '''Ma Le Ge Bi''' and the '''Grass Mud Horse Bay''' could refer to the {{w|Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures}}.
* The '''Location of Jia Junpeng''' refers to the Internet meme of {{w|Jia Junpeng}} in 2009 in China.
*'''{{w|Tencent QQ}}''' is a Chinese instant messaging program.
*In English communities "QQ" has several more common definitions:
**An {{w|emoticon}}, representing a face with two large, crying eyes.
**A synonym for "rage quit", in which a video game player quits the game out of sheer frustration. It originated in ''Warcraft II'' multiplayer, where pressing Ctrl+Q+Q would quit the game, and became more widely known in ''World of Warcraft''.
**These definitions are commonly combined, usually to mock the "rage quitter".
*The Gulf of China refers to how sites in the region are based in People's Republic of China ("Red China"). The '''Great Firewall''' refers to {{w|The Great Firewall of China}}, a pun on {{w|The Great Wall of China}}. Similar to how The Great Wall of China was meant to keep intruding nations out of the then-capital of the city, The Great Firewall of China is meant to keep visitors from visiting censored websites. However, either a VPN or remote access to a computer in a "freer" country can circumvent the Firewall. Oddly other Chinese websites (Qzone, Renren etc.) are not enclosed in this zone.

===Forums Islands===
Forums are websites where one person post a topic to which other people can discuss.

While the map has a zoomed in version, this article shall discuss the two bigger islands, first.

*'''[http://www.2ch.net 2channel]''' is a Japanese imageboard that was actually the original inspiration for 4chan.
*'''[http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Craigslist]''' is a classified advertisement website with sections devoted to just about everything... which formerly included prostitution services, hence the '''The Former Site of Adult Services'''.

In the zoomed-in map, there is...
*'''[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan.org]''' is an {{w|imageboard}} in which people can upload pictures while others comment on them. The website is infamous for its loose/often non-existent rules, incredibly vulgar userbase, source of new memes, and spawning of trolls. 4chan's random board, known internally as '''/b/''', is almost constantly flooded with porn and image macros. This is why Randall's incarnation of 4chan is shaped like a penis.
*'''420chan''' and '''7chan''', other imageboards in the style of 4chan. Their relative lack of popularity and derivative nature leads a lot of 4chan users to mock them; hence, their position on Randall's map suggests that they're mere wads of semen.
*'''Encyclopedia Dramatica''', labeled '''ED''' on the map, is a wiki site dedicated to chronicling internet memes and other noteworthy sites, events, people, and anything else that catches their attention, their respective articles written in an incredibly arbitrary and vulgar manner. The site is ''heavily'' steeped in the attitude of veteran, vulgar 4chan users. People who have articles in the website tend to react with despair, given not only the cruelty in which the articles talk about the person in question, but the presence of the article means that the person is now an eternal target from the trolls. The user is not in a position of retaliation, since the userbase of Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan tends to overpower the victim easily...
:...usually. Due to the founder's talk against the Australian Aboriginals (the founder is Australian), legal action has gone against the founder to the point of the founder having to shut down Encyclopedia Dramatica, founding the far tamer website Oh, Internet! (which is now shut down), instead. Trolls responded by not only uploading their own mirror of the website but also vilifying the former founder forever.
*'''Tunnel to Habbo''' is a reference to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed the 2006 Habbo Hotel Raids], in which hundreds of 4chan Anons simultaneously logged onto Habbo Hotel and proceeded to be as obnoxious as possible, standing in formations of swastikas and penises or body-blocking the swimming pools.
*'''{{w|Catbus}} Route''' is likely a reference to {{w|Lolcat}}s in general.
*'''[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World]''' is a media-hosting website founded by Eric Bauman. The site has lost a lot of traffic after (quite valid) accusations of stolen content.
*The gulf labelled '''{{w|Anonymous (group)|Anonymous}}''' is a reference to the trolls that label themselves "Anonymous" who recently had gained national acknowledgement because of the group's real-life tirades, including cracking attacks against the Church of Scientology and the founding of WikiLeaks (a website that leaks confidential material related to governments).
*[http://www.somethingawful.com/ SomethingAwful] is a website that is meant to showcase all things "awful". SomethingAwful also has a large trollbase, but they tend to be more honorable than the ones from Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan. One example is there being a spotty holding of the no-furries rule in the forums. The forums themselves are famous because of the holding of the Let's Plays of [http://lparchive.org/Dangan-Ronpa/ Dangan Ronpa] and [http://danganronpa2mirror.tumblr.com/ Super Dangan Ronpa 2], which had cooked up public interest to the point of there being an English-language release of the games.
Please note that, due to these Let's Plays being in a forums that frequently hides behind a "paywall" that requires a paid account before accessing, the links provided go to their mirrors.

==Transcript==
:'''Map of Online Communities'''
:Size on map represents volume of Daily Social activity (posts, chat, etc). Based on data gathered over the Spring and Summer of 2010.

:[Two insets on the upper left-hand corner shows that this map is a tiny portion of the huge continent of Spoken Language, encompassing portions of the Internet, Email, and Cell Phones (SMS).]

:[The largest landmass on the map by far, which takes up nearly the entire northern half of the map is "Facebook" - with large states in the south-east of the country labeled 'Farmville' and 'Happy Farm'. There is a much smaller state to the west of these called 'Farm Town'. To the north of these states is a large swath of unremarkable land entitled 'Northern Wasteland of Unread Updates.' This is directly north of the large Dopamine Sea.

:A peninsula on the south-west, just below the Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions, houses many tiny states, such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Bebo, & Hi5. It is bordered on the south by Buzzword Bay, which contains several islands of varying sizes. Among these are YouTube and Twitter (the largest), which are separated by the Social Media Consultant Channel. To the south-east of Twitter, across the Sea of Protocol Confusion, is another, equally large island. Most of it is Skype, with the north having two largish states called AIM and Windows Live Messenger. On the south-west part of the island are two smaller states called GG and Yahoo Messenger.

:The Island of Skype is extremely close to, but separated by the Great Firewall (a dashed line), the large landmass of QQ. It's north shore is the Gulf of China and Grass Mud Horse Bay. Outside of these bays, over the Great Firewall are two islands called Craigslist and 2Channel.

:In the Dopamine Sea, off the southern shores of Farmville and Happy Farm, is MMO Isle. Its largest state is WoW, with Runescape, Lineage, Maple Story, Habbo, and the Mountains of Steam among its notable landmarks. To the southeast of the island is the Gulf of Lag, in which sits the CDC Games island, with Eve Online.

:To the east of Twitter is Troll Bay, with such islands as Reddit and Reddit, Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicio.us, and Wikipedia Talk Pages. To their south are the IRC isles, of which one is the tiny island of #xkcd.

:East of these islands, and north of Skype island, is the Sea of Memes. In this sea, to the north of Craigslist and 2Channel, is an archipelago of tiny islands. There is an inset, labeled 'Forums.' (See below.)

:To the southwest of Twitter island, in the Sea of Opinions, are the blog islands. These lie south of the islands in Buzzword Bay, as well. The northernmost islands in this group are centered around the Bay of Drama, on which can be found Diary Blogs, Gossip Blogs, and Livejournal. Gossip Blogs share an island with Political, Music, and Tech Blogs. To the north of this island is a smaller island called Photo Blogs. South of Diary Blogs, and off the southwest coast of Music blogs is a smaller island called Fandom Blogs. South of Tech Blogs, off of which sprouts the small peninsula of Business Blogs, is the Spamblog Straits. On the other side of the straits is a large island made up of Miscellaneous Blogs, with two states demarcated as Religious Blogs and Blog Blogs. Southwest of the Blog Islands is the Sea of Zero (0) Comments.]

:[An inset of a group of islands in the sea of memes located on the lower right corner of the map, labeled 'Forums'. The largest by far is 4chan and /b/. Also found here are D2JSP, JLA Frums, Fan Forum, Something Awful, and many smaller ones, too numerous to list here.]

:[The northeastern third of Gossip/Political/Tech Blogs island is another inset labeled 'Blogosphere (Core)'. This can be found on the lower left corner of the map. Two peninsulas in Political Blogs bookend the Bay of Flame -- these are Liberal Blogs and Conservative Blogs. Between them lie several tiny islands such as Politics Daily, CNN Politcal Ticker, and Mediaite. Off the coast of Liberal Blogs lies the island of NYTimes, off the coast of Conservative Blogs is Libertarian Isle. Between the two lies The Talk. The northern peninsula of Tech Blogs contains places such as Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, and Kotaku.]

:[Text found between the two insets, which are directly below the main map.]
:ABOUT THIS MAP
:Communities rise and fall, and total membership numbers are no longer a good measure of a community's current size and health. This updated map uses size to represent total social activity in a community -- that is, how much talking, playing, sharing, or other socializing happens there. This meant some comparing of apples and oranges, but I did my best and tried to be consistent.

:Estimates are based on the numbers I could find, but involved a great deal of guesswork, statistical inference, random sampling, nonrandom sampling, a 20,000-cell spreadsheet, emailing, cajoling, tea-leaf reading, goat sacrifices, and gut instinct (i.e. making things up).

:Sources of data include Google and Bing, Wikipedia, Alexa, Big-Boards.com, StumbleUpon, Wordpress, Akismet, every website statistics page I could find, press releases, news articles, and individual site employees. Thanks in particular to folks at Last.fm, LiveJournal, Reddit, and the New York Times, as well as sysadmins at a number of sites who shared statistics on condition of anonymity.

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Rachel: /* Bay of Drama */

{{comic
| number = 802
| date = October 6, 2010
| title = Online Communities 2
| image = online_communities_2.png
| titletext = Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
}}
A [http://xkcd.com/802_large/ larger version] of this picture can be found by clicking the comic on xkcd.
{{TOC}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Not all of the regions are fully explained. Many labels aren't even mentioned outside of the transcript. Some towns need to be added for example.}}
This comic shows a map of internet communities where the size of each region roughly corresponds to its size, and its proximity to other regions indicates similarities.

This is the successor of [[256: Online Communities]]. It differs in that it is updated, and furthermore, instead of using the ''membership'' of whichever service to determine its size on the map, it uses its "daily social activity."

The map actually has two super−maps: the online community map is surrounded by the "countries" of E−Mail and SMS ("Instant Messaging"). These, in turn, are surrounded by the "Spoken Language" country (which is odd, considering that e−mail, SMS, and the Internet in general are based on ''written'' language) with its own sub−country, "cell phones" (which ''do'' involve e−mail and the Internet while being the mean medium of SMS's).

At the title text [[Randall]] explains that, using his definition of "most activity per day", Farmville is actually the ''second'' most popular social-network farming game -- the Chinese game Happy Farm was more popular at the time. This strikes many English-speaking xkcd readers as odd, because Farmville is much more famous, leading one to wonder how the it could not be the most played. The phrase "browser-based social-networking-centered farming game" is an example of an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyNarrowSuperlative overly-narrow superlative.]

===Facebook Region===
The Facebook region deals with social networks, that is, websites oriented towards having people meet.

'''{{w|Facebook}}''' is a social networking site that allows people to meet old real−life friends and make new friends that share similar interests. One of its most notable features is that a member can update a "status" or make normal posts about the happenings of the member's life, complete with pictures, other members "liking" these posts. The size of the Facebook region is not exaggerated; most websites seem to allow "liking" their content or allow/require logging in the website with a Facebook account. There even are cell phones with a "Facebook" button!

*'''{{w|FarmVille}}''' and '''{{w|Farm Town}}''' are Facebook games in which users manage farms. '''{{w|Happy Farm}},''' the Chinese game that inspired the other two, does not require Facebook integration, so it is separated by a solid line from Facebook. The "Unethical Bay" refers to how these games tend to addict players into constantly buying virtual items of questionable value.

*The '''People You Can't Unfriend''' refer to people whom, due to real-life expectations and relationships, unfriending them is difficult, no matter how you really feel about them.

*The '''Blatherskite River''' refers to the conversations on Facebook, which may be long yet devoid of general meaning or logic.

*The '''Data Mines''' refer to the data mining that Facebook does with the interests of its members. This fuels the profitable advertising business at the expense of customer trust.

*The '''Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions''' refer to how interactions with family members on Facebook suddenly become more awkward because everyone on Facebook (and sometimes ''off'' Facebook, given that you do not necessarily need to log in if you want to see someone's Facebook account) if you are discussing with your family through post comments.

*The '''524,287 Strong for Mersenne Primes''' refers to the communities who gain followers for a cause. A {{w|Mersenne prime}} is a prime number that is 1 less than a power of 2; 524287 is the 7th known Mersenne prime.

*The '''Jungle-Bay Mountains of "It's Complicated"''' refers to one of Facebook's options as to what a user's relationship status currently is. A Jungle-Bay Mountain is a complicated and undefined climate, hence the complication.

*'''"Old Facebook" Resistance''' refers to Facebook's earlier users, who have often resisted (and resented) changes made to Facebook as it became more popular.

*'''Privacy Controls''' is located on the map surrounded by a Lava Pool, which is a reference to how difficult it is to find the privacy controls within Facebook.
*'''Niche Market Mountains''' refers to social networks aimed towards more niche markets are located. Similar to how mountains tend to be isolated from mainland, niche social networks tend to be just that: niche, without much interaction with the general populace.
*'''Charred Wasteland of Abandoned Social Networks''' refers to the tons of websites wanting to take advantage of the success of websites like Facebook to compete or even overpower with them. Even so, these websites tend to not have the userbase or even the expertise towards the long-term, hence they become wastelands: environments devoid of life, except the few life forms that are from these wastelands (in this case, the ones who are loyal to the website or which are sadly few).
*In the Charred Wasteland stands '''{{w|Ozymandias}}''', the titular broken statue of Shelley's poem. In the poem, only "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" and a "shattered visage" are all that remain of the once-great statue and both of these features are present in the comic. According to the poem, the pedestal before the broken statue reads "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..." hence "friend of friends" below Ozymandias on the map.
*In the north are the '''Duckface Mountains''' and the '''Red Cup Mountains'''."Duckface" refers to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face this incredibly obnoxious facial expression], and "red cup pictures" are any pictures containing party-goers holding disposable red plastic beverage cups. Facebook is absolutely flooded with both types of pictures.
*In the south is '''Buzzword Bay'''. {{w|Buzzword}}s are words and phrases that make you sound a lot more topical than you actually are, used to garner attention; again, Facebook status updates are commonly filled with buzzwords.

While Facebook is the largest "country" of the Facebook Region, there are a lot of smaller "countries" that represent smaller social networks.

*Below Facebook (and "Old Facebook' Resistance") is '''{{w|Diaspora (social network)|Diaspora}}''', a fully open-source, decentralized, privacy-respecting-and-expecting alternative to Facebook. From what this map tells, Diaspora is little-known, even if Facebook is taken out of the context.
*'''{{w|StudiVZ}}''' is a German-speaking social network similar if not a ripped-off version of Facebook.
*'''{{w|XING}}''' is a German-speaking social platform similar to LinkedIn.
*'''{{w|Ning (website)|Ning}}''' is a service to create custom social websites. Its free services shut down in 2010.
*'''{{w|Taringa!}}''' is a Spanish-speaking social network that is based on a forums. Copyrighted material is frequently found there.
*Next to the Euro(pean) Gulf is '''{{w|Skyrock (social network site)}}''', a French-speaking social network.
*'''{{w|Wer-kennt-wen}}''' is a German-social network somewhat like MySpace.
*'''{{w|Nasza-klasa.pl}}''' or NK, is a Polish-speaking social network based on school relationships.
*'''{{w|Badoo}}''' is a social network primarily based on dating and picture-sharing.
*'''{{w|Classmates.com}}''' is a services in which the user can meet classmates that came from the same high school. The website is probably best known by its memetic advertisement that said [http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-am-i-supposed-to-care-about-nick.html "She married him??!! And they've got 7 kids??"] (Incidentally, [http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003325519_adcouple27.html there is more to the coupled picture than what the advertisement says.])
*'''{{w|Myspace}}''' is a social networking website that is a kind of proto-Facebook: users could customize their one-page websites with whatever they wanted, make their interests and daily lives public, and interact with other users. Back in the mid 2000s, MySpace was the largest social network, many people using the website; however, the surprisingly-less-customizable Facebook ended up taking the place of MySpace. The "bands" country of MySpace refers to how a lot of bands in the day advertised and interacted using the website. Indeed, the latest incarnation of MySpace (in terms of 2013) is more oriented towards band members.
*'''{{w|LinkedIn}}''' is a social network aimed towards people in the workplace, which is why it is adjancent to '''Corporate Bay'''.
*'''{{w|Orkut}}''' was one of Google's first social networks before Google made [https://plus.google.com/ Google+]. It shut down in 2014.
*'''{{w|Hi5}}''' is a social network that is very popular among people in Latin America.
*'''{{w|Renren}}''' ('''「人人」''', "people" in Chinese) is "a Chinese copy of Facebook."
*'''{{w|Bebo}}''' was a social network popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It went bankrupt in 2013 and will move away from social networking and into apps.
*'''{{w|Friendster}}''' - One of the first major social networks, it has fallen way off in usage in recent years and was eclipsed by MySpace. It is still popular in Asia.
*'''{{w|VK (social networking website)|Vkontakte}}''' or VK, is the second largest social network service in Europe after Facebook. It is available in several languages, but particularly popular among Russian-speaking users around the world.
*'''{{w|Netlog}}''' is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the global youth demographic.
*'''{{w|Mixi}}''' is an online Japanese social networking service.
*'''{{w|Qzone}}''' is a social networking website, which is big in China. According to a report published by Tencent, possibly surpassing other social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace in China.
*'''{{w|Tuenti}}''' is a Spain-based, social networking service, that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook."
*'''{{w|Cloob}}''' is a Persian-language social networking website, mainly popular in Iran. After the locally (and internationally) popular social networking website Orkut was blocked by the Iranian government, a series of local sites and networks, including Cloob, emerged to fill the gap.
*'''{{w|Kaixin001}}''' is a social networking website which ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall.
*'''{{w|Piczo}}''' was a privately held blog website for teens. In November 2012, Piczo.com shut down.
*'''{{w|Odnoklassniki}}''' is a social network service for classmates and old friends. It is popular in Russia and former Soviet Republics.
*'''{{w|Adult FriendFinder}}''' is a pornographic dating site.
*'''{{w|Match.com}}''' is a dating site.
*'''{{w|Ok Cupid}}''' is another dating site.
*'''{{w|PlentyofFish}}''' is yet another dating site.
*'''{{w|Sulawesi}}''' is a real-life island in the Indonesian archipelago. It also appears in 256: Online Communities.

===MMO Isle===
MMO's (short form of "MMORPG", short form of "Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Player Game") are websites that host online games where multiple people take the role of a character and play in a setting hosted by the website. These types of games tend to be fantastical in setting. Frequently, missions are added to the game, giving current player more incentive towards playing more.

*'''[https://www.habbo.com/ Habbo Hotel]''' is a website where someone creates a human avatar an interacts in a virtual world that is not that different from the one in real life.
*'''[http://www.clubpenguin.com/ Club Penguin]''' is [http://disney.com/ Disney's] MMO where someone creates a penguin avatar and interacts with other in a more polar, cartoony setting. Club Penguin is aimed towards children.
*'''[http://maplestory.nexon.net/ Maple Story]''' is an MMO that has a more natural setting. The most distinguishing feature of Maple Story is its cartoony pixel art.
*'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]''', while not an MMO, is a website that has the largest repository of walkthoughs, that is, guides that help someone beat a game. GameFAQs is notable for not only its large repository of walkthroughs of games that are across an extreme variety of consoles, handhelds, and even computers (not all of them MMOs), but also the drama that is rumoured to happen in the GameFAQs forums.
*'''[http://www.ign.com/ IGN]''' (full: '''Imagine Games Network'''), while also not an MMO, is the largest website that gives news on video games in general, not just MMOs. Each of the games mentioned in the site have pages that have summaries, reviews, screenshots, other art, videos, and links to news related to its games.
*'''[http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml FFXI]''' (full: '''Final Fantasy XI''') is an MMO from SquareEnix, being the first MMO of the popular ''Final Fantasy'' series.
*'''[http://www.runescape.com/community Runescape]''' is an older MMO.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ Starcraft II]''' is a realtime strategy game with a science fiction setting that heavily involves space travel. While technically not an MMO, it has a significant online multiplayer component.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ WoW]''' (full: '''World of Warcraft''') is the definitive MMO, being not only the most popular and one of the longest-running but also the most expansive (having its own spinoff games, comic books, novels, and even figurines), WOW giving the idea of how an MMO should be. A player can choose from a variety of races, each with its own heavy history.
*'''[http://secondlife.com/ Second Life]''' is similar to Habbo, albeit with a bigger suspension of disbelief (one example being that the player does not need to be a human) and in a 3D setting.
*'''[http://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates]''' is a text-based political simulation game. Notably, some of its traffic comes not from the actual game (which is optional), but the extensive set of political, roleplaying, and general forums attached.
*'''[http://www.urbandead.com/ Urban Dead]''' describes itself as "A Massively Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypse", which sums it up pretty well.
*'''[http://www.kingdomofloathing.com KoL]''' (full: '''Kingdom of Loathing''') is a comedic browser-based MMO-ish RPG with minimalistic stick-figure art.
*'''{{w|CDC Games}}''' is a Chinese company reputed to be the largest MMORPG distributor.
*'''{{w|Eve Online|EVE Online}}''' is a science fiction MMO which is notable because of its virtual economy.
*'''{{w|Gaia Online|Gaia}}''' or Gaia Online, while not an MMO, is a forum oriented towards pop culture, including video games and Japanese media. Its most notable feature is the heavy customization possible of a member's pixel-art avatar. Its members tend to roleplay a lot, albeit in a more written, story-based form. Gaia has gained a reputation with its members stealing art and causing drama.
*'''{{w|City of Heroes|CoH}}''' or City of Heroes was a superhero-based MMORPG that was shut down November 2012.

Other notable regions include:
*The '''Mountains of Steam''', referring to the game distribution service [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] where people could buy and download video games in general, not just MMOs.
*'''River Grind''' refers to "grinding." In most MMOs, the character is a fighter of some sorts, yet starts at a level 1, signifying the character's aptitude level in combat. The character can level up and gain more aptitude levels through earning experience, of which the most reliable and otherwise common way is the process of "grinding," that is, repeatedly fighting opposing monsters (sometimes of a level notably lower that your character's), gaining experience points from winning these battles until your character gains a level, that is, "levels up". While a practical necessity in strengthening the character, this process can be tiresome, hence the expression "grinding."
*'''Spawn Camp''' refers to "spawn points", the places in combat-oriented MMO's tend to produce ("spawn") random AI-powered creatures, and the act of "spawn camping", in which the player character simply stands behind or around the spawn points to fight the enemy creatures as soon as they appear.
*'''Gulf of Lag''' refers to how the MMO can be slowed down a considerable amount due to the large amount of players simultaneously using the same server, this congestion bogging down the server and frustrating the users.
*'''[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/final-boss-of-the-internet End Guy for the Internet]''' refers to "end bosses," the last — and usually hardest to defeat — "bad guy" in a game (or a section of a game).

===YouTube Region===
The YouTube region refers to websites that are based on user-created content.

'''[https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]''' is the definitive video website where people can upload videos with the purpose of public viewing, ranging from home movies through official music videos through Let's Plays of people playing video games to questionably-legal uploads of cartoons and films. Google had purchased YouTube.

Many of the sites on the map are just references to {{w|viral video}}s at {{w|YouTube}}:
*'''Viral Shores''' refers to how viral videos (whether they be viral marketing or simply memes) tend to proliferate on YouTube.
*'''Britney''' likely refers to pop singer {{w|Britney Spears}} and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc‎ "Leave Britney Alone" guy].
*'''Maru Gulf''' refers to Maru the Cat, a YouTube celebrity [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/676:_Abstraction also mentioned in xkcd].
*'''Prairie Dog Habitat''' likely refers to the viral video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw Dramatic Chipmunk] (which is actually a Prairie Dog).
*'''Rick Rolling Hills''' references, well, {{w|Rickrolling}}. More information [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ here]. The "deserted" note likely refers to how Rick Astley himself is tired of the meme, or again, how people tend to leave the video upon getting "Rick Roll'd," never actually going to the video with the express purpose of viewing the video.
*'''Lunar Landing Soundstage''' is, of course, a reference to the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}}, which Randall has railed on before.
*'''{{w|OK Go}} Bay''' refers to the band "OK Go" who have multiple viral music videos on YouTube, most famously [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA "Here it goes again"] featuring treadmills.

The '''HTML5 swamp''' refers to the spotty support of HTML 5 (an update on HTML that is frequently touting its media capabilities, making HTML 5 a viable alternative to Flash) YouTube has. Of course, by the time the comic was written, HTML 5 was still in its infancy. The Music Video Bay refers to the amount of music videos (official or otherwise) are present in YouTube.

Other counties of the YouTube region include:
*'''[https://vimeo.com/ vimeo]''', a website where people tend to showcase artistic content that they made on their own, notably independent studios.

Snob Sound:
*'''[https://secure.flickr.com/ Flickr]''', a website where people can upload and share photographs they took.
*'''[http://fotolog.com Fotolog]''', a photo website very popular in South America in 2004-2008, which was used as a social network.
*'''[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]''', a music website that is notable of its "scrobbling" feature.
*'''[http://www.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]''', the largest art website, where people can upload, sell, and buy not only art itself, but also video, audio, Flash-work, and even skins (the original purpose of deviantArt). While many big-name/professional people and organizations have their works in deviantArt, the site is more infamous for the large amount of people who upload low-quality fan-art and fan-characters, most notably of media from Japan. Another point of infamy is the large amount of drama that can happen in the website.

*'''[https://www.newgrounds.com/ Newgrounds]''', a website that hosts art, (Flash-based) videos, audio, and (Flash-based) games to which other users can comment and rate. Even so, content from Newgrounds tends to be obscene, though there is a filtering system if a viewer does not wish to see obscene content.
*'''[http://www.chatroulette.com/ Chatroulette]''' is a website where people are randomly paired up with each other and video/text chat.
*'''{{w|Brickshelf}}''' is the online resource for {{w|LEGO}} fans.
*'''[https://tumblr.com/ Tumblr]''', where people could make a blog and post text, pictures, video, audio, quotes, and links. The most distinguishing feature is the ability to "reblog" these posts from other's people's blogs into the user's own blog. Notable features of Tumblr include sketchblogs (where people upload their sketches), Ask blogs (where people answer questions other users ask, the moderators of these blogs usually pretending to be a character from a form of media), and the large amount of "social justice" (where people fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of negative discrimination). (See also [[1043: Ablogalypse]].)
*'''{{w|b3ta}}''' is a popular British website, described as a "puerile digital arts community" by The Guardian.

The '''Isle of teenagers who just discovered macroeconomics''' is a joke about how teenagers tend to think that the world and the economy are a lot simpler than they actually are. Combined with the typical internet mindset, this leads to a lot of teenagers posting blogs and videos and comments on blogs and videos describing how idiotic the government and other red-tape-related adults are.
The '''Snob Sound''' could refer to the large amount of people who look down on others in the surrounding websites (one example being an original artist looking down on people who draw mainly fan-art). '''The Iraq''' is a reference to Miss Teen USA 2007, Ms. Teen South Carolina - Lauren Katlin said "I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as...the US should help the US and should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the asian countries so we are able to build up our future." The usage of "the iraq" became a meme.

===Twitter Region===
*'''Bieber Bay''' is a reference to {{w|Justin Bieber}} a pop singer whose singing sprouted on YouTube and became very popular on Twitter and other social media. He is very much vilified because of his rather feminine appearance and his hordes of fans (called "Beliebers") that seem to support him to ridiculous extents. Lately, though, Justin Beiber has taken a "bad boy" attitude because of all the Beliebers who are willing to defend him no matter what, him partaking in a lot of questionable activities that include tattoos, questionably-legal substances, and buying prostitution, thus lowering his popularity in the general populace.
*'''{{w|Google Buzz}}''' is a former social network attempted by Google. It has since been shut down.
*'''Bit.Ly Mountains''' is a reference to the URL shortening service {{w|bit.ly}}.
*'''Kayne's Isle of Sadness''' is a reference to the musician {{w|Kayne West}}.
*'''Sarah Palin USA''' is the Twitter handle of former politician {{w|Sarah Palin}}.
*'''Clueless Politician Coast''' is a reference to the number of politicians on Twitter and other social networks who repeatedly share clueless updates that more often create an uproar than help their election chances.
*'''Desert of Food Updates''' is a reference to the number of pictures of food that are shared on social media (especially Twitter). There has even been some controversy on posting such pictures.
*'''Journalists Trying to Find the Cutting Edge''' is referencing journalists on Twitter trying to keep up with the way that news is gathered and delivered now, despite usually working for a newspaper that publishes once a day.
*'''{{w|SHAQ}}''' is a reference to the former NBA basketball player, {{w|Shaq}}.
*'''{{w|identi.ca}}''' is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service, being an alternative to Twitter.
*''' Breaking! Waves''' is a pun on the fact that so many people used the word "Breaking" at the beginning of tweets that do not warrant that tag that the word has lost most of its meaning and become a joke. It is a pun because waves "break" on the shore.
*'''Web 3.0''' refers to the unofficial term {{w|Web 2.0}}. In this case, "Web 1.0" refers to websites that give information to users. Web 2.0 refers to websites where the users themselves create content. Web 3.0 has sometimes been used as a term. For {{w|semantic web}}, a machine-readable version of the web, but this usage is far from universal.
*'''Hashtag games whose popularity confuses and depresses you''' refers to the game where a user posts something under a particular hashtag and others respond with their own ideas, all tagged under the same phrase. This has been very popular for no clear reason, as Randall notes.

===Geotagged Bay===
*'''{{w|Yelp}}''' is a website where people post reviews of real-life public locations (one example being restaurants).
*'''{{w|Geocaching}}''' is a worldwide GPS scavenger hunt where users upload positions of caches and others will find them and log it online.
*'''{{w|Foursquare}}''' is a location-based social network.
*'''Latitude''' refers to {{w|Google Latitude}}.

===Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes===
*'''{{w|Reddit}}''' is the self-described "front page of the Internet" in which users submit stories, photos and videos and the best are "up-voted" to the top of the page.
*'''{{w|Help:Using talk pages|Wikipedia Talk Pages}}''' refer to the pages where Wikipedia editors discuss how to improve articles.
*'''{{w|Wikia}}''' is a 3rd party wiki software, used in the making of the user-editable encyclopedias of just about any subject matter.
*'''{{w|StumbleUpon}}''' is a website-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Delicious (website)|Delicious}}''' is a bookmarking and bookmark-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Digg}}''' is a former competitor to Reddit in the social-news sphere, but now has been sold and restarted as an aggregator of news stories.
*'''{{w|Slashdot}}''', labeled "/." on the map, is a technical news site.
*'''{{w|Fark}}''' is a community website that allows members to comment on news articles from other sites.
*'''{{w|YTMND}}''' is an acronym for "You're The Man Now, Dog!" It's also a community in which users can create meme-type nonsense by playing music over an image (either static or animated).

===Skype Region===
The Skype Region refers to different IM, or Instant Messaging services, that enable almost-real-time text chatting between multiple people. These often allow services like voice chat and even video calls.

*'''{{w|Skype}}''' is, according to Randall, the most popular of these among the internet. It has many features to allow peer-to-peer voice chats, as well as allowing calls to be made at a price to actual phones.
*'''{{w|AIM}}''' or AOL Instant Messenger is a chat client created by AOL.
*'''GG''' is {{w|Gadu-Gadu}} and instant messenger client popular in Poland.
*'''{{w|Yahoo Messenger}}''' is an instant messenger client by Yahoo.
*'''{{w|Google Talk}}''' is a voice/video chatting service from Google (that Google has been replacing with Hangouts). Google Talk also has an invasion fleet at its shores.
*'''{{w|ICQ}}''' is an older messaging service, albeit with an 18+ requirement (despite pornography not being the point of ICQ).
*'''{{w|Windows Live Messenger}}''', or "MSN", was the messaging service of Microsoft before Microsoft bought Skype. MSN was useful in that people could draw and send pictures to other chatters.
*'''{{w|UseNet}}''' was one of the original ways to communicate on the internet, though people can download (copyrighted) files through the service. Since it is still in use by some, it gets the tag "Still Around!" on the map.
*'''{{w|IRC}} Isles''' refers to the ancestor of Internet-powered chatting. People would have connected to a server and spoke publicly. IRC is still in use (per 2014, notably in getting help from users4. One of those isles is #xkcd which is an IRC community around [[xkcd]].

===Bay of Drama===
*'''{{w|FanFiction.net}}''' is a website where people can submit their fanfiction (stories by fans written about other peoples' media, normally that about popular media). The website tend to have people that are not helpful to those who legitimately want critique of their own stories.
*'''{{w|Xanga}}''' is a blogging service that, while popular at its time, lost out to...
*'''{{w|LiveJournal}}''' was the most popular blogging service before Tumblr.
*'''ONYD''' - Reference to {{w|Oh No You Didn't}}, which is explained in the Blogosphere region.
*'''{{w|Dreamwidth}}''' is a LiveJournal fork emphasizing its open-source nature.

===Blogosphere===
The Blogosphere region contains several general {{w|blog}} topics.
*'''{{w|photo blog|Photo Blogs}}''' are commonly used to chronicle the lives of the authors through photographs.
*'''Diary Blogs''' are another popular use of blogs (and, in fact, the original use) where authors write commentary about their lives.
*'''Bay of Grammar Pedantry''' deals with the fact that, whether due to a lack of proper education, a habit of using "chat-speak" in the text-limited SMS and MMS, or simply due to the (generally) more relaxed nature of the Internet, blog authors tend to write with horrible composition, a point of annoyment to a lot of other people due to the subsequent increased difficulty of reading the horribly-written material.
*'''Fandom Blogs''' are blogs created by a "{{w|fandom}}" which is a community of fans. A fandom blog deals with the subject matter of the respective fandom.
*'''Sea of Zero (0) Comments''' refers to blogs that get very little attention and therefore have no comments.
*'''SpamBlog Straits''' references spammers who use blogs to increase the number of links to their site to try to game search engines.
*'''OffTopic.com''' is a general interest forum that refers to itself as "the largest general discussion forum on the internet."
*Many more straightforward blogs, including:
**'''Writing/Poetry'''
**'''Gossip Blogs'''
**'''Political Blogs'''
**'''Music Blogs'''
**'''Tech Blogs'''
**'''Business Blogs'''
**'''Corporate Blogs'''
**'''Religious Blogs'''
**'''Miscellaneous Blogs'''
*'''Blog Blogs''' - These can refer to blogs that talk about the matter about blogging itself, though they can also refer to blogs which authors use in talking about blogging.

===Blogosphere (Core Region)===
Gossip Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on gossip surrounding celebrities and other well-known persons.
*'''{{w|Jezebel}}''' is a liberally feminist blog, hosted by Gawker.
*'''{{w|deadline.com|Deadline}}''' is an online entertainment news magazine.
*'''{{w|TMZ}}''' is a celebrity news website.
*'''{{w|Gawker}}''' is a blog that is the host of other blogs.
*'''LJ Oh No They Didn't''' - LiveJournal {{w|Oh No They Didn't}} - Oh No They Didn't, also known as ONTD, is the largest community on LiveJournal with over 100,000 members. The community focuses on celebrity gossip and pop culture with most of its posts aggregated from other gossip blogs.
*'''Doucheblog''' refers to blogs that were once insightful but that spiraled into long rants due to relationship changes of their authors.
*'''Isle of Mockery''' is a reference to the fact that some of what these blogs do is mock celebrities or other for doing or saying stupid things on camera.

Liberal Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "liberal" or "progressive" slant. These blogs tend to lean for the Democratic party.
*'''{{w|Huffington Post}}''' is a news blog.
*'''{{w|Paul Krugman}}''' is an American economist who considers himself a liberal.
*'''{{w|Daily Beast}}''' is a news and opinion website focusing on politics and pop culture.
*'''{{w|Talking Points Memo|TPM}}''' is a political journal run by Josh Marshall.
*'''{{w|Ezra Klein}}''' used to have his own site at the Washington Post, but is now the editor of [Vox.com].
*'''{{w|Think Progress}}''' is a political news blog.
*'''{{w|Daily Kos|Kos}}''' is another political blog.

Bay of Flame:
*'''{{w|Politics Daily}}''' is a political journalism website launched by AOL.
*'''CNN Political Ticker''' is CNN's political blogs
*'''{{w|Mediaite}}''' is a news and opinion blog covering politics and entertainment in the media.
*'''{{w|NY Times}}''' is one of the most famous newspapers, thus the comparatively large size of its island.
*'''{{w|The Talk}}''' is a talk show on CBS that discusses the latest headlines "through the eyes of mothers."
*Libertarian Isle (shaped like a {{w|Nolan Chart}})

Conservative Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "conservative" or Republican slant.
*'''{{w|Pajamas Media}}''' is a media company and operator of conservative news.
*'''{{w|Michelle Malkin}}''' is a conservative blogger, political commentator, and author.
*'''{{w|Hot Air}}''' is a news blog founded by Michelle Malkin.
*'''{{w|RedState|Red State}}''' is a political blog.
*'''{{w|American Thinker}}''' is a daily online magazine focused on politics.
*'''{{w|Townhall}}''' is a web publication and print magazine.

Tech Blogs:
*'''{{w|Boy Genius Report}}''' is a weblog that focuses on technology and consumer gadgets.
*'''{{w|Gizmodo}}''' is a news and opinion blog, hosted by Gawker, that talks about life's more technological matters.
*'''{{w|Engadget}}''' is another technology-oriented, albeit independent, blog.
*'''Crunchgear''' is a blog that reviews gadgets and other hardware.
*'''{{w|Techcrunch}}''' is an online publisher of technology industry news.
*'''{{w|Joystiq}}''' is a news and opinion blog that focuses on gaming.
*'''{{w|Kotaku}}''' is another gaming-oriented news/opinion blog, the main difference beig that Kotaku is owned by Gawker.

Assorted:
*'''{{w|BoingBoing}}''' is "i blog about wonderful things", the topics being quite random.
*'''{{w|Lifehacker}}''' is another Gawker blog, is a blog that teaches people how to simplify their lives through 'lifehacking', that is, using their resources in creative wayss. While the subject matter is life in general, there is a significant technological slant.
*'''{{w|Deadspin}}''' is a sports and sports gossip blog founded by Will Leitch.
*'''Meatorama''' is a blog that talks about cooking meat.

===QQ Region===
*'''Baidu Baike''' (「百度百科」, "Baidu Encyclopedia") and '''Hudong''' (「互动百科」, "Interactive Encyclopedia" ) are two Chinese online encyclopedias. Baidu Baike is powered by the same company as Baidu, the search engine popular in China.
* The '''Ma Le Ge Bi''' and the '''Grass Mud Horse Bay''' could refer to the {{w|Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures}}.
* The '''Location of Jia Junpeng''' refers to the Internet meme of {{w|Jia Junpeng}} in 2009 in China.
*'''{{w|Tencent QQ}}''' is a Chinese instant messaging program.
*In English communities "QQ" has several more common definitions:
**An {{w|emoticon}}, representing a face with two large, crying eyes.
**A synonym for "rage quit", in which a video game player quits the game out of sheer frustration. It originated in ''Warcraft II'' multiplayer, where pressing Ctrl+Q+Q would quit the game, and became more widely known in ''World of Warcraft''.
**These definitions are commonly combined, usually to mock the "rage quitter".
*The Gulf of China refers to how sites in the region are based in People's Republic of China ("Red China"). The '''Great Firewall''' refers to {{w|The Great Firewall of China}}, a pun on {{w|The Great Wall of China}}. Similar to how The Great Wall of China was meant to keep intruding nations out of the then-capital of the city, The Great Firewall of China is meant to keep visitors from visiting censored websites. However, either a VPN or remote access to a computer in a "freer" country can circumvent the Firewall. Oddly other Chinese websites (Qzone, Renren etc.) are not enclosed in this zone.

===Forums Islands===
Forums are websites where one person post a topic to which other people can discuss.

While the map has a zoomed in version, this article shall discuss the two bigger islands, first.

*'''[http://www.2ch.net 2channel]''' is a Japanese imageboard that was actually the original inspiration for 4chan.
*'''[http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Craigslist]''' is a classified advertisement website with sections devoted to just about everything... which formerly included prostitution services, hence the '''The Former Site of Adult Services'''.

In the zoomed-in map, there is...
*'''[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan.org]''' is an {{w|imageboard}} in which people can upload pictures while others comment on them. The website is infamous for its loose/often non-existent rules, incredibly vulgar userbase, source of new memes, and spawning of trolls. 4chan's random board, known internally as '''/b/''', is almost constantly flooded with porn and image macros. This is why Randall's incarnation of 4chan is shaped like a penis.
*'''420chan''' and '''7chan''', other imageboards in the style of 4chan. Their relative lack of popularity and derivative nature leads a lot of 4chan users to mock them; hence, their position on Randall's map suggests that they're mere wads of semen.
*'''Encyclopedia Dramatica''', labeled '''ED''' on the map, is a wiki site dedicated to chronicling internet memes and other noteworthy sites, events, people, and anything else that catches their attention, their respective articles written in an incredibly arbitrary and vulgar manner. The site is ''heavily'' steeped in the attitude of veteran, vulgar 4chan users. People who have articles in the website tend to react with despair, given not only the cruelty in which the articles talk about the person in question, but the presence of the article means that the person is now an eternal target from the trolls. The user is not in a position of retaliation, since the userbase of Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan tends to overpower the victim easily...
:...usually. Due to the founder's talk against the Australian Aboriginals (the founder is Australian), legal action has gone against the founder to the point of the founder having to shut down Encyclopedia Dramatica, founding the far tamer website Oh, Internet! (which is now shut down), instead. Trolls responded by not only uploading their own mirror of the website but also vilifying the former founder forever.
*'''Tunnel to Habbo''' is a reference to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed the 2006 Habbo Hotel Raids], in which hundreds of 4chan Anons simultaneously logged onto Habbo Hotel and proceeded to be as obnoxious as possible, standing in formations of swastikas and penises or body-blocking the swimming pools.
*'''{{w|Catbus}} Route''' is likely a reference to {{w|Lolcat}}s in general.
*'''[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World]''' is a media-hosting website founded by Eric Bauman. The site has lost a lot of traffic after (quite valid) accusations of stolen content.
*The gulf labelled '''{{w|Anonymous (group)|Anonymous}}''' is a reference to the trolls that label themselves "Anonymous" who recently had gained national acknowledgement because of the group's real-life tirades, including cracking attacks against the Church of Scientology and the founding of WikiLeaks (a website that leaks confidential material related to governments).
*[http://www.somethingawful.com/ SomethingAwful] is a website that is meant to showcase all things "awful". SomethingAwful also has a large trollbase, but they tend to be more honorable than the ones from Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan. One example is there being a spotty holding of the no-furries rule in the forums. The forums themselves are famous because of the holding of the Let's Plays of [http://lparchive.org/Dangan-Ronpa/ Dangan Ronpa] and [http://danganronpa2mirror.tumblr.com/ Super Dangan Ronpa 2], which had cooked up public interest to the point of there being an English-language release of the games.
Please note that, due to these Let's Plays being in a forums that frequently hides behind a "paywall" that requires a paid account before accessing, the links provided go to their mirrors.

==Transcript==
:'''Map of Online Communities'''
:Size on map represents volume of Daily Social activity (posts, chat, etc). Based on data gathered over the Spring and Summer of 2010.

:[Two insets on the upper left-hand corner shows that this map is a tiny portion of the huge continent of Spoken Language, encompassing portions of the Internet, Email, and Cell Phones (SMS).]

:[The largest landmass on the map by far, which takes up nearly the entire northern half of the map is "Facebook" - with large states in the south-east of the country labeled 'Farmville' and 'Happy Farm'. There is a much smaller state to the west of these called 'Farm Town'. To the north of these states is a large swath of unremarkable land entitled 'Northern Wasteland of Unread Updates.' This is directly north of the large Dopamine Sea.

:A peninsula on the south-west, just below the Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions, houses many tiny states, such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Bebo, & Hi5. It is bordered on the south by Buzzword Bay, which contains several islands of varying sizes. Among these are YouTube and Twitter (the largest), which are separated by the Social Media Consultant Channel. To the south-east of Twitter, across the Sea of Protocol Confusion, is another, equally large island. Most of it is Skype, with the north having two largish states called AIM and Windows Live Messenger. On the south-west part of the island are two smaller states called GG and Yahoo Messenger.

:The Island of Skype is extremely close to, but separated by the Great Firewall (a dashed line), the large landmass of QQ. It's north shore is the Gulf of China and Grass Mud Horse Bay. Outside of these bays, over the Great Firewall are two islands called Craigslist and 2Channel.

:In the Dopamine Sea, off the southern shores of Farmville and Happy Farm, is MMO Isle. Its largest state is WoW, with Runescape, Lineage, Maple Story, Habbo, and the Mountains of Steam among its notable landmarks. To the southeast of the island is the Gulf of Lag, in which sits the CDC Games island, with Eve Online.

:To the east of Twitter is Troll Bay, with such islands as Reddit and Reddit, Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicio.us, and Wikipedia Talk Pages. To their south are the IRC isles, of which one is the tiny island of #xkcd.

:East of these islands, and north of Skype island, is the Sea of Memes. In this sea, to the north of Craigslist and 2Channel, is an archipelago of tiny islands. There is an inset, labeled 'Forums.' (See below.)

:To the southwest of Twitter island, in the Sea of Opinions, are the blog islands. These lie south of the islands in Buzzword Bay, as well. The northernmost islands in this group are centered around the Bay of Drama, on which can be found Diary Blogs, Gossip Blogs, and Livejournal. Gossip Blogs share an island with Political, Music, and Tech Blogs. To the north of this island is a smaller island called Photo Blogs. South of Diary Blogs, and off the southwest coast of Music blogs is a smaller island called Fandom Blogs. South of Tech Blogs, off of which sprouts the small peninsula of Business Blogs, is the Spamblog Straits. On the other side of the straits is a large island made up of Miscellaneous Blogs, with two states demarcated as Religious Blogs and Blog Blogs. Southwest of the Blog Islands is the Sea of Zero (0) Comments.]

:[An inset of a group of islands in the sea of memes located on the lower right corner of the map, labeled 'Forums'. The largest by far is 4chan and /b/. Also found here are D2JSP, JLA Frums, Fan Forum, Something Awful, and many smaller ones, too numerous to list here.]

:[The northeastern third of Gossip/Political/Tech Blogs island is another inset labeled 'Blogosphere (Core)'. This can be found on the lower left corner of the map. Two peninsulas in Political Blogs bookend the Bay of Flame -- these are Liberal Blogs and Conservative Blogs. Between them lie several tiny islands such as Politics Daily, CNN Politcal Ticker, and Mediaite. Off the coast of Liberal Blogs lies the island of NYTimes, off the coast of Conservative Blogs is Libertarian Isle. Between the two lies The Talk. The northern peninsula of Tech Blogs contains places such as Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, and Kotaku.]

:[Text found between the two insets, which are directly below the main map.]
:ABOUT THIS MAP
:Communities rise and fall, and total membership numbers are no longer a good measure of a community's current size and health. This updated map uses size to represent total social activity in a community -- that is, how much talking, playing, sharing, or other socializing happens there. This meant some comparing of apples and oranges, but I did my best and tried to be consistent.

:Estimates are based on the numbers I could find, but involved a great deal of guesswork, statistical inference, random sampling, nonrandom sampling, a 20,000-cell spreadsheet, emailing, cajoling, tea-leaf reading, goat sacrifices, and gut instinct (i.e. making things up).

:Sources of data include Google and Bing, Wikipedia, Alexa, Big-Boards.com, StumbleUpon, Wordpress, Akismet, every website statistics page I could find, press releases, news articles, and individual site employees. Thanks in particular to folks at Last.fm, LiveJournal, Reddit, and the New York Times, as well as sysadmins at a number of sites who shared statistics on condition of anonymity.

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Rachel: /* Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes */

{{comic
| number = 802
| date = October 6, 2010
| title = Online Communities 2
| image = online_communities_2.png
| titletext = Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
}}
A [http://xkcd.com/802_large/ larger version] of this picture can be found by clicking the comic on xkcd.
{{TOC}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Not all of the regions are fully explained. Many labels aren't even mentioned outside of the transcript. Some towns need to be added for example.}}
This comic shows a map of internet communities where the size of each region roughly corresponds to its size, and its proximity to other regions indicates similarities.

This is the successor of [[256: Online Communities]]. It differs in that it is updated, and furthermore, instead of using the ''membership'' of whichever service to determine its size on the map, it uses its "daily social activity."

The map actually has two super−maps: the online community map is surrounded by the "countries" of E−Mail and SMS ("Instant Messaging"). These, in turn, are surrounded by the "Spoken Language" country (which is odd, considering that e−mail, SMS, and the Internet in general are based on ''written'' language) with its own sub−country, "cell phones" (which ''do'' involve e−mail and the Internet while being the mean medium of SMS's).

At the title text [[Randall]] explains that, using his definition of "most activity per day", Farmville is actually the ''second'' most popular social-network farming game -- the Chinese game Happy Farm was more popular at the time. This strikes many English-speaking xkcd readers as odd, because Farmville is much more famous, leading one to wonder how the it could not be the most played. The phrase "browser-based social-networking-centered farming game" is an example of an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyNarrowSuperlative overly-narrow superlative.]

===Facebook Region===
The Facebook region deals with social networks, that is, websites oriented towards having people meet.

'''{{w|Facebook}}''' is a social networking site that allows people to meet old real−life friends and make new friends that share similar interests. One of its most notable features is that a member can update a "status" or make normal posts about the happenings of the member's life, complete with pictures, other members "liking" these posts. The size of the Facebook region is not exaggerated; most websites seem to allow "liking" their content or allow/require logging in the website with a Facebook account. There even are cell phones with a "Facebook" button!

*'''{{w|FarmVille}}''' and '''{{w|Farm Town}}''' are Facebook games in which users manage farms. '''{{w|Happy Farm}},''' the Chinese game that inspired the other two, does not require Facebook integration, so it is separated by a solid line from Facebook. The "Unethical Bay" refers to how these games tend to addict players into constantly buying virtual items of questionable value.

*The '''People You Can't Unfriend''' refer to people whom, due to real-life expectations and relationships, unfriending them is difficult, no matter how you really feel about them.

*The '''Blatherskite River''' refers to the conversations on Facebook, which may be long yet devoid of general meaning or logic.

*The '''Data Mines''' refer to the data mining that Facebook does with the interests of its members. This fuels the profitable advertising business at the expense of customer trust.

*The '''Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions''' refer to how interactions with family members on Facebook suddenly become more awkward because everyone on Facebook (and sometimes ''off'' Facebook, given that you do not necessarily need to log in if you want to see someone's Facebook account) if you are discussing with your family through post comments.

*The '''524,287 Strong for Mersenne Primes''' refers to the communities who gain followers for a cause. A {{w|Mersenne prime}} is a prime number that is 1 less than a power of 2; 524287 is the 7th known Mersenne prime.

*The '''Jungle-Bay Mountains of "It's Complicated"''' refers to one of Facebook's options as to what a user's relationship status currently is. A Jungle-Bay Mountain is a complicated and undefined climate, hence the complication.

*'''"Old Facebook" Resistance''' refers to Facebook's earlier users, who have often resisted (and resented) changes made to Facebook as it became more popular.

*'''Privacy Controls''' is located on the map surrounded by a Lava Pool, which is a reference to how difficult it is to find the privacy controls within Facebook.
*'''Niche Market Mountains''' refers to social networks aimed towards more niche markets are located. Similar to how mountains tend to be isolated from mainland, niche social networks tend to be just that: niche, without much interaction with the general populace.
*'''Charred Wasteland of Abandoned Social Networks''' refers to the tons of websites wanting to take advantage of the success of websites like Facebook to compete or even overpower with them. Even so, these websites tend to not have the userbase or even the expertise towards the long-term, hence they become wastelands: environments devoid of life, except the few life forms that are from these wastelands (in this case, the ones who are loyal to the website or which are sadly few).
*In the Charred Wasteland stands '''{{w|Ozymandias}}''', the titular broken statue of Shelley's poem. In the poem, only "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" and a "shattered visage" are all that remain of the once-great statue and both of these features are present in the comic. According to the poem, the pedestal before the broken statue reads "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..." hence "friend of friends" below Ozymandias on the map.
*In the north are the '''Duckface Mountains''' and the '''Red Cup Mountains'''."Duckface" refers to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face this incredibly obnoxious facial expression], and "red cup pictures" are any pictures containing party-goers holding disposable red plastic beverage cups. Facebook is absolutely flooded with both types of pictures.
*In the south is '''Buzzword Bay'''. {{w|Buzzword}}s are words and phrases that make you sound a lot more topical than you actually are, used to garner attention; again, Facebook status updates are commonly filled with buzzwords.

While Facebook is the largest "country" of the Facebook Region, there are a lot of smaller "countries" that represent smaller social networks.

*Below Facebook (and "Old Facebook' Resistance") is '''{{w|Diaspora (social network)|Diaspora}}''', a fully open-source, decentralized, privacy-respecting-and-expecting alternative to Facebook. From what this map tells, Diaspora is little-known, even if Facebook is taken out of the context.
*'''{{w|StudiVZ}}''' is a German-speaking social network similar if not a ripped-off version of Facebook.
*'''{{w|XING}}''' is a German-speaking social platform similar to LinkedIn.
*'''{{w|Ning (website)|Ning}}''' is a service to create custom social websites. Its free services shut down in 2010.
*'''{{w|Taringa!}}''' is a Spanish-speaking social network that is based on a forums. Copyrighted material is frequently found there.
*Next to the Euro(pean) Gulf is '''{{w|Skyrock (social network site)}}''', a French-speaking social network.
*'''{{w|Wer-kennt-wen}}''' is a German-social network somewhat like MySpace.
*'''{{w|Nasza-klasa.pl}}''' or NK, is a Polish-speaking social network based on school relationships.
*'''{{w|Badoo}}''' is a social network primarily based on dating and picture-sharing.
*'''{{w|Classmates.com}}''' is a services in which the user can meet classmates that came from the same high school. The website is probably best known by its memetic advertisement that said [http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-am-i-supposed-to-care-about-nick.html "She married him??!! And they've got 7 kids??"] (Incidentally, [http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003325519_adcouple27.html there is more to the coupled picture than what the advertisement says.])
*'''{{w|Myspace}}''' is a social networking website that is a kind of proto-Facebook: users could customize their one-page websites with whatever they wanted, make their interests and daily lives public, and interact with other users. Back in the mid 2000s, MySpace was the largest social network, many people using the website; however, the surprisingly-less-customizable Facebook ended up taking the place of MySpace. The "bands" country of MySpace refers to how a lot of bands in the day advertised and interacted using the website. Indeed, the latest incarnation of MySpace (in terms of 2013) is more oriented towards band members.
*'''{{w|LinkedIn}}''' is a social network aimed towards people in the workplace, which is why it is adjancent to '''Corporate Bay'''.
*'''{{w|Orkut}}''' was one of Google's first social networks before Google made [https://plus.google.com/ Google+]. It shut down in 2014.
*'''{{w|Hi5}}''' is a social network that is very popular among people in Latin America.
*'''{{w|Renren}}''' ('''「人人」''', "people" in Chinese) is "a Chinese copy of Facebook."
*'''{{w|Bebo}}''' was a social network popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It went bankrupt in 2013 and will move away from social networking and into apps.
*'''{{w|Friendster}}''' - One of the first major social networks, it has fallen way off in usage in recent years and was eclipsed by MySpace. It is still popular in Asia.
*'''{{w|VK (social networking website)|Vkontakte}}''' or VK, is the second largest social network service in Europe after Facebook. It is available in several languages, but particularly popular among Russian-speaking users around the world.
*'''{{w|Netlog}}''' is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the global youth demographic.
*'''{{w|Mixi}}''' is an online Japanese social networking service.
*'''{{w|Qzone}}''' is a social networking website, which is big in China. According to a report published by Tencent, possibly surpassing other social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace in China.
*'''{{w|Tuenti}}''' is a Spain-based, social networking service, that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook."
*'''{{w|Cloob}}''' is a Persian-language social networking website, mainly popular in Iran. After the locally (and internationally) popular social networking website Orkut was blocked by the Iranian government, a series of local sites and networks, including Cloob, emerged to fill the gap.
*'''{{w|Kaixin001}}''' is a social networking website which ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall.
*'''{{w|Piczo}}''' was a privately held blog website for teens. In November 2012, Piczo.com shut down.
*'''{{w|Odnoklassniki}}''' is a social network service for classmates and old friends. It is popular in Russia and former Soviet Republics.
*'''{{w|Adult FriendFinder}}''' is a pornographic dating site.
*'''{{w|Match.com}}''' is a dating site.
*'''{{w|Ok Cupid}}''' is another dating site.
*'''{{w|PlentyofFish}}''' is yet another dating site.
*'''{{w|Sulawesi}}''' is a real-life island in the Indonesian archipelago. It also appears in 256: Online Communities.

===MMO Isle===
MMO's (short form of "MMORPG", short form of "Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Player Game") are websites that host online games where multiple people take the role of a character and play in a setting hosted by the website. These types of games tend to be fantastical in setting. Frequently, missions are added to the game, giving current player more incentive towards playing more.

*'''[https://www.habbo.com/ Habbo Hotel]''' is a website where someone creates a human avatar an interacts in a virtual world that is not that different from the one in real life.
*'''[http://www.clubpenguin.com/ Club Penguin]''' is [http://disney.com/ Disney's] MMO where someone creates a penguin avatar and interacts with other in a more polar, cartoony setting. Club Penguin is aimed towards children.
*'''[http://maplestory.nexon.net/ Maple Story]''' is an MMO that has a more natural setting. The most distinguishing feature of Maple Story is its cartoony pixel art.
*'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]''', while not an MMO, is a website that has the largest repository of walkthoughs, that is, guides that help someone beat a game. GameFAQs is notable for not only its large repository of walkthroughs of games that are across an extreme variety of consoles, handhelds, and even computers (not all of them MMOs), but also the drama that is rumoured to happen in the GameFAQs forums.
*'''[http://www.ign.com/ IGN]''' (full: '''Imagine Games Network'''), while also not an MMO, is the largest website that gives news on video games in general, not just MMOs. Each of the games mentioned in the site have pages that have summaries, reviews, screenshots, other art, videos, and links to news related to its games.
*'''[http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml FFXI]''' (full: '''Final Fantasy XI''') is an MMO from SquareEnix, being the first MMO of the popular ''Final Fantasy'' series.
*'''[http://www.runescape.com/community Runescape]''' is an older MMO.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ Starcraft II]''' is a realtime strategy game with a science fiction setting that heavily involves space travel. While technically not an MMO, it has a significant online multiplayer component.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ WoW]''' (full: '''World of Warcraft''') is the definitive MMO, being not only the most popular and one of the longest-running but also the most expansive (having its own spinoff games, comic books, novels, and even figurines), WOW giving the idea of how an MMO should be. A player can choose from a variety of races, each with its own heavy history.
*'''[http://secondlife.com/ Second Life]''' is similar to Habbo, albeit with a bigger suspension of disbelief (one example being that the player does not need to be a human) and in a 3D setting.
*'''[http://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates]''' is a text-based political simulation game. Notably, some of its traffic comes not from the actual game (which is optional), but the extensive set of political, roleplaying, and general forums attached.
*'''[http://www.urbandead.com/ Urban Dead]''' describes itself as "A Massively Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypse", which sums it up pretty well.
*'''[http://www.kingdomofloathing.com KoL]''' (full: '''Kingdom of Loathing''') is a comedic browser-based MMO-ish RPG with minimalistic stick-figure art.
*'''{{w|CDC Games}}''' is a Chinese company reputed to be the largest MMORPG distributor.
*'''{{w|Eve Online|EVE Online}}''' is a science fiction MMO which is notable because of its virtual economy.
*'''{{w|Gaia Online|Gaia}}''' or Gaia Online, while not an MMO, is a forum oriented towards pop culture, including video games and Japanese media. Its most notable feature is the heavy customization possible of a member's pixel-art avatar. Its members tend to roleplay a lot, albeit in a more written, story-based form. Gaia has gained a reputation with its members stealing art and causing drama.
*'''{{w|City of Heroes|CoH}}''' or City of Heroes was a superhero-based MMORPG that was shut down November 2012.

Other notable regions include:
*The '''Mountains of Steam''', referring to the game distribution service [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] where people could buy and download video games in general, not just MMOs.
*'''River Grind''' refers to "grinding." In most MMOs, the character is a fighter of some sorts, yet starts at a level 1, signifying the character's aptitude level in combat. The character can level up and gain more aptitude levels through earning experience, of which the most reliable and otherwise common way is the process of "grinding," that is, repeatedly fighting opposing monsters (sometimes of a level notably lower that your character's), gaining experience points from winning these battles until your character gains a level, that is, "levels up". While a practical necessity in strengthening the character, this process can be tiresome, hence the expression "grinding."
*'''Spawn Camp''' refers to "spawn points", the places in combat-oriented MMO's tend to produce ("spawn") random AI-powered creatures, and the act of "spawn camping", in which the player character simply stands behind or around the spawn points to fight the enemy creatures as soon as they appear.
*'''Gulf of Lag''' refers to how the MMO can be slowed down a considerable amount due to the large amount of players simultaneously using the same server, this congestion bogging down the server and frustrating the users.
*'''[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/final-boss-of-the-internet End Guy for the Internet]''' refers to "end bosses," the last — and usually hardest to defeat — "bad guy" in a game (or a section of a game).

===YouTube Region===
The YouTube region refers to websites that are based on user-created content.

'''[https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]''' is the definitive video website where people can upload videos with the purpose of public viewing, ranging from home movies through official music videos through Let's Plays of people playing video games to questionably-legal uploads of cartoons and films. Google had purchased YouTube.

Many of the sites on the map are just references to {{w|viral video}}s at {{w|YouTube}}:
*'''Viral Shores''' refers to how viral videos (whether they be viral marketing or simply memes) tend to proliferate on YouTube.
*'''Britney''' likely refers to pop singer {{w|Britney Spears}} and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc‎ "Leave Britney Alone" guy].
*'''Maru Gulf''' refers to Maru the Cat, a YouTube celebrity [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/676:_Abstraction also mentioned in xkcd].
*'''Prairie Dog Habitat''' likely refers to the viral video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw Dramatic Chipmunk] (which is actually a Prairie Dog).
*'''Rick Rolling Hills''' references, well, {{w|Rickrolling}}. More information [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ here]. The "deserted" note likely refers to how Rick Astley himself is tired of the meme, or again, how people tend to leave the video upon getting "Rick Roll'd," never actually going to the video with the express purpose of viewing the video.
*'''Lunar Landing Soundstage''' is, of course, a reference to the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}}, which Randall has railed on before.
*'''{{w|OK Go}} Bay''' refers to the band "OK Go" who have multiple viral music videos on YouTube, most famously [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA "Here it goes again"] featuring treadmills.

The '''HTML5 swamp''' refers to the spotty support of HTML 5 (an update on HTML that is frequently touting its media capabilities, making HTML 5 a viable alternative to Flash) YouTube has. Of course, by the time the comic was written, HTML 5 was still in its infancy. The Music Video Bay refers to the amount of music videos (official or otherwise) are present in YouTube.

Other counties of the YouTube region include:
*'''[https://vimeo.com/ vimeo]''', a website where people tend to showcase artistic content that they made on their own, notably independent studios.

Snob Sound:
*'''[https://secure.flickr.com/ Flickr]''', a website where people can upload and share photographs they took.
*'''[http://fotolog.com Fotolog]''', a photo website very popular in South America in 2004-2008, which was used as a social network.
*'''[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]''', a music website that is notable of its "scrobbling" feature.
*'''[http://www.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]''', the largest art website, where people can upload, sell, and buy not only art itself, but also video, audio, Flash-work, and even skins (the original purpose of deviantArt). While many big-name/professional people and organizations have their works in deviantArt, the site is more infamous for the large amount of people who upload low-quality fan-art and fan-characters, most notably of media from Japan. Another point of infamy is the large amount of drama that can happen in the website.

*'''[https://www.newgrounds.com/ Newgrounds]''', a website that hosts art, (Flash-based) videos, audio, and (Flash-based) games to which other users can comment and rate. Even so, content from Newgrounds tends to be obscene, though there is a filtering system if a viewer does not wish to see obscene content.
*'''[http://www.chatroulette.com/ Chatroulette]''' is a website where people are randomly paired up with each other and video/text chat.
*'''{{w|Brickshelf}}''' is the online resource for {{w|LEGO}} fans.
*'''[https://tumblr.com/ Tumblr]''', where people could make a blog and post text, pictures, video, audio, quotes, and links. The most distinguishing feature is the ability to "reblog" these posts from other's people's blogs into the user's own blog. Notable features of Tumblr include sketchblogs (where people upload their sketches), Ask blogs (where people answer questions other users ask, the moderators of these blogs usually pretending to be a character from a form of media), and the large amount of "social justice" (where people fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of negative discrimination). (See also [[1043: Ablogalypse]].)
*'''{{w|b3ta}}''' is a popular British website, described as a "puerile digital arts community" by The Guardian.

The '''Isle of teenagers who just discovered macroeconomics''' is a joke about how teenagers tend to think that the world and the economy are a lot simpler than they actually are. Combined with the typical internet mindset, this leads to a lot of teenagers posting blogs and videos and comments on blogs and videos describing how idiotic the government and other red-tape-related adults are.
The '''Snob Sound''' could refer to the large amount of people who look down on others in the surrounding websites (one example being an original artist looking down on people who draw mainly fan-art). '''The Iraq''' is a reference to Miss Teen USA 2007, Ms. Teen South Carolina - Lauren Katlin said "I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as...the US should help the US and should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the asian countries so we are able to build up our future." The usage of "the iraq" became a meme.

===Twitter Region===
*'''Bieber Bay''' is a reference to {{w|Justin Bieber}} a pop singer whose singing sprouted on YouTube and became very popular on Twitter and other social media. He is very much vilified because of his rather feminine appearance and his hordes of fans (called "Beliebers") that seem to support him to ridiculous extents. Lately, though, Justin Beiber has taken a "bad boy" attitude because of all the Beliebers who are willing to defend him no matter what, him partaking in a lot of questionable activities that include tattoos, questionably-legal substances, and buying prostitution, thus lowering his popularity in the general populace.
*'''{{w|Google Buzz}}''' is a former social network attempted by Google. It has since been shut down.
*'''Bit.Ly Mountains''' is a reference to the URL shortening service {{w|bit.ly}}.
*'''Kayne's Isle of Sadness''' is a reference to the musician {{w|Kayne West}}.
*'''Sarah Palin USA''' is the Twitter handle of former politician {{w|Sarah Palin}}.
*'''Clueless Politician Coast''' is a reference to the number of politicians on Twitter and other social networks who repeatedly share clueless updates that more often create an uproar than help their election chances.
*'''Desert of Food Updates''' is a reference to the number of pictures of food that are shared on social media (especially Twitter). There has even been some controversy on posting such pictures.
*'''Journalists Trying to Find the Cutting Edge''' is referencing journalists on Twitter trying to keep up with the way that news is gathered and delivered now, despite usually working for a newspaper that publishes once a day.
*'''{{w|SHAQ}}''' is a reference to the former NBA basketball player, {{w|Shaq}}.
*'''{{w|identi.ca}}''' is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service, being an alternative to Twitter.
*''' Breaking! Waves''' is a pun on the fact that so many people used the word "Breaking" at the beginning of tweets that do not warrant that tag that the word has lost most of its meaning and become a joke. It is a pun because waves "break" on the shore.
*'''Web 3.0''' refers to the unofficial term {{w|Web 2.0}}. In this case, "Web 1.0" refers to websites that give information to users. Web 2.0 refers to websites where the users themselves create content. Web 3.0 has sometimes been used as a term. For {{w|semantic web}}, a machine-readable version of the web, but this usage is far from universal.
*'''Hashtag games whose popularity confuses and depresses you''' refers to the game where a user posts something under a particular hashtag and others respond with their own ideas, all tagged under the same phrase. This has been very popular for no clear reason, as Randall notes.

===Geotagged Bay===
*'''{{w|Yelp}}''' is a website where people post reviews of real-life public locations (one example being restaurants).
*'''{{w|Geocaching}}''' is a worldwide GPS scavenger hunt where users upload positions of caches and others will find them and log it online.
*'''{{w|Foursquare}}''' is a location-based social network.
*'''Latitude''' refers to {{w|Google Latitude}}.

===Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes===
*'''{{w|Reddit}}''' is the self-described "front page of the Internet" in which users submit stories, photos and videos and the best are "up-voted" to the top of the page.
*'''{{w|Help:Using talk pages|Wikipedia Talk Pages}}''' refer to the pages where Wikipedia editors discuss how to improve articles.
*'''{{w|Wikia}}''' is a 3rd party wiki software, used in the making of the user-editable encyclopedias of just about any subject matter.
*'''{{w|StumbleUpon}}''' is a website-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Delicious (website)|Delicious}}''' is a bookmarking and bookmark-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Digg}}''' is a former competitor to Reddit in the social-news sphere, but now has been sold and restarted as an aggregator of news stories.
*'''{{w|Slashdot}}''', labeled "/." on the map, is a technical news site.
*'''{{w|Fark}}''' is a community website that allows members to comment on news articles from other sites.
*'''{{w|YTMND}}''' is an acronym for "You're The Man Now, Dog!" It's also a community in which users can create meme-type nonsense by playing music over an image (either static or animated).

===Skype Region===
The Skype Region refers to different IM, or Instant Messaging services, that enable almost-real-time text chatting between multiple people. These often allow services like voice chat and even video calls.

*'''{{w|Skype}}''' is, according to Randall, the most popular of these among the internet. It has many features to allow peer-to-peer voice chats, as well as allowing calls to be made at a price to actual phones.
*'''{{w|AIM}}''' or AOL Instant Messenger is a chat client created by AOL.
*'''GG''' is {{w|Gadu-Gadu}} and instant messenger client popular in Poland.
*'''{{w|Yahoo Messenger}}''' is an instant messenger client by Yahoo.
*'''{{w|Google Talk}}''' is a voice/video chatting service from Google (that Google has been replacing with Hangouts). Google Talk also has an invasion fleet at its shores.
*'''{{w|ICQ}}''' is an older messaging service, albeit with an 18+ requirement (despite pornography not being the point of ICQ).
*'''{{w|Windows Live Messenger}}''', or "MSN", was the messaging service of Microsoft before Microsoft bought Skype. MSN was useful in that people could draw and send pictures to other chatters.
*'''{{w|UseNet}}''' was one of the original ways to communicate on the internet, though people can download (copyrighted) files through the service. Since it is still in use by some, it gets the tag "Still Around!" on the map.
*'''{{w|IRC}} Isles''' refers to the ancestor of Internet-powered chatting. People would have connected to a server and spoke publicly. IRC is still in use (per 2014, notably in getting help from users4. One of those isles is #xkcd which is an IRC community around [[xkcd]].

===Bay of Drama===
*'''{{w|FanFiction.net}}''' is a website where people can submit their fanfiction (stories by fans written about other peoples' media, normally that about popular media). The website tend to have people that are not helpful to those who legitimately want critique of their own stories.
*'''{{w|Xanga}}''' is a blogging service that, while popular at its time, lost out to...
*'''{{w|LiveJournal}}''', one of the definitive websites and Internet communities. More specifically, LiveJournal was the most popular blogging service before Tumblr became popular.
*'''ONYD''' - Reference to {{w|Oh No You Didn't}}, which is explained in the Blogosphere region.
*'''{{w|Dreamwidth}}''' is a LiveJournal fork emphasizing its open-source nature.

===Blogosphere===
The Blogosphere region contains several general {{w|blog}} topics.
*'''{{w|photo blog|Photo Blogs}}''' are commonly used to chronicle the lives of the authors through photographs.
*'''Diary Blogs''' are another popular use of blogs (and, in fact, the original use) where authors write commentary about their lives.
*'''Bay of Grammar Pedantry''' deals with the fact that, whether due to a lack of proper education, a habit of using "chat-speak" in the text-limited SMS and MMS, or simply due to the (generally) more relaxed nature of the Internet, blog authors tend to write with horrible composition, a point of annoyment to a lot of other people due to the subsequent increased difficulty of reading the horribly-written material.
*'''Fandom Blogs''' are blogs created by a "{{w|fandom}}" which is a community of fans. A fandom blog deals with the subject matter of the respective fandom.
*'''Sea of Zero (0) Comments''' refers to blogs that get very little attention and therefore have no comments.
*'''SpamBlog Straits''' references spammers who use blogs to increase the number of links to their site to try to game search engines.
*'''OffTopic.com''' is a general interest forum that refers to itself as "the largest general discussion forum on the internet."
*Many more straightforward blogs, including:
**'''Writing/Poetry'''
**'''Gossip Blogs'''
**'''Political Blogs'''
**'''Music Blogs'''
**'''Tech Blogs'''
**'''Business Blogs'''
**'''Corporate Blogs'''
**'''Religious Blogs'''
**'''Miscellaneous Blogs'''
*'''Blog Blogs''' - These can refer to blogs that talk about the matter about blogging itself, though they can also refer to blogs which authors use in talking about blogging.

===Blogosphere (Core Region)===
Gossip Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on gossip surrounding celebrities and other well-known persons.
*'''{{w|Jezebel}}''' is a liberally feminist blog, hosted by Gawker.
*'''{{w|deadline.com|Deadline}}''' is an online entertainment news magazine.
*'''{{w|TMZ}}''' is a celebrity news website.
*'''{{w|Gawker}}''' is a blog that is the host of other blogs.
*'''LJ Oh No They Didn't''' - LiveJournal {{w|Oh No They Didn't}} - Oh No They Didn't, also known as ONTD, is the largest community on LiveJournal with over 100,000 members. The community focuses on celebrity gossip and pop culture with most of its posts aggregated from other gossip blogs.
*'''Doucheblog''' refers to blogs that were once insightful but that spiraled into long rants due to relationship changes of their authors.
*'''Isle of Mockery''' is a reference to the fact that some of what these blogs do is mock celebrities or other for doing or saying stupid things on camera.

Liberal Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "liberal" or "progressive" slant. These blogs tend to lean for the Democratic party.
*'''{{w|Huffington Post}}''' is a news blog.
*'''{{w|Paul Krugman}}''' is an American economist who considers himself a liberal.
*'''{{w|Daily Beast}}''' is a news and opinion website focusing on politics and pop culture.
*'''{{w|Talking Points Memo|TPM}}''' is a political journal run by Josh Marshall.
*'''{{w|Ezra Klein}}''' used to have his own site at the Washington Post, but is now the editor of [Vox.com].
*'''{{w|Think Progress}}''' is a political news blog.
*'''{{w|Daily Kos|Kos}}''' is another political blog.

Bay of Flame:
*'''{{w|Politics Daily}}''' is a political journalism website launched by AOL.
*'''CNN Political Ticker''' is CNN's political blogs
*'''{{w|Mediaite}}''' is a news and opinion blog covering politics and entertainment in the media.
*'''{{w|NY Times}}''' is one of the most famous newspapers, thus the comparatively large size of its island.
*'''{{w|The Talk}}''' is a talk show on CBS that discusses the latest headlines "through the eyes of mothers."
*Libertarian Isle (shaped like a {{w|Nolan Chart}})

Conservative Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "conservative" or Republican slant.
*'''{{w|Pajamas Media}}''' is a media company and operator of conservative news.
*'''{{w|Michelle Malkin}}''' is a conservative blogger, political commentator, and author.
*'''{{w|Hot Air}}''' is a news blog founded by Michelle Malkin.
*'''{{w|RedState|Red State}}''' is a political blog.
*'''{{w|American Thinker}}''' is a daily online magazine focused on politics.
*'''{{w|Townhall}}''' is a web publication and print magazine.

Tech Blogs:
*'''{{w|Boy Genius Report}}''' is a weblog that focuses on technology and consumer gadgets.
*'''{{w|Gizmodo}}''' is a news and opinion blog, hosted by Gawker, that talks about life's more technological matters.
*'''{{w|Engadget}}''' is another technology-oriented, albeit independent, blog.
*'''Crunchgear''' is a blog that reviews gadgets and other hardware.
*'''{{w|Techcrunch}}''' is an online publisher of technology industry news.
*'''{{w|Joystiq}}''' is a news and opinion blog that focuses on gaming.
*'''{{w|Kotaku}}''' is another gaming-oriented news/opinion blog, the main difference beig that Kotaku is owned by Gawker.

Assorted:
*'''{{w|BoingBoing}}''' is "i blog about wonderful things", the topics being quite random.
*'''{{w|Lifehacker}}''' is another Gawker blog, is a blog that teaches people how to simplify their lives through 'lifehacking', that is, using their resources in creative wayss. While the subject matter is life in general, there is a significant technological slant.
*'''{{w|Deadspin}}''' is a sports and sports gossip blog founded by Will Leitch.
*'''Meatorama''' is a blog that talks about cooking meat.

===QQ Region===
*'''Baidu Baike''' (「百度百科」, "Baidu Encyclopedia") and '''Hudong''' (「互动百科」, "Interactive Encyclopedia" ) are two Chinese online encyclopedias. Baidu Baike is powered by the same company as Baidu, the search engine popular in China.
* The '''Ma Le Ge Bi''' and the '''Grass Mud Horse Bay''' could refer to the {{w|Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures}}.
* The '''Location of Jia Junpeng''' refers to the Internet meme of {{w|Jia Junpeng}} in 2009 in China.
*'''{{w|Tencent QQ}}''' is a Chinese instant messaging program.
*In English communities "QQ" has several more common definitions:
**An {{w|emoticon}}, representing a face with two large, crying eyes.
**A synonym for "rage quit", in which a video game player quits the game out of sheer frustration. It originated in ''Warcraft II'' multiplayer, where pressing Ctrl+Q+Q would quit the game, and became more widely known in ''World of Warcraft''.
**These definitions are commonly combined, usually to mock the "rage quitter".
*The Gulf of China refers to how sites in the region are based in People's Republic of China ("Red China"). The '''Great Firewall''' refers to {{w|The Great Firewall of China}}, a pun on {{w|The Great Wall of China}}. Similar to how The Great Wall of China was meant to keep intruding nations out of the then-capital of the city, The Great Firewall of China is meant to keep visitors from visiting censored websites. However, either a VPN or remote access to a computer in a "freer" country can circumvent the Firewall. Oddly other Chinese websites (Qzone, Renren etc.) are not enclosed in this zone.

===Forums Islands===
Forums are websites where one person post a topic to which other people can discuss.

While the map has a zoomed in version, this article shall discuss the two bigger islands, first.

*'''[http://www.2ch.net 2channel]''' is a Japanese imageboard that was actually the original inspiration for 4chan.
*'''[http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Craigslist]''' is a classified advertisement website with sections devoted to just about everything... which formerly included prostitution services, hence the '''The Former Site of Adult Services'''.

In the zoomed-in map, there is...
*'''[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan.org]''' is an {{w|imageboard}} in which people can upload pictures while others comment on them. The website is infamous for its loose/often non-existent rules, incredibly vulgar userbase, source of new memes, and spawning of trolls. 4chan's random board, known internally as '''/b/''', is almost constantly flooded with porn and image macros. This is why Randall's incarnation of 4chan is shaped like a penis.
*'''420chan''' and '''7chan''', other imageboards in the style of 4chan. Their relative lack of popularity and derivative nature leads a lot of 4chan users to mock them; hence, their position on Randall's map suggests that they're mere wads of semen.
*'''Encyclopedia Dramatica''', labeled '''ED''' on the map, is a wiki site dedicated to chronicling internet memes and other noteworthy sites, events, people, and anything else that catches their attention, their respective articles written in an incredibly arbitrary and vulgar manner. The site is ''heavily'' steeped in the attitude of veteran, vulgar 4chan users. People who have articles in the website tend to react with despair, given not only the cruelty in which the articles talk about the person in question, but the presence of the article means that the person is now an eternal target from the trolls. The user is not in a position of retaliation, since the userbase of Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan tends to overpower the victim easily...
:...usually. Due to the founder's talk against the Australian Aboriginals (the founder is Australian), legal action has gone against the founder to the point of the founder having to shut down Encyclopedia Dramatica, founding the far tamer website Oh, Internet! (which is now shut down), instead. Trolls responded by not only uploading their own mirror of the website but also vilifying the former founder forever.
*'''Tunnel to Habbo''' is a reference to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed the 2006 Habbo Hotel Raids], in which hundreds of 4chan Anons simultaneously logged onto Habbo Hotel and proceeded to be as obnoxious as possible, standing in formations of swastikas and penises or body-blocking the swimming pools.
*'''{{w|Catbus}} Route''' is likely a reference to {{w|Lolcat}}s in general.
*'''[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World]''' is a media-hosting website founded by Eric Bauman. The site has lost a lot of traffic after (quite valid) accusations of stolen content.
*The gulf labelled '''{{w|Anonymous (group)|Anonymous}}''' is a reference to the trolls that label themselves "Anonymous" who recently had gained national acknowledgement because of the group's real-life tirades, including cracking attacks against the Church of Scientology and the founding of WikiLeaks (a website that leaks confidential material related to governments).
*[http://www.somethingawful.com/ SomethingAwful] is a website that is meant to showcase all things "awful". SomethingAwful also has a large trollbase, but they tend to be more honorable than the ones from Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan. One example is there being a spotty holding of the no-furries rule in the forums. The forums themselves are famous because of the holding of the Let's Plays of [http://lparchive.org/Dangan-Ronpa/ Dangan Ronpa] and [http://danganronpa2mirror.tumblr.com/ Super Dangan Ronpa 2], which had cooked up public interest to the point of there being an English-language release of the games.
Please note that, due to these Let's Plays being in a forums that frequently hides behind a "paywall" that requires a paid account before accessing, the links provided go to their mirrors.

==Transcript==
:'''Map of Online Communities'''
:Size on map represents volume of Daily Social activity (posts, chat, etc). Based on data gathered over the Spring and Summer of 2010.

:[Two insets on the upper left-hand corner shows that this map is a tiny portion of the huge continent of Spoken Language, encompassing portions of the Internet, Email, and Cell Phones (SMS).]

:[The largest landmass on the map by far, which takes up nearly the entire northern half of the map is "Facebook" - with large states in the south-east of the country labeled 'Farmville' and 'Happy Farm'. There is a much smaller state to the west of these called 'Farm Town'. To the north of these states is a large swath of unremarkable land entitled 'Northern Wasteland of Unread Updates.' This is directly north of the large Dopamine Sea.

:A peninsula on the south-west, just below the Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions, houses many tiny states, such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Bebo, & Hi5. It is bordered on the south by Buzzword Bay, which contains several islands of varying sizes. Among these are YouTube and Twitter (the largest), which are separated by the Social Media Consultant Channel. To the south-east of Twitter, across the Sea of Protocol Confusion, is another, equally large island. Most of it is Skype, with the north having two largish states called AIM and Windows Live Messenger. On the south-west part of the island are two smaller states called GG and Yahoo Messenger.

:The Island of Skype is extremely close to, but separated by the Great Firewall (a dashed line), the large landmass of QQ. It's north shore is the Gulf of China and Grass Mud Horse Bay. Outside of these bays, over the Great Firewall are two islands called Craigslist and 2Channel.

:In the Dopamine Sea, off the southern shores of Farmville and Happy Farm, is MMO Isle. Its largest state is WoW, with Runescape, Lineage, Maple Story, Habbo, and the Mountains of Steam among its notable landmarks. To the southeast of the island is the Gulf of Lag, in which sits the CDC Games island, with Eve Online.

:To the east of Twitter is Troll Bay, with such islands as Reddit and Reddit, Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicio.us, and Wikipedia Talk Pages. To their south are the IRC isles, of which one is the tiny island of #xkcd.

:East of these islands, and north of Skype island, is the Sea of Memes. In this sea, to the north of Craigslist and 2Channel, is an archipelago of tiny islands. There is an inset, labeled 'Forums.' (See below.)

:To the southwest of Twitter island, in the Sea of Opinions, are the blog islands. These lie south of the islands in Buzzword Bay, as well. The northernmost islands in this group are centered around the Bay of Drama, on which can be found Diary Blogs, Gossip Blogs, and Livejournal. Gossip Blogs share an island with Political, Music, and Tech Blogs. To the north of this island is a smaller island called Photo Blogs. South of Diary Blogs, and off the southwest coast of Music blogs is a smaller island called Fandom Blogs. South of Tech Blogs, off of which sprouts the small peninsula of Business Blogs, is the Spamblog Straits. On the other side of the straits is a large island made up of Miscellaneous Blogs, with two states demarcated as Religious Blogs and Blog Blogs. Southwest of the Blog Islands is the Sea of Zero (0) Comments.]

:[An inset of a group of islands in the sea of memes located on the lower right corner of the map, labeled 'Forums'. The largest by far is 4chan and /b/. Also found here are D2JSP, JLA Frums, Fan Forum, Something Awful, and many smaller ones, too numerous to list here.]

:[The northeastern third of Gossip/Political/Tech Blogs island is another inset labeled 'Blogosphere (Core)'. This can be found on the lower left corner of the map. Two peninsulas in Political Blogs bookend the Bay of Flame -- these are Liberal Blogs and Conservative Blogs. Between them lie several tiny islands such as Politics Daily, CNN Politcal Ticker, and Mediaite. Off the coast of Liberal Blogs lies the island of NYTimes, off the coast of Conservative Blogs is Libertarian Isle. Between the two lies The Talk. The northern peninsula of Tech Blogs contains places such as Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, and Kotaku.]

:[Text found between the two insets, which are directly below the main map.]
:ABOUT THIS MAP
:Communities rise and fall, and total membership numbers are no longer a good measure of a community's current size and health. This updated map uses size to represent total social activity in a community -- that is, how much talking, playing, sharing, or other socializing happens there. This meant some comparing of apples and oranges, but I did my best and tried to be consistent.

:Estimates are based on the numbers I could find, but involved a great deal of guesswork, statistical inference, random sampling, nonrandom sampling, a 20,000-cell spreadsheet, emailing, cajoling, tea-leaf reading, goat sacrifices, and gut instinct (i.e. making things up).

:Sources of data include Google and Bing, Wikipedia, Alexa, Big-Boards.com, StumbleUpon, Wordpress, Akismet, every website statistics page I could find, press releases, news articles, and individual site employees. Thanks in particular to folks at Last.fm, LiveJournal, Reddit, and the New York Times, as well as sysadmins at a number of sites who shared statistics on condition of anonymity.

{{comic discussion}}
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55: Useless

2015-08-31T05:57:28Z

Rachel: /* Basic explanations of the functions */

{{comic
| number = 55
| date = January 27, 2006
| title = Useless
| image = useless.jpg
| titletext = Even the identity matrix doesn't work normally
}}

==Explanation==
[[Randall]] is attempting to apply mathematics to the concept of love to no avail. Specifically, he is attempting his "normal approach" which is a term used in mathematics for the method one typically uses to solve a certain type of problem. However, as love is not a well-defined mathematical, his normal approach is useless. Simply put: he's saying he has found no way of describing love, using only the tools of mathematics.

From the top, going right, he tries the {{w|square root}} of love; the {{w|cosine}} of love; the {{w|derivative}} of love with respect to x; he left-multiplies love by a 2x2 {{w|identity matrix}}, and finally he defines a {{w|Function (mathematics)|function}} of love as a {{w|Fourier transform}}. These are all "normal approaches" to solving certain math problems.

The long and the short of the comic is that for someone who uses math to solve all their problems, this might be their thinking when they discover love. It also echoes the idea that love is not always a rational phenomenon.

This comic has been made into a [http://store.xkcd.com/products/useless t-shirt] in the xkcd store, with a {{w|Laplace transform}} in place of the bottom integral.

===Basic explanations of the functions===
:''Note: The Wikipedia links will provide far more detailed explanations of the mathematics.''
*The {{w|square root}} of x is the number which, when multiplied by itself, equals x.
*{{w|Cosine}} is a {{w|trigonometric function}} which, when given the measure of an angle in a {{w|right triangle}} as an input, outputs the ratio of the lengths of two sides of that triangle (for cosine it is the non-{{w|hypotenuse}} side adjacent to the angle and the hypotenuse).
*A {{w|derivative}} of a function is the rate of change of that function at a given value of x. It is a primary focus of {{w|calculus}}. A basic example is where "velocity" is the rate of change of displacement at a given time, the derivative of velocity is "acceleration" which is the rate of change of velocity at a given time.
*{{w|identity matrix|Identity matrices}} are {{w|matrix (mathematics)|matrices}} which consist of only zeros and ones, with zeros everywhere except along the {{w|main diagonal}}. Multiplying a matrix by the equal-sized identity matrix will result in the same output in the same way that multiplying a non-matrix by 1 does not change the original term. The title text suggests that multiplying love by the identity matrix does not return the same "love" value.
*A {{w|Fourier transform}} converts a function from one (sophisticated) function into an endless continuous series of (more simple) functions, where each next part is bringing the equation closer to the real result. This means that you can stop your calculations after a few iterations and you are very close to the real result, and it also can be used to deconstruct signals.

==Transcript==
:[Different mathematic equations, all with heart on left side, and all equal question mark. Below is a caption.]
:√♥ = ?
:cos ♥ = ?
:d/dx ♥ = ?
:<sub>[10]♥ =?</sub>
:<sup>[01]</sup>
:F{♥} = 1/√2π ∫<sup>∞</sup><sub>-∞</sub>f(t)e<sup>it♥</sup>dt = ?
:My normal approach is useless here

==Trivia==
*This was the 52nd and last comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].
**The previous was [[53: Hobby]].
*This comic kept it's original title: "Useless"
**It is part of the last six comics on LiveJournal which all had a title without the word "Drawing" in it.
**Five of these had exactly the same title on both sites.
**Only 11 comics have the same title on both sites.
**Apart from the [[:Category:First day on LiveJournal|thirteen first comics]] posted to LiveJournal, there were only three other comics without the word "Drawing" in the title before these last six.
*There were no original [[Randall]] quote for this comic.
*This comic was the last of the last 11 comics posted on LiveJournal.
**These 11 comics were [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd|posted both on LiveJournal and xkcd]] after the [[xkcd]] site opened on the 1st of January 2006.
**The first six comics were posted on both sites on the same day.
**And then this first happened again with this last comic.
*The version used on the [http://store.xkcd.com/products/useless t-shirt] and in ''[http://store.xkcd.com/products/xkcd-volume-0 xkcd: volume 0]'' is slightly different. The derivative is with respect to time (''t'') instead of ''x'', and the function at the bottom is a {{w|Laplace transform}}.
*This comic was adapted to a wedding cake featured on [http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2011/6/26/sunday-sweets-geek-wedding-cakes.html an installment of "Sunday Sweets"], a regular feature on popular blog [http://cakewrecks.com Cake Wrecks].

{{comic discussion}}

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[[Category:Romance]]
[[Category:Math]]

The Rise of Open Access

2015-08-28T18:10:07Z

Rachel: /* Transcript */

{{comic
| date = October 4, 2013
| title = The Rise of Open Access
| image = the_rise_of_open_access.jpg
| before = The accelerating pace of scientific publishing and the rise of open access, as depicted by xkcd.com cartoonist Randall Munroe.
| ldomain = sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/58.full?
}}

*The full-size version of this chart can be found here: http://www.sciencemag.org/site/special/scicomm/infographic.jpg.
*The original article "The Rise of Open Access" on the journal Science can be found here: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/58.full.

==Explanation==
{{Incomplete|New Page}}
This comic is a one-off exclusive created for the journal {{w|Science (journal)|Science}} by [[Randall Munroe]].

==Transcript==
{{Incomplete transcript}}

'''How much science is there?'''

Scientific publication has been accelerating--a new paper is published roughly every 20 seconds. Let's imagine a bibliography listing ''every'' scholarly paper ever written. How long would it be?

If we can fit 140 citations per page... [image of page] > [image of stack of pages] > ...1000 pages per book... [image of book] > ...and then we start stacking books... [image of stack of books]

A list of papers published in 1880 would fill 100 pages.
By 1920, the list would be growing by 500 pages a year.
The 1975 section would fill four huge volumes.
Today we're up to 5 volumes per year--a page every 45 minutes.

'''...This is what the full list would look like:'''

[Chart below showing the approximate number of volumes per year. On the right end, starting around 1990, a bubble with the words "Moved to open access" points upward to a different chart under the header "How open is it?"]

All scholarly articles from before 1880 fit in just a few volumes.

[The rest are notes added to various points on the graph]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Note
|-
| 1869 || First issue of ''Nature''
|-
| 1880 || ''Science'' founded
|-
| 1987-89 || First online journals appear
|-
| 1991 || Paul Ginsparg launches ARXIV for physics reprints
|-
| 1999 || NIH director proposes an archive of free biomed papers
|-
| 2000 || Pubmed Central debuts <br> Plos founded
|-
| 2001 || 30,000 scientists call for a boycott of journals that don't allow free access on Pubmed within 6 months
|-
| 2002 || Biomed central begins charging $500 author fee <br> HHMI agrees to pay author feeds for open-access publication
|-
| 2003 || ''PLOS Biology'' launches, charges $1500 author's fee
|-
| 2006 || U.K. medical research council mandates free access within 6 months <br> PLOS raises top author fee to $2500, launches ''PLOS One'', which reviews for scientific rigor, not importance
|-
| 2008 || NIH requires that papers it funds be made free within 12 months <br> Harvard faculty agree to post papers in university repository
|-
| 2010 || PLOS becomes profitable <br> ''PLOS One'' becomes world's biggest scientific publisher by volume
|-
| 2013 || White House orders all scientific agencies to plan to make papers free within 12 months
|-
| 2014 || European Commission will require free access within 6-12 months
|}

[The following publications are also noted in speech bubbles in bibliography form, but are cut off by the edges of the bubbles]

{{w|Albert Einstein|Einstein, A.}} "{{w|Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen}}." (1905) <br>
Einstein, A. "On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light." (1905) <br>
Einstein, A. "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper." (1905) <br>
Einstein, A. "Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig?" (1905) <br>

{{w|Edwin Hubble|Hubble, E.}} "Effects on Red Shifts on the Distribution of Nebulae." Proceedings by the National Academy of Sciences Volume 22 Number 11 (1936)"

{{w|Hans Bethe|Bethe, H.}}, {{w|Ralph Alpher|Alpher, R.A.}}, and {{w|George Gamow|Gamow, G.}} "{{w|Alpher–Bethe–Gamow_paper|The Origin of Chemical Elements}}." Physical Review Volume 73 Number 7 (1948) <br>
[Although all other names are listed in a lastName, firstInitial format, Randall put "G. Gamow" instead of "Gamow, G."]

[The author listed (Watson, J.D.) did not write the article (Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids) but he did write another paper on DNA that was published in the same article of ''Nature'']
{{w|James Watson||Watson, J.D.}} and {{w|Francis Crick|Crick, F.H.C.}} "A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" Nature 171, 737-738 (1953)
{{w|Maurice Wilkins|Wilkins, M.H.F.}}, Stokes, A.R. & Wilson, H.R. "Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids" Nature 171, 738-740 (1953)

{{w|Kurt Godel|Godel, Kurt}}, B. Meltzer, {{w|Richard Schlegel|Schlegel, Richard}} "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems." Physics Today Volume 17 Issue 1 (1964)
[Again Randall switches the order of last name / first name and puts "Richard Schlegel")

'''How open is it?'''

Since the advent of the web, much of scientific publishing has been moving to ''open access.'' According to Science-Metrix, open access reached a "tipping point" around 2011: more than 50% of new research is now made available free online.

[The following text is inside a cloud shaped bubble]

'''Open access papers'''

As journals move to open access and digitize their archives, old papers from every period move here...
...In addition to the flood of new papers being published here directly.
25% of open-access papers are freely available on publication.
The rest becomes free within 12 months on journal websites or other repositories.

[[Category:Extra Comics]]
[[Category:Science]]

The Rise of Open Access

2015-08-28T18:09:49Z

Rachel: /* Transcript */

{{comic
| date = October 4, 2013
| title = The Rise of Open Access
| image = the_rise_of_open_access.jpg
| before = The accelerating pace of scientific publishing and the rise of open access, as depicted by xkcd.com cartoonist Randall Munroe.
| ldomain = sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/58.full?
}}

*The full-size version of this chart can be found here: http://www.sciencemag.org/site/special/scicomm/infographic.jpg.
*The original article "The Rise of Open Access" on the journal Science can be found here: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/58.full.

==Explanation==
{{Incomplete|New Page}}
This comic is a one-off exclusive created for the journal {{w|Science (journal)|Science}} by [[Randall Munroe]].

==Transcript==
{{Incomplete transcript}}

'''How much science is there?'''

Scientific publication has been accelerating--a new paper is published roughly every 20 seconds. Let's imagine a bibliography listing ''every'' scholarly paper ever written. How long would it be?

If we can fit 140 citations per page... [image of page] > [image of stack of pages] > ...1000 pages per book... [image of book] > ...and then we start stacking books... [image of stack of books]

A list of papers published in 1880 would fill 100 pages.
By 1920, the list would be growing by 500 pages a year.
The 1975 section would fill four huge volumes.
Today we're up to 5 volumes per year--a page every 45 minutes.

'''...This is what the full list would look like:'''
[Chart below showing the approximate number of volumes per year. On the right end, starting around 1990, a bubble with the words "Moved to open access" points upward to a different chart under the header "How open is it?"]

All scholarly articles from before 1880 fit in just a few volumes.

[The rest are notes added to various points on the graph]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Note
|-
| 1869 || First issue of ''Nature''
|-
| 1880 || ''Science'' founded
|-
| 1987-89 || First online journals appear
|-
| 1991 || Paul Ginsparg launches ARXIV for physics reprints
|-
| 1999 || NIH director proposes an archive of free biomed papers
|-
| 2000 || Pubmed Central debuts <br> Plos founded
|-
| 2001 || 30,000 scientists call for a boycott of journals that don't allow free access on Pubmed within 6 months
|-
| 2002 || Biomed central begins charging $500 author fee <br> HHMI agrees to pay author feeds for open-access publication
|-
| 2003 || ''PLOS Biology'' launches, charges $1500 author's fee
|-
| 2006 || U.K. medical research council mandates free access within 6 months <br> PLOS raises top author fee to $2500, launches ''PLOS One'', which reviews for scientific rigor, not importance
|-
| 2008 || NIH requires that papers it funds be made free within 12 months <br> Harvard faculty agree to post papers in university repository
|-
| 2010 || PLOS becomes profitable <br> ''PLOS One'' becomes world's biggest scientific publisher by volume
|-
| 2013 || White House orders all scientific agencies to plan to make papers free within 12 months
|-
| 2014 || European Commission will require free access within 6-12 months
|}

[The following publications are also noted in speech bubbles in bibliography form, but are cut off by the edges of the bubbles]

{{w|Albert Einstein|Einstein, A.}} "{{w|Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen}}." (1905) <br>
Einstein, A. "On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light." (1905) <br>
Einstein, A. "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper." (1905) <br>
Einstein, A. "Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig?" (1905) <br>

{{w|Edwin Hubble|Hubble, E.}} "Effects on Red Shifts on the Distribution of Nebulae." Proceedings by the National Academy of Sciences Volume 22 Number 11 (1936)"

{{w|Hans Bethe|Bethe, H.}}, {{w|Ralph Alpher|Alpher, R.A.}}, and {{w|George Gamow|Gamow, G.}} "{{w|Alpher–Bethe–Gamow_paper|The Origin of Chemical Elements}}." Physical Review Volume 73 Number 7 (1948) <br>
[Although all other names are listed in a lastName, firstInitial format, Randall put "G. Gamow" instead of "Gamow, G."]

[The author listed (Watson, J.D.) did not write the article (Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids) but he did write another paper on DNA that was published in the same article of ''Nature'']
{{w|James Watson||Watson, J.D.}} and {{w|Francis Crick|Crick, F.H.C.}} "A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" Nature 171, 737-738 (1953)
{{w|Maurice Wilkins|Wilkins, M.H.F.}}, Stokes, A.R. & Wilson, H.R. "Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids" Nature 171, 738-740 (1953)

{{w|Kurt Godel|Godel, Kurt}}, B. Meltzer, {{w|Richard Schlegel|Schlegel, Richard}} "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems." Physics Today Volume 17 Issue 1 (1964)
[Again Randall switches the order of last name / first name and puts "Richard Schlegel")

'''How open is it?'''

Since the advent of the web, much of scientific publishing has been moving to ''open access.'' According to Science-Metrix, open access reached a "tipping point" around 2011: more than 50% of new research is now made available free online.

[The following text is inside a cloud shaped bubble]
'''Open access papers'''

As journals move to open access and digitize their archives, old papers from every period move here...
...In addition to the flood of new papers being published here directly.
25% of open-access papers are freely available on publication.
The rest becomes free within 12 months on journal websites or other repositories.

[[Category:Extra Comics]]
[[Category:Science]]

The Rise of Open Access

2015-08-28T18:08:59Z

Rachel: /* Transcript */

{{comic
| date = October 4, 2013
| title = The Rise of Open Access
| image = the_rise_of_open_access.jpg
| before = The accelerating pace of scientific publishing and the rise of open access, as depicted by xkcd.com cartoonist Randall Munroe.
| ldomain = sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/58.full?
}}

*The full-size version of this chart can be found here: http://www.sciencemag.org/site/special/scicomm/infographic.jpg.
*The original article "The Rise of Open Access" on the journal Science can be found here: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/58.full.

==Explanation==
{{Incomplete|New Page}}
This comic is a one-off exclusive created for the journal {{w|Science (journal)|Science}} by [[Randall Munroe]].

==Transcript==
{{Incomplete transcript}}

'''How much science is there?'''
Scientific publication has been accelerating--a new paper is published roughly every 20 seconds. Let's imagine a bibliography listing ''every'' scholarly paper ever written. How long would it be?

If we can fit 140 citations per page... [image of page] > [image of stack of pages] > ...1000 pages per book... [image of book] > ...and then we start stacking books... [image of stack of books]

A list of papers published in 1880 would fill 100 pages.
By 1920, the list would be growing by 500 pages a year.
The 1975 section would fill four huge volumes.
Today we're up to 5 volumes per year--a page every 45 minutes.

'''...This is what the full list would look like:'''
[Chart below showing the approximate number of volumes per year. On the right end, starting around 1990, a bubble with the words "Moved to open access" points upward to a different chart under the header "How open is it?"]

All scholarly articles from before 1880 fit in just a few volumes.

[The rest are notes added to various points on the graph]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Note
|-
| 1869 || First issue of ''Nature''
|-
| 1880 || ''Science'' founded
|-
| 1987-89 || First online journals appear
|-
| 1991 || Paul Ginsparg launches ARXIV for physics reprints
|-
| 1999 || NIH director proposes an archive of free biomed papers
|-
| 2000 || Pubmed Central debuts <br> Plos founded
|-
| 2001 || 30,000 scientists call for a boycott of journals that don't allow free access on Pubmed within 6 months
|-
| 2002 || Biomed central begins charging $500 author fee <br> HHMI agrees to pay author feeds for open-access publication
|-
| 2003 || ''PLOS Biology'' launches, charges $1500 author's fee
|-
| 2006 || U.K. medical research council mandates free access within 6 months <br> PLOS raises top author fee to $2500, launches ''PLOS One'', which reviews for scientific rigor, not importance
|-
| 2008 || NIH requires that papers it funds be made free within 12 months <br> Harvard faculty agree to post papers in university repository
|-
| 2010 || PLOS becomes profitable <br> ''PLOS One'' becomes world's biggest scientific publisher by volume
|-
| 2013 || White House orders all scientific agencies to plan to make papers free within 12 months
|-
| 2014 || European Commission will require free access within 6-12 months
|}

[The following publications are also noted in speech bubbles in bibliography form, but are cut off by the edges of the bubbles]

{{w|Albert Einstein|Einstein, A.}} "{{w|Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen}}." (1905) <br>
Einstein, A. "On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light." (1905) <br>
Einstein, A. "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper." (1905) <br>
Einstein, A. "Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig?" (1905) <br>

{{w|Edwin Hubble|Hubble, E.}} "Effects on Red Shifts on the Distribution of Nebulae." Proceedings by the National Academy of Sciences Volume 22 Number 11 (1936)"

{{w|Hans Bethe|Bethe, H.}}, {{w|Ralph Alpher|Alpher, R.A.}}, and {{w|George Gamow|Gamow, G.}} "{{w|Alpher–Bethe–Gamow_paper|The Origin of Chemical Elements}}." Physical Review Volume 73 Number 7 (1948) <br>
[Although all other names are listed in a lastName, firstInitial format, Randall put "G. Gamow" instead of "Gamow, G."]

[The author listed (Watson, J.D.) did not write the article (Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids) but he did write another paper on DNA that was published in the same article of ''Nature'']
{{w|James Watson||Watson, J.D.}} and {{w|Francis Crick|Crick, F.H.C.}} "A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" Nature 171, 737-738 (1953)
{{w|Maurice Wilkins|Wilkins, M.H.F.}}, Stokes, A.R. & Wilson, H.R. "Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids" Nature 171, 738-740 (1953)

{{w|Kurt Godel|Godel, Kurt}}, B. Meltzer, {{w|Richard Schlegel|Schlegel, Richard}} "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems." Physics Today Volume 17 Issue 1 (1964)
[Again Randall switches the order of last name / first name and puts "Richard Schlegel")

'''How open is it?'''
Since the advent of the web, much of scientific publishing has been moving to ''open access.'' According to Science-Metrix, open access reached a "tipping point" around 2011: more than 50% of new research is now made available free online.

[The following text is inside a cloud shaped bubble]
'''Open access papers'''
As journals move to open access and digitize their archives, old papers from every period move here...
...In addition to the flood of new papers being published here directly.
25% of open-access papers are freely available on publication.
The rest becomes free within 12 months on journal websites or other repositories.

[[Category:Extra Comics]]
[[Category:Science]]

802: Online Communities 2

2015-08-27T19:38:57Z

Rachel: /* Twitter Region */

{{comic
| number = 802
| date = October 6, 2010
| title = Online Communities 2
| image = online_communities_2.png
| titletext = Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
}}
A [http://xkcd.com/802_large/ larger version] of this picture can be found by clicking the comic on xkcd.
<div class="toclimit-3" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"> __TOC__ </div>
==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Not all of the regions are fully explained. Many labels aren't even mentioned outside of the transcript. Some towns need to be added for example.}}
This comic shows a map of internet communities where the size of each region roughly corresponds to its size, and its proximity to other regions indicates similarities.

This is the successor of [[256: Online Communities]]. It differs in that it is updated, and furthermore, instead of using the ''membership'' of whichever service to determine its size on the map, it uses its "daily social activity."

The map actually has two super−maps: the online community map is surrounded by the "countries" of E−Mail and SMS ("Instant Messaging"). These, in turn, are surrounded by the "Spoken Language" country (which is odd, considering that e−mail, SMS, and the Internet in general are based on ''written'' language) with its own sub−country, "cell phones" (which ''do'' involve e−mail and the Internet while being the mean medium of SMS's).

At the title text [[Randall]] explains that, using his definition of "most activity per day", Farmville is actually the ''second'' most popular social-network farming game -- the Chinese game Happy Farm was more popular at the time. This strikes many English-speaking xkcd readers as odd, because Farmville is much more famous, leading one to wonder how the it could not be the most played. The phrase "browser-based social-networking-centered farming game" is an example of an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyNarrowSuperlative overly-narrow superlative.]

===Facebook Region===
The Facebook region deals with social networks, that is, websites oriented towards having people meet.

'''{{w|Facebook}}''' is a social networking site that allows people to meet old real−life friends and make new friends that share similar interests. One of its most notable features is that a member can update a "status" or make normal posts about the happenings of the member's life, complete with pictures, other members "liking" these posts. The size of the Facebook region is not exaggerated; most websites seem to allow "liking" their content or allow/require logging in the website with a Facebook account. There even are cell phones with a "Facebook" button!

*'''{{w|FarmVille}}''' and '''{{w|Farm Town}}''' are Facebook games in which users manage farms. '''{{w|Happy Farm}},''' the Chinese game that inspired the other two, does not require Facebook integration, so it is separated by a solid line from Facebook. The "Unethical Bay" refers to how these games tend to addict players into constantly buying virtual items of questionable value.

*The '''People You Can't Unfriend''' refer to people whom, due to real-life expectations and relationships, unfriending them is difficult, no matter how you really feel about them.

*The '''Blatherskite River''' refers to the conversations on Facebook, which may be long yet devoid of general meaning or logic.

*The '''Data Mines''' refer to the data mining that Facebook does with the interests of its members. This fuels the profitable advertising business at the expense of customer trust.

*The '''Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions''' refer to how interactions with family members on Facebook suddenly become more awkward because everyone on Facebook (and sometimes ''off'' Facebook, given that you do not necessarily need to log in if you want to see someone's Facebook account) if you are discussing with your family through post comments.

*The '''524,287 Strong for Mersenne Primes''' refers to the communities who gain followers for a cause. A {{w|Mersenne prime}} is a prime number that is 1 less than a power of 2; 524287 is the 7th known Mersenne prime.

*The '''Jungle-Bay Mountains of "It's Complicated"''' refers to one of Facebook's options as to what a user's relationship status currently is. A Jungle-Bay Mountain is a complicated and undefined climate, hence the complication.

*'''"Old Facebook" Resistance''' refers to Facebook's earlier users, who have often resisted (and resented) changes made to Facebook as it became more popular.

*'''Privacy Controls''' is located on the map surrounded by a Lava Pool, which is a reference to how difficult it is to find the privacy controls within Facebook.
*'''Niche Market Mountains''' refers to social networks aimed towards more niche markets are located. Similar to how mountains tend to be isolated from mainland, niche social networks tend to be just that: niche, without much interaction with the general populace.
*'''Charred Wasteland of Abandoned Social Networks''' refers to the tons of websites wanting to take advantage of the success of websites like Facebook to compete or even overpower with them. Even so, these websites tend to not have the userbase or even the expertise towards the long-term, hence they become wastelands: environments devoid of life, except the few life forms that are from these wastelands (in this case, the ones who are loyal to the website or which are sadly few).
*In the Charred Wasteland stands '''{{w|Ozymandias}}''', the titular broken statue of Shelley's poem. In the poem, only "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" and a "shattered visage" are all that remain of the once-great statue and both of these features are present in the comic. According to the poem, the pedestal before the broken statue reads "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..." hence "friend of friends" below Ozymandias on the map.
*In the north are the '''Duckface Mountains''' and the '''Red Cup Mountains'''."Duckface" refers to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face this incredibly obnoxious facial expression], and "red cup pictures" are any pictures containing party-goers holding disposable red plastic beverage cups. Facebook is absolutely flooded with both types of pictures.
*In the south is '''Buzzword Bay'''. {{w|Buzzword}}s are words and phrases that make you sound a lot more topical than you actually are, used to garner attention; again, Facebook status updates are commonly filled with buzzwords.

While Facebook is the largest "country" of the Facebook Region, there are a lot of smaller "countries" that represent smaller social networks.

*Below Facebook (and "Old Facebook' Resistance") is '''{{w|Diaspora (social network)|Diaspora}}''', a fully open-source, decentralized, privacy-respecting-and-expecting alternative to Facebook. From what this map tells, Diaspora is little-known, even if Facebook is taken out of the context.
*'''{{w|StudiVZ}}''' is a German-speaking social network similar if not a ripped-off version of Facebook.
*'''{{w|XING}}''' is a German-speaking social platform similar to LinkedIn.
*'''{{w|Ning (website)|Ning}}''' is a service to create custom social websites. Its free services shut down in 2010.
*'''{{w|Taringa!}}''' is a Spanish-speaking social network that is based on a forums. Copyrighted material is frequently found there.
*Next to the Euro(pean) Gulf is '''{{w|Skyrock (social network site)}}''', a French-speaking social network.
*'''{{w|Wer-kennt-wen}}''' is a German-social network somewhat like MySpace.
*'''{{w|Nasza-klasa.pl}}''' or NK, is a Polish-speaking social network based on school relationships.
*'''{{w|Badoo}}''' is a social network primarily based on dating and picture-sharing.
*'''{{w|Classmates.com}}''' is a services in which the user can meet classmates that came from the same high school. The website is probably best known by its memetic advertisement that said [http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-am-i-supposed-to-care-about-nick.html "She married him??!! And they've got 7 kids??"] (Incidentally, [http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003325519_adcouple27.html there is more to the coupled picture than what the advertisement says.])
*'''{{w|Myspace}}''' is a social networking website that is a kind of proto-Facebook: users could customize their one-page websites with whatever they wanted, make their interests and daily lives public, and interact with other users. Back in the mid 2000s, MySpace was the largest social network, many people using the website; however, the surprisingly-less-customizable Facebook ended up taking the place of MySpace. The "bands" country of MySpace refers to how a lot of bands in the day advertised and interacted using the website. Indeed, the latest incarnation of MySpace (in terms of 2013) is more oriented towards band members.
*'''{{w|LinkedIn}}''' is a social network aimed towards people in the workplace, which is why it is adjancent to '''Corporate Bay'''.
*'''{{w|Orkut}}''' was one of Google's first social networks before Google made [https://plus.google.com/ Google+]. It shut down in 2014.
*'''{{w|Hi5}}''' is a social network that is very popular among people in Latin America.
*'''{{w|Renren}}''' ('''「人人」''', "people" in Chinese) is "a Chinese copy of Facebook."
*'''{{w|Bebo}}''' was a social network popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It went bankrupt in 2013 and will move away from social networking and into apps.
*'''{{w|Friendster}}''' - One of the first major social networks, it has fallen way off in usage in recent years and was eclipsed by MySpace. It is still popular in Asia.
*'''{{w|VK (social networking website)|Vkontakte}}''' or VK, is the second largest social network service in Europe after Facebook. It is available in several languages, but particularly popular among Russian-speaking users around the world.
*'''{{w|Netlog}}''' is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the global youth demographic.
*'''{{w|Mixi}}''' is an online Japanese social networking service.
*'''{{w|Qzone}}''' is a social networking website, which is big in China. According to a report published by Tencent, possibly surpassing other social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace in China.
*'''{{w|Tuenti}}''' is a Spain-based, social networking service, that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook."
*'''{{w|Cloob}}''' is a Persian-language social networking website, mainly popular in Iran. After the locally (and internationally) popular social networking website Orkut was blocked by the Iranian government, a series of local sites and networks, including Cloob, emerged to fill the gap.
*'''{{w|Kaixin001}}''' is a social networking website which ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall.
*'''{{w|Piczo}}''' was a privately held blog website for teens. In November 2012, Piczo.com shut down.
*'''{{w|Odnoklassniki}}''' is a social network service for classmates and old friends. It is popular in Russia and former Soviet Republics.
*'''{{w|Adult FriendFinder}}''' is a pornographic dating site.
*'''{{w|Match.com}}''' is a dating site.
*'''{{w|Ok Cupid}}''' is another dating site.
*'''{{w|PlentyofFish}}''' is yet another dating site.
*'''{{w|Sulawesi}}''' is a real-life island in the Indonesian archipelago. It also appears in 256: Online Communities.

===MMO Isle===
MMO's (short form of "MMORPG", short form of "Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Player Game") are websites that host online games where multiple people take the role of a character and play in a setting hosted by the website. These types of games tend to be fantastical in setting. Frequently, missions are added to the game, giving current player more incentive towards playing more.

*'''[https://www.habbo.com/ Habbo Hotel]''' is a website where someone creates a human avatar an interacts in a virtual world that is not that different from the one in real life.
*'''[http://www.clubpenguin.com/ Club Penguin]''' is [http://disney.com/ Disney's] MMO where someone creates a penguin avatar and interacts with other in a more polar, cartoony setting. Club Penguin is aimed towards children.
*'''[http://maplestory.nexon.net/ Maple Story]''' is an MMO that has a more natural setting. The most distinguishing feature of Maple Story is its cartoony pixel art.
*'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]''', while not an MMO, is a website that has the largest repository of walkthoughs, that is, guides that help someone beat a game. GameFAQs is notable for not only its large repository of walkthroughs of games that are across an extreme variety of consoles, handhelds, and even computers (not all of them MMOs), but also the drama that is rumoured to happen in the GameFAQs forums.
*'''[http://www.ign.com/ IGN]''' (full: '''Imagine Games Network'''), while also not an MMO, is the largest website that gives news on video games in general, not just MMOs. Each of the games mentioned in the site have pages that have summaries, reviews, screenshots, other art, videos, and links to news related to its games.
*'''[http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml FFXI]''' (full: '''Final Fantasy XI''') is an MMO from SquareEnix, being the first MMO of the popular ''Final Fantasy'' series.
*'''[http://www.runescape.com/community Runescape]''' is an older MMO.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ Starcraft II]''' is a realtime strategy game with a science fiction setting that heavily involves space travel. While technically not an MMO, it has a significant online multiplayer component.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ WoW]''' (full: '''World of Warcraft''') is the definitive MMO, being not only the most popular and one of the longest-running but also the most expansive (having its own spinoff games, comic books, novels, and even figurines), WOW giving the idea of how an MMO should be. A player can choose from a variety of races, each with its own heavy history.
*'''[http://secondlife.com/ Second Life]''' is similar to Habbo, albeit with a bigger suspension of disbelief (one example being that the player does not need to be a human) and in a 3D setting.
*'''[http://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates]''' is a text-based political simulation game. Notably, some of its traffic comes not from the actual game (which is optional), but the extensive set of political, roleplaying, and general forums attached.
*'''[http://www.urbandead.com/ Urban Dead]''' describes itself as "A Massively Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypse", which sums it up pretty well.
*'''[http://www.kingdomofloathing.com KoL]''' (full: '''Kingdom of Loathing''') is a comedic browser-based MMO-ish RPG with minimalistic stick-figure art.
*'''{{w|CDC Games}}''' is a Chinese company reputed to be the largest MMORPG distributor.
*'''{{w|Eve Online|EVE Online}}''' is a science fiction MMO which is notable because of its virtual economy.
*'''{{w|Gaia Online|Gaia}}''' or Gaia Online, while not an MMO, is a forum oriented towards pop culture, including video games and Japanese media. Its most notable feature is the heavy customization possible of a member's pixel-art avatar. Its members tend to roleplay a lot, albeit in a more written, story-based form. Gaia has gained a reputation with its members stealing art and causing drama.
*'''{{w|City of Heroes|CoH}}''' or City of Heroes was a superhero-based MMORPG that was shut down November 2012.

Other notable regions include:
*The '''Mountains of Steam''', referring to the game distribution service [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] where people could buy and download video games in general, not just MMOs.
*'''River Grind''' refers to "grinding." In most MMOs, the character is a fighter of some sorts, yet starts at a level 1, signifying the character's aptitude level in combat. The character can level up and gain more aptitude levels through earning experience, of which the most reliable and otherwise common way is the process of "grinding," that is, repeatedly fighting opposing monsters (sometimes of a level notably lower that your character's), gaining experience points from winning these battles until your character gains a level, that is, "levels up". While a practical necessity in strengthening the character, this process can be tiresome, hence the expression "grinding."
*'''Spawn Camp''' refers to "spawn points", the places in combat-oriented MMO's tend to produce ("spawn") random AI-powered creatures, and the act of "spawn camping", in which the player character simply stands behind or around the spawn points to fight the enemy creatures as soon as they appear.
*'''Gulf of Lag''' refers to how the MMO can be slowed down a considerable amount due to the large amount of players simultaneously using the same server, this congestion bogging down the server and frustrating the users.
*'''[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/final-boss-of-the-internet End Guy for the Internet]''' refers to "end bosses," the last — and usually hardest to defeat — "bad guy" in a game (or a section of a game).

===YouTube Region===
The YouTube region refers to websites that are based on user-created content.

'''[https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]''' is the definitive video website where people can upload videos with the purpose of public viewing, ranging from home movies through official music videos through Let's Plays of people playing video games to questionably-legal uploads of cartoons and films. Google had purchased YouTube.

Many of the sites on the map are just references to {{w|viral video}}s at {{w|YouTube}}:
*'''Viral Shores''' refers to how viral videos (whether they be viral marketing or simply memes) tend to proliferate on YouTube.
*'''Britney''' likely refers to pop singer {{w|Britney Spears}} and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc‎ "Leave Britney Alone" guy].
*'''Maru Gulf''' refers to Maru the Cat, a YouTube celebrity [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/676:_Abstraction also mentioned in xkcd].
*'''Prairie Dog Habitat''' likely refers to the viral video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw Dramatic Chipmunk] (which is actually a Prairie Dog).
*'''Rick Rolling Hills''' references, well, {{w|Rickrolling}}. More information [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ here]. The "deserted" note likely refers to how Rick Astley himself is tired of the meme, or again, how people tend to leave the video upon getting "Rick Roll'd," never actually going to the video with the express purpose of viewing the video.
*'''Lunar Landing Soundstage''' is, of course, a reference to the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}}, which Randall has railed on before.
*'''{{w|OK Go}} Bay''' refers to the band "OK Go" who have multiple viral music videos on YouTube, most famously [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA "Here it goes again"] featuring treadmills.

The '''HTML5 swamp''' refers to the spotty support of HTML 5 (an update on HTML that is frequently touting its media capabilities, making HTML 5 a viable alternative to Flash) YouTube has. Of course, by the time the comic was written, HTML 5 was still in its infancy. The Music Video Bay refers to the amount of music videos (official or otherwise) are present in YouTube.

Other counties of the YouTube region include:
*'''[https://vimeo.com/ vimeo]''', a website where people tend to showcase artistic content that they made on their own, notably independent studios.

Snob Sound:
*'''[https://secure.flickr.com/ Flickr]''', a website where people can upload and share photographs they took.
*'''[http://fotolog.com Fotolog]''', a photo website very popular in South America in 2004-2008, which was used as a social network.
*'''[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]''', a music website that is notable of its "scrobbling" feature.
*'''[http://www.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]''', the largest art website, where people can upload, sell, and buy not only art itself, but also video, audio, Flash-work, and even skins (the original purpose of deviantArt). While many big-name/professional people and organizations have their works in deviantArt, the site is more infamous for the large amount of people who upload low-quality fan-art and fan-characters, most notably of media from Japan. Another point of infamy is the large amount of drama that can happen in the website.

*'''[https://www.newgrounds.com/ Newgrounds]''', a website that hosts art, (Flash-based) videos, audio, and (Flash-based) games to which other users can comment and rate. Even so, content from Newgrounds tends to be obscene, though there is a filtering system if a viewer does not wish to see obscene content.
*'''[http://www.chatroulette.com/ Chatroulette]''' is a website where people are randomly paired up with each other and video/text chat.
*'''{{w|Brickshelf}}''' is the online resource for {{w|LEGO}} fans.
*'''[https://tumblr.com/ Tumblr]''', where people could make a blog and post text, pictures, video, audio, quotes, and links. The most distinguishing feature is the ability to "reblog" these posts from other's people's blogs into the user's own blog. Notable features of Tumblr include sketchblogs (where people upload their sketches), Ask blogs (where people answer questions other users ask, the moderators of these blogs usually pretending to be a character from a form of media), and the large amount of "social justice" (where people fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of negative discrimination). (See also [[1043: Ablogalypse]].)
*'''{{w|b3ta}}''' is a popular British website, described as a "puerile digital arts community" by The Guardian.

The '''Isle of teenagers who just discovered macroeconomics''' is a joke about how teenagers tend to think that the world and the economy are a lot simpler than they actually are. Combined with the typical internet mindset, this leads to a lot of teenagers posting blogs and videos and comments on blogs and videos describing how idiotic the government and other red-tape-related adults are.
The '''Snob Sound''' could refer to the large amount of people who look down on others in the surrounding websites (one example being an original artist looking down on people who draw mainly fan-art). '''The Iraq''' is a reference to Miss Teen USA 2007, Ms. Teen South Carolina - Lauren Katlin said "I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as...the US should help the US and should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the asian countries so we are able to build up our future." The usage of "the iraq" became a meme.

===Twitter Region===
*'''Bieber Bay''' is a reference to {{w|Justin Bieber}} a pop singer whose singing sprouted on YouTube and became very popular on Twitter and other social media. He is very much vilified because of his rather feminine appearance and his hordes of fans (called "Beliebers") that seem to support him to ridiculous extents. Lately, though, Justin Beiber has taken a "bad boy" attitude because of all the Beliebers who are willing to defend him no matter what, him partaking in a lot of questionable activities that include tattoos, questionably-legal substances, and buying prostitution, thus lowering his popularity in the general populace.
*'''{{w|Google Buzz}}''' is a former social network attempted by Google. It has since been shut down.
*'''Bit.Ly Mountains''' is a reference to the URL shortening service {{w|bit.ly}}.
*'''Kayne's Isle of Sadness''' is a reference to the musician {{w|Kayne West}}.
*'''Sarah Palin USA''' is the Twitter handle of former politician {{w|Sarah Palin}}.
*'''Clueless Politician Coast''' is a reference to the number of politicians on Twitter and other social networks who repeatedly share clueless updates that more often create an uproar than help their election chances.
*'''Desert of Food Updates''' is a reference to the number of pictures of food that are shared on social media (especially Twitter). There has even been some controversy on posting such pictures.
*'''Journalists Trying to Find the Cutting Edge''' is referencing journalists on Twitter trying to keep up with the way that news is gathered and delivered now, despite usually working for a newspaper that publishes once a day.
*'''{{w|SHAQ}}''' is a reference to the former NBA basketball player, {{w|Shaq}}.
*'''{{w|identi.ca}}''' is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service, being an alternative to Twitter.
*''' Breaking! Waves''' is a pun on the fact that so many people used the word "Breaking" at the beginning of tweets that do not warrant that tag that the word has lost most of its meaning and become a joke. It is a pun because waves "break" on the shore.
*'''Web 3.0''' refers to the unofficial term {{w|Web 2.0}}. In this case, "Web 1.0" refers to websites that give information to users. Web 2.0 refers to websites where the users themselves create content. Web 3.0 has sometimes been used as a term. For {{w|semantic web}}, a machine-readable version of the web, but this usage is far from universal.
*'''Hashtag games whose popularity confuses and depresses you''' refers to the game where a user posts something under a particular hashtag and others respond with their own ideas, all tagged under the same phrase. This has been very popular for no clear reason, as Randall notes.

===Geotagged Bay===
*'''{{w|Yelp}}''' is a website where people post reviews of real-life public locations (one example being restaurants).
*'''{{w|Geocaching}}''' is a worldwide GPS scavenger hunt where users upload positions of caches and others will find them and log it online.
*'''{{w|Foursquare}}''' is a location-based social network.
*'''Latitude''' refers to {{w|Google Latitude}}.

===Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes===
*'''{{w|Reddit}}''' is the self-described "front page of the Internet" in which users submit stories, photos and videos and the best are "up-voted" to the top of the page.
*'''Wikipedia talk pages''' refer to the pages where Wikipedia editors discuss how to improve articles.
*'''{{w|Wikia}}''' is 3rd party wiki software, used in the making of the user-editable encyclopedias of just about any subject matter.
*'''{{w|StumbleUpon}}''' is a website-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Delicious (website)|Delicious}}''' is a bookmarking and bookmark-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Digg}}''' is a former competitor to Reddit in the social-news sphere, but now has been sold and restarted as an aggregator of news stories.
*'''{{w|Slashdot}}''', labeled "/." on the map, is a technical news site.
*'''{{w|Fark}}''' is a community website that allows members to comment on news articles from other sites.
*'''{{w|YTMND}}''' is an acronym for "You're The Man Now, Dog!" It's also a community in which users can create meme-type nonsense by playing music over an image (either static or animated).

===Skype Region===
The Skype Region refers to different IM, or Instant Messaging services, that enable almost-real-time text chatting between multiple people. These often allow services like voice chat and even video calls.

*'''{{w|Skype}}''' is, according to Randall, the most popular of these among the internet. It has many features to allow peer-to-peer voice chats, as well as allowing calls to be made at a price to actual phones.
*'''{{w|AIM}}''' or AOL Instant Messenger is a chat client created by AOL.
*'''GG''' is {{w|Gadu-Gadu}} and instant messenger client popular in Poland.
*'''{{w|Yahoo Messenger}}''' is an instant messenger client by Yahoo.
*'''{{w|Google Talk}}''' is a voice/video chatting service from Google (that Google has been replacing with Hangouts). Google Talk also has an invasion fleet at its shores.
*'''{{w|ICQ}}''' is an older messaging service, albeit with an 18+ requirement (despite pornography not being the point of ICQ).
*'''{{w|Windows Live Messenger}}''', or "MSN", was the messaging service of Microsoft before Microsoft bought Skype. MSN was useful in that people could draw and send pictures to other chatters.
*'''{{w|UseNet}}''' was one of the original ways to communicate on the internet, though people can download (copyrighted) files through the service. Since it is still in use by some, it gets the tag "Still Around!" on the map.
*'''{{w|IRC}} Isles''' refers to the ancestor of Internet-powered chatting. People would have connected to a server and spoke publicly. IRC is still in use (per 2014, notably in getting help from users4. One of those isles is #xkcd which is an IRC community around [[xkcd]].

===Bay of Drama===
*'''{{w|FanFiction.net}}''' is a website where people can submit their fanfiction (stories by fans written about other peoples' media, normally that about popular media). The website tend to have people that are not helpful to those who legitimately want critique of their own stories.
*'''{{w|Xanga}}''' is a blogging service that, while popular at its time, lost out to...
*'''{{w|LiveJournal}}''', one of the definitive websites and Internet communities. More specifically, LiveJournal was the most popular blogging service before Tumblr became popular.
*'''ONYD''' - Reference to {{w|Oh No You Didn't}}, which is explained in the Blogosphere region.
*'''{{w|Dreamwidth}}''' is a LiveJournal fork emphasizing its open-source nature.

===Blogosphere===
The Blogosphere region contains several general {{w|blog}} topics.
*'''{{w|photo blog|Photo Blogs}}''' are commonly used to chronicle the lives of the authors through photographs.
*'''Diary Blogs''' are another popular use of blogs (and, in fact, the original use) where authors write commentary about their lives.
*'''Bay of Grammar Pedantry''' deals with the fact that, whether due to a lack of proper education, a habit of using "chat-speak" in the text-limited SMS and MMS, or simply due to the (generally) more relaxed nature of the Internet, blog authors tend to write with horrible composition, a point of annoyment to a lot of other people due to the subsequent increased difficulty of reading the horribly-written material.
*'''Fandom Blogs''' are blogs created by a "{{w|fandom}}" which is a community of fans. A fandom blog deals with the subject matter of the respective fandom.
*'''Sea of Zero (0) Comments''' refers to blogs that get very little attention and therefore have no comments.
*'''SpamBlog Straits''' references spammers who use blogs to increase the number of links to their site to try to game search engines.
*'''OffTopic.com''' is a general interest forum that refers to itself as "the largest general discussion forum on the internet."
*Many more straightforward blogs, including:
**'''Writing/Poetry'''
**'''Gossip Blogs'''
**'''Political Blogs'''
**'''Music Blogs'''
**'''Tech Blogs'''
**'''Business Blogs'''
**'''Corporate Blogs'''
**'''Religious Blogs'''
**'''Miscellaneous Blogs'''
*'''Blog Blogs''' - These can refer to blogs that talk about the matter about blogging itself, though they can also refer to blogs which authors use in talking about blogging.

===Blogosphere (Core Region)===
Gossip Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on gossip surrounding celebrities and other well-known persons.
*'''{{w|Jezebel}}''' is a liberally feminist blog, hosted by Gawker.
*'''{{w|deadline.com|Deadline}}''' is an online entertainment news magazine.
*'''{{w|TMZ}}''' is a celebrity news website.
*'''{{w|Gawker}}''' is a blog that is the host of other blogs.
*'''LJ Oh No They Didn't''' - LiveJournal {{w|Oh No They Didn't}} - Oh No They Didn't, also known as ONTD, is the largest community on LiveJournal with over 100,000 members. The community focuses on celebrity gossip and pop culture with most of its posts aggregated from other gossip blogs.
*'''Doucheblog''' refers to blogs that were once insightful but that spiraled into long rants due to relationship changes of their authors.
*'''Isle of Mockery''' is a reference to the fact that some of what these blogs do is mock celebrities or other for doing or saying stupid things on camera.

Liberal Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "liberal" or "progressive" slant. These blogs tend to lean for the Democratic party.
*'''{{w|Huffington Post}}''' is a news blog.
*'''{{w|Paul Krugman}}''' is an American economist who considers himself a liberal.
*'''{{w|Daily Beast}}''' is a news and opinion website focusing on politics and pop culture.
*'''{{w|Talking Points Memo|TPM}}''' is a political journal run by Josh Marshall.
*'''{{w|Ezra Klein}}''' used to have his own site at the Washington Post, but is now the editor of [Vox.com].
*'''{{w|Think Progress}}''' is a political news blog.
*'''{{w|Daily Kos|Kos}}''' is another political blog.

Bay of Flame:
*'''{{w|Politics Daily}}''' is a political journalism website launched by AOL.
*'''CNN Political Ticker''' is CNN's political blogs
*'''{{w|Mediaite}}''' is a news and opinion blog covering politics and entertainment in the media.
*'''{{w|NY Times}}''' is one of the most famous newspapers, thus the comparatively large size of its island.
*'''{{w|The Talk}}''' is a talk show on CBS that discusses the latest headlines "through the eyes of mothers."
*Libertarian Isle (shaped like a {{w|Nolan Chart}})

Conservative Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "conservative" or Republican slant.
*'''{{w|Pajamas Media}}''' is a media company and operator of conservative news.
*'''{{w|Michelle Malkin}}''' is a conservative blogger, political commentator, and author.
*'''{{w|Hot Air}}''' is a news blog founded by Michelle Malkin.
*'''{{w|RedState|Red State}}''' is a political blog.
*'''{{w|American Thinker}}''' is a daily online magazine focused on politics.
*'''{{w|Townhall}}''' is a web publication and print magazine.

Tech Blogs:
*'''{{w|Boy Genius Report}}''' is a weblog that focuses on technology and consumer gadgets.
*'''{{w|Gizmodo}}''' is a news and opinion blog, hosted by Gawker, that talks about life's more technological matters.
*'''{{w|Engadget}}''' is another technology-oriented, albeit independent, blog.
*'''Crunchgear''' is a blog that reviews gadgets and other hardware.
*'''{{w|Techcrunch}}''' is an online publisher of technology industry news.
*'''{{w|Joystiq}}''' is a news and opinion blog that focuses on gaming.
*'''{{w|Kotaku}}''' is another gaming-oriented news/opinion blog, the main difference beig that Kotaku is owned by Gawker.

Assorted:
*'''{{w|BoingBoing}}''' is "i blog about wonderful things", the topics being quite random.
*'''{{w|Lifehacker}}''' is another Gawker blog, is a blog that teaches people how to simplify their lives through 'lifehacking', that is, using their resources in creative wayss. While the subject matter is life in general, there is a significant technological slant.
*'''{{w|Deadspin}}''' is a sports and sports gossip blog founded by Will Leitch.
*'''Meatorama''' is a blog that talks about cooking meat.

===QQ Region===
*'''Baidu Baike''' (「百度百科」, "Baidu Encyclopedia") and '''Hudong''' (「互动百科」, "Interactive Encyclopedia" ) are two Chinese online encyclopedias. Baidu Baike is powered by the same company as Baidu, the search engine popular in China.
* The '''Ma Le Ge Bi''' and the '''Grass Mud Horse Bay''' could refer to the {{w|Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures}}.
* The '''Location of Jia Junpeng''' refers to the Internet meme of {{w|Jia Junpeng}} in 2009 in China.
*'''{{w|Tencent QQ}}''' is a Chinese instant messaging program.
*In English communities "QQ" has several more common definitions:
**An {{w|emoticon}}, representing a face with two large, crying eyes.
**A synonym for "rage quit", in which a video game player quits the game out of sheer frustration. It originated in ''Warcraft II'' multiplayer, where pressing Ctrl+Q+Q would quit the game, and became more widely known in ''World of Warcraft''.
**These definitions are commonly combined, usually to mock the "rage quitter".
*The Gulf of China refers to how sites in the region are based in People's Republic of China ("Red China"). The '''Great Firewall''' refers to {{w|The Great Firewall of China}}, a pun on {{w|The Great Wall of China}}. Similar to how The Great Wall of China was meant to keep intruding nations out of the then-capital of the city, The Great Firewall of China is meant to keep visitors from visiting censored websites. However, either a VPN or remote access to a computer in a "freer" country can circumvent the Firewall. Oddly other Chinese websites (Qzone, Renren etc.) are not enclosed in this zone.

===Forums Islands===
Forums are websites where one person post a topic to which other people can discuss.

While the map has a zoomed in version, this article shall discuss the two bigger islands, first.

*'''[http://www.2ch.net 2channel]''' is a Japanese imageboard that was actually the original inspiration for 4chan.
*'''[http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Craigslist]''' is a classified advertisement website with sections devoted to just about everything... which formerly included prostitution services, hence the '''The Former Site of Adult Services'''.

In the zoomed-in map, there is...
*'''420chan''' and '''7chan''', other imageboards in the style of 4chan (see below). Their relative lack of popularity and derivative nature leads a lot of 4chan users to mock them; hence, their position on Randall's map suggests that they're mere wads of semen.
*'''[http://ohinternet.com/ Encyclopedia Dramatica]''', labeled '''ED''' on the map, is a wiki site dedicated to chronicling internet memes and other noteworthy sites, events, people, and anything else that catches their attention, their respective articles written in an incredibly arbitrary and vulgar manner. The site is ''heavily'' steeped in the attitude of veteran, vulgar 4chan users. People who have articles in the website tend to react with despair, given not only the cruelty in which the articles talk about the person in question, but the presence of the article means that the person is now an eternal target from the trolls. The user is not in a position of retaliation, since the userbase of Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan tends to overpower the victim easily...
:...usually. Due to the founder's talk against the Australian Aborignals (the founder is Australian), legal action has gone against the founder to the point of the founder having to shut down Encyclopedia Dramatica, founding the far tamer Oh, Internet! website, instead. Trolls responded by not only uploading their own mirror of the website but also vilifying the former founder forever.
:(Please note that, due to the malicious nature of the pop-up advertisements of Encyclopedia Dramatica, the link above points to its safe-for-work successor, Oh, Internet!)
*'''[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan.org]''' is an {{w|imageboard}} in which people can upload pictures while others comment on them. The website is infamous for its loose/often non-existent rules, incredibly vulgar userbase, source of new memes, and spawning of trolls. 4chan's random board, known internally as '''/b/''', is almost constantly flooded with porn and image macros. This is why Randall's incarnation of 4chan is shaped like a penis.
*'''Tunnel to Habbo''' is a reference to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed the 2006 Habbo Hotel Raids], in which hundreds of 4chan Anons simultaneously logged onto Habbo Hotel and proceeded to be as obnoxious as possible, standing in formations of swastikas and penises or body-blocking the swimming pools.
*'''{{w|Catbus}} Route''' is likely a reference to {{w|Lolcat}}s in general.
*'''[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World]''' is a media-hosting website founded by Eric Bauman. The site has lost a lot of traffic after (quite valid) accusations of stolen content.
*The gulf labelled '''{{w|Anonymous (group)|Anonymous}}''' is a reference to the trolls that label themselves "Anonymous" who recently had gained national acknowledgement because of the group's real-life tirades, including cracking attacks against the Church of Scientology and the founding of WikiLeaks (a website that leaks confidential material related to governments).
*[http://www.somethingawful.com/ SomethingAwful] is a website that is meant to showcase all things "awful". SomethingAwful also has a large trollbase, but they tend to be more honorable than the ones from Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan. One example is there being a spotty holding of the no-furries rule in the forums. The forums themselves are famous because of the holding of the Let's Plays of [http://lparchive.org/Dangan-Ronpa/ Dangan Ronpa] and [http://danganronpa2mirror.tumblr.com/ Super Dangan Ronpa 2], which had cooked up public interest to the point of there being an English-language release of the games.
Please note that, due to these Let's Plays being in a forums that frequently hides behind a "paywall" that requires a paid account before accessing, the links provided go to their mirrors.

==Transcript==
:'''Map of Online Communities'''
:Size on map represents volume of Daily Social activity (posts, chat, etc). Based on data gathered over the Spring and Summer of 2010.

:[Two insets on the upper left-hand corner shows that this map is a tiny portion of the huge continent of Spoken Language, encompassing portions of the Internet, Email, and Cell Phones (SMS).]

:[The largest landmass on the map by far, which takes up nearly the entire northern half of the map is "Facebook" - with large states in the south-east of the country labeled 'Farmville' and 'Happy Farm'. There is a much smaller state to the west of these called 'Farm Town'. To the north of these states is a large swath of unremarkable land entitled 'Northern Wasteland of Unread Updates.' This is directly north of the large Dopamine Sea.

:A peninsula on the south-west, just below the Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions, houses many tiny states, such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Bebo, & Hi5. It is bordered on the south by Buzzword Bay, which contains several islands of varying sizes. Among these are YouTube and Twitter (the largest), which are separated by the Social Media Consultant Channel. To the south-east of Twitter, across the Sea of Protocol Confusion, is another, equally large island. Most of it is Skype, with the north having two largish states called AIM and Windows Live Messenger. On the south-west part of the island are two smaller states called GG and Yahoo Messenger.

:The Island of Skype is extremely close to, but separated by the Great Firewall (a dashed line), the large landmass of QQ. It's north shore is the Gulf of China and Grass Mud Horse Bay. Outside of these bays, over the Great Firewall are two islands called Craigslist and 2Channel.

:In the Dopamine Sea, off the southern shores of Farmville and Happy Farm, is MMO Isle. Its largest state is WoW, with Runescape, Lineage, Maple Story, Habbo, and the Mountains of Steam among its notable landmarks. To the southeast of the island is the Gulf of Lag, in which sits the CDC Games island, with Eve Online.

:To the east of Twitter is Troll Bay, with such islands as Reddit and Reddit, Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicio.us, and Wikipedia Talk Pages. To their south are the IRC isles, of which one is the tiny island of #xkcd.

:East of these islands, and north of Skype island, is the Sea of Memes. In this sea, to the north of Craigslist and 2Channel, is an archipelago of tiny islands. There is an inset, labeled 'Forums.' (See below.)

:To the southwest of Twitter island, in the Sea of Opinions, are the blog islands. These lie south of the islands in Buzzword Bay, as well. The northernmost islands in this group are centered around the Bay of Drama, on which can be found Diary Blogs, Gossip Blogs, and Livejournal. Gossip Blogs share an island with Political, Music, and Tech Blogs. To the north of this island is a smaller island called Photo Blogs. South of Diary Blogs, and off the southwest coast of Music blogs is a smaller island called Fandom Blogs. South of Tech Blogs, off of which sprouts the small peninsula of Business Blogs, is the Spamblog Straits. On the other side of the straits is a large island made up of Miscellaneous Blogs, with two states demarcated as Religious Blogs and Blog Blogs. Southwest of the Blog Islands is the Sea of Zero (0) Comments.]

:[An inset of a group of islands in the sea of memes located on the lower right corner of the map, labeled 'Forums'. The largest by far is 4chan and /b/. Also found here are D2JSP, JLA Frums, Fan Forum, Something Awful, and many smaller ones, too numerous to list here.]

:[The northeastern third of Gossip/Political/Tech Blogs island is another inset labeled 'Blogosphere (Core)'. This can be found on the lower left corner of the map. Two peninsulas in Political Blogs bookend the Bay of Flame -- these are Liberal Blogs and Conservative Blogs. Between them lie several tiny islands such as Politics Daily, CNN Politcal Ticker, and Mediaite. Off the coast of Liberal Blogs lies the island of NYTimes, off the coast of Conservative Blogs is Libertarian Isle. Between the two lies The Talk. The northern peninsula of Tech Blogs contains places such as Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, and Kotaku.]

:[Text found between the two insets, which are directly below the main map.]
:ABOUT THIS MAP
:Communities rise and fall, and total membership numbers are no longer a good measure of a community's current size and health. This updated map uses size to represent total social activity in a community -- that is, how much talking, playing, sharing, or other socializing happens there. This meant some comparing of apples and oranges, but I did my best and tried to be consistent.

:Estimates are based on the numbers I could find, but involved a great deal of guesswork, statistical inference, random sampling, nonrandom sampling, a 20,000-cell spreadsheet, emailing, cajoling, tea-leaf reading, goat sacrifices, and gut instinct (i.e. making things up).

:Sources of data include Google and Bing, Wikipedia, Alexa, Big-Boards.com, StumbleUpon, Wordpress, Akismet, every website statistics page I could find, press releases, news articles, and individual site employees. Thanks in particular to folks at Last.fm, LiveJournal, Reddit, and the New York Times, as well as sysadmins at a number of sites who shared statistics on condition of anonymity.

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Rachel: /* Blogosphere (Core Region) */

{{comic
| number = 802
| date = October 6, 2010
| title = Online Communities 2
| image = online_communities_2.png
| titletext = Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
}}
A [http://xkcd.com/802_large/ larger version] of this picture can be found by clicking the comic on xkcd.
<div class="toclimit-3" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"> __TOC__ </div>
==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Not all of the regions are fully explained. Many labels aren't even mentioned outside of the transcript. Some towns need to be added for example.}}
This comic shows a map of internet communities where the size of each region roughly corresponds to its size, and its proximity to other regions indicates similarities.

This is the successor of [[256: Online Communities]]. It differs in that it is updated, and furthermore, instead of using the ''membership'' of whichever service to determine its size on the map, it uses its "daily social activity."

The map actually has two super−maps: the online community map is surrounded by the "countries" of E−Mail and SMS ("Instant Messaging"). These, in turn, are surrounded by the "Spoken Language" country (which is odd, considering that e−mail, SMS, and the Internet in general are based on ''written'' language) with its own sub−country, "cell phones" (which ''do'' involve e−mail and the Internet while being the mean medium of SMS's).

At the title text [[Randall]] explains that, using his definition of "most activity per day", Farmville is actually the ''second'' most popular social-network farming game -- the Chinese game Happy Farm was more popular at the time. This strikes many English-speaking xkcd readers as odd, because Farmville is much more famous, leading one to wonder how the it could not be the most played. The phrase "browser-based social-networking-centered farming game" is an example of an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyNarrowSuperlative overly-narrow superlative.]

===Facebook Region===
The Facebook region deals with social networks, that is, websites oriented towards having people meet.

'''{{w|Facebook}}''' is a social networking site that allows people to meet old real−life friends and make new friends that share similar interests. One of its most notable features is that a member can update a "status" or make normal posts about the happenings of the member's life, complete with pictures, other members "liking" these posts. The size of the Facebook region is not exaggerated; most websites seem to allow "liking" their content or allow/require logging in the website with a Facebook account. There even are cell phones with a "Facebook" button!

*'''{{w|FarmVille}}''' and '''{{w|Farm Town}}''' are Facebook games in which users manage farms. '''{{w|Happy Farm}},''' the Chinese game that inspired the other two, does not require Facebook integration, so it is separated by a solid line from Facebook. The "Unethical Bay" refers to how these games tend to addict players into constantly buying virtual items of questionable value.

*The '''People You Can't Unfriend''' refer to people whom, due to real-life expectations and relationships, unfriending them is difficult, no matter how you really feel about them.

*The '''Blatherskite River''' refers to the conversations on Facebook, which may be long yet devoid of general meaning or logic.

*The '''Data Mines''' refer to the data mining that Facebook does with the interests of its members. This fuels the profitable advertising business at the expense of customer trust.

*The '''Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions''' refer to how interactions with family members on Facebook suddenly become more awkward because everyone on Facebook (and sometimes ''off'' Facebook, given that you do not necessarily need to log in if you want to see someone's Facebook account) if you are discussing with your family through post comments.

*The '''524,287 Strong for Mersenne Primes''' refers to the communities who gain followers for a cause. A {{w|Mersenne prime}} is a prime number that is 1 less than a power of 2; 524287 is the 7th known Mersenne prime.

*The '''Jungle-Bay Mountains of "It's Complicated"''' refers to one of Facebook's options as to what a user's relationship status currently is. A Jungle-Bay Mountain is a complicated and undefined climate, hence the complication.

*'''"Old Facebook" Resistance''' refers to Facebook's earlier users, who have often resisted (and resented) changes made to Facebook as it became more popular.

*'''Privacy Controls''' is located on the map surrounded by a Lava Pool, which is a reference to how difficult it is to find the privacy controls within Facebook.
*'''Niche Market Mountains''' refers to social networks aimed towards more niche markets are located. Similar to how mountains tend to be isolated from mainland, niche social networks tend to be just that: niche, without much interaction with the general populace.
*'''Charred Wasteland of Abandoned Social Networks''' refers to the tons of websites wanting to take advantage of the success of websites like Facebook to compete or even overpower with them. Even so, these websites tend to not have the userbase or even the expertise towards the long-term, hence they become wastelands: environments devoid of life, except the few life forms that are from these wastelands (in this case, the ones who are loyal to the website or which are sadly few).
*In the Charred Wasteland stands '''{{w|Ozymandias}}''', the titular broken statue of Shelley's poem. In the poem, only "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" and a "shattered visage" are all that remain of the once-great statue and both of these features are present in the comic. According to the poem, the pedestal before the broken statue reads "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..." hence "friend of friends" below Ozymandias on the map.
*In the north are the '''Duckface Mountains''' and the '''Red Cup Mountains'''."Duckface" refers to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face this incredibly obnoxious facial expression], and "red cup pictures" are any pictures containing party-goers holding disposable red plastic beverage cups. Facebook is absolutely flooded with both types of pictures.
*In the south is '''Buzzword Bay'''. {{w|Buzzword}}s are words and phrases that make you sound a lot more topical than you actually are, used to garner attention; again, Facebook status updates are commonly filled with buzzwords.

While Facebook is the largest "country" of the Facebook Region, there are a lot of smaller "countries" that represent smaller social networks.

*Below Facebook (and "Old Facebook' Resistance") is '''{{w|Diaspora (social network)|Diaspora}}''', a fully open-source, decentralized, privacy-respecting-and-expecting alternative to Facebook. From what this map tells, Diaspora is little-known, even if Facebook is taken out of the context.
*'''{{w|StudiVZ}}''' is a German-speaking social network similar if not a ripped-off version of Facebook.
*'''{{w|XING}}''' is a German-speaking social platform similar to LinkedIn.
*'''{{w|Ning (website)|Ning}}''' is a service to create custom social websites. Its free services shut down in 2010.
*'''{{w|Taringa!}}''' is a Spanish-speaking social network that is based on a forums. Copyrighted material is frequently found there.
*Next to the Euro(pean) Gulf is '''{{w|Skyrock (social network site)}}''', a French-speaking social network.
*'''{{w|Wer-kennt-wen}}''' is a German-social network somewhat like MySpace.
*'''{{w|Nasza-klasa.pl}}''' or NK, is a Polish-speaking social network based on school relationships.
*'''{{w|Badoo}}''' is a social network primarily based on dating and picture-sharing.
*'''{{w|Classmates.com}}''' is a services in which the user can meet classmates that came from the same high school. The website is probably best known by its memetic advertisement that said [http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-am-i-supposed-to-care-about-nick.html "She married him??!! And they've got 7 kids??"] (Incidentally, [http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003325519_adcouple27.html there is more to the coupled picture than what the advertisement says.])
*'''{{w|Myspace}}''' is a social networking website that is a kind of proto-Facebook: users could customize their one-page websites with whatever they wanted, make their interests and daily lives public, and interact with other users. Back in the mid 2000s, MySpace was the largest social network, many people using the website; however, the surprisingly-less-customizable Facebook ended up taking the place of MySpace. The "bands" country of MySpace refers to how a lot of bands in the day advertised and interacted using the website. Indeed, the latest incarnation of MySpace (in terms of 2013) is more oriented towards band members.
*'''{{w|LinkedIn}}''' is a social network aimed towards people in the workplace, which is why it is adjancent to '''Corporate Bay'''.
*'''{{w|Orkut}}''' was one of Google's first social networks before Google made [https://plus.google.com/ Google+]. It shut down in 2014.
*'''{{w|Hi5}}''' is a social network that is very popular among people in Latin America.
*'''{{w|Renren}}''' ('''「人人」''', "people" in Chinese) is "a Chinese copy of Facebook."
*'''{{w|Bebo}}''' was a social network popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It went bankrupt in 2013 and will move away from social networking and into apps.
*'''{{w|Friendster}}''' - One of the first major social networks, it has fallen way off in usage in recent years and was eclipsed by MySpace. It is still popular in Asia.
*'''{{w|VK (social networking website)|Vkontakte}}''' or VK, is the second largest social network service in Europe after Facebook. It is available in several languages, but particularly popular among Russian-speaking users around the world.
*'''{{w|Netlog}}''' is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the global youth demographic.
*'''{{w|Mixi}}''' is an online Japanese social networking service.
*'''{{w|Qzone}}''' is a social networking website, which is big in China. According to a report published by Tencent, possibly surpassing other social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace in China.
*'''{{w|Tuenti}}''' is a Spain-based, social networking service, that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook."
*'''{{w|Cloob}}''' is a Persian-language social networking website, mainly popular in Iran. After the locally (and internationally) popular social networking website Orkut was blocked by the Iranian government, a series of local sites and networks, including Cloob, emerged to fill the gap.
*'''{{w|Kaixin001}}''' is a social networking website which ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall.
*'''{{w|Piczo}}''' was a privately held blog website for teens. In November 2012, Piczo.com shut down.
*'''{{w|Odnoklassniki}}''' is a social network service for classmates and old friends. It is popular in Russia and former Soviet Republics.
*'''{{w|Adult FriendFinder}}''' is a pornographic dating site.
*'''{{w|Match.com}}''' is a dating site.
*'''{{w|Ok Cupid}}''' is another dating site.
*'''{{w|PlentyofFish}}''' is yet another dating site.
*'''{{w|Sulawesi}}''' is a real-life island in the Indonesian archipelago. It also appears in 256: Online Communities.

===MMO Isle===
MMO's (short form of "MMORPG", short form of "Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Player Game") are websites that host online games where multiple people take the role of a character and play in a setting hosted by the website. These types of games tend to be fantastical in setting. Frequently, missions are added to the game, giving current player more incentive towards playing more.

*'''[https://www.habbo.com/ Habbo Hotel]''' is a website where someone creates a human avatar an interacts in a virtual world that is not that different from the one in real life.
*'''[http://www.clubpenguin.com/ Club Penguin]''' is [http://disney.com/ Disney's] MMO where someone creates a penguin avatar and interacts with other in a more polar, cartoony setting. Club Penguin is aimed towards children.
*'''[http://maplestory.nexon.net/ Maple Story]''' is an MMO that has a more natural setting. The most distinguishing feature of Maple Story is its cartoony pixel art.
*'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]''', while not an MMO, is a website that has the largest repository of walkthoughs, that is, guides that help someone beat a game. GameFAQs is notable for not only its large repository of walkthroughs of games that are across an extreme variety of consoles, handhelds, and even computers (not all of them MMOs), but also the drama that is rumoured to happen in the GameFAQs forums.
*'''[http://www.ign.com/ IGN]''' (full: '''Imagine Games Network'''), while also not an MMO, is the largest website that gives news on video games in general, not just MMOs. Each of the games mentioned in the site have pages that have summaries, reviews, screenshots, other art, videos, and links to news related to its games.
*'''[http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml FFXI]''' (full: '''Final Fantasy XI''') is an MMO from SquareEnix, being the first MMO of the popular ''Final Fantasy'' series.
*'''[http://www.runescape.com/community Runescape]''' is an older MMO.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ Starcraft II]''' is a realtime strategy game with a science fiction setting that heavily involves space travel. While technically not an MMO, it has a significant online multiplayer component.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ WoW]''' (full: '''World of Warcraft''') is the definitive MMO, being not only the most popular and one of the longest-running but also the most expansive (having its own spinoff games, comic books, novels, and even figurines), WOW giving the idea of how an MMO should be. A player can choose from a variety of races, each with its own heavy history.
*'''[http://secondlife.com/ Second Life]''' is similar to Habbo, albeit with a bigger suspension of disbelief (one example being that the player does not need to be a human) and in a 3D setting.
*'''[http://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates]''' is a text-based political simulation game. Notably, some of its traffic comes not from the actual game (which is optional), but the extensive set of political, roleplaying, and general forums attached.
*'''[http://www.urbandead.com/ Urban Dead]''' describes itself as "A Massively Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypse", which sums it up pretty well.
*'''[http://www.kingdomofloathing.com KoL]''' (full: '''Kingdom of Loathing''') is a comedic browser-based MMO-ish RPG with minimalistic stick-figure art.
*'''{{w|CDC Games}}''' is a Chinese company reputed to be the largest MMORPG distributor.
*'''{{w|Eve Online|EVE Online}}''' is a science fiction MMO which is notable because of its virtual economy.
*'''{{w|Gaia Online|Gaia}}''' or Gaia Online, while not an MMO, is a forum oriented towards pop culture, including video games and Japanese media. Its most notable feature is the heavy customization possible of a member's pixel-art avatar. Its members tend to roleplay a lot, albeit in a more written, story-based form. Gaia has gained a reputation with its members stealing art and causing drama.
*'''{{w|City of Heroes|CoH}}''' or City of Heroes was a superhero-based MMORPG that was shut down November 2012.

Other notable regions include:
*The '''Mountains of Steam''', referring to the game distribution service [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] where people could buy and download video games in general, not just MMOs.
*'''River Grind''' refers to "grinding." In most MMOs, the character is a fighter of some sorts, yet starts at a level 1, signifying the character's aptitude level in combat. The character can level up and gain more aptitude levels through earning experience, of which the most reliable and otherwise common way is the process of "grinding," that is, repeatedly fighting opposing monsters (sometimes of a level notably lower that your character's), gaining experience points from winning these battles until your character gains a level, that is, "levels up". While a practical necessity in strengthening the character, this process can be tiresome, hence the expression "grinding."
*'''Spawn Camp''' refers to "spawn points", the places in combat-oriented MMO's tend to produce ("spawn") random AI-powered creatures, and the act of "spawn camping", in which the player character simply stands behind or around the spawn points to fight the enemy creatures as soon as they appear.
*'''Gulf of Lag''' refers to how the MMO can be slowed down a considerable amount due to the large amount of players simultaneously using the same server, this congestion bogging down the server and frustrating the users.
*'''[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/final-boss-of-the-internet End Guy for the Internet]''' refers to "end bosses," the last — and usually hardest to defeat — "bad guy" in a game (or a section of a game).

===YouTube Region===
The YouTube region refers to websites that are based on user-created content.

'''[https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]''' is the definitive video website where people can upload videos with the purpose of public viewing, ranging from home movies through official music videos through Let's Plays of people playing video games to questionably-legal uploads of cartoons and films. Google had purchased YouTube.

Many of the sites on the map are just references to {{w|viral video}}s at {{w|YouTube}}:
*'''Viral Shores''' refers to how viral videos (whether they be viral marketing or simply memes) tend to proliferate on YouTube.
*'''Britney''' likely refers to pop singer {{w|Britney Spears}} and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc‎ "Leave Britney Alone" guy].
*'''Maru Gulf''' refers to Maru the Cat, a YouTube celebrity [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/676:_Abstraction also mentioned in xkcd].
*'''Prairie Dog Habitat''' likely refers to the viral video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw Dramatic Chipmunk] (which is actually a Prairie Dog).
*'''Rick Rolling Hills''' references, well, {{w|Rickrolling}}. More information [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ here]. The "deserted" note likely refers to how Rick Astley himself is tired of the meme, or again, how people tend to leave the video upon getting "Rick Roll'd," never actually going to the video with the express purpose of viewing the video.
*'''Lunar Landing Soundstage''' is, of course, a reference to the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}}, which Randall has railed on before.
*'''{{w|OK Go}} Bay''' refers to the band "OK Go" who have multiple viral music videos on YouTube, most famously [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA "Here it goes again"] featuring treadmills.

The '''HTML5 swamp''' refers to the spotty support of HTML 5 (an update on HTML that is frequently touting its media capabilities, making HTML 5 a viable alternative to Flash) YouTube has. Of course, by the time the comic was written, HTML 5 was still in its infancy. The Music Video Bay refers to the amount of music videos (official or otherwise) are present in YouTube.

Other counties of the YouTube region include:
*'''[https://vimeo.com/ vimeo]''', a website where people tend to showcase artistic content that they made on their own, notably independent studios.

Snob Sound:
*'''[https://secure.flickr.com/ Flickr]''', a website where people can upload and share photographs they took.
*'''[http://fotolog.com Fotolog]''', a photo website very popular in South America in 2004-2008, which was used as a social network.
*'''[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]''', a music website that is notable of its "scrobbling" feature.
*'''[http://www.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]''', the largest art website, where people can upload, sell, and buy not only art itself, but also video, audio, Flash-work, and even skins (the original purpose of deviantArt). While many big-name/professional people and organizations have their works in deviantArt, the site is more infamous for the large amount of people who upload low-quality fan-art and fan-characters, most notably of media from Japan. Another point of infamy is the large amount of drama that can happen in the website.

*'''[https://www.newgrounds.com/ Newgrounds]''', a website that hosts art, (Flash-based) videos, audio, and (Flash-based) games to which other users can comment and rate. Even so, content from Newgrounds tends to be obscene, though there is a filtering system if a viewer does not wish to see obscene content.
*'''[http://www.chatroulette.com/ Chatroulette]''' is a website where people are randomly paired up with each other and video/text chat.
*'''{{w|Brickshelf}}''' is the online resource for {{w|LEGO}} fans.
*'''[https://tumblr.com/ Tumblr]''', where people could make a blog and post text, pictures, video, audio, quotes, and links. The most distinguishing feature is the ability to "reblog" these posts from other's people's blogs into the user's own blog. Notable features of Tumblr include sketchblogs (where people upload their sketches), Ask blogs (where people answer questions other users ask, the moderators of these blogs usually pretending to be a character from a form of media), and the large amount of "social justice" (where people fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of negative discrimination). (See also [[1043: Ablogalypse]].)
*'''{{w|b3ta}}''' is a popular British website, described as a "puerile digital arts community" by The Guardian.

The '''Isle of teenagers who just discovered macroeconomics''' is a joke about how teenagers tend to think that the world and the economy are a lot simpler than they actually are. Combined with the typical internet mindset, this leads to a lot of teenagers posting blogs and videos and comments on blogs and videos describing how idiotic the government and other red-tape-related adults are.
The '''Snob Sound''' could refer to the large amount of people who look down on others in the surrounding websites (one example being an original artist looking down on people who draw mainly fan-art). '''The Iraq''' is a reference to Miss Teen USA 2007, Ms. Teen South Carolina - Lauren Katlin said "I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as...the US should help the US and should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the asian countries so we are able to build up our future." The usage of "the iraq" became a meme.

===Twitter Region===
*'''Bieber Bay''' is a reference to {{w|Justin Bieber}} a pop singer whose singing sprouted on YouTube and became very popular on Twitter and other social media. He is very much vilified because of his rather feminine appearance and his hordes of fans (called "Beliebers") that seem to support him to ridiculous extents. Lately, though, Justin Beiber has taken a "bad boy" attitude because of all the Beliebers who are willing to defend him no matter what, him partaking in a lot of questionable activities that include tattoos, questionably-legal substances, and buying prostitution, thus lowering his popularity in the general populace.
*'''{{w|Google Buzz}}''' is a former social network attempted by Google. It has since been shut down.
*'''Bit.Ly Mountains''' is a reference to the URL shortening service {{w|bit.ly}}.
*'''Kayne's Isle of Sadness''' is a reference to the musician {{w|Kayne West}}.
*'''Sarah Palin USA''' is the Twitter handle of former politician {{w|Sarah Palin}}.
*'''Clueless Politician Coast''' is a reference to the number of politicians on Twitter and other social networks who repeatedly share clueless updates that more often create an uproar than help their election chances.
*'''Desert of Food Updates''' is a reference to the number of pictures of food that are shared on social media (especially Twitter). There has even been some controversy on posting such pictures.
*'''Journalists Trying to Find the Cutting Edge''' is referencing journalists on Twitter trying to keep up with the way that news is gathered and delivered now, despite usually working for a newspaper that publishes once a day.
*'''{{w|SHAQ}}''' is a reference to the former NBA basketball player, {{w|Shaq}}.
*'''{{w|identi.ca}}''' is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service, being an alternative to Twitter.
*''' Breaking! Waves''' is a pun on the fact that so many people used the word "Breaking" at the beginning of tweets that do not warrant that tag that the word has lost most of its meaning and become a joke. It is a pun because waves "break" on the shore.
*'''Web 3.0''' refers to the unofficial term {{w|Web 2.0}}. In this case, "Web 1.0" refers to websites that give information to users. Web 2.0 refers to websites where the users themselves create content. Web 3.0 has sometimes been used as a term. For {{w|semantic web}}, a machine-readable version of the web, but this usage is far from universal.

===Geotagged Bay===
*'''{{w|Yelp}}''' is a website where people post reviews of real-life public locations (one example being restaurants).
*'''{{w|Geocaching}}''' is a worldwide GPS scavenger hunt where users upload positions of caches and others will find them and log it online.
*'''{{w|Foursquare}}''' is a location-based social network.
*'''Latitude''' refers to {{w|Google Latitude}}.

===Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes===
*'''{{w|Reddit}}''' is the self-described "front page of the Internet" in which users submit stories, photos and videos and the best are "up-voted" to the top of the page.
*'''Wikipedia talk pages''' refer to the pages where Wikipedia editors discuss how to improve articles.
*'''{{w|Wikia}}''' is 3rd party wiki software, used in the making of the user-editable encyclopedias of just about any subject matter.
*'''{{w|StumbleUpon}}''' is a website-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Delicious (website)|Delicious}}''' is a bookmarking and bookmark-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Digg}}''' is a former competitor to Reddit in the social-news sphere, but now has been sold and restarted as an aggregator of news stories.
*'''{{w|Slashdot}}''', labeled "/." on the map, is a technical news site.
*'''{{w|Fark}}''' is a community website that allows members to comment on news articles from other sites.
*'''{{w|YTMND}}''' is an acronym for "You're The Man Now, Dog!" It's also a community in which users can create meme-type nonsense by playing music over an image (either static or animated).

===Skype Region===
The Skype Region refers to different IM, or Instant Messaging services, that enable almost-real-time text chatting between multiple people. These often allow services like voice chat and even video calls.

*'''{{w|Skype}}''' is, according to Randall, the most popular of these among the internet. It has many features to allow peer-to-peer voice chats, as well as allowing calls to be made at a price to actual phones.
*'''{{w|AIM}}''' or AOL Instant Messenger is a chat client created by AOL.
*'''GG''' is {{w|Gadu-Gadu}} and instant messenger client popular in Poland.
*'''{{w|Yahoo Messenger}}''' is an instant messenger client by Yahoo.
*'''{{w|Google Talk}}''' is a voice/video chatting service from Google (that Google has been replacing with Hangouts). Google Talk also has an invasion fleet at its shores.
*'''{{w|ICQ}}''' is an older messaging service, albeit with an 18+ requirement (despite pornography not being the point of ICQ).
*'''{{w|Windows Live Messenger}}''', or "MSN", was the messaging service of Microsoft before Microsoft bought Skype. MSN was useful in that people could draw and send pictures to other chatters.
*'''{{w|UseNet}}''' was one of the original ways to communicate on the internet, though people can download (copyrighted) files through the service. Since it is still in use by some, it gets the tag "Still Around!" on the map.
*'''{{w|IRC}} Isles''' refers to the ancestor of Internet-powered chatting. People would have connected to a server and spoke publicly. IRC is still in use (per 2014, notably in getting help from users4. One of those isles is #xkcd which is an IRC community around [[xkcd]].

===Bay of Drama===
*'''{{w|FanFiction.net}}''' is a website where people can submit their fanfiction (stories by fans written about other peoples' media, normally that about popular media). The website tend to have people that are not helpful to those who legitimately want critique of their own stories.
*'''{{w|Xanga}}''' is a blogging service that, while popular at its time, lost out to...
*'''{{w|LiveJournal}}''', one of the definitive websites and Internet communities. More specifically, LiveJournal was the most popular blogging service before Tumblr became popular.
*'''ONYD''' - Reference to {{w|Oh No You Didn't}}, which is explained in the Blogosphere region.
*'''{{w|Dreamwidth}}''' is a LiveJournal fork emphasizing its open-source nature.

===Blogosphere===
The Blogosphere region contains several general {{w|blog}} topics.
*'''{{w|photo blog|Photo Blogs}}''' are commonly used to chronicle the lives of the authors through photographs.
*'''Diary Blogs''' are another popular use of blogs (and, in fact, the original use) where authors write commentary about their lives.
*'''Bay of Grammar Pedantry''' deals with the fact that, whether due to a lack of proper education, a habit of using "chat-speak" in the text-limited SMS and MMS, or simply due to the (generally) more relaxed nature of the Internet, blog authors tend to write with horrible composition, a point of annoyment to a lot of other people due to the subsequent increased difficulty of reading the horribly-written material.
*'''Fandom Blogs''' are blogs created by a "{{w|fandom}}" which is a community of fans. A fandom blog deals with the subject matter of the respective fandom.
*'''Sea of Zero (0) Comments''' refers to blogs that get very little attention and therefore have no comments.
*'''SpamBlog Straits''' references spammers who use blogs to increase the number of links to their site to try to game search engines.
*'''OffTopic.com''' is a general interest forum that refers to itself as "the largest general discussion forum on the internet."
*Many more straightforward blogs, including:
**'''Writing/Poetry'''
**'''Gossip Blogs'''
**'''Political Blogs'''
**'''Music Blogs'''
**'''Tech Blogs'''
**'''Business Blogs'''
**'''Corporate Blogs'''
**'''Religious Blogs'''
**'''Miscellaneous Blogs'''
*'''Blog Blogs''' - These can refer to blogs that talk about the matter about blogging itself, though they can also refer to blogs which authors use in talking about blogging.

===Blogosphere (Core Region)===
Gossip Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on gossip surrounding celebrities and other well-known persons.
*'''{{w|Jezebel}}''' is a liberally feminist blog, hosted by Gawker.
*'''{{w|deadline.com|Deadline}}''' is an online entertainment news magazine.
*'''{{w|TMZ}}''' is a celebrity news website.
*'''{{w|Gawker}}''' is a blog that is the host of other blogs.
*'''LJ Oh No They Didn't''' - LiveJournal {{w|Oh No They Didn't}} - Oh No They Didn't, also known as ONTD, is the largest community on LiveJournal with over 100,000 members. The community focuses on celebrity gossip and pop culture with most of its posts aggregated from other gossip blogs.
*'''Doucheblog''' refers to blogs that were once insightful but that spiraled into long rants due to relationship changes of their authors.
*'''Isle of Mockery''' is a reference to the fact that some of what these blogs do is mock celebrities or other for doing or saying stupid things on camera.

Liberal Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "liberal" or "progressive" slant. These blogs tend to lean for the Democratic party.
*'''{{w|Huffington Post}}''' is a news blog.
*'''{{w|Paul Krugman}}''' is an American economist who considers himself a liberal.
*'''{{w|Daily Beast}}''' is a news and opinion website focusing on politics and pop culture.
*'''{{w|Talking Points Memo|TPM}}''' is a political journal run by Josh Marshall.
*'''{{w|Ezra Klein}}''' used to have his own site at the Washington Post, but is now the editor of [Vox.com].
*'''{{w|Think Progress}}''' is a political news blog.
*'''{{w|Daily Kos|Kos}}''' is another political blog.

Bay of Flame:
*'''{{w|Politics Daily}}''' is a political journalism website launched by AOL.
*'''CNN Political Ticker''' is CNN's political blogs
*'''{{w|Mediaite}}''' is a news and opinion blog covering politics and entertainment in the media.
*'''{{w|NY Times}}''' is one of the most famous newspapers, thus the comparatively large size of its island.
*'''{{w|The Talk}}''' is a talk show on CBS that discusses the latest headlines "through the eyes of mothers."
*Libertarian Isle (shaped like a {{w|Nolan Chart}})

Conservative Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "conservative" or Republican slant.
*'''{{w|Pajamas Media}}''' is a media company and operator of conservative news.
*'''{{w|Michelle Malkin}}''' is a conservative blogger, political commentator, and author.
*'''{{w|Hot Air}}''' is a news blog founded by Michelle Malkin.
*'''{{w|RedState|Red State}}''' is a political blog.
*'''{{w|American Thinker}}''' is a daily online magazine focused on politics.
*'''{{w|Townhall}}''' is a web publication and print magazine.

Tech Blogs:
*'''{{w|Boy Genius Report}}''' is a weblog that focuses on technology and consumer gadgets.
*'''{{w|Gizmodo}}''' is a news and opinion blog, hosted by Gawker, that talks about life's more technological matters.
*'''{{w|Engadget}}''' is another technology-oriented, albeit independent, blog.
*'''Crunchgear''' is a blog that reviews gadgets and other hardware.
*'''{{w|Techcrunch}}''' is an online publisher of technology industry news.
*'''{{w|Joystiq}}''' is a news and opinion blog that focuses on gaming.
*'''{{w|Kotaku}}''' is another gaming-oriented news/opinion blog, the main difference beig that Kotaku is owned by Gawker.

Assorted:
*'''{{w|BoingBoing}}''' is "i blog about wonderful things", the topics being quite random.
*'''{{w|Lifehacker}}''' is another Gawker blog, is a blog that teaches people how to simplify their lives through 'lifehacking', that is, using their resources in creative wayss. While the subject matter is life in general, there is a significant technological slant.
*'''{{w|Deadspin}}''' is a sports and sports gossip blog founded by Will Leitch.
*'''Meatorama''' is a blog that talks about cooking meat.

===QQ Region===
*'''Baidu Baike''' (「百度百科」, "Baidu Encyclopedia") and '''Hudong''' (「互动百科」, "Interactive Encyclopedia" ) are two Chinese online encyclopedias. Baidu Baike is powered by the same company as Baidu, the search engine popular in China.
* The '''Ma Le Ge Bi''' and the '''Grass Mud Horse Bay''' could refer to the {{w|Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures}}.
* The '''Location of Jia Junpeng''' refers to the Internet meme of {{w|Jia Junpeng}} in 2009 in China.
*'''{{w|Tencent QQ}}''' is a Chinese instant messaging program.
*In English communities "QQ" has several more common definitions:
**An {{w|emoticon}}, representing a face with two large, crying eyes.
**A synonym for "rage quit", in which a video game player quits the game out of sheer frustration. It originated in ''Warcraft II'' multiplayer, where pressing Ctrl+Q+Q would quit the game, and became more widely known in ''World of Warcraft''.
**These definitions are commonly combined, usually to mock the "rage quitter".
*The Gulf of China refers to how sites in the region are based in People's Republic of China ("Red China"). The '''Great Firewall''' refers to {{w|The Great Firewall of China}}, a pun on {{w|The Great Wall of China}}. Similar to how The Great Wall of China was meant to keep intruding nations out of the then-capital of the city, The Great Firewall of China is meant to keep visitors from visiting censored websites. However, either a VPN or remote access to a computer in a "freer" country can circumvent the Firewall. Oddly other Chinese websites (Qzone, Renren etc.) are not enclosed in this zone.

===Forums Islands===
Forums are websites where one person post a topic to which other people can discuss.

While the map has a zoomed in version, this article shall discuss the two bigger islands, first.

*'''[http://www.2ch.net 2channel]''' is a Japanese imageboard that was actually the original inspiration for 4chan.
*'''[http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Craigslist]''' is a classified advertisement website with sections devoted to just about everything... which formerly included prostitution services, hence the '''The Former Site of Adult Services'''.

In the zoomed-in map, there is...
*'''420chan''' and '''7chan''', other imageboards in the style of 4chan (see below). Their relative lack of popularity and derivative nature leads a lot of 4chan users to mock them; hence, their position on Randall's map suggests that they're mere wads of semen.
*'''[http://ohinternet.com/ Encyclopedia Dramatica]''', labeled '''ED''' on the map, is a wiki site dedicated to chronicling internet memes and other noteworthy sites, events, people, and anything else that catches their attention, their respective articles written in an incredibly arbitrary and vulgar manner. The site is ''heavily'' steeped in the attitude of veteran, vulgar 4chan users. People who have articles in the website tend to react with despair, given not only the cruelty in which the articles talk about the person in question, but the presence of the article means that the person is now an eternal target from the trolls. The user is not in a position of retaliation, since the userbase of Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan tends to overpower the victim easily...
:...usually. Due to the founder's talk against the Australian Aborignals (the founder is Australian), legal action has gone against the founder to the point of the founder having to shut down Encyclopedia Dramatica, founding the far tamer Oh, Internet! website, instead. Trolls responded by not only uploading their own mirror of the website but also vilifying the former founder forever.
:(Please note that, due to the malicious nature of the pop-up advertisements of Encyclopedia Dramatica, the link above points to its safe-for-work successor, Oh, Internet!)
*'''[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan.org]''' is an {{w|imageboard}} in which people can upload pictures while others comment on them. The website is infamous for its loose/often non-existent rules, incredibly vulgar userbase, source of new memes, and spawning of trolls. 4chan's random board, known internally as '''/b/''', is almost constantly flooded with porn and image macros. This is why Randall's incarnation of 4chan is shaped like a penis.
*'''Tunnel to Habbo''' is a reference to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed the 2006 Habbo Hotel Raids], in which hundreds of 4chan Anons simultaneously logged onto Habbo Hotel and proceeded to be as obnoxious as possible, standing in formations of swastikas and penises or body-blocking the swimming pools.
*'''{{w|Catbus}} Route''' is likely a reference to {{w|Lolcat}}s in general.
*'''[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World]''' is a media-hosting website founded by Eric Bauman. The site has lost a lot of traffic after (quite valid) accusations of stolen content.
*The gulf labelled '''{{w|Anonymous (group)|Anonymous}}''' is a reference to the trolls that label themselves "Anonymous" who recently had gained national acknowledgement because of the group's real-life tirades, including cracking attacks against the Church of Scientology and the founding of WikiLeaks (a website that leaks confidential material related to governments).
*[http://www.somethingawful.com/ SomethingAwful] is a website that is meant to showcase all things "awful". SomethingAwful also has a large trollbase, but they tend to be more honorable than the ones from Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan. One example is there being a spotty holding of the no-furries rule in the forums. The forums themselves are famous because of the holding of the Let's Plays of [http://lparchive.org/Dangan-Ronpa/ Dangan Ronpa] and [http://danganronpa2mirror.tumblr.com/ Super Dangan Ronpa 2], which had cooked up public interest to the point of there being an English-language release of the games.
Please note that, due to these Let's Plays being in a forums that frequently hides behind a "paywall" that requires a paid account before accessing, the links provided go to their mirrors.

==Transcript==
:'''Map of Online Communities'''
:Size on map represents volume of Daily Social activity (posts, chat, etc). Based on data gathered over the Spring and Summer of 2010.

:[Two insets on the upper left-hand corner shows that this map is a tiny portion of the huge continent of Spoken Language, encompassing portions of the Internet, Email, and Cell Phones (SMS).]

:[The largest landmass on the map by far, which takes up nearly the entire northern half of the map is "Facebook" - with large states in the south-east of the country labeled 'Farmville' and 'Happy Farm'. There is a much smaller state to the west of these called 'Farm Town'. To the north of these states is a large swath of unremarkable land entitled 'Northern Wasteland of Unread Updates.' This is directly north of the large Dopamine Sea.

:A peninsula on the south-west, just below the Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions, houses many tiny states, such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Bebo, & Hi5. It is bordered on the south by Buzzword Bay, which contains several islands of varying sizes. Among these are YouTube and Twitter (the largest), which are separated by the Social Media Consultant Channel. To the south-east of Twitter, across the Sea of Protocol Confusion, is another, equally large island. Most of it is Skype, with the north having two largish states called AIM and Windows Live Messenger. On the south-west part of the island are two smaller states called GG and Yahoo Messenger.

:The Island of Skype is extremely close to, but separated by the Great Firewall (a dashed line), the large landmass of QQ. It's north shore is the Gulf of China and Grass Mud Horse Bay. Outside of these bays, over the Great Firewall are two islands called Craigslist and 2Channel.

:In the Dopamine Sea, off the southern shores of Farmville and Happy Farm, is MMO Isle. Its largest state is WoW, with Runescape, Lineage, Maple Story, Habbo, and the Mountains of Steam among its notable landmarks. To the southeast of the island is the Gulf of Lag, in which sits the CDC Games island, with Eve Online.

:To the east of Twitter is Troll Bay, with such islands as Reddit and Reddit, Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicio.us, and Wikipedia Talk Pages. To their south are the IRC isles, of which one is the tiny island of #xkcd.

:East of these islands, and north of Skype island, is the Sea of Memes. In this sea, to the north of Craigslist and 2Channel, is an archipelago of tiny islands. There is an inset, labeled 'Forums.' (See below.)

:To the southwest of Twitter island, in the Sea of Opinions, are the blog islands. These lie south of the islands in Buzzword Bay, as well. The northernmost islands in this group are centered around the Bay of Drama, on which can be found Diary Blogs, Gossip Blogs, and Livejournal. Gossip Blogs share an island with Political, Music, and Tech Blogs. To the north of this island is a smaller island called Photo Blogs. South of Diary Blogs, and off the southwest coast of Music blogs is a smaller island called Fandom Blogs. South of Tech Blogs, off of which sprouts the small peninsula of Business Blogs, is the Spamblog Straits. On the other side of the straits is a large island made up of Miscellaneous Blogs, with two states demarcated as Religious Blogs and Blog Blogs. Southwest of the Blog Islands is the Sea of Zero (0) Comments.]

:[An inset of a group of islands in the sea of memes located on the lower right corner of the map, labeled 'Forums'. The largest by far is 4chan and /b/. Also found here are D2JSP, JLA Frums, Fan Forum, Something Awful, and many smaller ones, too numerous to list here.]

:[The northeastern third of Gossip/Political/Tech Blogs island is another inset labeled 'Blogosphere (Core)'. This can be found on the lower left corner of the map. Two peninsulas in Political Blogs bookend the Bay of Flame -- these are Liberal Blogs and Conservative Blogs. Between them lie several tiny islands such as Politics Daily, CNN Politcal Ticker, and Mediaite. Off the coast of Liberal Blogs lies the island of NYTimes, off the coast of Conservative Blogs is Libertarian Isle. Between the two lies The Talk. The northern peninsula of Tech Blogs contains places such as Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, and Kotaku.]

:[Text found between the two insets, which are directly below the main map.]
:ABOUT THIS MAP
:Communities rise and fall, and total membership numbers are no longer a good measure of a community's current size and health. This updated map uses size to represent total social activity in a community -- that is, how much talking, playing, sharing, or other socializing happens there. This meant some comparing of apples and oranges, but I did my best and tried to be consistent.

:Estimates are based on the numbers I could find, but involved a great deal of guesswork, statistical inference, random sampling, nonrandom sampling, a 20,000-cell spreadsheet, emailing, cajoling, tea-leaf reading, goat sacrifices, and gut instinct (i.e. making things up).

:Sources of data include Google and Bing, Wikipedia, Alexa, Big-Boards.com, StumbleUpon, Wordpress, Akismet, every website statistics page I could find, press releases, news articles, and individual site employees. Thanks in particular to folks at Last.fm, LiveJournal, Reddit, and the New York Times, as well as sysadmins at a number of sites who shared statistics on condition of anonymity.

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802: Online Communities 2

2015-08-27T19:05:54Z

Rachel: /* Blogosphere */

{{comic
| number = 802
| date = October 6, 2010
| title = Online Communities 2
| image = online_communities_2.png
| titletext = Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
}}
A [http://xkcd.com/802_large/ larger version] of this picture can be found by clicking the comic on xkcd.
<div class="toclimit-3" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"> __TOC__ </div>
==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Not all of the regions are fully explained. Many labels aren't even mentioned outside of the transcript. Some towns need to be added for example.}}
This comic shows a map of internet communities where the size of each region roughly corresponds to its size, and its proximity to other regions indicates similarities.

This is the successor of [[256: Online Communities]]. It differs in that it is updated, and furthermore, instead of using the ''membership'' of whichever service to determine its size on the map, it uses its "daily social activity."

The map actually has two super−maps: the online community map is surrounded by the "countries" of E−Mail and SMS ("Instant Messaging"). These, in turn, are surrounded by the "Spoken Language" country (which is odd, considering that e−mail, SMS, and the Internet in general are based on ''written'' language) with its own sub−country, "cell phones" (which ''do'' involve e−mail and the Internet while being the mean medium of SMS's).

At the title text [[Randall]] explains that, using his definition of "most activity per day", Farmville is actually the ''second'' most popular social-network farming game -- the Chinese game Happy Farm was more popular at the time. This strikes many English-speaking xkcd readers as odd, because Farmville is much more famous, leading one to wonder how the it could not be the most played. The phrase "browser-based social-networking-centered farming game" is an example of an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyNarrowSuperlative overly-narrow superlative.]

===Facebook Region===
The Facebook region deals with social networks, that is, websites oriented towards having people meet.

'''{{w|Facebook}}''' is a social networking site that allows people to meet old real−life friends and make new friends that share similar interests. One of its most notable features is that a member can update a "status" or make normal posts about the happenings of the member's life, complete with pictures, other members "liking" these posts. The size of the Facebook region is not exaggerated; most websites seem to allow "liking" their content or allow/require logging in the website with a Facebook account. There even are cell phones with a "Facebook" button!

*'''{{w|FarmVille}}''' and '''{{w|Farm Town}}''' are Facebook games in which users manage farms. '''{{w|Happy Farm}},''' the Chinese game that inspired the other two, does not require Facebook integration, so it is separated by a solid line from Facebook. The "Unethical Bay" refers to how these games tend to addict players into constantly buying virtual items of questionable value.

*The '''People You Can't Unfriend''' refer to people whom, due to real-life expectations and relationships, unfriending them is difficult, no matter how you really feel about them.

*The '''Blatherskite River''' refers to the conversations on Facebook, which may be long yet devoid of general meaning or logic.

*The '''Data Mines''' refer to the data mining that Facebook does with the interests of its members. This fuels the profitable advertising business at the expense of customer trust.

*The '''Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions''' refer to how interactions with family members on Facebook suddenly become more awkward because everyone on Facebook (and sometimes ''off'' Facebook, given that you do not necessarily need to log in if you want to see someone's Facebook account) if you are discussing with your family through post comments.

*The '''524,287 Strong for Mersenne Primes''' refers to the communities who gain followers for a cause. A {{w|Mersenne prime}} is a prime number that is 1 less than a power of 2; 524287 is the 7th known Mersenne prime.

*The '''Jungle-Bay Mountains of "It's Complicated"''' refers to one of Facebook's options as to what a user's relationship status currently is. A Jungle-Bay Mountain is a complicated and undefined climate, hence the complication.

*'''"Old Facebook" Resistance''' refers to Facebook's earlier users, who have often resisted (and resented) changes made to Facebook as it became more popular.

*'''Privacy Controls''' is located on the map surrounded by a Lava Pool, which is a reference to how difficult it is to find the privacy controls within Facebook.
*'''Niche Market Mountains''' refers to social networks aimed towards more niche markets are located. Similar to how mountains tend to be isolated from mainland, niche social networks tend to be just that: niche, without much interaction with the general populace.
*'''Charred Wasteland of Abandoned Social Networks''' refers to the tons of websites wanting to take advantage of the success of websites like Facebook to compete or even overpower with them. Even so, these websites tend to not have the userbase or even the expertise towards the long-term, hence they become wastelands: environments devoid of life, except the few life forms that are from these wastelands (in this case, the ones who are loyal to the website or which are sadly few).
*In the Charred Wasteland stands '''{{w|Ozymandias}}''', the titular broken statue of Shelley's poem. In the poem, only "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" and a "shattered visage" are all that remain of the once-great statue and both of these features are present in the comic. According to the poem, the pedestal before the broken statue reads "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..." hence "friend of friends" below Ozymandias on the map.
*In the north are the '''Duckface Mountains''' and the '''Red Cup Mountains'''."Duckface" refers to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face this incredibly obnoxious facial expression], and "red cup pictures" are any pictures containing party-goers holding disposable red plastic beverage cups. Facebook is absolutely flooded with both types of pictures.
*In the south is '''Buzzword Bay'''. {{w|Buzzword}}s are words and phrases that make you sound a lot more topical than you actually are, used to garner attention; again, Facebook status updates are commonly filled with buzzwords.

While Facebook is the largest "country" of the Facebook Region, there are a lot of smaller "countries" that represent smaller social networks.

*Below Facebook (and "Old Facebook' Resistance") is '''{{w|Diaspora (social network)|Diaspora}}''', a fully open-source, decentralized, privacy-respecting-and-expecting alternative to Facebook. From what this map tells, Diaspora is little-known, even if Facebook is taken out of the context.
*'''{{w|StudiVZ}}''' is a German-speaking social network similar if not a ripped-off version of Facebook.
*'''{{w|XING}}''' is a German-speaking social platform similar to LinkedIn.
*'''{{w|Ning (website)|Ning}}''' is a service to create custom social websites. Its free services shut down in 2010.
*'''{{w|Taringa!}}''' is a Spanish-speaking social network that is based on a forums. Copyrighted material is frequently found there.
*Next to the Euro(pean) Gulf is '''{{w|Skyrock (social network site)}}''', a French-speaking social network.
*'''{{w|Wer-kennt-wen}}''' is a German-social network somewhat like MySpace.
*'''{{w|Nasza-klasa.pl}}''' or NK, is a Polish-speaking social network based on school relationships.
*'''{{w|Badoo}}''' is a social network primarily based on dating and picture-sharing.
*'''{{w|Classmates.com}}''' is a services in which the user can meet classmates that came from the same high school. The website is probably best known by its memetic advertisement that said [http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-am-i-supposed-to-care-about-nick.html "She married him??!! And they've got 7 kids??"] (Incidentally, [http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003325519_adcouple27.html there is more to the coupled picture than what the advertisement says.])
*'''{{w|Myspace}}''' is a social networking website that is a kind of proto-Facebook: users could customize their one-page websites with whatever they wanted, make their interests and daily lives public, and interact with other users. Back in the mid 2000s, MySpace was the largest social network, many people using the website; however, the surprisingly-less-customizable Facebook ended up taking the place of MySpace. The "bands" country of MySpace refers to how a lot of bands in the day advertised and interacted using the website. Indeed, the latest incarnation of MySpace (in terms of 2013) is more oriented towards band members.
*'''{{w|LinkedIn}}''' is a social network aimed towards people in the workplace, which is why it is adjancent to '''Corporate Bay'''.
*'''{{w|Orkut}}''' was one of Google's first social networks before Google made [https://plus.google.com/ Google+]. It shut down in 2014.
*'''{{w|Hi5}}''' is a social network that is very popular among people in Latin America.
*'''{{w|Renren}}''' ('''「人人」''', "people" in Chinese) is "a Chinese copy of Facebook."
*'''{{w|Bebo}}''' was a social network popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It went bankrupt in 2013 and will move away from social networking and into apps.
*'''{{w|Friendster}}''' - One of the first major social networks, it has fallen way off in usage in recent years and was eclipsed by MySpace. It is still popular in Asia.
*'''{{w|VK (social networking website)|Vkontakte}}''' or VK, is the second largest social network service in Europe after Facebook. It is available in several languages, but particularly popular among Russian-speaking users around the world.
*'''{{w|Netlog}}''' is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the global youth demographic.
*'''{{w|Mixi}}''' is an online Japanese social networking service.
*'''{{w|Qzone}}''' is a social networking website, which is big in China. According to a report published by Tencent, possibly surpassing other social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace in China.
*'''{{w|Tuenti}}''' is a Spain-based, social networking service, that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook."
*'''{{w|Cloob}}''' is a Persian-language social networking website, mainly popular in Iran. After the locally (and internationally) popular social networking website Orkut was blocked by the Iranian government, a series of local sites and networks, including Cloob, emerged to fill the gap.
*'''{{w|Kaixin001}}''' is a social networking website which ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall.
*'''{{w|Piczo}}''' was a privately held blog website for teens. In November 2012, Piczo.com shut down.
*'''{{w|Odnoklassniki}}''' is a social network service for classmates and old friends. It is popular in Russia and former Soviet Republics.
*'''{{w|Adult FriendFinder}}''' is a pornographic dating site.
*'''{{w|Match.com}}''' is a dating site.
*'''{{w|Ok Cupid}}''' is another dating site.
*'''{{w|PlentyofFish}}''' is yet another dating site.
*'''{{w|Sulawesi}}''' is a real-life island in the Indonesian archipelago. It also appears in 256: Online Communities.

===MMO Isle===
MMO's (short form of "MMORPG", short form of "Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Player Game") are websites that host online games where multiple people take the role of a character and play in a setting hosted by the website. These types of games tend to be fantastical in setting. Frequently, missions are added to the game, giving current player more incentive towards playing more.

*'''[https://www.habbo.com/ Habbo Hotel]''' is a website where someone creates a human avatar an interacts in a virtual world that is not that different from the one in real life.
*'''[http://www.clubpenguin.com/ Club Penguin]''' is [http://disney.com/ Disney's] MMO where someone creates a penguin avatar and interacts with other in a more polar, cartoony setting. Club Penguin is aimed towards children.
*'''[http://maplestory.nexon.net/ Maple Story]''' is an MMO that has a more natural setting. The most distinguishing feature of Maple Story is its cartoony pixel art.
*'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]''', while not an MMO, is a website that has the largest repository of walkthoughs, that is, guides that help someone beat a game. GameFAQs is notable for not only its large repository of walkthroughs of games that are across an extreme variety of consoles, handhelds, and even computers (not all of them MMOs), but also the drama that is rumoured to happen in the GameFAQs forums.
*'''[http://www.ign.com/ IGN]''' (full: '''Imagine Games Network'''), while also not an MMO, is the largest website that gives news on video games in general, not just MMOs. Each of the games mentioned in the site have pages that have summaries, reviews, screenshots, other art, videos, and links to news related to its games.
*'''[http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml FFXI]''' (full: '''Final Fantasy XI''') is an MMO from SquareEnix, being the first MMO of the popular ''Final Fantasy'' series.
*'''[http://www.runescape.com/community Runescape]''' is an older MMO.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ Starcraft II]''' is a realtime strategy game with a science fiction setting that heavily involves space travel. While technically not an MMO, it has a significant online multiplayer component.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ WoW]''' (full: '''World of Warcraft''') is the definitive MMO, being not only the most popular and one of the longest-running but also the most expansive (having its own spinoff games, comic books, novels, and even figurines), WOW giving the idea of how an MMO should be. A player can choose from a variety of races, each with its own heavy history.
*'''[http://secondlife.com/ Second Life]''' is similar to Habbo, albeit with a bigger suspension of disbelief (one example being that the player does not need to be a human) and in a 3D setting.
*'''[http://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates]''' is a text-based political simulation game. Notably, some of its traffic comes not from the actual game (which is optional), but the extensive set of political, roleplaying, and general forums attached.
*'''[http://www.urbandead.com/ Urban Dead]''' describes itself as "A Massively Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypse", which sums it up pretty well.
*'''[http://www.kingdomofloathing.com KoL]''' (full: '''Kingdom of Loathing''') is a comedic browser-based MMO-ish RPG with minimalistic stick-figure art.
*'''{{w|CDC Games}}''' is a Chinese company reputed to be the largest MMORPG distributor.
*'''{{w|Eve Online|EVE Online}}''' is a science fiction MMO which is notable because of its virtual economy.
*'''{{w|Gaia Online|Gaia}}''' or Gaia Online, while not an MMO, is a forum oriented towards pop culture, including video games and Japanese media. Its most notable feature is the heavy customization possible of a member's pixel-art avatar. Its members tend to roleplay a lot, albeit in a more written, story-based form. Gaia has gained a reputation with its members stealing art and causing drama.
*'''{{w|City of Heroes|CoH}}''' or City of Heroes was a superhero-based MMORPG that was shut down November 2012.

Other notable regions include:
*The '''Mountains of Steam''', referring to the game distribution service [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] where people could buy and download video games in general, not just MMOs.
*'''River Grind''' refers to "grinding." In most MMOs, the character is a fighter of some sorts, yet starts at a level 1, signifying the character's aptitude level in combat. The character can level up and gain more aptitude levels through earning experience, of which the most reliable and otherwise common way is the process of "grinding," that is, repeatedly fighting opposing monsters (sometimes of a level notably lower that your character's), gaining experience points from winning these battles until your character gains a level, that is, "levels up". While a practical necessity in strengthening the character, this process can be tiresome, hence the expression "grinding."
*'''Spawn Camp''' refers to "spawn points", the places in combat-oriented MMO's tend to produce ("spawn") random AI-powered creatures, and the act of "spawn camping", in which the player character simply stands behind or around the spawn points to fight the enemy creatures as soon as they appear.
*'''Gulf of Lag''' refers to how the MMO can be slowed down a considerable amount due to the large amount of players simultaneously using the same server, this congestion bogging down the server and frustrating the users.
*'''[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/final-boss-of-the-internet End Guy for the Internet]''' refers to "end bosses," the last — and usually hardest to defeat — "bad guy" in a game (or a section of a game).

===YouTube Region===
The YouTube region refers to websites that are based on user-created content.

'''[https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]''' is the definitive video website where people can upload videos with the purpose of public viewing, ranging from home movies through official music videos through Let's Plays of people playing video games to questionably-legal uploads of cartoons and films. Google had purchased YouTube.

Many of the sites on the map are just references to {{w|viral video}}s at {{w|YouTube}}:
*'''Viral Shores''' refers to how viral videos (whether they be viral marketing or simply memes) tend to proliferate on YouTube.
*'''Britney''' likely refers to pop singer {{w|Britney Spears}} and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc‎ "Leave Britney Alone" guy].
*'''Maru Gulf''' refers to Maru the Cat, a YouTube celebrity [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/676:_Abstraction also mentioned in xkcd].
*'''Prairie Dog Habitat''' likely refers to the viral video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw Dramatic Chipmunk] (which is actually a Prairie Dog).
*'''Rick Rolling Hills''' references, well, {{w|Rickrolling}}. More information [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ here]. The "deserted" note likely refers to how Rick Astley himself is tired of the meme, or again, how people tend to leave the video upon getting "Rick Roll'd," never actually going to the video with the express purpose of viewing the video.
*'''Lunar Landing Soundstage''' is, of course, a reference to the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}}, which Randall has railed on before.
*'''{{w|OK Go}} Bay''' refers to the band "OK Go" who have multiple viral music videos on YouTube, most famously [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA "Here it goes again"] featuring treadmills.

The '''HTML5 swamp''' refers to the spotty support of HTML 5 (an update on HTML that is frequently touting its media capabilities, making HTML 5 a viable alternative to Flash) YouTube has. Of course, by the time the comic was written, HTML 5 was still in its infancy. The Music Video Bay refers to the amount of music videos (official or otherwise) are present in YouTube.

Other counties of the YouTube region include:
*'''[https://vimeo.com/ vimeo]''', a website where people tend to showcase artistic content that they made on their own, notably independent studios.

Snob Sound:
*'''[https://secure.flickr.com/ Flickr]''', a website where people can upload and share photographs they took.
*'''[http://fotolog.com Fotolog]''', a photo website very popular in South America in 2004-2008, which was used as a social network.
*'''[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]''', a music website that is notable of its "scrobbling" feature.
*'''[http://www.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]''', the largest art website, where people can upload, sell, and buy not only art itself, but also video, audio, Flash-work, and even skins (the original purpose of deviantArt). While many big-name/professional people and organizations have their works in deviantArt, the site is more infamous for the large amount of people who upload low-quality fan-art and fan-characters, most notably of media from Japan. Another point of infamy is the large amount of drama that can happen in the website.

*'''[https://www.newgrounds.com/ Newgrounds]''', a website that hosts art, (Flash-based) videos, audio, and (Flash-based) games to which other users can comment and rate. Even so, content from Newgrounds tends to be obscene, though there is a filtering system if a viewer does not wish to see obscene content.
*'''[http://www.chatroulette.com/ Chatroulette]''' is a website where people are randomly paired up with each other and video/text chat.
*'''{{w|Brickshelf}}''' is the online resource for {{w|LEGO}} fans.
*'''[https://tumblr.com/ Tumblr]''', where people could make a blog and post text, pictures, video, audio, quotes, and links. The most distinguishing feature is the ability to "reblog" these posts from other's people's blogs into the user's own blog. Notable features of Tumblr include sketchblogs (where people upload their sketches), Ask blogs (where people answer questions other users ask, the moderators of these blogs usually pretending to be a character from a form of media), and the large amount of "social justice" (where people fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of negative discrimination). (See also [[1043: Ablogalypse]].)
*'''{{w|b3ta}}''' is a popular British website, described as a "puerile digital arts community" by The Guardian.

The '''Isle of teenagers who just discovered macroeconomics''' is a joke about how teenagers tend to think that the world and the economy are a lot simpler than they actually are. Combined with the typical internet mindset, this leads to a lot of teenagers posting blogs and videos and comments on blogs and videos describing how idiotic the government and other red-tape-related adults are.
The '''Snob Sound''' could refer to the large amount of people who look down on others in the surrounding websites (one example being an original artist looking down on people who draw mainly fan-art). '''The Iraq''' is a reference to Miss Teen USA 2007, Ms. Teen South Carolina - Lauren Katlin said "I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as...the US should help the US and should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the asian countries so we are able to build up our future." The usage of "the iraq" became a meme.

===Twitter Region===
*'''Bieber Bay''' is a reference to {{w|Justin Bieber}} a pop singer whose singing sprouted on YouTube and became very popular on Twitter and other social media. He is very much vilified because of his rather feminine appearance and his hordes of fans (called "Beliebers") that seem to support him to ridiculous extents. Lately, though, Justin Beiber has taken a "bad boy" attitude because of all the Beliebers who are willing to defend him no matter what, him partaking in a lot of questionable activities that include tattoos, questionably-legal substances, and buying prostitution, thus lowering his popularity in the general populace.
*'''{{w|Google Buzz}}''' is a former social network attempted by Google. It has since been shut down.
*'''Bit.Ly Mountains''' is a reference to the URL shortening service {{w|bit.ly}}.
*'''Kayne's Isle of Sadness''' is a reference to the musician {{w|Kayne West}}.
*'''Sarah Palin USA''' is the Twitter handle of former politician {{w|Sarah Palin}}.
*'''Clueless Politician Coast''' is a reference to the number of politicians on Twitter and other social networks who repeatedly share clueless updates that more often create an uproar than help their election chances.
*'''Desert of Food Updates''' is a reference to the number of pictures of food that are shared on social media (especially Twitter). There has even been some controversy on posting such pictures.
*'''Journalists Trying to Find the Cutting Edge''' is referencing journalists on Twitter trying to keep up with the way that news is gathered and delivered now, despite usually working for a newspaper that publishes once a day.
*'''{{w|SHAQ}}''' is a reference to the former NBA basketball player, {{w|Shaq}}.
*'''{{w|identi.ca}}''' is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service, being an alternative to Twitter.
*''' Breaking! Waves''' is a pun on the fact that so many people used the word "Breaking" at the beginning of tweets that do not warrant that tag that the word has lost most of its meaning and become a joke. It is a pun because waves "break" on the shore.
*'''Web 3.0''' refers to the unofficial term {{w|Web 2.0}}. In this case, "Web 1.0" refers to websites that give information to users. Web 2.0 refers to websites where the users themselves create content. Web 3.0 has sometimes been used as a term. For {{w|semantic web}}, a machine-readable version of the web, but this usage is far from universal.

===Geotagged Bay===
*'''{{w|Yelp}}''' is a website where people post reviews of real-life public locations (one example being restaurants).
*'''{{w|Geocaching}}''' is a worldwide GPS scavenger hunt where users upload positions of caches and others will find them and log it online.
*'''{{w|Foursquare}}''' is a location-based social network.
*'''Latitude''' refers to {{w|Google Latitude}}.

===Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes===
*'''{{w|Reddit}}''' is the self-described "front page of the Internet" in which users submit stories, photos and videos and the best are "up-voted" to the top of the page.
*'''Wikipedia talk pages''' refer to the pages where Wikipedia editors discuss how to improve articles.
*'''{{w|Wikia}}''' is 3rd party wiki software, used in the making of the user-editable encyclopedias of just about any subject matter.
*'''{{w|StumbleUpon}}''' is a website-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Delicious (website)|Delicious}}''' is a bookmarking and bookmark-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Digg}}''' is a former competitor to Reddit in the social-news sphere, but now has been sold and restarted as an aggregator of news stories.
*'''{{w|Slashdot}}''', labeled "/." on the map, is a technical news site.
*'''{{w|Fark}}''' is a community website that allows members to comment on news articles from other sites.
*'''{{w|YTMND}}''' is an acronym for "You're The Man Now, Dog!" It's also a community in which users can create meme-type nonsense by playing music over an image (either static or animated).

===Skype Region===
The Skype Region refers to different IM, or Instant Messaging services, that enable almost-real-time text chatting between multiple people. These often allow services like voice chat and even video calls.

*'''{{w|Skype}}''' is, according to Randall, the most popular of these among the internet. It has many features to allow peer-to-peer voice chats, as well as allowing calls to be made at a price to actual phones.
*'''{{w|AIM}}''' or AOL Instant Messenger is a chat client created by AOL.
*'''GG''' is {{w|Gadu-Gadu}} and instant messenger client popular in Poland.
*'''{{w|Yahoo Messenger}}''' is an instant messenger client by Yahoo.
*'''{{w|Google Talk}}''' is a voice/video chatting service from Google (that Google has been replacing with Hangouts). Google Talk also has an invasion fleet at its shores.
*'''{{w|ICQ}}''' is an older messaging service, albeit with an 18+ requirement (despite pornography not being the point of ICQ).
*'''{{w|Windows Live Messenger}}''', or "MSN", was the messaging service of Microsoft before Microsoft bought Skype. MSN was useful in that people could draw and send pictures to other chatters.
*'''{{w|UseNet}}''' was one of the original ways to communicate on the internet, though people can download (copyrighted) files through the service. Since it is still in use by some, it gets the tag "Still Around!" on the map.
*'''{{w|IRC}} Isles''' refers to the ancestor of Internet-powered chatting. People would have connected to a server and spoke publicly. IRC is still in use (per 2014, notably in getting help from users4. One of those isles is #xkcd which is an IRC community around [[xkcd]].

===Bay of Drama===
*'''{{w|FanFiction.net}}''' is a website where people can submit their fanfiction (stories by fans written about other peoples' media, normally that about popular media). The website tend to have people that are not helpful to those who legitimately want critique of their own stories.
*'''{{w|Xanga}}''' is a blogging service that, while popular at its time, lost out to...
*'''{{w|LiveJournal}}''', one of the definitive websites and Internet communities. More specifically, LiveJournal was the most popular blogging service before Tumblr became popular.
*'''ONYD''' - Reference to {{w|Oh No You Didn't}}, which is explained in the Blogosphere region.
*'''{{w|Dreamwidth}}''' is a LiveJournal fork emphasizing its open-source nature.

===Blogosphere===
The Blogosphere region contains several general {{w|blog}} topics.
*'''{{w|photo blog|Photo Blogs}}''' are commonly used to chronicle the lives of the authors through photographs.
*'''Diary Blogs''' are another popular use of blogs (and, in fact, the original use) where authors write commentary about their lives.
*'''Bay of Grammar Pedantry''' deals with the fact that, whether due to a lack of proper education, a habit of using "chat-speak" in the text-limited SMS and MMS, or simply due to the (generally) more relaxed nature of the Internet, blog authors tend to write with horrible composition, a point of annoyment to a lot of other people due to the subsequent increased difficulty of reading the horribly-written material.
*'''Fandom Blogs''' are blogs created by a "{{w|fandom}}" which is a community of fans. A fandom blog deals with the subject matter of the respective fandom.
*'''Sea of Zero (0) Comments''' refers to blogs that get very little attention and therefore have no comments.
*'''SpamBlog Straits''' references spammers who use blogs to increase the number of links to their site to try to game search engines.
*'''OffTopic.com''' is a general interest forum that refers to itself as "the largest general discussion forum on the internet."
*Many more straightforward blogs, including:
**'''Writing/Poetry'''
**'''Gossip Blogs'''
**'''Political Blogs'''
**'''Music Blogs'''
**'''Tech Blogs'''
**'''Business Blogs'''
**'''Corporate Blogs'''
**'''Religious Blogs'''
**'''Miscellaneous Blogs'''
*'''Blog Blogs''' - These can refer to blogs that talk about the matter about blogging itself, though they can also refer to blogs which authors use in talking about blogging.

===Blogosphere (Core Region)===
Gossip Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on gossip surrounding celebrities and other well-known persons.
*'''{{w|Jezebel}}''' is a liberally feminist blog, hosted by Gawker.
*'''{{w|Deadline}}'''
*'''{{w|TMZ}}'''
*'''{{w|Gawker}}''' is a blog that is the host of other blogs.
*'''LJ Oh No They Didn't''' - LiveJournal {{w|Oh No They Didn't}} - Oh No They Didn't, also known as ONTD, is the largest community on LiveJournal with over 100,000 members. The community focuses on celebrity gossip and pop culture with most of its posts aggregated from other gossip blogs.
*'''{{w|Doucheblog}}'''
*'''Isle of Mockery''' is a reference to the fact that some of what these blogs do is mock celebrities or other for doing or saying stupid things on camera.

Liberal Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "liberal" or "progressive" slant. These blogs tend to lean for the Democratic party.
*'''{{w|Huffington Post}}''' is a news blog.
*'''{{w|Paul Krugman}}'''
*'''{{w|Daily Beast}}'''
*'''TPM''' - {{w|Talking Points Memo}}
*'''{{w|Ezra Klein}}''' - Ezra used to have his own site at the Washington Post, but is now the editor of [Vox.com].
*'''{{w|Think Progress}}'''
*'''Kos''' - {{w|Daily Kos}}

Bay of Flame:
*Politics Daily
*CNN Political Ticker
*Mediaite
*NY Times
*The Talk
*Libertarian Isle (shaped like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Chart Nolan Chart])

Conservative Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "conservative" or Republican slant.
*Pajamas Media
*Michelle Malkin
*Hot Air
*Red State
*American Thinker
*Townhall

Tech Blogs:
*Boy Genius Report
*Gizmodo is a news and opinion blog, hosted by Gawker, that talks about life's more technological matters.
*Engadget is another technology-oriented, albeit independent, blog.
*Crunchgear
*Techcrunch
*Joystiq is a news and opinion blog that focuses on gaming.
*Kotaku is another gaming-oriented news/opinion blog, the main difference beig that Kotaku is owned by Gawker.

Assorted:
*BoingBoing is "i blog about wonderful things", the topics being quite random.
*Lifehacker, another Gawker blog, is a blog that teaches people how to simplify their lives through 'lifehacking', that is, using their resources in creative wayss. While the subject matter is life in general, there is a significant technological slant.
*{{w|Deadspin}} is a sports and sports gossip blog founded by Will Leitch.
*Meatorama

===QQ Region===
*'''Baidu Baike''' (「百度百科」, "Baidu Encyclopedia") and '''Hudong''' (「互动百科」, "Interactive Encyclopedia" ) are two Chinese online encyclopedias. Baidu Baike is powered by the same company as Baidu, the search engine popular in China.
* The '''Ma Le Ge Bi''' and the '''Grass Mud Horse Bay''' could refer to the {{w|Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures}}.
* The '''Location of Jia Junpeng''' refers to the Internet meme of {{w|Jia Junpeng}} in 2009 in China.
*'''{{w|Tencent QQ}}''' is a Chinese instant messaging program.
*In English communities "QQ" has several more common definitions:
**An {{w|emoticon}}, representing a face with two large, crying eyes.
**A synonym for "rage quit", in which a video game player quits the game out of sheer frustration. It originated in ''Warcraft II'' multiplayer, where pressing Ctrl+Q+Q would quit the game, and became more widely known in ''World of Warcraft''.
**These definitions are commonly combined, usually to mock the "rage quitter".
*The Gulf of China refers to how sites in the region are based in People's Republic of China ("Red China"). The '''Great Firewall''' refers to {{w|The Great Firewall of China}}, a pun on {{w|The Great Wall of China}}. Similar to how The Great Wall of China was meant to keep intruding nations out of the then-capital of the city, The Great Firewall of China is meant to keep visitors from visiting censored websites. However, either a VPN or remote access to a computer in a "freer" country can circumvent the Firewall. Oddly other Chinese websites (Qzone, Renren etc.) are not enclosed in this zone.

===Forums Islands===
Forums are websites where one person post a topic to which other people can discuss.

While the map has a zoomed in version, this article shall discuss the two bigger islands, first.

*'''[http://www.2ch.net 2channel]''' is a Japanese imageboard that was actually the original inspiration for 4chan.
*'''[http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Craigslist]''' is a classified advertisement website with sections devoted to just about everything... which formerly included prostitution services, hence the '''The Former Site of Adult Services'''.

In the zoomed-in map, there is...
*'''420chan''' and '''7chan''', other imageboards in the style of 4chan (see below). Their relative lack of popularity and derivative nature leads a lot of 4chan users to mock them; hence, their position on Randall's map suggests that they're mere wads of semen.
*'''[http://ohinternet.com/ Encyclopedia Dramatica]''', labeled '''ED''' on the map, is a wiki site dedicated to chronicling internet memes and other noteworthy sites, events, people, and anything else that catches their attention, their respective articles written in an incredibly arbitrary and vulgar manner. The site is ''heavily'' steeped in the attitude of veteran, vulgar 4chan users. People who have articles in the website tend to react with despair, given not only the cruelty in which the articles talk about the person in question, but the presence of the article means that the person is now an eternal target from the trolls. The user is not in a position of retaliation, since the userbase of Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan tends to overpower the victim easily...
:...usually. Due to the founder's talk against the Australian Aborignals (the founder is Australian), legal action has gone against the founder to the point of the founder having to shut down Encyclopedia Dramatica, founding the far tamer Oh, Internet! website, instead. Trolls responded by not only uploading their own mirror of the website but also vilifying the former founder forever.
:(Please note that, due to the malicious nature of the pop-up advertisements of Encyclopedia Dramatica, the link above points to its safe-for-work successor, Oh, Internet!)
*'''[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan.org]''' is an {{w|imageboard}} in which people can upload pictures while others comment on them. The website is infamous for its loose/often non-existent rules, incredibly vulgar userbase, source of new memes, and spawning of trolls. 4chan's random board, known internally as '''/b/''', is almost constantly flooded with porn and image macros. This is why Randall's incarnation of 4chan is shaped like a penis.
*'''Tunnel to Habbo''' is a reference to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed the 2006 Habbo Hotel Raids], in which hundreds of 4chan Anons simultaneously logged onto Habbo Hotel and proceeded to be as obnoxious as possible, standing in formations of swastikas and penises or body-blocking the swimming pools.
*'''{{w|Catbus}} Route''' is likely a reference to {{w|Lolcat}}s in general.
*'''[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World]''' is a media-hosting website founded by Eric Bauman. The site has lost a lot of traffic after (quite valid) accusations of stolen content.
*The gulf labelled '''{{w|Anonymous (group)|Anonymous}}''' is a reference to the trolls that label themselves "Anonymous" who recently had gained national acknowledgement because of the group's real-life tirades, including cracking attacks against the Church of Scientology and the founding of WikiLeaks (a website that leaks confidential material related to governments).
*[http://www.somethingawful.com/ SomethingAwful] is a website that is meant to showcase all things "awful". SomethingAwful also has a large trollbase, but they tend to be more honorable than the ones from Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan. One example is there being a spotty holding of the no-furries rule in the forums. The forums themselves are famous because of the holding of the Let's Plays of [http://lparchive.org/Dangan-Ronpa/ Dangan Ronpa] and [http://danganronpa2mirror.tumblr.com/ Super Dangan Ronpa 2], which had cooked up public interest to the point of there being an English-language release of the games.
Please note that, due to these Let's Plays being in a forums that frequently hides behind a "paywall" that requires a paid account before accessing, the links provided go to their mirrors.

==Transcript==
:'''Map of Online Communities'''
:Size on map represents volume of Daily Social activity (posts, chat, etc). Based on data gathered over the Spring and Summer of 2010.

:[Two insets on the upper left-hand corner shows that this map is a tiny portion of the huge continent of Spoken Language, encompassing portions of the Internet, Email, and Cell Phones (SMS).]

:[The largest landmass on the map by far, which takes up nearly the entire northern half of the map is "Facebook" - with large states in the south-east of the country labeled 'Farmville' and 'Happy Farm'. There is a much smaller state to the west of these called 'Farm Town'. To the north of these states is a large swath of unremarkable land entitled 'Northern Wasteland of Unread Updates.' This is directly north of the large Dopamine Sea.

:A peninsula on the south-west, just below the Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions, houses many tiny states, such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Bebo, & Hi5. It is bordered on the south by Buzzword Bay, which contains several islands of varying sizes. Among these are YouTube and Twitter (the largest), which are separated by the Social Media Consultant Channel. To the south-east of Twitter, across the Sea of Protocol Confusion, is another, equally large island. Most of it is Skype, with the north having two largish states called AIM and Windows Live Messenger. On the south-west part of the island are two smaller states called GG and Yahoo Messenger.

:The Island of Skype is extremely close to, but separated by the Great Firewall (a dashed line), the large landmass of QQ. It's north shore is the Gulf of China and Grass Mud Horse Bay. Outside of these bays, over the Great Firewall are two islands called Craigslist and 2Channel.

:In the Dopamine Sea, off the southern shores of Farmville and Happy Farm, is MMO Isle. Its largest state is WoW, with Runescape, Lineage, Maple Story, Habbo, and the Mountains of Steam among its notable landmarks. To the southeast of the island is the Gulf of Lag, in which sits the CDC Games island, with Eve Online.

:To the east of Twitter is Troll Bay, with such islands as Reddit and Reddit, Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicio.us, and Wikipedia Talk Pages. To their south are the IRC isles, of which one is the tiny island of #xkcd.

:East of these islands, and north of Skype island, is the Sea of Memes. In this sea, to the north of Craigslist and 2Channel, is an archipelago of tiny islands. There is an inset, labeled 'Forums.' (See below.)

:To the southwest of Twitter island, in the Sea of Opinions, are the blog islands. These lie south of the islands in Buzzword Bay, as well. The northernmost islands in this group are centered around the Bay of Drama, on which can be found Diary Blogs, Gossip Blogs, and Livejournal. Gossip Blogs share an island with Political, Music, and Tech Blogs. To the north of this island is a smaller island called Photo Blogs. South of Diary Blogs, and off the southwest coast of Music blogs is a smaller island called Fandom Blogs. South of Tech Blogs, off of which sprouts the small peninsula of Business Blogs, is the Spamblog Straits. On the other side of the straits is a large island made up of Miscellaneous Blogs, with two states demarcated as Religious Blogs and Blog Blogs. Southwest of the Blog Islands is the Sea of Zero (0) Comments.]

:[An inset of a group of islands in the sea of memes located on the lower right corner of the map, labeled 'Forums'. The largest by far is 4chan and /b/. Also found here are D2JSP, JLA Frums, Fan Forum, Something Awful, and many smaller ones, too numerous to list here.]

:[The northeastern third of Gossip/Political/Tech Blogs island is another inset labeled 'Blogosphere (Core)'. This can be found on the lower left corner of the map. Two peninsulas in Political Blogs bookend the Bay of Flame -- these are Liberal Blogs and Conservative Blogs. Between them lie several tiny islands such as Politics Daily, CNN Politcal Ticker, and Mediaite. Off the coast of Liberal Blogs lies the island of NYTimes, off the coast of Conservative Blogs is Libertarian Isle. Between the two lies The Talk. The northern peninsula of Tech Blogs contains places such as Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, and Kotaku.]

:[Text found between the two insets, which are directly below the main map.]
:ABOUT THIS MAP
:Communities rise and fall, and total membership numbers are no longer a good measure of a community's current size and health. This updated map uses size to represent total social activity in a community -- that is, how much talking, playing, sharing, or other socializing happens there. This meant some comparing of apples and oranges, but I did my best and tried to be consistent.

:Estimates are based on the numbers I could find, but involved a great deal of guesswork, statistical inference, random sampling, nonrandom sampling, a 20,000-cell spreadsheet, emailing, cajoling, tea-leaf reading, goat sacrifices, and gut instinct (i.e. making things up).

:Sources of data include Google and Bing, Wikipedia, Alexa, Big-Boards.com, StumbleUpon, Wordpress, Akismet, every website statistics page I could find, press releases, news articles, and individual site employees. Thanks in particular to folks at Last.fm, LiveJournal, Reddit, and the New York Times, as well as sysadmins at a number of sites who shared statistics on condition of anonymity.

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Rachel: /* Blogosphere */

{{comic
| number = 802
| date = October 6, 2010
| title = Online Communities 2
| image = online_communities_2.png
| titletext = Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
}}
A [http://xkcd.com/802_large/ larger version] of this picture can be found by clicking the comic on xkcd.
<div class="toclimit-3" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"> __TOC__ </div>
==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Not all of the regions are fully explained. Many labels aren't even mentioned outside of the transcript. Some towns need to be added for example.}}
This comic shows a map of internet communities where the size of each region roughly corresponds to its size, and its proximity to other regions indicates similarities.

This is the successor of [[256: Online Communities]]. It differs in that it is updated, and furthermore, instead of using the ''membership'' of whichever service to determine its size on the map, it uses its "daily social activity."

The map actually has two super−maps: the online community map is surrounded by the "countries" of E−Mail and SMS ("Instant Messaging"). These, in turn, are surrounded by the "Spoken Language" country (which is odd, considering that e−mail, SMS, and the Internet in general are based on ''written'' language) with its own sub−country, "cell phones" (which ''do'' involve e−mail and the Internet while being the mean medium of SMS's).

At the title text [[Randall]] explains that, using his definition of "most activity per day", Farmville is actually the ''second'' most popular social-network farming game -- the Chinese game Happy Farm was more popular at the time. This strikes many English-speaking xkcd readers as odd, because Farmville is much more famous, leading one to wonder how the it could not be the most played. The phrase "browser-based social-networking-centered farming game" is an example of an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyNarrowSuperlative overly-narrow superlative.]

===Facebook Region===
The Facebook region deals with social networks, that is, websites oriented towards having people meet.

'''{{w|Facebook}}''' is a social networking site that allows people to meet old real−life friends and make new friends that share similar interests. One of its most notable features is that a member can update a "status" or make normal posts about the happenings of the member's life, complete with pictures, other members "liking" these posts. The size of the Facebook region is not exaggerated; most websites seem to allow "liking" their content or allow/require logging in the website with a Facebook account. There even are cell phones with a "Facebook" button!

*'''{{w|FarmVille}}''' and '''{{w|Farm Town}}''' are Facebook games in which users manage farms. '''{{w|Happy Farm}},''' the Chinese game that inspired the other two, does not require Facebook integration, so it is separated by a solid line from Facebook. The "Unethical Bay" refers to how these games tend to addict players into constantly buying virtual items of questionable value.

*The '''People You Can't Unfriend''' refer to people whom, due to real-life expectations and relationships, unfriending them is difficult, no matter how you really feel about them.

*The '''Blatherskite River''' refers to the conversations on Facebook, which may be long yet devoid of general meaning or logic.

*The '''Data Mines''' refer to the data mining that Facebook does with the interests of its members. This fuels the profitable advertising business at the expense of customer trust.

*The '''Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions''' refer to how interactions with family members on Facebook suddenly become more awkward because everyone on Facebook (and sometimes ''off'' Facebook, given that you do not necessarily need to log in if you want to see someone's Facebook account) if you are discussing with your family through post comments.

*The '''524,287 Strong for Mersenne Primes''' refers to the communities who gain followers for a cause. A {{w|Mersenne prime}} is a prime number that is 1 less than a power of 2; 524287 is the 7th known Mersenne prime.

*The '''Jungle-Bay Mountains of "It's Complicated"''' refers to one of Facebook's options as to what a user's relationship status currently is. A Jungle-Bay Mountain is a complicated and undefined climate, hence the complication.

*'''"Old Facebook" Resistance''' refers to Facebook's earlier users, who have often resisted (and resented) changes made to Facebook as it became more popular.

*'''Privacy Controls''' is located on the map surrounded by a Lava Pool, which is a reference to how difficult it is to find the privacy controls within Facebook.
*'''Niche Market Mountains''' refers to social networks aimed towards more niche markets are located. Similar to how mountains tend to be isolated from mainland, niche social networks tend to be just that: niche, without much interaction with the general populace.
*'''Charred Wasteland of Abandoned Social Networks''' refers to the tons of websites wanting to take advantage of the success of websites like Facebook to compete or even overpower with them. Even so, these websites tend to not have the userbase or even the expertise towards the long-term, hence they become wastelands: environments devoid of life, except the few life forms that are from these wastelands (in this case, the ones who are loyal to the website or which are sadly few).
*In the Charred Wasteland stands '''{{w|Ozymandias}}''', the titular broken statue of Shelley's poem. In the poem, only "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" and a "shattered visage" are all that remain of the once-great statue and both of these features are present in the comic. According to the poem, the pedestal before the broken statue reads "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..." hence "friend of friends" below Ozymandias on the map.
*In the north are the '''Duckface Mountains''' and the '''Red Cup Mountains'''."Duckface" refers to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face this incredibly obnoxious facial expression], and "red cup pictures" are any pictures containing party-goers holding disposable red plastic beverage cups. Facebook is absolutely flooded with both types of pictures.
*In the south is '''Buzzword Bay'''. {{w|Buzzword}}s are words and phrases that make you sound a lot more topical than you actually are, used to garner attention; again, Facebook status updates are commonly filled with buzzwords.

While Facebook is the largest "country" of the Facebook Region, there are a lot of smaller "countries" that represent smaller social networks.

*Below Facebook (and "Old Facebook' Resistance") is '''{{w|Diaspora (social network)|Diaspora}}''', a fully open-source, decentralized, privacy-respecting-and-expecting alternative to Facebook. From what this map tells, Diaspora is little-known, even if Facebook is taken out of the context.
*'''{{w|StudiVZ}}''' is a German-speaking social network similar if not a ripped-off version of Facebook.
*'''{{w|XING}}''' is a German-speaking social platform similar to LinkedIn.
*'''{{w|Ning (website)|Ning}}''' is a service to create custom social websites. Its free services shut down in 2010.
*'''{{w|Taringa!}}''' is a Spanish-speaking social network that is based on a forums. Copyrighted material is frequently found there.
*Next to the Euro(pean) Gulf is '''{{w|Skyrock (social network site)}}''', a French-speaking social network.
*'''{{w|Wer-kennt-wen}}''' is a German-social network somewhat like MySpace.
*'''{{w|Nasza-klasa.pl}}''' or NK, is a Polish-speaking social network based on school relationships.
*'''{{w|Badoo}}''' is a social network primarily based on dating and picture-sharing.
*'''{{w|Classmates.com}}''' is a services in which the user can meet classmates that came from the same high school. The website is probably best known by its memetic advertisement that said [http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-am-i-supposed-to-care-about-nick.html "She married him??!! And they've got 7 kids??"] (Incidentally, [http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003325519_adcouple27.html there is more to the coupled picture than what the advertisement says.])
*'''{{w|Myspace}}''' is a social networking website that is a kind of proto-Facebook: users could customize their one-page websites with whatever they wanted, make their interests and daily lives public, and interact with other users. Back in the mid 2000s, MySpace was the largest social network, many people using the website; however, the surprisingly-less-customizable Facebook ended up taking the place of MySpace. The "bands" country of MySpace refers to how a lot of bands in the day advertised and interacted using the website. Indeed, the latest incarnation of MySpace (in terms of 2013) is more oriented towards band members.
*'''{{w|LinkedIn}}''' is a social network aimed towards people in the workplace, which is why it is adjancent to '''Corporate Bay'''.
*'''{{w|Orkut}}''' was one of Google's first social networks before Google made [https://plus.google.com/ Google+]. It shut down in 2014.
*'''{{w|Hi5}}''' is a social network that is very popular among people in Latin America.
*'''{{w|Renren}}''' ('''「人人」''', "people" in Chinese) is "a Chinese copy of Facebook."
*'''{{w|Bebo}}''' was a social network popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It went bankrupt in 2013 and will move away from social networking and into apps.
*'''{{w|Friendster}}''' - One of the first major social networks, it has fallen way off in usage in recent years and was eclipsed by MySpace. It is still popular in Asia.
*'''{{w|VK (social networking website)|Vkontakte}}''' or VK, is the second largest social network service in Europe after Facebook. It is available in several languages, but particularly popular among Russian-speaking users around the world.
*'''{{w|Netlog}}''' is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the global youth demographic.
*'''{{w|Mixi}}''' is an online Japanese social networking service.
*'''{{w|Qzone}}''' is a social networking website, which is big in China. According to a report published by Tencent, possibly surpassing other social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace in China.
*'''{{w|Tuenti}}''' is a Spain-based, social networking service, that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook."
*'''{{w|Cloob}}''' is a Persian-language social networking website, mainly popular in Iran. After the locally (and internationally) popular social networking website Orkut was blocked by the Iranian government, a series of local sites and networks, including Cloob, emerged to fill the gap.
*'''{{w|Kaixin001}}''' is a social networking website which ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall.
*'''{{w|Piczo}}''' was a privately held blog website for teens. In November 2012, Piczo.com shut down.
*'''{{w|Odnoklassniki}}''' is a social network service for classmates and old friends. It is popular in Russia and former Soviet Republics.
*'''{{w|Adult FriendFinder}}''' is a pornographic dating site.
*'''{{w|Match.com}}''' is a dating site.
*'''{{w|Ok Cupid}}''' is another dating site.
*'''{{w|PlentyofFish}}''' is yet another dating site.
*'''{{w|Sulawesi}}''' is a real-life island in the Indonesian archipelago. It also appears in 256: Online Communities.

===MMO Isle===
MMO's (short form of "MMORPG", short form of "Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Player Game") are websites that host online games where multiple people take the role of a character and play in a setting hosted by the website. These types of games tend to be fantastical in setting. Frequently, missions are added to the game, giving current player more incentive towards playing more.

*'''[https://www.habbo.com/ Habbo Hotel]''' is a website where someone creates a human avatar an interacts in a virtual world that is not that different from the one in real life.
*'''[http://www.clubpenguin.com/ Club Penguin]''' is [http://disney.com/ Disney's] MMO where someone creates a penguin avatar and interacts with other in a more polar, cartoony setting. Club Penguin is aimed towards children.
*'''[http://maplestory.nexon.net/ Maple Story]''' is an MMO that has a more natural setting. The most distinguishing feature of Maple Story is its cartoony pixel art.
*'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]''', while not an MMO, is a website that has the largest repository of walkthoughs, that is, guides that help someone beat a game. GameFAQs is notable for not only its large repository of walkthroughs of games that are across an extreme variety of consoles, handhelds, and even computers (not all of them MMOs), but also the drama that is rumoured to happen in the GameFAQs forums.
*'''[http://www.ign.com/ IGN]''' (full: '''Imagine Games Network'''), while also not an MMO, is the largest website that gives news on video games in general, not just MMOs. Each of the games mentioned in the site have pages that have summaries, reviews, screenshots, other art, videos, and links to news related to its games.
*'''[http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml FFXI]''' (full: '''Final Fantasy XI''') is an MMO from SquareEnix, being the first MMO of the popular ''Final Fantasy'' series.
*'''[http://www.runescape.com/community Runescape]''' is an older MMO.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ Starcraft II]''' is a realtime strategy game with a science fiction setting that heavily involves space travel. While technically not an MMO, it has a significant online multiplayer component.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ WoW]''' (full: '''World of Warcraft''') is the definitive MMO, being not only the most popular and one of the longest-running but also the most expansive (having its own spinoff games, comic books, novels, and even figurines), WOW giving the idea of how an MMO should be. A player can choose from a variety of races, each with its own heavy history.
*'''[http://secondlife.com/ Second Life]''' is similar to Habbo, albeit with a bigger suspension of disbelief (one example being that the player does not need to be a human) and in a 3D setting.
*'''[http://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates]''' is a text-based political simulation game. Notably, some of its traffic comes not from the actual game (which is optional), but the extensive set of political, roleplaying, and general forums attached.
*'''[http://www.urbandead.com/ Urban Dead]''' describes itself as "A Massively Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypse", which sums it up pretty well.
*'''[http://www.kingdomofloathing.com KoL]''' (full: '''Kingdom of Loathing''') is a comedic browser-based MMO-ish RPG with minimalistic stick-figure art.
*'''{{w|CDC Games}}''' is a Chinese company reputed to be the largest MMORPG distributor.
*'''{{w|Eve Online|EVE Online}}''' is a science fiction MMO which is notable because of its virtual economy.
*'''{{w|Gaia Online|Gaia}}''' or Gaia Online, while not an MMO, is a forum oriented towards pop culture, including video games and Japanese media. Its most notable feature is the heavy customization possible of a member's pixel-art avatar. Its members tend to roleplay a lot, albeit in a more written, story-based form. Gaia has gained a reputation with its members stealing art and causing drama.
*'''{{w|City of Heroes|CoH}}''' or City of Heroes was a superhero-based MMORPG that was shut down November 2012.

Other notable regions include:
*The '''Mountains of Steam''', referring to the game distribution service [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] where people could buy and download video games in general, not just MMOs.
*'''River Grind''' refers to "grinding." In most MMOs, the character is a fighter of some sorts, yet starts at a level 1, signifying the character's aptitude level in combat. The character can level up and gain more aptitude levels through earning experience, of which the most reliable and otherwise common way is the process of "grinding," that is, repeatedly fighting opposing monsters (sometimes of a level notably lower that your character's), gaining experience points from winning these battles until your character gains a level, that is, "levels up". While a practical necessity in strengthening the character, this process can be tiresome, hence the expression "grinding."
*'''Spawn Camp''' refers to "spawn points", the places in combat-oriented MMO's tend to produce ("spawn") random AI-powered creatures, and the act of "spawn camping", in which the player character simply stands behind or around the spawn points to fight the enemy creatures as soon as they appear.
*'''Gulf of Lag''' refers to how the MMO can be slowed down a considerable amount due to the large amount of players simultaneously using the same server, this congestion bogging down the server and frustrating the users.
*'''[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/final-boss-of-the-internet End Guy for the Internet]''' refers to "end bosses," the last — and usually hardest to defeat — "bad guy" in a game (or a section of a game).

===YouTube Region===
The YouTube region refers to websites that are based on user-created content.

'''[https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]''' is the definitive video website where people can upload videos with the purpose of public viewing, ranging from home movies through official music videos through Let's Plays of people playing video games to questionably-legal uploads of cartoons and films. Google had purchased YouTube.

Many of the sites on the map are just references to {{w|viral video}}s at {{w|YouTube}}:
*'''Viral Shores''' refers to how viral videos (whether they be viral marketing or simply memes) tend to proliferate on YouTube.
*'''Britney''' likely refers to pop singer {{w|Britney Spears}} and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc‎ "Leave Britney Alone" guy].
*'''Maru Gulf''' refers to Maru the Cat, a YouTube celebrity [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/676:_Abstraction also mentioned in xkcd].
*'''Prairie Dog Habitat''' likely refers to the viral video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw Dramatic Chipmunk] (which is actually a Prairie Dog).
*'''Rick Rolling Hills''' references, well, {{w|Rickrolling}}. More information [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ here]. The "deserted" note likely refers to how Rick Astley himself is tired of the meme, or again, how people tend to leave the video upon getting "Rick Roll'd," never actually going to the video with the express purpose of viewing the video.
*'''Lunar Landing Soundstage''' is, of course, a reference to the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}}, which Randall has railed on before.
*'''{{w|OK Go}} Bay''' refers to the band "OK Go" who have multiple viral music videos on YouTube, most famously [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA "Here it goes again"] featuring treadmills.

The '''HTML5 swamp''' refers to the spotty support of HTML 5 (an update on HTML that is frequently touting its media capabilities, making HTML 5 a viable alternative to Flash) YouTube has. Of course, by the time the comic was written, HTML 5 was still in its infancy. The Music Video Bay refers to the amount of music videos (official or otherwise) are present in YouTube.

Other counties of the YouTube region include:
*'''[https://vimeo.com/ vimeo]''', a website where people tend to showcase artistic content that they made on their own, notably independent studios.

Snob Sound:
*'''[https://secure.flickr.com/ Flickr]''', a website where people can upload and share photographs they took.
*'''[http://fotolog.com Fotolog]''', a photo website very popular in South America in 2004-2008, which was used as a social network.
*'''[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]''', a music website that is notable of its "scrobbling" feature.
*'''[http://www.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]''', the largest art website, where people can upload, sell, and buy not only art itself, but also video, audio, Flash-work, and even skins (the original purpose of deviantArt). While many big-name/professional people and organizations have their works in deviantArt, the site is more infamous for the large amount of people who upload low-quality fan-art and fan-characters, most notably of media from Japan. Another point of infamy is the large amount of drama that can happen in the website.

*'''[https://www.newgrounds.com/ Newgrounds]''', a website that hosts art, (Flash-based) videos, audio, and (Flash-based) games to which other users can comment and rate. Even so, content from Newgrounds tends to be obscene, though there is a filtering system if a viewer does not wish to see obscene content.
*'''[http://www.chatroulette.com/ Chatroulette]''' is a website where people are randomly paired up with each other and video/text chat.
*'''{{w|Brickshelf}}''' is the online resource for {{w|LEGO}} fans.
*'''[https://tumblr.com/ Tumblr]''', where people could make a blog and post text, pictures, video, audio, quotes, and links. The most distinguishing feature is the ability to "reblog" these posts from other's people's blogs into the user's own blog. Notable features of Tumblr include sketchblogs (where people upload their sketches), Ask blogs (where people answer questions other users ask, the moderators of these blogs usually pretending to be a character from a form of media), and the large amount of "social justice" (where people fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of negative discrimination). (See also [[1043: Ablogalypse]].)
*'''{{w|b3ta}}''' is a popular British website, described as a "puerile digital arts community" by The Guardian.

The '''Isle of teenagers who just discovered macroeconomics''' is a joke about how teenagers tend to think that the world and the economy are a lot simpler than they actually are. Combined with the typical internet mindset, this leads to a lot of teenagers posting blogs and videos and comments on blogs and videos describing how idiotic the government and other red-tape-related adults are.
The '''Snob Sound''' could refer to the large amount of people who look down on others in the surrounding websites (one example being an original artist looking down on people who draw mainly fan-art). '''The Iraq''' is a reference to Miss Teen USA 2007, Ms. Teen South Carolina - Lauren Katlin said "I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as...the US should help the US and should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the asian countries so we are able to build up our future." The usage of "the iraq" became a meme.

===Twitter Region===
*'''Bieber Bay''' is a reference to {{w|Justin Bieber}} a pop singer whose singing sprouted on YouTube and became very popular on Twitter and other social media. He is very much vilified because of his rather feminine appearance and his hordes of fans (called "Beliebers") that seem to support him to ridiculous extents. Lately, though, Justin Beiber has taken a "bad boy" attitude because of all the Beliebers who are willing to defend him no matter what, him partaking in a lot of questionable activities that include tattoos, questionably-legal substances, and buying prostitution, thus lowering his popularity in the general populace.
*'''{{w|Google Buzz}}''' is a former social network attempted by Google. It has since been shut down.
*'''Bit.Ly Mountains''' is a reference to the URL shortening service {{w|bit.ly}}.
*'''Kayne's Isle of Sadness''' is a reference to the musician {{w|Kayne West}}.
*'''Sarah Palin USA''' is the Twitter handle of former politician {{w|Sarah Palin}}.
*'''Clueless Politician Coast''' is a reference to the number of politicians on Twitter and other social networks who repeatedly share clueless updates that more often create an uproar than help their election chances.
*'''Desert of Food Updates''' is a reference to the number of pictures of food that are shared on social media (especially Twitter). There has even been some controversy on posting such pictures.
*'''Journalists Trying to Find the Cutting Edge''' is referencing journalists on Twitter trying to keep up with the way that news is gathered and delivered now, despite usually working for a newspaper that publishes once a day.
*'''{{w|SHAQ}}''' is a reference to the former NBA basketball player, {{w|Shaq}}.
*'''{{w|identi.ca}}''' is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service, being an alternative to Twitter.
*''' Breaking! Waves''' is a pun on the fact that so many people used the word "Breaking" at the beginning of tweets that do not warrant that tag that the word has lost most of its meaning and become a joke. It is a pun because waves "break" on the shore.
*'''Web 3.0''' refers to the unofficial term {{w|Web 2.0}}. In this case, "Web 1.0" refers to websites that give information to users. Web 2.0 refers to websites where the users themselves create content. Web 3.0 has sometimes been used as a term. For {{w|semantic web}}, a machine-readable version of the web, but this usage is far from universal.

===Geotagged Bay===
*'''{{w|Yelp}}''' is a website where people post reviews of real-life public locations (one example being restaurants).
*'''{{w|Geocaching}}''' is a worldwide GPS scavenger hunt where users upload positions of caches and others will find them and log it online.
*'''{{w|Foursquare}}''' is a location-based social network.
*'''Latitude''' refers to {{w|Google Latitude}}.

===Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes===
*'''{{w|Reddit}}''' is the self-described "front page of the Internet" in which users submit stories, photos and videos and the best are "up-voted" to the top of the page.
*'''Wikipedia talk pages''' refer to the pages where Wikipedia editors discuss how to improve articles.
*'''{{w|Wikia}}''' is 3rd party wiki software, used in the making of the user-editable encyclopedias of just about any subject matter.
*'''{{w|StumbleUpon}}''' is a website-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Delicious (website)|Delicious}}''' is a bookmarking and bookmark-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Digg}}''' is a former competitor to Reddit in the social-news sphere, but now has been sold and restarted as an aggregator of news stories.
*'''{{w|Slashdot}}''', labeled "/." on the map, is a technical news site.
*'''{{w|Fark}}''' is a community website that allows members to comment on news articles from other sites.
*'''{{w|YTMND}}''' is an acronym for "You're The Man Now, Dog!" It's also a community in which users can create meme-type nonsense by playing music over an image (either static or animated).

===Skype Region===
The Skype Region refers to different IM, or Instant Messaging services, that enable almost-real-time text chatting between multiple people. These often allow services like voice chat and even video calls.

*'''{{w|Skype}}''' is, according to Randall, the most popular of these among the internet. It has many features to allow peer-to-peer voice chats, as well as allowing calls to be made at a price to actual phones.
*'''{{w|AIM}}''' or AOL Instant Messenger is a chat client created by AOL.
*'''GG''' is {{w|Gadu-Gadu}} and instant messenger client popular in Poland.
*'''{{w|Yahoo Messenger}}''' is an instant messenger client by Yahoo.
*'''{{w|Google Talk}}''' is a voice/video chatting service from Google (that Google has been replacing with Hangouts). Google Talk also has an invasion fleet at its shores.
*'''{{w|ICQ}}''' is an older messaging service, albeit with an 18+ requirement (despite pornography not being the point of ICQ).
*'''{{w|Windows Live Messenger}}''', or "MSN", was the messaging service of Microsoft before Microsoft bought Skype. MSN was useful in that people could draw and send pictures to other chatters.
*'''{{w|UseNet}}''' was one of the original ways to communicate on the internet, though people can download (copyrighted) files through the service. Since it is still in use by some, it gets the tag "Still Around!" on the map.
*'''{{w|IRC}} Isles''' refers to the ancestor of Internet-powered chatting. People would have connected to a server and spoke publicly. IRC is still in use (per 2014, notably in getting help from users4. One of those isles is #xkcd which is an IRC community around [[xkcd]].

===Bay of Drama===
*'''{{w|FanFiction.net}}''' is a website where people can submit their fanfiction (stories by fans written about other peoples' media, normally that about popular media). The website tend to have people that are not helpful to those who legitimately want critique of their own stories.
*'''{{w|Xanga}}''' is a blogging service that, while popular at its time, lost out to...
*'''{{w|LiveJournal}}''', one of the definitive websites and Internet communities. More specifically, LiveJournal was the most popular blogging service before Tumblr became popular.
*'''ONYD''' - Reference to {{w|Oh No You Didn't}}, which is explained in the Blogosphere region.
*'''{{w|Dreamwidth}}''' is a LiveJournal fork emphasizing its open-source nature.

===Blogosphere===
The Blogosphere region contains several general {{w|blog}} topics.
*'''{{w|Photo Blogs|photo blog}}''' are commonly used to chronicle the lives of the authors through photographs.
*'''Diary Blogs''' are another popular use of blogs (and, in fact, the original use) where authors write commentary about their lives.
*'''Bay of Grammar Pedantry''' deals with the fact that, whether due to a lack of proper education, a habit of using "chat-speak" in the text-limited SMS and MMS, or simply due to the (generally) more relaxed nature of the Internet, blog authors tend to write with horrible composition, a point of annoyment to a lot of other people due to the subsequent increased difficulty of reading the horribly-written material.
*'''Fandom Blogs''' are blogs created by a "{{w|fandom}}" which is a community of fans. A fandom blog deals with the subject matter of the respective fandom.
*'''Sea of Zero (0) Comments''' refers to blogs that get very little attention and therefore have no comments.
*'''SpamBlog Straits''' references spammers who use blogs to increase the number of links to their site to try to game search engines.
*'''OffTopic.com''' is a general interest forum that refers to itself as "the largest general discussion forum on the internet."
*Many more straightforward blogs, including:
**'''Writing/Poetry'''
**'''Gossip Blogs'''
**'''Political Blogs'''
**'''Music Blogs'''
**'''Tech Blogs'''
**'''Business Blogs'''
**'''Corporate Blogs'''
**'''Religious Blogs'''
**'''Miscellaneous Blogs'''
*'''Blog Blogs''' - These can refer to blogs that talk about the matter about blogging itself, though they can also refer to blogs which authors use in talking about blogging.

===Blogosphere (Core Region)===
Gossip Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on gossip surrounding celebrities and other well-known persons.
*'''{{w|Jezebel}}''' is a liberally feminist blog, hosted by Gawker.
*'''{{w|Deadline}}'''
*'''{{w|TMZ}}'''
*'''{{w|Gawker}}''' is a blog that is the host of other blogs.
*'''LJ Oh No They Didn't''' - LiveJournal {{w|Oh No They Didn't}} - Oh No They Didn't, also known as ONTD, is the largest community on LiveJournal with over 100,000 members. The community focuses on celebrity gossip and pop culture with most of its posts aggregated from other gossip blogs.
*'''{{w|Doucheblog}}'''
*'''Isle of Mockery''' is a reference to the fact that some of what these blogs do is mock celebrities or other for doing or saying stupid things on camera.

Liberal Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "liberal" or "progressive" slant. These blogs tend to lean for the Democratic party.
*'''{{w|Huffington Post}}''' is a news blog.
*'''{{w|Paul Krugman}}'''
*'''{{w|Daily Beast}}'''
*'''TPM''' - {{w|Talking Points Memo}}
*'''{{w|Ezra Klein}}''' - Ezra used to have his own site at the Washington Post, but is now the editor of [Vox.com].
*'''{{w|Think Progress}}'''
*'''Kos''' - {{w|Daily Kos}}

Bay of Flame:
*Politics Daily
*CNN Political Ticker
*Mediaite
*NY Times
*The Talk
*Libertarian Isle (shaped like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Chart Nolan Chart])

Conservative Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "conservative" or Republican slant.
*Pajamas Media
*Michelle Malkin
*Hot Air
*Red State
*American Thinker
*Townhall

Tech Blogs:
*Boy Genius Report
*Gizmodo is a news and opinion blog, hosted by Gawker, that talks about life's more technological matters.
*Engadget is another technology-oriented, albeit independent, blog.
*Crunchgear
*Techcrunch
*Joystiq is a news and opinion blog that focuses on gaming.
*Kotaku is another gaming-oriented news/opinion blog, the main difference beig that Kotaku is owned by Gawker.

Assorted:
*BoingBoing is "i blog about wonderful things", the topics being quite random.
*Lifehacker, another Gawker blog, is a blog that teaches people how to simplify their lives through 'lifehacking', that is, using their resources in creative wayss. While the subject matter is life in general, there is a significant technological slant.
*{{w|Deadspin}} is a sports and sports gossip blog founded by Will Leitch.
*Meatorama

===QQ Region===
*'''Baidu Baike''' (「百度百科」, "Baidu Encyclopedia") and '''Hudong''' (「互动百科」, "Interactive Encyclopedia" ) are two Chinese online encyclopedias. Baidu Baike is powered by the same company as Baidu, the search engine popular in China.
* The '''Ma Le Ge Bi''' and the '''Grass Mud Horse Bay''' could refer to the {{w|Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures}}.
* The '''Location of Jia Junpeng''' refers to the Internet meme of {{w|Jia Junpeng}} in 2009 in China.
*'''{{w|Tencent QQ}}''' is a Chinese instant messaging program.
*In English communities "QQ" has several more common definitions:
**An {{w|emoticon}}, representing a face with two large, crying eyes.
**A synonym for "rage quit", in which a video game player quits the game out of sheer frustration. It originated in ''Warcraft II'' multiplayer, where pressing Ctrl+Q+Q would quit the game, and became more widely known in ''World of Warcraft''.
**These definitions are commonly combined, usually to mock the "rage quitter".
*The Gulf of China refers to how sites in the region are based in People's Republic of China ("Red China"). The '''Great Firewall''' refers to {{w|The Great Firewall of China}}, a pun on {{w|The Great Wall of China}}. Similar to how The Great Wall of China was meant to keep intruding nations out of the then-capital of the city, The Great Firewall of China is meant to keep visitors from visiting censored websites. However, either a VPN or remote access to a computer in a "freer" country can circumvent the Firewall. Oddly other Chinese websites (Qzone, Renren etc.) are not enclosed in this zone.

===Forums Islands===
Forums are websites where one person post a topic to which other people can discuss.

While the map has a zoomed in version, this article shall discuss the two bigger islands, first.

*'''[http://www.2ch.net 2channel]''' is a Japanese imageboard that was actually the original inspiration for 4chan.
*'''[http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Craigslist]''' is a classified advertisement website with sections devoted to just about everything... which formerly included prostitution services, hence the '''The Former Site of Adult Services'''.

In the zoomed-in map, there is...
*'''420chan''' and '''7chan''', other imageboards in the style of 4chan (see below). Their relative lack of popularity and derivative nature leads a lot of 4chan users to mock them; hence, their position on Randall's map suggests that they're mere wads of semen.
*'''[http://ohinternet.com/ Encyclopedia Dramatica]''', labeled '''ED''' on the map, is a wiki site dedicated to chronicling internet memes and other noteworthy sites, events, people, and anything else that catches their attention, their respective articles written in an incredibly arbitrary and vulgar manner. The site is ''heavily'' steeped in the attitude of veteran, vulgar 4chan users. People who have articles in the website tend to react with despair, given not only the cruelty in which the articles talk about the person in question, but the presence of the article means that the person is now an eternal target from the trolls. The user is not in a position of retaliation, since the userbase of Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan tends to overpower the victim easily...
:...usually. Due to the founder's talk against the Australian Aborignals (the founder is Australian), legal action has gone against the founder to the point of the founder having to shut down Encyclopedia Dramatica, founding the far tamer Oh, Internet! website, instead. Trolls responded by not only uploading their own mirror of the website but also vilifying the former founder forever.
:(Please note that, due to the malicious nature of the pop-up advertisements of Encyclopedia Dramatica, the link above points to its safe-for-work successor, Oh, Internet!)
*'''[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan.org]''' is an {{w|imageboard}} in which people can upload pictures while others comment on them. The website is infamous for its loose/often non-existent rules, incredibly vulgar userbase, source of new memes, and spawning of trolls. 4chan's random board, known internally as '''/b/''', is almost constantly flooded with porn and image macros. This is why Randall's incarnation of 4chan is shaped like a penis.
*'''Tunnel to Habbo''' is a reference to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed the 2006 Habbo Hotel Raids], in which hundreds of 4chan Anons simultaneously logged onto Habbo Hotel and proceeded to be as obnoxious as possible, standing in formations of swastikas and penises or body-blocking the swimming pools.
*'''{{w|Catbus}} Route''' is likely a reference to {{w|Lolcat}}s in general.
*'''[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World]''' is a media-hosting website founded by Eric Bauman. The site has lost a lot of traffic after (quite valid) accusations of stolen content.
*The gulf labelled '''{{w|Anonymous (group)|Anonymous}}''' is a reference to the trolls that label themselves "Anonymous" who recently had gained national acknowledgement because of the group's real-life tirades, including cracking attacks against the Church of Scientology and the founding of WikiLeaks (a website that leaks confidential material related to governments).
*[http://www.somethingawful.com/ SomethingAwful] is a website that is meant to showcase all things "awful". SomethingAwful also has a large trollbase, but they tend to be more honorable than the ones from Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan. One example is there being a spotty holding of the no-furries rule in the forums. The forums themselves are famous because of the holding of the Let's Plays of [http://lparchive.org/Dangan-Ronpa/ Dangan Ronpa] and [http://danganronpa2mirror.tumblr.com/ Super Dangan Ronpa 2], which had cooked up public interest to the point of there being an English-language release of the games.
Please note that, due to these Let's Plays being in a forums that frequently hides behind a "paywall" that requires a paid account before accessing, the links provided go to their mirrors.

==Transcript==
:'''Map of Online Communities'''
:Size on map represents volume of Daily Social activity (posts, chat, etc). Based on data gathered over the Spring and Summer of 2010.

:[Two insets on the upper left-hand corner shows that this map is a tiny portion of the huge continent of Spoken Language, encompassing portions of the Internet, Email, and Cell Phones (SMS).]

:[The largest landmass on the map by far, which takes up nearly the entire northern half of the map is "Facebook" - with large states in the south-east of the country labeled 'Farmville' and 'Happy Farm'. There is a much smaller state to the west of these called 'Farm Town'. To the north of these states is a large swath of unremarkable land entitled 'Northern Wasteland of Unread Updates.' This is directly north of the large Dopamine Sea.

:A peninsula on the south-west, just below the Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions, houses many tiny states, such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Bebo, & Hi5. It is bordered on the south by Buzzword Bay, which contains several islands of varying sizes. Among these are YouTube and Twitter (the largest), which are separated by the Social Media Consultant Channel. To the south-east of Twitter, across the Sea of Protocol Confusion, is another, equally large island. Most of it is Skype, with the north having two largish states called AIM and Windows Live Messenger. On the south-west part of the island are two smaller states called GG and Yahoo Messenger.

:The Island of Skype is extremely close to, but separated by the Great Firewall (a dashed line), the large landmass of QQ. It's north shore is the Gulf of China and Grass Mud Horse Bay. Outside of these bays, over the Great Firewall are two islands called Craigslist and 2Channel.

:In the Dopamine Sea, off the southern shores of Farmville and Happy Farm, is MMO Isle. Its largest state is WoW, with Runescape, Lineage, Maple Story, Habbo, and the Mountains of Steam among its notable landmarks. To the southeast of the island is the Gulf of Lag, in which sits the CDC Games island, with Eve Online.

:To the east of Twitter is Troll Bay, with such islands as Reddit and Reddit, Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicio.us, and Wikipedia Talk Pages. To their south are the IRC isles, of which one is the tiny island of #xkcd.

:East of these islands, and north of Skype island, is the Sea of Memes. In this sea, to the north of Craigslist and 2Channel, is an archipelago of tiny islands. There is an inset, labeled 'Forums.' (See below.)

:To the southwest of Twitter island, in the Sea of Opinions, are the blog islands. These lie south of the islands in Buzzword Bay, as well. The northernmost islands in this group are centered around the Bay of Drama, on which can be found Diary Blogs, Gossip Blogs, and Livejournal. Gossip Blogs share an island with Political, Music, and Tech Blogs. To the north of this island is a smaller island called Photo Blogs. South of Diary Blogs, and off the southwest coast of Music blogs is a smaller island called Fandom Blogs. South of Tech Blogs, off of which sprouts the small peninsula of Business Blogs, is the Spamblog Straits. On the other side of the straits is a large island made up of Miscellaneous Blogs, with two states demarcated as Religious Blogs and Blog Blogs. Southwest of the Blog Islands is the Sea of Zero (0) Comments.]

:[An inset of a group of islands in the sea of memes located on the lower right corner of the map, labeled 'Forums'. The largest by far is 4chan and /b/. Also found here are D2JSP, JLA Frums, Fan Forum, Something Awful, and many smaller ones, too numerous to list here.]

:[The northeastern third of Gossip/Political/Tech Blogs island is another inset labeled 'Blogosphere (Core)'. This can be found on the lower left corner of the map. Two peninsulas in Political Blogs bookend the Bay of Flame -- these are Liberal Blogs and Conservative Blogs. Between them lie several tiny islands such as Politics Daily, CNN Politcal Ticker, and Mediaite. Off the coast of Liberal Blogs lies the island of NYTimes, off the coast of Conservative Blogs is Libertarian Isle. Between the two lies The Talk. The northern peninsula of Tech Blogs contains places such as Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, and Kotaku.]

:[Text found between the two insets, which are directly below the main map.]
:ABOUT THIS MAP
:Communities rise and fall, and total membership numbers are no longer a good measure of a community's current size and health. This updated map uses size to represent total social activity in a community -- that is, how much talking, playing, sharing, or other socializing happens there. This meant some comparing of apples and oranges, but I did my best and tried to be consistent.

:Estimates are based on the numbers I could find, but involved a great deal of guesswork, statistical inference, random sampling, nonrandom sampling, a 20,000-cell spreadsheet, emailing, cajoling, tea-leaf reading, goat sacrifices, and gut instinct (i.e. making things up).

:Sources of data include Google and Bing, Wikipedia, Alexa, Big-Boards.com, StumbleUpon, Wordpress, Akismet, every website statistics page I could find, press releases, news articles, and individual site employees. Thanks in particular to folks at Last.fm, LiveJournal, Reddit, and the New York Times, as well as sysadmins at a number of sites who shared statistics on condition of anonymity.

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Rachel: /* Bay of Drama */

{{comic
| number = 802
| date = October 6, 2010
| title = Online Communities 2
| image = online_communities_2.png
| titletext = Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
}}
A [http://xkcd.com/802_large/ larger version] of this picture can be found by clicking the comic on xkcd.
<div class="toclimit-3" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"> __TOC__ </div>
==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Not all of the regions are fully explained. Many labels aren't even mentioned outside of the transcript. Some towns need to be added for example.}}
This comic shows a map of internet communities where the size of each region roughly corresponds to its size, and its proximity to other regions indicates similarities.

This is the successor of [[256: Online Communities]]. It differs in that it is updated, and furthermore, instead of using the ''membership'' of whichever service to determine its size on the map, it uses its "daily social activity."

The map actually has two super−maps: the online community map is surrounded by the "countries" of E−Mail and SMS ("Instant Messaging"). These, in turn, are surrounded by the "Spoken Language" country (which is odd, considering that e−mail, SMS, and the Internet in general are based on ''written'' language) with its own sub−country, "cell phones" (which ''do'' involve e−mail and the Internet while being the mean medium of SMS's).

At the title text [[Randall]] explains that, using his definition of "most activity per day", Farmville is actually the ''second'' most popular social-network farming game -- the Chinese game Happy Farm was more popular at the time. This strikes many English-speaking xkcd readers as odd, because Farmville is much more famous, leading one to wonder how the it could not be the most played. The phrase "browser-based social-networking-centered farming game" is an example of an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyNarrowSuperlative overly-narrow superlative.]

===Facebook Region===
The Facebook region deals with social networks, that is, websites oriented towards having people meet.

'''{{w|Facebook}}''' is a social networking site that allows people to meet old real−life friends and make new friends that share similar interests. One of its most notable features is that a member can update a "status" or make normal posts about the happenings of the member's life, complete with pictures, other members "liking" these posts. The size of the Facebook region is not exaggerated; most websites seem to allow "liking" their content or allow/require logging in the website with a Facebook account. There even are cell phones with a "Facebook" button!

*'''{{w|FarmVille}}''' and '''{{w|Farm Town}}''' are Facebook games in which users manage farms. '''{{w|Happy Farm}},''' the Chinese game that inspired the other two, does not require Facebook integration, so it is separated by a solid line from Facebook. The "Unethical Bay" refers to how these games tend to addict players into constantly buying virtual items of questionable value.

*The '''People You Can't Unfriend''' refer to people whom, due to real-life expectations and relationships, unfriending them is difficult, no matter how you really feel about them.

*The '''Blatherskite River''' refers to the conversations on Facebook, which may be long yet devoid of general meaning or logic.

*The '''Data Mines''' refer to the data mining that Facebook does with the interests of its members. This fuels the profitable advertising business at the expense of customer trust.

*The '''Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions''' refer to how interactions with family members on Facebook suddenly become more awkward because everyone on Facebook (and sometimes ''off'' Facebook, given that you do not necessarily need to log in if you want to see someone's Facebook account) if you are discussing with your family through post comments.

*The '''524,287 Strong for Mersenne Primes''' refers to the communities who gain followers for a cause. A {{w|Mersenne prime}} is a prime number that is 1 less than a power of 2; 524287 is the 7th known Mersenne prime.

*The '''Jungle-Bay Mountains of "It's Complicated"''' refers to one of Facebook's options as to what a user's relationship status currently is. A Jungle-Bay Mountain is a complicated and undefined climate, hence the complication.

*'''"Old Facebook" Resistance''' refers to Facebook's earlier users, who have often resisted (and resented) changes made to Facebook as it became more popular.

*'''Privacy Controls''' is located on the map surrounded by a Lava Pool, which is a reference to how difficult it is to find the privacy controls within Facebook.
*'''Niche Market Mountains''' refers to social networks aimed towards more niche markets are located. Similar to how mountains tend to be isolated from mainland, niche social networks tend to be just that: niche, without much interaction with the general populace.
*'''Charred Wasteland of Abandoned Social Networks''' refers to the tons of websites wanting to take advantage of the success of websites like Facebook to compete or even overpower with them. Even so, these websites tend to not have the userbase or even the expertise towards the long-term, hence they become wastelands: environments devoid of life, except the few life forms that are from these wastelands (in this case, the ones who are loyal to the website or which are sadly few).
*In the Charred Wasteland stands '''{{w|Ozymandias}}''', the titular broken statue of Shelley's poem. In the poem, only "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" and a "shattered visage" are all that remain of the once-great statue and both of these features are present in the comic. According to the poem, the pedestal before the broken statue reads "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..." hence "friend of friends" below Ozymandias on the map.
*In the north are the '''Duckface Mountains''' and the '''Red Cup Mountains'''."Duckface" refers to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face this incredibly obnoxious facial expression], and "red cup pictures" are any pictures containing party-goers holding disposable red plastic beverage cups. Facebook is absolutely flooded with both types of pictures.
*In the south is '''Buzzword Bay'''. {{w|Buzzword}}s are words and phrases that make you sound a lot more topical than you actually are, used to garner attention; again, Facebook status updates are commonly filled with buzzwords.

While Facebook is the largest "country" of the Facebook Region, there are a lot of smaller "countries" that represent smaller social networks.

*Below Facebook (and "Old Facebook' Resistance") is '''{{w|Diaspora (social network)|Diaspora}}''', a fully open-source, decentralized, privacy-respecting-and-expecting alternative to Facebook. From what this map tells, Diaspora is little-known, even if Facebook is taken out of the context.
*'''{{w|StudiVZ}}''' is a German-speaking social network similar if not a ripped-off version of Facebook.
*'''{{w|XING}}''' is a German-speaking social platform similar to LinkedIn.
*'''{{w|Ning (website)|Ning}}''' is a service to create custom social websites. Its free services shut down in 2010.
*'''{{w|Taringa!}}''' is a Spanish-speaking social network that is based on a forums. Copyrighted material is frequently found there.
*Next to the Euro(pean) Gulf is '''{{w|Skyrock (social network site)}}''', a French-speaking social network.
*'''{{w|Wer-kennt-wen}}''' is a German-social network somewhat like MySpace.
*'''{{w|Nasza-klasa.pl}}''' or NK, is a Polish-speaking social network based on school relationships.
*'''{{w|Badoo}}''' is a social network primarily based on dating and picture-sharing.
*'''{{w|Classmates.com}}''' is a services in which the user can meet classmates that came from the same high school. The website is probably best known by its memetic advertisement that said [http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-am-i-supposed-to-care-about-nick.html "She married him??!! And they've got 7 kids??"] (Incidentally, [http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003325519_adcouple27.html there is more to the coupled picture than what the advertisement says.])
*'''{{w|Myspace}}''' is a social networking website that is a kind of proto-Facebook: users could customize their one-page websites with whatever they wanted, make their interests and daily lives public, and interact with other users. Back in the mid 2000s, MySpace was the largest social network, many people using the website; however, the surprisingly-less-customizable Facebook ended up taking the place of MySpace. The "bands" country of MySpace refers to how a lot of bands in the day advertised and interacted using the website. Indeed, the latest incarnation of MySpace (in terms of 2013) is more oriented towards band members.
*'''{{w|LinkedIn}}''' is a social network aimed towards people in the workplace, which is why it is adjancent to '''Corporate Bay'''.
*'''{{w|Orkut}}''' was one of Google's first social networks before Google made [https://plus.google.com/ Google+]. It shut down in 2014.
*'''{{w|Hi5}}''' is a social network that is very popular among people in Latin America.
*'''{{w|Renren}}''' ('''「人人」''', "people" in Chinese) is "a Chinese copy of Facebook."
*'''{{w|Bebo}}''' was a social network popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It went bankrupt in 2013 and will move away from social networking and into apps.
*'''{{w|Friendster}}''' - One of the first major social networks, it has fallen way off in usage in recent years and was eclipsed by MySpace. It is still popular in Asia.
*'''{{w|VK (social networking website)|Vkontakte}}''' or VK, is the second largest social network service in Europe after Facebook. It is available in several languages, but particularly popular among Russian-speaking users around the world.
*'''{{w|Netlog}}''' is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the global youth demographic.
*'''{{w|Mixi}}''' is an online Japanese social networking service.
*'''{{w|Qzone}}''' is a social networking website, which is big in China. According to a report published by Tencent, possibly surpassing other social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace in China.
*'''{{w|Tuenti}}''' is a Spain-based, social networking service, that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook."
*'''{{w|Cloob}}''' is a Persian-language social networking website, mainly popular in Iran. After the locally (and internationally) popular social networking website Orkut was blocked by the Iranian government, a series of local sites and networks, including Cloob, emerged to fill the gap.
*'''{{w|Kaixin001}}''' is a social networking website which ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall.
*'''{{w|Piczo}}''' was a privately held blog website for teens. In November 2012, Piczo.com shut down.
*'''{{w|Odnoklassniki}}''' is a social network service for classmates and old friends. It is popular in Russia and former Soviet Republics.
*'''{{w|Adult FriendFinder}}''' is a pornographic dating site.
*'''{{w|Match.com}}''' is a dating site.
*'''{{w|Ok Cupid}}''' is another dating site.
*'''{{w|PlentyofFish}}''' is yet another dating site.
*'''{{w|Sulawesi}}''' is a real-life island in the Indonesian archipelago. It also appears in 256: Online Communities.

===MMO Isle===
MMO's (short form of "MMORPG", short form of "Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Player Game") are websites that host online games where multiple people take the role of a character and play in a setting hosted by the website. These types of games tend to be fantastical in setting. Frequently, missions are added to the game, giving current player more incentive towards playing more.

*'''[https://www.habbo.com/ Habbo Hotel]''' is a website where someone creates a human avatar an interacts in a virtual world that is not that different from the one in real life.
*'''[http://www.clubpenguin.com/ Club Penguin]''' is [http://disney.com/ Disney's] MMO where someone creates a penguin avatar and interacts with other in a more polar, cartoony setting. Club Penguin is aimed towards children.
*'''[http://maplestory.nexon.net/ Maple Story]''' is an MMO that has a more natural setting. The most distinguishing feature of Maple Story is its cartoony pixel art.
*'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]''', while not an MMO, is a website that has the largest repository of walkthoughs, that is, guides that help someone beat a game. GameFAQs is notable for not only its large repository of walkthroughs of games that are across an extreme variety of consoles, handhelds, and even computers (not all of them MMOs), but also the drama that is rumoured to happen in the GameFAQs forums.
*'''[http://www.ign.com/ IGN]''' (full: '''Imagine Games Network'''), while also not an MMO, is the largest website that gives news on video games in general, not just MMOs. Each of the games mentioned in the site have pages that have summaries, reviews, screenshots, other art, videos, and links to news related to its games.
*'''[http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml FFXI]''' (full: '''Final Fantasy XI''') is an MMO from SquareEnix, being the first MMO of the popular ''Final Fantasy'' series.
*'''[http://www.runescape.com/community Runescape]''' is an older MMO.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ Starcraft II]''' is a realtime strategy game with a science fiction setting that heavily involves space travel. While technically not an MMO, it has a significant online multiplayer component.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ WoW]''' (full: '''World of Warcraft''') is the definitive MMO, being not only the most popular and one of the longest-running but also the most expansive (having its own spinoff games, comic books, novels, and even figurines), WOW giving the idea of how an MMO should be. A player can choose from a variety of races, each with its own heavy history.
*'''[http://secondlife.com/ Second Life]''' is similar to Habbo, albeit with a bigger suspension of disbelief (one example being that the player does not need to be a human) and in a 3D setting.
*'''[http://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates]''' is a text-based political simulation game. Notably, some of its traffic comes not from the actual game (which is optional), but the extensive set of political, roleplaying, and general forums attached.
*'''[http://www.urbandead.com/ Urban Dead]''' describes itself as "A Massively Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypse", which sums it up pretty well.
*'''[http://www.kingdomofloathing.com KoL]''' (full: '''Kingdom of Loathing''') is a comedic browser-based MMO-ish RPG with minimalistic stick-figure art.
*'''{{w|CDC Games}}''' is a Chinese company reputed to be the largest MMORPG distributor.
*'''{{w|Eve Online|EVE Online}}''' is a science fiction MMO which is notable because of its virtual economy.
*'''{{w|Gaia Online|Gaia}}''' or Gaia Online, while not an MMO, is a forum oriented towards pop culture, including video games and Japanese media. Its most notable feature is the heavy customization possible of a member's pixel-art avatar. Its members tend to roleplay a lot, albeit in a more written, story-based form. Gaia has gained a reputation with its members stealing art and causing drama.
*'''{{w|City of Heroes|CoH}}''' or City of Heroes was a superhero-based MMORPG that was shut down November 2012.

Other notable regions include:
*The '''Mountains of Steam''', referring to the game distribution service [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] where people could buy and download video games in general, not just MMOs.
*'''River Grind''' refers to "grinding." In most MMOs, the character is a fighter of some sorts, yet starts at a level 1, signifying the character's aptitude level in combat. The character can level up and gain more aptitude levels through earning experience, of which the most reliable and otherwise common way is the process of "grinding," that is, repeatedly fighting opposing monsters (sometimes of a level notably lower that your character's), gaining experience points from winning these battles until your character gains a level, that is, "levels up". While a practical necessity in strengthening the character, this process can be tiresome, hence the expression "grinding."
*'''Spawn Camp''' refers to "spawn points", the places in combat-oriented MMO's tend to produce ("spawn") random AI-powered creatures, and the act of "spawn camping", in which the player character simply stands behind or around the spawn points to fight the enemy creatures as soon as they appear.
*'''Gulf of Lag''' refers to how the MMO can be slowed down a considerable amount due to the large amount of players simultaneously using the same server, this congestion bogging down the server and frustrating the users.
*'''[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/final-boss-of-the-internet End Guy for the Internet]''' refers to "end bosses," the last — and usually hardest to defeat — "bad guy" in a game (or a section of a game).

===YouTube Region===
The YouTube region refers to websites that are based on user-created content.

'''[https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]''' is the definitive video website where people can upload videos with the purpose of public viewing, ranging from home movies through official music videos through Let's Plays of people playing video games to questionably-legal uploads of cartoons and films. Google had purchased YouTube.

Many of the sites on the map are just references to {{w|viral video}}s at {{w|YouTube}}:
*'''Viral Shores''' refers to how viral videos (whether they be viral marketing or simply memes) tend to proliferate on YouTube.
*'''Britney''' likely refers to pop singer {{w|Britney Spears}} and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc‎ "Leave Britney Alone" guy].
*'''Maru Gulf''' refers to Maru the Cat, a YouTube celebrity [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/676:_Abstraction also mentioned in xkcd].
*'''Prairie Dog Habitat''' likely refers to the viral video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw Dramatic Chipmunk] (which is actually a Prairie Dog).
*'''Rick Rolling Hills''' references, well, {{w|Rickrolling}}. More information [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ here]. The "deserted" note likely refers to how Rick Astley himself is tired of the meme, or again, how people tend to leave the video upon getting "Rick Roll'd," never actually going to the video with the express purpose of viewing the video.
*'''Lunar Landing Soundstage''' is, of course, a reference to the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}}, which Randall has railed on before.
*'''{{w|OK Go}} Bay''' refers to the band "OK Go" who have multiple viral music videos on YouTube, most famously [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA "Here it goes again"] featuring treadmills.

The '''HTML5 swamp''' refers to the spotty support of HTML 5 (an update on HTML that is frequently touting its media capabilities, making HTML 5 a viable alternative to Flash) YouTube has. Of course, by the time the comic was written, HTML 5 was still in its infancy. The Music Video Bay refers to the amount of music videos (official or otherwise) are present in YouTube.

Other counties of the YouTube region include:
*'''[https://vimeo.com/ vimeo]''', a website where people tend to showcase artistic content that they made on their own, notably independent studios.

Snob Sound:
*'''[https://secure.flickr.com/ Flickr]''', a website where people can upload and share photographs they took.
*'''[http://fotolog.com Fotolog]''', a photo website very popular in South America in 2004-2008, which was used as a social network.
*'''[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]''', a music website that is notable of its "scrobbling" feature.
*'''[http://www.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]''', the largest art website, where people can upload, sell, and buy not only art itself, but also video, audio, Flash-work, and even skins (the original purpose of deviantArt). While many big-name/professional people and organizations have their works in deviantArt, the site is more infamous for the large amount of people who upload low-quality fan-art and fan-characters, most notably of media from Japan. Another point of infamy is the large amount of drama that can happen in the website.

*'''[https://www.newgrounds.com/ Newgrounds]''', a website that hosts art, (Flash-based) videos, audio, and (Flash-based) games to which other users can comment and rate. Even so, content from Newgrounds tends to be obscene, though there is a filtering system if a viewer does not wish to see obscene content.
*'''[http://www.chatroulette.com/ Chatroulette]''' is a website where people are randomly paired up with each other and video/text chat.
*'''{{w|Brickshelf}}''' is the online resource for {{w|LEGO}} fans.
*'''[https://tumblr.com/ Tumblr]''', where people could make a blog and post text, pictures, video, audio, quotes, and links. The most distinguishing feature is the ability to "reblog" these posts from other's people's blogs into the user's own blog. Notable features of Tumblr include sketchblogs (where people upload their sketches), Ask blogs (where people answer questions other users ask, the moderators of these blogs usually pretending to be a character from a form of media), and the large amount of "social justice" (where people fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of negative discrimination). (See also [[1043: Ablogalypse]].)
*'''{{w|b3ta}}''' is a popular British website, described as a "puerile digital arts community" by The Guardian.

The '''Isle of teenagers who just discovered macroeconomics''' is a joke about how teenagers tend to think that the world and the economy are a lot simpler than they actually are. Combined with the typical internet mindset, this leads to a lot of teenagers posting blogs and videos and comments on blogs and videos describing how idiotic the government and other red-tape-related adults are.
The '''Snob Sound''' could refer to the large amount of people who look down on others in the surrounding websites (one example being an original artist looking down on people who draw mainly fan-art). '''The Iraq''' is a reference to Miss Teen USA 2007, Ms. Teen South Carolina - Lauren Katlin said "I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as...the US should help the US and should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the asian countries so we are able to build up our future." The usage of "the iraq" became a meme.

===Twitter Region===
*'''Bieber Bay''' is a reference to {{w|Justin Bieber}} a pop singer whose singing sprouted on YouTube and became very popular on Twitter and other social media. He is very much vilified because of his rather feminine appearance and his hordes of fans (called "Beliebers") that seem to support him to ridiculous extents. Lately, though, Justin Beiber has taken a "bad boy" attitude because of all the Beliebers who are willing to defend him no matter what, him partaking in a lot of questionable activities that include tattoos, questionably-legal substances, and buying prostitution, thus lowering his popularity in the general populace.
*'''{{w|Google Buzz}}''' is a former social network attempted by Google. It has since been shut down.
*'''Bit.Ly Mountains''' is a reference to the URL shortening service {{w|bit.ly}}.
*'''Kayne's Isle of Sadness''' is a reference to the musician {{w|Kayne West}}.
*'''Sarah Palin USA''' is the Twitter handle of former politician {{w|Sarah Palin}}.
*'''Clueless Politician Coast''' is a reference to the number of politicians on Twitter and other social networks who repeatedly share clueless updates that more often create an uproar than help their election chances.
*'''Desert of Food Updates''' is a reference to the number of pictures of food that are shared on social media (especially Twitter). There has even been some controversy on posting such pictures.
*'''Journalists Trying to Find the Cutting Edge''' is referencing journalists on Twitter trying to keep up with the way that news is gathered and delivered now, despite usually working for a newspaper that publishes once a day.
*'''{{w|SHAQ}}''' is a reference to the former NBA basketball player, {{w|Shaq}}.
*'''{{w|identi.ca}}''' is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service, being an alternative to Twitter.
*''' Breaking! Waves''' is a pun on the fact that so many people used the word "Breaking" at the beginning of tweets that do not warrant that tag that the word has lost most of its meaning and become a joke. It is a pun because waves "break" on the shore.
*'''Web 3.0''' refers to the unofficial term {{w|Web 2.0}}. In this case, "Web 1.0" refers to websites that give information to users. Web 2.0 refers to websites where the users themselves create content. Web 3.0 has sometimes been used as a term. For {{w|semantic web}}, a machine-readable version of the web, but this usage is far from universal.

===Geotagged Bay===
*'''{{w|Yelp}}''' is a website where people post reviews of real-life public locations (one example being restaurants).
*'''{{w|Geocaching}}''' is a worldwide GPS scavenger hunt where users upload positions of caches and others will find them and log it online.
*'''{{w|Foursquare}}''' is a location-based social network.
*'''Latitude''' refers to {{w|Google Latitude}}.

===Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes===
*'''{{w|Reddit}}''' is the self-described "front page of the Internet" in which users submit stories, photos and videos and the best are "up-voted" to the top of the page.
*'''Wikipedia talk pages''' refer to the pages where Wikipedia editors discuss how to improve articles.
*'''{{w|Wikia}}''' is 3rd party wiki software, used in the making of the user-editable encyclopedias of just about any subject matter.
*'''{{w|StumbleUpon}}''' is a website-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Delicious (website)|Delicious}}''' is a bookmarking and bookmark-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Digg}}''' is a former competitor to Reddit in the social-news sphere, but now has been sold and restarted as an aggregator of news stories.
*'''{{w|Slashdot}}''', labeled "/." on the map, is a technical news site.
*'''{{w|Fark}}''' is a community website that allows members to comment on news articles from other sites.
*'''{{w|YTMND}}''' is an acronym for "You're The Man Now, Dog!" It's also a community in which users can create meme-type nonsense by playing music over an image (either static or animated).

===Skype Region===
The Skype Region refers to different IM, or Instant Messaging services, that enable almost-real-time text chatting between multiple people. These often allow services like voice chat and even video calls.

*'''{{w|Skype}}''' is, according to Randall, the most popular of these among the internet. It has many features to allow peer-to-peer voice chats, as well as allowing calls to be made at a price to actual phones.
*'''{{w|AIM}}''' or AOL Instant Messenger is a chat client created by AOL.
*'''GG''' is {{w|Gadu-Gadu}} and instant messenger client popular in Poland.
*'''{{w|Yahoo Messenger}}''' is an instant messenger client by Yahoo.
*'''{{w|Google Talk}}''' is a voice/video chatting service from Google (that Google has been replacing with Hangouts). Google Talk also has an invasion fleet at its shores.
*'''{{w|ICQ}}''' is an older messaging service, albeit with an 18+ requirement (despite pornography not being the point of ICQ).
*'''{{w|Windows Live Messenger}}''', or "MSN", was the messaging service of Microsoft before Microsoft bought Skype. MSN was useful in that people could draw and send pictures to other chatters.
*'''{{w|UseNet}}''' was one of the original ways to communicate on the internet, though people can download (copyrighted) files through the service. Since it is still in use by some, it gets the tag "Still Around!" on the map.
*'''{{w|IRC}} Isles''' refers to the ancestor of Internet-powered chatting. People would have connected to a server and spoke publicly. IRC is still in use (per 2014, notably in getting help from users4. One of those isles is #xkcd which is an IRC community around [[xkcd]].

===Bay of Drama===
*'''{{w|FanFiction.net}}''' is a website where people can submit their fanfiction (stories by fans written about other peoples' media, normally that about popular media). The website tend to have people that are not helpful to those who legitimately want critique of their own stories.
*'''{{w|Xanga}}''' is a blogging service that, while popular at its time, lost out to...
*'''{{w|LiveJournal}}''', one of the definitive websites and Internet communities. More specifically, LiveJournal was the most popular blogging service before Tumblr became popular.
*'''ONYD''' - Reference to {{w|Oh No You Didn't}}, which is explained in the Blogosphere region.
*'''{{w|Dreamwidth}}''' is a LiveJournal fork emphasizing its open-source nature.

===Blogosphere===
The Blogosphere region contains several general blog topics.
*'''Photo Blogs''' - One popular use of blogs is the chronicling through photographs the lives of the authors.
*'''Diary Blogs''' - Another popular use (and, in fact, the original use) is writing commentary about the authors' lives.
*'''Bay of Grammar Pedantry''' - This bay deals with the fact that, whether due to a lack of proper education, a habit of using "chat-speak" in the text-limited SMS and MMS, or simply due to the (generally) more relaxed nature of the Internet, tend to write with horrible composition, a point of annoyment to a lot of other people due to the subsequent increased difficulty of reading the horribly-written material.
*'''Fandom Blogs''' - A "fandom" is a community of fans. A fandom blog deals with the subject matter of the respective fandom.
*'''Sea of Zero (0) Comments''' - These are the blogs that get very little attention and therefore have no comments.
*'''SpamBlog Straits''' - Spammers use blogs to increase the number of links to their site to try to game search engines.
*'''OffTopic.com'''
*Many more straightforward blogs, including:
**'''Writing/Poetry'''
**'''Gossip Blogs'''
**'''Political Blogs'''
**'''Music Blogs'''
**'''Tech Blogs'''
**'''Business Blogs'''
**'''Corporate Blogs'''
**'''Religious Blogs'''
**'''Miscellaneous Blogs'''
*'''Blog Blogs''' - These can refer to blogs that talk about the matter about blogging itself, though they can also refer to blogs which authors use in talking about blogging.

===Blogosphere (Core Region)===
Gossip Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on gossip surrounding celebrities and other well-known persons.
*'''{{w|Jezebel}}''' is a liberally feminist blog, hosted by Gawker.
*'''{{w|Deadline}}'''
*'''{{w|TMZ}}'''
*'''{{w|Gawker}}''' is a blog that is the host of other blogs.
*'''LJ Oh No They Didn't''' - LiveJournal {{w|Oh No They Didn't}} - Oh No They Didn't, also known as ONTD, is the largest community on LiveJournal with over 100,000 members. The community focuses on celebrity gossip and pop culture with most of its posts aggregated from other gossip blogs.
*'''{{w|Doucheblog}}'''
*'''Isle of Mockery''' is a reference to the fact that some of what these blogs do is mock celebrities or other for doing or saying stupid things on camera.

Liberal Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "liberal" or "progressive" slant. These blogs tend to lean for the Democratic party.
*'''{{w|Huffington Post}}''' is a news blog.
*'''{{w|Paul Krugman}}'''
*'''{{w|Daily Beast}}'''
*'''TPM''' - {{w|Talking Points Memo}}
*'''{{w|Ezra Klein}}''' - Ezra used to have his own site at the Washington Post, but is now the editor of [Vox.com].
*'''{{w|Think Progress}}'''
*'''Kos''' - {{w|Daily Kos}}

Bay of Flame:
*Politics Daily
*CNN Political Ticker
*Mediaite
*NY Times
*The Talk
*Libertarian Isle (shaped like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Chart Nolan Chart])

Conservative Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "conservative" or Republican slant.
*Pajamas Media
*Michelle Malkin
*Hot Air
*Red State
*American Thinker
*Townhall

Tech Blogs:
*Boy Genius Report
*Gizmodo is a news and opinion blog, hosted by Gawker, that talks about life's more technological matters.
*Engadget is another technology-oriented, albeit independent, blog.
*Crunchgear
*Techcrunch
*Joystiq is a news and opinion blog that focuses on gaming.
*Kotaku is another gaming-oriented news/opinion blog, the main difference beig that Kotaku is owned by Gawker.

Assorted:
*BoingBoing is "i blog about wonderful things", the topics being quite random.
*Lifehacker, another Gawker blog, is a blog that teaches people how to simplify their lives through 'lifehacking', that is, using their resources in creative wayss. While the subject matter is life in general, there is a significant technological slant.
*{{w|Deadspin}} is a sports and sports gossip blog founded by Will Leitch.
*Meatorama

===QQ Region===
*'''Baidu Baike''' (「百度百科」, "Baidu Encyclopedia") and '''Hudong''' (「互动百科」, "Interactive Encyclopedia" ) are two Chinese online encyclopedias. Baidu Baike is powered by the same company as Baidu, the search engine popular in China.
* The '''Ma Le Ge Bi''' and the '''Grass Mud Horse Bay''' could refer to the {{w|Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures}}.
* The '''Location of Jia Junpeng''' refers to the Internet meme of {{w|Jia Junpeng}} in 2009 in China.
*'''{{w|Tencent QQ}}''' is a Chinese instant messaging program.
*In English communities "QQ" has several more common definitions:
**An {{w|emoticon}}, representing a face with two large, crying eyes.
**A synonym for "rage quit", in which a video game player quits the game out of sheer frustration. It originated in ''Warcraft II'' multiplayer, where pressing Ctrl+Q+Q would quit the game, and became more widely known in ''World of Warcraft''.
**These definitions are commonly combined, usually to mock the "rage quitter".
*The Gulf of China refers to how sites in the region are based in People's Republic of China ("Red China"). The '''Great Firewall''' refers to {{w|The Great Firewall of China}}, a pun on {{w|The Great Wall of China}}. Similar to how The Great Wall of China was meant to keep intruding nations out of the then-capital of the city, The Great Firewall of China is meant to keep visitors from visiting censored websites. However, either a VPN or remote access to a computer in a "freer" country can circumvent the Firewall. Oddly other Chinese websites (Qzone, Renren etc.) are not enclosed in this zone.

===Forums Islands===
Forums are websites where one person post a topic to which other people can discuss.

While the map has a zoomed in version, this article shall discuss the two bigger islands, first.

*'''[http://www.2ch.net 2channel]''' is a Japanese imageboard that was actually the original inspiration for 4chan.
*'''[http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Craigslist]''' is a classified advertisement website with sections devoted to just about everything... which formerly included prostitution services, hence the '''The Former Site of Adult Services'''.

In the zoomed-in map, there is...
*'''420chan''' and '''7chan''', other imageboards in the style of 4chan (see below). Their relative lack of popularity and derivative nature leads a lot of 4chan users to mock them; hence, their position on Randall's map suggests that they're mere wads of semen.
*'''[http://ohinternet.com/ Encyclopedia Dramatica]''', labeled '''ED''' on the map, is a wiki site dedicated to chronicling internet memes and other noteworthy sites, events, people, and anything else that catches their attention, their respective articles written in an incredibly arbitrary and vulgar manner. The site is ''heavily'' steeped in the attitude of veteran, vulgar 4chan users. People who have articles in the website tend to react with despair, given not only the cruelty in which the articles talk about the person in question, but the presence of the article means that the person is now an eternal target from the trolls. The user is not in a position of retaliation, since the userbase of Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan tends to overpower the victim easily...
:...usually. Due to the founder's talk against the Australian Aborignals (the founder is Australian), legal action has gone against the founder to the point of the founder having to shut down Encyclopedia Dramatica, founding the far tamer Oh, Internet! website, instead. Trolls responded by not only uploading their own mirror of the website but also vilifying the former founder forever.
:(Please note that, due to the malicious nature of the pop-up advertisements of Encyclopedia Dramatica, the link above points to its safe-for-work successor, Oh, Internet!)
*'''[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan.org]''' is an {{w|imageboard}} in which people can upload pictures while others comment on them. The website is infamous for its loose/often non-existent rules, incredibly vulgar userbase, source of new memes, and spawning of trolls. 4chan's random board, known internally as '''/b/''', is almost constantly flooded with porn and image macros. This is why Randall's incarnation of 4chan is shaped like a penis.
*'''Tunnel to Habbo''' is a reference to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed the 2006 Habbo Hotel Raids], in which hundreds of 4chan Anons simultaneously logged onto Habbo Hotel and proceeded to be as obnoxious as possible, standing in formations of swastikas and penises or body-blocking the swimming pools.
*'''{{w|Catbus}} Route''' is likely a reference to {{w|Lolcat}}s in general.
*'''[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World]''' is a media-hosting website founded by Eric Bauman. The site has lost a lot of traffic after (quite valid) accusations of stolen content.
*The gulf labelled '''{{w|Anonymous (group)|Anonymous}}''' is a reference to the trolls that label themselves "Anonymous" who recently had gained national acknowledgement because of the group's real-life tirades, including cracking attacks against the Church of Scientology and the founding of WikiLeaks (a website that leaks confidential material related to governments).
*[http://www.somethingawful.com/ SomethingAwful] is a website that is meant to showcase all things "awful". SomethingAwful also has a large trollbase, but they tend to be more honorable than the ones from Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan. One example is there being a spotty holding of the no-furries rule in the forums. The forums themselves are famous because of the holding of the Let's Plays of [http://lparchive.org/Dangan-Ronpa/ Dangan Ronpa] and [http://danganronpa2mirror.tumblr.com/ Super Dangan Ronpa 2], which had cooked up public interest to the point of there being an English-language release of the games.
Please note that, due to these Let's Plays being in a forums that frequently hides behind a "paywall" that requires a paid account before accessing, the links provided go to their mirrors.

==Transcript==
:'''Map of Online Communities'''
:Size on map represents volume of Daily Social activity (posts, chat, etc). Based on data gathered over the Spring and Summer of 2010.

:[Two insets on the upper left-hand corner shows that this map is a tiny portion of the huge continent of Spoken Language, encompassing portions of the Internet, Email, and Cell Phones (SMS).]

:[The largest landmass on the map by far, which takes up nearly the entire northern half of the map is "Facebook" - with large states in the south-east of the country labeled 'Farmville' and 'Happy Farm'. There is a much smaller state to the west of these called 'Farm Town'. To the north of these states is a large swath of unremarkable land entitled 'Northern Wasteland of Unread Updates.' This is directly north of the large Dopamine Sea.

:A peninsula on the south-west, just below the Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions, houses many tiny states, such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Bebo, & Hi5. It is bordered on the south by Buzzword Bay, which contains several islands of varying sizes. Among these are YouTube and Twitter (the largest), which are separated by the Social Media Consultant Channel. To the south-east of Twitter, across the Sea of Protocol Confusion, is another, equally large island. Most of it is Skype, with the north having two largish states called AIM and Windows Live Messenger. On the south-west part of the island are two smaller states called GG and Yahoo Messenger.

:The Island of Skype is extremely close to, but separated by the Great Firewall (a dashed line), the large landmass of QQ. It's north shore is the Gulf of China and Grass Mud Horse Bay. Outside of these bays, over the Great Firewall are two islands called Craigslist and 2Channel.

:In the Dopamine Sea, off the southern shores of Farmville and Happy Farm, is MMO Isle. Its largest state is WoW, with Runescape, Lineage, Maple Story, Habbo, and the Mountains of Steam among its notable landmarks. To the southeast of the island is the Gulf of Lag, in which sits the CDC Games island, with Eve Online.

:To the east of Twitter is Troll Bay, with such islands as Reddit and Reddit, Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicio.us, and Wikipedia Talk Pages. To their south are the IRC isles, of which one is the tiny island of #xkcd.

:East of these islands, and north of Skype island, is the Sea of Memes. In this sea, to the north of Craigslist and 2Channel, is an archipelago of tiny islands. There is an inset, labeled 'Forums.' (See below.)

:To the southwest of Twitter island, in the Sea of Opinions, are the blog islands. These lie south of the islands in Buzzword Bay, as well. The northernmost islands in this group are centered around the Bay of Drama, on which can be found Diary Blogs, Gossip Blogs, and Livejournal. Gossip Blogs share an island with Political, Music, and Tech Blogs. To the north of this island is a smaller island called Photo Blogs. South of Diary Blogs, and off the southwest coast of Music blogs is a smaller island called Fandom Blogs. South of Tech Blogs, off of which sprouts the small peninsula of Business Blogs, is the Spamblog Straits. On the other side of the straits is a large island made up of Miscellaneous Blogs, with two states demarcated as Religious Blogs and Blog Blogs. Southwest of the Blog Islands is the Sea of Zero (0) Comments.]

:[An inset of a group of islands in the sea of memes located on the lower right corner of the map, labeled 'Forums'. The largest by far is 4chan and /b/. Also found here are D2JSP, JLA Frums, Fan Forum, Something Awful, and many smaller ones, too numerous to list here.]

:[The northeastern third of Gossip/Political/Tech Blogs island is another inset labeled 'Blogosphere (Core)'. This can be found on the lower left corner of the map. Two peninsulas in Political Blogs bookend the Bay of Flame -- these are Liberal Blogs and Conservative Blogs. Between them lie several tiny islands such as Politics Daily, CNN Politcal Ticker, and Mediaite. Off the coast of Liberal Blogs lies the island of NYTimes, off the coast of Conservative Blogs is Libertarian Isle. Between the two lies The Talk. The northern peninsula of Tech Blogs contains places such as Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, and Kotaku.]

:[Text found between the two insets, which are directly below the main map.]
:ABOUT THIS MAP
:Communities rise and fall, and total membership numbers are no longer a good measure of a community's current size and health. This updated map uses size to represent total social activity in a community -- that is, how much talking, playing, sharing, or other socializing happens there. This meant some comparing of apples and oranges, but I did my best and tried to be consistent.

:Estimates are based on the numbers I could find, but involved a great deal of guesswork, statistical inference, random sampling, nonrandom sampling, a 20,000-cell spreadsheet, emailing, cajoling, tea-leaf reading, goat sacrifices, and gut instinct (i.e. making things up).

:Sources of data include Google and Bing, Wikipedia, Alexa, Big-Boards.com, StumbleUpon, Wordpress, Akismet, every website statistics page I could find, press releases, news articles, and individual site employees. Thanks in particular to folks at Last.fm, LiveJournal, Reddit, and the New York Times, as well as sysadmins at a number of sites who shared statistics on condition of anonymity.

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Rachel: /* Thousands */

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Rachel: /* Thousands */

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Rachel:

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Rachel: /* Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes */

{{comic
| number = 802
| date = October 6, 2010
| title = Online Communities 2
| image = online_communities_2.png
| titletext = Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
}}
A [http://xkcd.com/802_large/ larger version] of this picture can be found by clicking the comic on xkcd.
<div class="toclimit-3" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"> __TOC__ </div>
==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Not all of the regions are fully explained. Many labels aren't even mentioned outside of the transcript. Some towns need to be added for example.}}
This comic shows a map of internet communities where the size of each region roughly corresponds to its size, and its proximity to other regions indicates similarities.

This is the successor of [[256: Online Communities]]. It differs in that it is updated, and furthermore, instead of using the ''membership'' of whichever service to determine its size on the map, it uses its "daily social activity."

The map actually has two super−maps: the online community map is surrounded by the "countries" of E−Mail and SMS ("Instant Messaging"). These, in turn, are surrounded by the "Spoken Language" country (which is odd, considering that e−mail, SMS, and the Internet in general are based on ''written'' language) with its own sub−country, "cell phones" (which ''do'' involve e−mail and the Internet while being the mean medium of SMS's).

At the title text [[Randall]] explains that, using his definition of "most activity per day", Farmville is actually the ''second'' most popular social-network farming game -- the Chinese game Happy Farm was more popular at the time. This strikes many English-speaking xkcd readers as odd, because Farmville is much more famous, leading one to wonder how the it could not be the most played. The phrase "browser-based social-networking-centered farming game" is an example of an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyNarrowSuperlative overly-narrow superlative.]

===Facebook Region===
The Facebook region deals with social networks, that is, websites oriented towards having people meet.

'''{{w|Facebook}}''' is a social networking site that allows people to meet old real−life friends and make new friends that share similar interests. One of its most notable features is that a member can update a "status" or make normal posts about the happenings of the member's life, complete with pictures, other members "liking" these posts. The size of the Facebook region is not exaggerated; most websites seem to allow "liking" their content or allow/require logging in the website with a Facebook account. There even are cell phones with a "Facebook" button!

*'''{{w|FarmVille}}''' and '''{{w|Farm Town}}''' are Facebook games in which users manage farms. '''{{w|Happy Farm}},''' the Chinese game that inspired the other two, does not require Facebook integration, so it is separated by a solid line from Facebook. The "Unethical Bay" refers to how these games tend to addict players into constantly buying virtual items of questionable value.

*The '''People You Can't Unfriend''' refer to people whom, due to real-life expectations and relationships, unfriending them is difficult, no matter how you really feel about them.

*The '''Blatherskite River''' refers to the conversations on Facebook, which may be long yet devoid of general meaning or logic.

*The '''Data Mines''' refer to the data mining that Facebook does with the interests of its members. This fuels the profitable advertising business at the expense of customer trust.

*The '''Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions''' refer to how interactions with family members on Facebook suddenly become more awkward because everyone on Facebook (and sometimes ''off'' Facebook, given that you do not necessarily need to log in if you want to see someone's Facebook account) if you are discussing with your family through post comments.

*The '''524,287 Strong for Mersenne Primes''' refers to the communities who gain followers for a cause. A {{w|Mersenne prime}} is a prime number that is 1 less than a power of 2; 524287 is the 7th known Mersenne prime.

*The '''Jungle-Bay Mountains of "It's Complicated"''' refers to one of Facebook's options as to what a user's relationship status currently is. A Jungle-Bay Mountain is a complicated and undefined climate, hence the complication.

*'''"Old Facebook" Resistance''' refers to Facebook's earlier users, who have often resisted (and resented) changes made to Facebook as it became more popular.

*'''Privacy Controls''' is located on the map surrounded by a Lava Pool, which is a reference to how difficult it is to find the privacy controls within Facebook.
*'''Niche Market Mountains''' refers to social networks aimed towards more niche markets are located. Similar to how mountains tend to be isolated from mainland, niche social networks tend to be just that: niche, without much interaction with the general populace.
*'''Charred Wasteland of Abandoned Social Networks''' refers to the tons of websites wanting to take advantage of the success of websites like Facebook to compete or even overpower with them. Even so, these websites tend to not have the userbase or even the expertise towards the long-term, hence they become wastelands: environments devoid of life, except the few life forms that are from these wastelands (in this case, the ones who are loyal to the website or which are sadly few).
*In the Charred Wasteland stands '''{{w|Ozymandias}}''', the titular broken statue of Shelley's poem. In the poem, only "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" and a "shattered visage" are all that remain of the once-great statue and both of these features are present in the comic. According to the poem, the pedestal before the broken statue reads "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..." hence "friend of friends" below Ozymandias on the map.
*In the north are the '''Duckface Mountains''' and the '''Red Cup Mountains'''."Duckface" refers to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face this incredibly obnoxious facial expression], and "red cup pictures" are any pictures containing party-goers holding disposable red plastic beverage cups. Facebook is absolutely flooded with both types of pictures.
*In the south is '''Buzzword Bay'''. {{w|Buzzword}}s are words and phrases that make you sound a lot more topical than you actually are, used to garner attention; again, Facebook status updates are commonly filled with buzzwords.

While Facebook is the largest "country" of the Facebook Region, there are a lot of smaller "countries" that represent smaller social networks.

*Below Facebook (and "Old Facebook' Resistance") is '''{{w|Diaspora (social network)|Diaspora}}''', a fully open-source, decentralized, privacy-respecting-and-expecting alternative to Facebook. From what this map tells, Diaspora is little-known, even if Facebook is taken out of the context.
*'''{{w|StudiVZ}}''' is a German-speaking social network similar if not a ripped-off version of Facebook.
*'''{{w|XING}}''' is a German-speaking social platform similar to LinkedIn.
*'''{{w|Ning (website)|Ning}}''' is a service to create custom social websites. Its free services shut down in 2010.
*'''{{w|Taringa!}}''' is a Spanish-speaking social network that is based on a forums. Copyrighted material is frequently found there.
*Next to the Euro(pean) Gulf is '''{{w|Skyrock (social network site)}}''', a French-speaking social network.
*'''{{w|Wer-kennt-wen}}''' is a German-social network somewhat like MySpace.
*'''{{w|Nasza-klasa.pl}}''' or NK, is a Polish-speaking social network based on school relationships.
*'''{{w|Badoo}}''' is a social network primarily based on dating and picture-sharing.
*'''{{w|Classmates.com}}''' is a services in which the user can meet classmates that came from the same high school. The website is probably best known by its memetic advertisement that said [http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-am-i-supposed-to-care-about-nick.html "She married him??!! And they've got 7 kids??"] (Incidentally, [http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003325519_adcouple27.html there is more to the coupled picture than what the advertisement says.])
*'''{{w|Myspace}}''' is a social networking website that is a kind of proto-Facebook: users could customize their one-page websites with whatever they wanted, make their interests and daily lives public, and interact with other users. Back in the mid 2000s, MySpace was the largest social network, many people using the website; however, the surprisingly-less-customizable Facebook ended up taking the place of MySpace. The "bands" country of MySpace refers to how a lot of bands in the day advertised and interacted using the website. Indeed, the latest incarnation of MySpace (in terms of 2013) is more oriented towards band members.
*'''{{w|LinkedIn}}''' is a social network aimed towards people in the workplace, which is why it is adjancent to '''Corporate Bay'''.
*'''{{w|Orkut}}''' was one of Google's first social networks before Google made [https://plus.google.com/ Google+]. It shut down in 2014.
*'''{{w|Hi5}}''' is a social network that is very popular among people in Latin America.
*'''{{w|Renren}}''' ('''「人人」''', "people" in Chinese) is "a Chinese copy of Facebook."
*'''{{w|Bebo}}''' was a social network popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It went bankrupt in 2013 and will move away from social networking and into apps.
*'''{{w|Friendster}}''' - One of the first major social networks, it has fallen way off in usage in recent years and was eclipsed by MySpace. It is still popular in Asia.
*'''{{w|VK (social networking website)|Vkontakte}}''' or VK, is the second largest social network service in Europe after Facebook. It is available in several languages, but particularly popular among Russian-speaking users around the world.
*'''{{w|Netlog}}''' is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the global youth demographic.
*'''{{w|Mixi}}''' is an online Japanese social networking service.
*'''{{w|Qzone}}''' is a social networking website, which is big in China. According to a report published by Tencent, possibly surpassing other social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace in China.
*'''{{w|Tuenti}}''' is a Spain-based, social networking service, that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook."
*'''{{w|Cloob}}''' is a Persian-language social networking website, mainly popular in Iran. After the locally (and internationally) popular social networking website Orkut was blocked by the Iranian government, a series of local sites and networks, including Cloob, emerged to fill the gap.
*'''{{w|Kaixin001}}''' is a social networking website which ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall.
*'''{{w|Piczo}}''' was a privately held blog website for teens. In November 2012, Piczo.com shut down.
*'''{{w|Odnoklassniki}}''' is a social network service for classmates and old friends. It is popular in Russia and former Soviet Republics.
*'''{{w|Adult FriendFinder}}''' is a pornographic dating site.
*'''{{w|Match.com}}''' is a dating site.
*'''{{w|Ok Cupid}}''' is another dating site.
*'''{{w|PlentyofFish}}''' is yet another dating site.
*'''{{w|Sulawesi}}''' is a real-life island in the Indonesian archipelago. It also appears in 256: Online Communities.

===MMO Isle===
MMO's (short form of "MMORPG", short form of "Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Player Game") are websites that host online games where multiple people take the role of a character and play in a setting hosted by the website. These types of games tend to be fantastical in setting. Frequently, missions are added to the game, giving current player more incentive towards playing more.

*'''[https://www.habbo.com/ Habbo Hotel]''' is a website where someone creates a human avatar an interacts in a virtual world that is not that different from the one in real life.
*'''[http://www.clubpenguin.com/ Club Penguin]''' is [http://disney.com/ Disney's] MMO where someone creates a penguin avatar and interacts with other in a more polar, cartoony setting. Club Penguin is aimed towards children.
*'''[http://maplestory.nexon.net/ Maple Story]''' is an MMO that has a more natural setting. The most distinguishing feature of Maple Story is its cartoony pixel art.
*'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]''', while not an MMO, is a website that has the largest repository of walkthoughs, that is, guides that help someone beat a game. GameFAQs is notable for not only its large repository of walkthroughs of games that are across an extreme variety of consoles, handhelds, and even computers (not all of them MMOs), but also the drama that is rumoured to happen in the GameFAQs forums.
*'''[http://www.ign.com/ IGN]''' (full: '''Imagine Games Network'''), while also not an MMO, is the largest website that gives news on video games in general, not just MMOs. Each of the games mentioned in the site have pages that have summaries, reviews, screenshots, other art, videos, and links to news related to its games.
*'''[http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml FFXI]''' (full: '''Final Fantasy XI''') is an MMO from SquareEnix, being the first MMO of the popular ''Final Fantasy'' series.
*'''[http://www.runescape.com/community Runescape]''' is an older MMO.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ Starcraft II]''' is a realtime strategy game with a science fiction setting that heavily involves space travel. While technically not an MMO, it has a significant online multiplayer component.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ WoW]''' (full: '''World of Warcraft''') is the definitive MMO, being not only the most popular and one of the longest-running but also the most expansive (having its own spinoff games, comic books, novels, and even figurines), WOW giving the idea of how an MMO should be. A player can choose from a variety of races, each with its own heavy history.
*'''[http://secondlife.com/ Second Life]''' is similar to Habbo, albeit with a bigger suspension of disbelief (one example being that the player does not need to be a human) and in a 3D setting.
*'''[http://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates]''' is a text-based political simulation game. Notably, some of its traffic comes not from the actual game (which is optional), but the extensive set of political, roleplaying, and general forums attached.
*'''[http://www.urbandead.com/ Urban Dead]''' describes itself as "A Massively Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypse", which sums it up pretty well.
*'''[http://www.kingdomofloathing.com KoL]''' (full: '''Kingdom of Loathing''') is a comedic browser-based MMO-ish RPG with minimalistic stick-figure art.
*'''{{w|CDC Games}}''' is a Chinese company reputed to be the largest MMORPG distributor.
*'''{{w|Eve Online|EVE Online}}''' is a science fiction MMO which is notable because of its virtual economy.
*'''{{w|Gaia Online|Gaia}}''' or Gaia Online, while not an MMO, is a forum oriented towards pop culture, including video games and Japanese media. Its most notable feature is the heavy customization possible of a member's pixel-art avatar. Its members tend to roleplay a lot, albeit in a more written, story-based form. Gaia has gained a reputation with its members stealing art and causing drama.
*'''{{w|City of Heroes|CoH}}''' or City of Heroes was a superhero-based MMORPG that was shut down November 2012.

Other notable regions include:
*The '''Mountains of Steam''', referring to the game distribution service [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] where people could buy and download video games in general, not just MMOs.
*'''River Grind''' refers to "grinding." In most MMOs, the character is a fighter of some sorts, yet starts at a level 1, signifying the character's aptitude level in combat. The character can level up and gain more aptitude levels through earning experience, of which the most reliable and otherwise common way is the process of "grinding," that is, repeatedly fighting opposing monsters (sometimes of a level notably lower that your character's), gaining experience points from winning these battles until your character gains a level, that is, "levels up". While a practical necessity in strengthening the character, this process can be tiresome, hence the expression "grinding."
*'''Spawn Camp''' refers to "spawn points", the places in combat-oriented MMO's tend to produce ("spawn") random AI-powered creatures, and the act of "spawn camping", in which the player character simply stands behind or around the spawn points to fight the enemy creatures as soon as they appear.
*'''Gulf of Lag''' refers to how the MMO can be slowed down a considerable amount due to the large amount of players simultaneously using the same server, this congestion bogging down the server and frustrating the users.
*'''[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/final-boss-of-the-internet End Guy for the Internet]''' refers to "end bosses," the last — and usually hardest to defeat — "bad guy" in a game (or a section of a game).

===YouTube Region===
The YouTube region refers to websites that are based on user-created content.

'''[https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]''' is the definitive video website where people can upload videos with the purpose of public viewing, ranging from home movies through official music videos through Let's Plays of people playing video games to questionably-legal uploads of cartoons and films. Google had purchased YouTube.

Many of the sites on the map are just references to {{w|viral video}}s at {{w|YouTube}}:
*'''Viral Shores''' refers to how viral videos (whether they be viral marketing or simply memes) tend to proliferate on YouTube.
*'''Britney''' likely refers to pop singer {{w|Britney Spears}} and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc‎ "Leave Britney Alone" guy].
*'''Maru Gulf''' refers to Maru the Cat, a YouTube celebrity [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/676:_Abstraction also mentioned in xkcd].
*'''Prairie Dog Habitat''' likely refers to the viral video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw Dramatic Chipmunk] (which is actually a Prairie Dog).
*'''Rick Rolling Hills''' references, well, {{w|Rickrolling}}. More information [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ here]. The "deserted" note likely refers to how Rick Astley himself is tired of the meme, or again, how people tend to leave the video upon getting "Rick Roll'd," never actually going to the video with the express purpose of viewing the video.
*'''Lunar Landing Soundstage''' is, of course, a reference to the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}}, which Randall has railed on before.
*'''{{w|OK Go}} Bay''' refers to the band "OK Go" who have multiple viral music videos on YouTube, most famously [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA "Here it goes again"] featuring treadmills.

The '''HTML5 swamp''' refers to the spotty support of HTML 5 (an update on HTML that is frequently touting its media capabilities, making HTML 5 a viable alternative to Flash) YouTube has. Of course, by the time the comic was written, HTML 5 was still in its infancy. The Music Video Bay refers to the amount of music videos (official or otherwise) are present in YouTube.

Other counties of the YouTube region include:
*'''[https://vimeo.com/ vimeo]''', a website where people tend to showcase artistic content that they made on their own, notably independent studios.

Snob Sound:
*'''[https://secure.flickr.com/ Flickr]''', a website where people can upload and share photographs they took.
*'''[http://fotolog.com Fotolog]''', a photo website very popular in South America in 2004-2008, which was used as a social network.
*'''[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]''', a music website that is notable of its "scrobbling" feature.
*'''[http://www.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]''', the largest art website, where people can upload, sell, and buy not only art itself, but also video, audio, Flash-work, and even skins (the original purpose of deviantArt). While many big-name/professional people and organizations have their works in deviantArt, the site is more infamous for the large amount of people who upload low-quality fan-art and fan-characters, most notably of media from Japan. Another point of infamy is the large amount of drama that can happen in the website.

*'''[https://www.newgrounds.com/ Newgrounds]''', a website that hosts art, (Flash-based) videos, audio, and (Flash-based) games to which other users can comment and rate. Even so, content from Newgrounds tends to be obscene, though there is a filtering system if a viewer does not wish to see obscene content.
*'''[http://www.chatroulette.com/ Chatroulette]''' is a website where people are randomly paired up with each other and video/text chat.
*'''{{w|Brickshelf}}''' is the online resource for {{w|LEGO}} fans.
*'''[https://tumblr.com/ Tumblr]''', where people could make a blog and post text, pictures, video, audio, quotes, and links. The most distinguishing feature is the ability to "reblog" these posts from other's people's blogs into the user's own blog. Notable features of Tumblr include sketchblogs (where people upload their sketches), Ask blogs (where people answer questions other users ask, the moderators of these blogs usually pretending to be a character from a form of media), and the large amount of "social justice" (where people fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of negative discrimination). (See also [[1043: Ablogalypse]].)
*'''{{w|b3ta}}''' is a popular British website, described as a "puerile digital arts community" by The Guardian.

The '''Isle of teenagers who just discovered macroeconomics''' is a joke about how teenagers tend to think that the world and the economy are a lot simpler than they actually are. Combined with the typical internet mindset, this leads to a lot of teenagers posting blogs and videos and comments on blogs and videos describing how idiotic the government and other red-tape-related adults are.
The '''Snob Sound''' could refer to the large amount of people who look down on others in the surrounding websites (one example being an original artist looking down on people who draw mainly fan-art). '''The Iraq''' is a reference to Miss Teen USA 2007, Ms. Teen South Carolina - Lauren Katlin said "I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as...the US should help the US and should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the asian countries so we are able to build up our future." The usage of "the iraq" became a meme.

===Twitter Region===
*'''Bieber Bay''' is a reference to {{w|Justin Bieber}} a pop singer whose singing sprouted on YouTube and became very popular on Twitter and other social media. He is very much vilified because of his rather feminine appearance and his hordes of fans (called "Beliebers") that seem to support him to ridiculous extents. Lately, though, Justin Beiber has taken a "bad boy" attitude because of all the Beliebers who are willing to defend him no matter what, him partaking in a lot of questionable activities that include tattoos, questionably-legal substances, and buying prostitution, thus lowering his popularity in the general populace.
*'''{{w|Google Buzz}}''' is a former social network attempted by Google. It has since been shut down.
*'''Bit.Ly Mountains''' is a reference to the URL shortening service {{w|bit.ly}}.
*'''Kayne's Isle of Sadness''' is a reference to the musician {{w|Kayne West}}.
*'''Sarah Palin USA''' is the Twitter handle of former politician {{w|Sarah Palin}}.
*'''Clueless Politician Coast''' is a reference to the number of politicians on Twitter and other social networks who repeatedly share clueless updates that more often create an uproar than help their election chances.
*'''Desert of Food Updates''' is a reference to the number of pictures of food that are shared on social media (especially Twitter). There has even been some controversy on posting such pictures.
*'''Journalists Trying to Find the Cutting Edge''' is referencing journalists on Twitter trying to keep up with the way that news is gathered and delivered now, despite usually working for a newspaper that publishes once a day.
*'''{{w|SHAQ}}''' is a reference to the former NBA basketball player, {{w|Shaq}}.
*'''{{w|identi.ca}}''' is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service, being an alternative to Twitter.
*''' Breaking! Waves''' is a pun on the fact that so many people used the word "Breaking" at the beginning of tweets that do not warrant that tag that the word has lost most of its meaning and become a joke. It is a pun because waves "break" on the shore.
*'''Web 3.0''' refers to the unofficial term {{w|Web 2.0}}. In this case, "Web 1.0" refers to websites that give information to users. Web 2.0 refers to websites where the users themselves create content. Web 3.0 has sometimes been used as a term. For {{w|semantic web}}, a machine-readable version of the web, but this usage is far from universal.

===Geotagged Bay===
*'''{{w|Yelp}}''' is a website where people post reviews of real-life public locations (one example being restaurants).
*'''{{w|Geocaching}}''' is a worldwide GPS scavenger hunt where users upload positions of caches and others will find them and log it online.
*'''{{w|Foursquare}}''' is a location-based social network.
*'''Latitude''' refers to {{w|Google Latitude}}.

===Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes===
*'''{{w|Reddit}}''' is the self-described "front page of the Internet" in which users submit stories, photos and videos and the best are "up-voted" to the top of the page.
*'''Wikipedia talk pages''' refer to the pages where Wikipedia editors discuss how to improve articles.
*'''{{w|Wikia}}''' is 3rd party wiki software, used in the making of the user-editable encyclopedias of just about any subject matter.
*'''{{w|StumbleUpon}}''' is a website-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Delicious (website)|Delicious}}''' is a bookmarking and bookmark-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Digg}}''' is a former competitor to Reddit in the social-news sphere, but now has been sold and restarted as an aggregator of news stories.
*'''{{w|Slashdot}}''', labeled "/." on the map, is a technical news site.
*'''{{w|Fark}}''' is a community website that allows members to comment on news articles from other sites.
*'''{{w|YTMND}}''' is an acronym for "You're The Man Now, Dog!" It's also a community in which users can create meme-type nonsense by playing music over an image (either static or animated).

===Skype Region===
The Skype Region refers to different IM, or Instant Messaging services, that enable almost-real-time text chatting between multiple people. These often allow services like voice chat and even video calls.

*'''{{w|Skype}}''' is, according to Randall, the most popular of these among the internet. It has many features to allow peer-to-peer voice chats, as well as allowing calls to be made at a price to actual phones.
*'''{{w|AIM}}''' or AOL Instant Messenger is a chat client created by AOL.
*'''GG''' is {{w|Gadu-Gadu}} and instant messenger client popular in Poland.
*'''{{w|Yahoo Messenger}}''' is an instant messenger client by Yahoo.
*'''{{w|Google Talk}}''' is a voice/video chatting service from Google (that Google has been replacing with Hangouts). Google Talk also has an invasion fleet at its shores.
*'''{{w|ICQ}}''' is an older messaging service, albeit with an 18+ requirement (despite pornography not being the point of ICQ).
*'''{{w|Windows Live Messenger}}''', or "MSN", was the messaging service of Microsoft before Microsoft bought Skype. MSN was useful in that people could draw and send pictures to other chatters.
*'''{{w|UseNet}}''' was one of the original ways to communicate on the internet, though people can download (copyrighted) files through the service. Since it is still in use by some, it gets the tag "Still Around!" on the map.
*'''{{w|IRC}} Isles''' refers to the ancestor of Internet-powered chatting. People would have connected to a server and spoke publicly. IRC is still in use (per 2014, notably in getting help from users4. One of those isles is #xkcd which is an IRC community around [[xkcd]].

===Bay of Drama===
*'''FanFiction.net''' is a website where people can submit their fanfiction (stories by fans written about other peoples' media, normally that about popular media). The website tend to have people that are not helpful to those who legitimately want critique of their own stories.
*'''{{w|Xanga}}''' is a blogging service that, while popular at its time, lost out to...
*'''{{w|LiveJournal}}''', one of the definitive websites and Internet communities. More specifically, LiveJournal was the most popular blogging service before Tumblr became popular.
*'''ONYD''' - Reference to {{w|Oh No You Didn't}}, which is explained in the Blogosphere region.
*'''{{w|Dreamwidth}}''' is a LiveJournal fork emphasizing its open-source nature.

===Blogosphere===
The Blogosphere region contains several general blog topics.
*'''Photo Blogs''' - One popular use of blogs is the chronicling through photographs the lives of the authors.
*'''Diary Blogs''' - Another popular use (and, in fact, the original use) is writing commentary about the authors' lives.
*'''Bay of Grammar Pedantry''' - This bay deals with the fact that, whether due to a lack of proper education, a habit of using "chat-speak" in the text-limited SMS and MMS, or simply due to the (generally) more relaxed nature of the Internet, tend to write with horrible composition, a point of annoyment to a lot of other people due to the subsequent increased difficulty of reading the horribly-written material.
*'''Fandom Blogs''' - A "fandom" is a community of fans. A fandom blog deals with the subject matter of the respective fandom.
*'''Sea of Zero (0) Comments''' - These are the blogs that get very little attention and therefore have no comments.
*'''SpamBlog Straits''' - Spammers use blogs to increase the number of links to their site to try to game search engines.
*'''OffTopic.com'''
*Many more straightforward blogs, including:
**'''Writing/Poetry'''
**'''Gossip Blogs'''
**'''Political Blogs'''
**'''Music Blogs'''
**'''Tech Blogs'''
**'''Business Blogs'''
**'''Corporate Blogs'''
**'''Religious Blogs'''
**'''Miscellaneous Blogs'''
*'''Blog Blogs''' - These can refer to blogs that talk about the matter about blogging itself, though they can also refer to blogs which authors use in talking about blogging.

===Blogosphere (Core Region)===
Gossip Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on gossip surrounding celebrities and other well-known persons.
*'''{{w|Jezebel}}''' is a liberally feminist blog, hosted by Gawker.
*'''{{w|Deadline}}'''
*'''{{w|TMZ}}'''
*'''{{w|Gawker}}''' is a blog that is the host of other blogs.
*'''LJ Oh No They Didn't''' - LiveJournal {{w|Oh No They Didn't}} - Oh No They Didn't, also known as ONTD, is the largest community on LiveJournal with over 100,000 members. The community focuses on celebrity gossip and pop culture with most of its posts aggregated from other gossip blogs.
*'''{{w|Doucheblog}}'''
*'''Isle of Mockery''' is a reference to the fact that some of what these blogs do is mock celebrities or other for doing or saying stupid things on camera.

Liberal Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "liberal" or "progressive" slant. These blogs tend to lean for the Democratic party.
*'''{{w|Huffington Post}}''' is a news blog.
*'''{{w|Paul Krugman}}'''
*'''{{w|Daily Beast}}'''
*'''TPM''' - {{w|Talking Points Memo}}
*'''{{w|Ezra Klein}}''' - Ezra used to have his own site at the Washington Post, but is now the editor of [Vox.com].
*'''{{w|Think Progress}}'''
*'''Kos''' - {{w|Daily Kos}}

Bay of Flame:
*Politics Daily
*CNN Political Ticker
*Mediaite
*NY Times
*The Talk
*Libertarian Isle (shaped like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Chart Nolan Chart])

Conservative Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "conservative" or Republican slant.
*Pajamas Media
*Michelle Malkin
*Hot Air
*Red State
*American Thinker
*Townhall

Tech Blogs:
*Boy Genius Report
*Gizmodo is a news and opinion blog, hosted by Gawker, that talks about life's more technological matters.
*Engadget is another technology-oriented, albeit independent, blog.
*Crunchgear
*Techcrunch
*Joystiq is a news and opinion blog that focuses on gaming.
*Kotaku is another gaming-oriented news/opinion blog, the main difference beig that Kotaku is owned by Gawker.

Assorted:
*BoingBoing is "i blog about wonderful things", the topics being quite random.
*Lifehacker, another Gawker blog, is a blog that teaches people how to simplify their lives through 'lifehacking', that is, using their resources in creative wayss. While the subject matter is life in general, there is a significant technological slant.
*{{w|Deadspin}} is a sports and sports gossip blog founded by Will Leitch.
*Meatorama

===QQ Region===
*'''Baidu Baike''' (「百度百科」, "Baidu Encyclopedia") and '''Hudong''' (「互动百科」, "Interactive Encyclopedia" ) are two Chinese online encyclopedias. Baidu Baike is powered by the same company as Baidu, the search engine popular in China.
* The '''Ma Le Ge Bi''' and the '''Grass Mud Horse Bay''' could refer to the {{w|Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures}}.
* The '''Location of Jia Junpeng''' refers to the Internet meme of {{w|Jia Junpeng}} in 2009 in China.
*'''{{w|Tencent QQ}}''' is a Chinese instant messaging program.
*In English communities "QQ" has several more common definitions:
**An {{w|emoticon}}, representing a face with two large, crying eyes.
**A synonym for "rage quit", in which a video game player quits the game out of sheer frustration. It originated in ''Warcraft II'' multiplayer, where pressing Ctrl+Q+Q would quit the game, and became more widely known in ''World of Warcraft''.
**These definitions are commonly combined, usually to mock the "rage quitter".
*The Gulf of China refers to how sites in the region are based in People's Republic of China ("Red China"). The '''Great Firewall''' refers to {{w|The Great Firewall of China}}, a pun on {{w|The Great Wall of China}}. Similar to how The Great Wall of China was meant to keep intruding nations out of the then-capital of the city, The Great Firewall of China is meant to keep visitors from visiting censored websites. However, either a VPN or remote access to a computer in a "freer" country can circumvent the Firewall. Oddly other Chinese websites (Qzone, Renren etc.) are not enclosed in this zone.

===Forums Islands===
Forums are websites where one person post a topic to which other people can discuss.

While the map has a zoomed in version, this article shall discuss the two bigger islands, first.

*'''[http://www.2ch.net 2channel]''' is a Japanese imageboard that was actually the original inspiration for 4chan.
*'''[http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Craigslist]''' is a classified advertisement website with sections devoted to just about everything... which formerly included prostitution services, hence the '''The Former Site of Adult Services'''.

In the zoomed-in map, there is...
*'''420chan''' and '''7chan''', other imageboards in the style of 4chan (see below). Their relative lack of popularity and derivative nature leads a lot of 4chan users to mock them; hence, their position on Randall's map suggests that they're mere wads of semen.
*'''[http://ohinternet.com/ Encyclopedia Dramatica]''', labeled '''ED''' on the map, is a wiki site dedicated to chronicling internet memes and other noteworthy sites, events, people, and anything else that catches their attention, their respective articles written in an incredibly arbitrary and vulgar manner. The site is ''heavily'' steeped in the attitude of veteran, vulgar 4chan users. People who have articles in the website tend to react with despair, given not only the cruelty in which the articles talk about the person in question, but the presence of the article means that the person is now an eternal target from the trolls. The user is not in a position of retaliation, since the userbase of Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan tends to overpower the victim easily...
:...usually. Due to the founder's talk against the Australian Aborignals (the founder is Australian), legal action has gone against the founder to the point of the founder having to shut down Encyclopedia Dramatica, founding the far tamer Oh, Internet! website, instead. Trolls responded by not only uploading their own mirror of the website but also vilifying the former founder forever.
:(Please note that, due to the malicious nature of the pop-up advertisements of Encyclopedia Dramatica, the link above points to its safe-for-work successor, Oh, Internet!)
*'''[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan.org]''' is an {{w|imageboard}} in which people can upload pictures while others comment on them. The website is infamous for its loose/often non-existent rules, incredibly vulgar userbase, source of new memes, and spawning of trolls. 4chan's random board, known internally as '''/b/''', is almost constantly flooded with porn and image macros. This is why Randall's incarnation of 4chan is shaped like a penis.
*'''Tunnel to Habbo''' is a reference to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed the 2006 Habbo Hotel Raids], in which hundreds of 4chan Anons simultaneously logged onto Habbo Hotel and proceeded to be as obnoxious as possible, standing in formations of swastikas and penises or body-blocking the swimming pools.
*'''{{w|Catbus}} Route''' is likely a reference to {{w|Lolcat}}s in general.
*'''[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World]''' is a media-hosting website founded by Eric Bauman. The site has lost a lot of traffic after (quite valid) accusations of stolen content.
*The gulf labelled '''{{w|Anonymous (group)|Anonymous}}''' is a reference to the trolls that label themselves "Anonymous" who recently had gained national acknowledgement because of the group's real-life tirades, including cracking attacks against the Church of Scientology and the founding of WikiLeaks (a website that leaks confidential material related to governments).
*[http://www.somethingawful.com/ SomethingAwful] is a website that is meant to showcase all things "awful". SomethingAwful also has a large trollbase, but they tend to be more honorable than the ones from Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan. One example is there being a spotty holding of the no-furries rule in the forums. The forums themselves are famous because of the holding of the Let's Plays of [http://lparchive.org/Dangan-Ronpa/ Dangan Ronpa] and [http://danganronpa2mirror.tumblr.com/ Super Dangan Ronpa 2], which had cooked up public interest to the point of there being an English-language release of the games.
Please note that, due to these Let's Plays being in a forums that frequently hides behind a "paywall" that requires a paid account before accessing, the links provided go to their mirrors.

==Transcript==
:'''Map of Online Communities'''
:Size on map represents volume of Daily Social activity (posts, chat, etc). Based on data gathered over the Spring and Summer of 2010.

:[Two insets on the upper left-hand corner shows that this map is a tiny portion of the huge continent of Spoken Language, encompassing portions of the Internet, Email, and Cell Phones (SMS).]

:[The largest landmass on the map by far, which takes up nearly the entire northern half of the map is "Facebook" - with large states in the south-east of the country labeled 'Farmville' and 'Happy Farm'. There is a much smaller state to the west of these called 'Farm Town'. To the north of these states is a large swath of unremarkable land entitled 'Northern Wasteland of Unread Updates.' This is directly north of the large Dopamine Sea.

:A peninsula on the south-west, just below the Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions, houses many tiny states, such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Bebo, & Hi5. It is bordered on the south by Buzzword Bay, which contains several islands of varying sizes. Among these are YouTube and Twitter (the largest), which are separated by the Social Media Consultant Channel. To the south-east of Twitter, across the Sea of Protocol Confusion, is another, equally large island. Most of it is Skype, with the north having two largish states called AIM and Windows Live Messenger. On the south-west part of the island are two smaller states called GG and Yahoo Messenger.

:The Island of Skype is extremely close to, but separated by the Great Firewall (a dashed line), the large landmass of QQ. It's north shore is the Gulf of China and Grass Mud Horse Bay. Outside of these bays, over the Great Firewall are two islands called Craigslist and 2Channel.

:In the Dopamine Sea, off the southern shores of Farmville and Happy Farm, is MMO Isle. Its largest state is WoW, with Runescape, Lineage, Maple Story, Habbo, and the Mountains of Steam among its notable landmarks. To the southeast of the island is the Gulf of Lag, in which sits the CDC Games island, with Eve Online.

:To the east of Twitter is Troll Bay, with such islands as Reddit and Reddit, Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicio.us, and Wikipedia Talk Pages. To their south are the IRC isles, of which one is the tiny island of #xkcd.

:East of these islands, and north of Skype island, is the Sea of Memes. In this sea, to the north of Craigslist and 2Channel, is an archipelago of tiny islands. There is an inset, labeled 'Forums.' (See below.)

:To the southwest of Twitter island, in the Sea of Opinions, are the blog islands. These lie south of the islands in Buzzword Bay, as well. The northernmost islands in this group are centered around the Bay of Drama, on which can be found Diary Blogs, Gossip Blogs, and Livejournal. Gossip Blogs share an island with Political, Music, and Tech Blogs. To the north of this island is a smaller island called Photo Blogs. South of Diary Blogs, and off the southwest coast of Music blogs is a smaller island called Fandom Blogs. South of Tech Blogs, off of which sprouts the small peninsula of Business Blogs, is the Spamblog Straits. On the other side of the straits is a large island made up of Miscellaneous Blogs, with two states demarcated as Religious Blogs and Blog Blogs. Southwest of the Blog Islands is the Sea of Zero (0) Comments.]

:[An inset of a group of islands in the sea of memes located on the lower right corner of the map, labeled 'Forums'. The largest by far is 4chan and /b/. Also found here are D2JSP, JLA Frums, Fan Forum, Something Awful, and many smaller ones, too numerous to list here.]

:[The northeastern third of Gossip/Political/Tech Blogs island is another inset labeled 'Blogosphere (Core)'. This can be found on the lower left corner of the map. Two peninsulas in Political Blogs bookend the Bay of Flame -- these are Liberal Blogs and Conservative Blogs. Between them lie several tiny islands such as Politics Daily, CNN Politcal Ticker, and Mediaite. Off the coast of Liberal Blogs lies the island of NYTimes, off the coast of Conservative Blogs is Libertarian Isle. Between the two lies The Talk. The northern peninsula of Tech Blogs contains places such as Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, and Kotaku.]

:[Text found between the two insets, which are directly below the main map.]
:ABOUT THIS MAP
:Communities rise and fall, and total membership numbers are no longer a good measure of a community's current size and health. This updated map uses size to represent total social activity in a community -- that is, how much talking, playing, sharing, or other socializing happens there. This meant some comparing of apples and oranges, but I did my best and tried to be consistent.

:Estimates are based on the numbers I could find, but involved a great deal of guesswork, statistical inference, random sampling, nonrandom sampling, a 20,000-cell spreadsheet, emailing, cajoling, tea-leaf reading, goat sacrifices, and gut instinct (i.e. making things up).

:Sources of data include Google and Bing, Wikipedia, Alexa, Big-Boards.com, StumbleUpon, Wordpress, Akismet, every website statistics page I could find, press releases, news articles, and individual site employees. Thanks in particular to folks at Last.fm, LiveJournal, Reddit, and the New York Times, as well as sysadmins at a number of sites who shared statistics on condition of anonymity.

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Rachel: /* Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes */

{{comic
| number = 802
| date = October 6, 2010
| title = Online Communities 2
| image = online_communities_2.png
| titletext = Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
}}
A [http://xkcd.com/802_large/ larger version] of this picture can be found by clicking the comic on xkcd.
<div class="toclimit-3" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"> __TOC__ </div>
==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Not all of the regions are fully explained. Many labels aren't even mentioned outside of the transcript. Some towns need to be added for example.}}
This comic shows a map of internet communities where the size of each region roughly corresponds to its size, and its proximity to other regions indicates similarities.

This is the successor of [[256: Online Communities]]. It differs in that it is updated, and furthermore, instead of using the ''membership'' of whichever service to determine its size on the map, it uses its "daily social activity."

The map actually has two super−maps: the online community map is surrounded by the "countries" of E−Mail and SMS ("Instant Messaging"). These, in turn, are surrounded by the "Spoken Language" country (which is odd, considering that e−mail, SMS, and the Internet in general are based on ''written'' language) with its own sub−country, "cell phones" (which ''do'' involve e−mail and the Internet while being the mean medium of SMS's).

At the title text [[Randall]] explains that, using his definition of "most activity per day", Farmville is actually the ''second'' most popular social-network farming game -- the Chinese game Happy Farm was more popular at the time. This strikes many English-speaking xkcd readers as odd, because Farmville is much more famous, leading one to wonder how the it could not be the most played. The phrase "browser-based social-networking-centered farming game" is an example of an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyNarrowSuperlative overly-narrow superlative.]

===Facebook Region===
The Facebook region deals with social networks, that is, websites oriented towards having people meet.

'''{{w|Facebook}}''' is a social networking site that allows people to meet old real−life friends and make new friends that share similar interests. One of its most notable features is that a member can update a "status" or make normal posts about the happenings of the member's life, complete with pictures, other members "liking" these posts. The size of the Facebook region is not exaggerated; most websites seem to allow "liking" their content or allow/require logging in the website with a Facebook account. There even are cell phones with a "Facebook" button!

*'''{{w|FarmVille}}''' and '''{{w|Farm Town}}''' are Facebook games in which users manage farms. '''{{w|Happy Farm}},''' the Chinese game that inspired the other two, does not require Facebook integration, so it is separated by a solid line from Facebook. The "Unethical Bay" refers to how these games tend to addict players into constantly buying virtual items of questionable value.

*The '''People You Can't Unfriend''' refer to people whom, due to real-life expectations and relationships, unfriending them is difficult, no matter how you really feel about them.

*The '''Blatherskite River''' refers to the conversations on Facebook, which may be long yet devoid of general meaning or logic.

*The '''Data Mines''' refer to the data mining that Facebook does with the interests of its members. This fuels the profitable advertising business at the expense of customer trust.

*The '''Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions''' refer to how interactions with family members on Facebook suddenly become more awkward because everyone on Facebook (and sometimes ''off'' Facebook, given that you do not necessarily need to log in if you want to see someone's Facebook account) if you are discussing with your family through post comments.

*The '''524,287 Strong for Mersenne Primes''' refers to the communities who gain followers for a cause. A {{w|Mersenne prime}} is a prime number that is 1 less than a power of 2; 524287 is the 7th known Mersenne prime.

*The '''Jungle-Bay Mountains of "It's Complicated"''' refers to one of Facebook's options as to what a user's relationship status currently is. A Jungle-Bay Mountain is a complicated and undefined climate, hence the complication.

*'''"Old Facebook" Resistance''' refers to Facebook's earlier users, who have often resisted (and resented) changes made to Facebook as it became more popular.

*'''Privacy Controls''' is located on the map surrounded by a Lava Pool, which is a reference to how difficult it is to find the privacy controls within Facebook.
*'''Niche Market Mountains''' refers to social networks aimed towards more niche markets are located. Similar to how mountains tend to be isolated from mainland, niche social networks tend to be just that: niche, without much interaction with the general populace.
*'''Charred Wasteland of Abandoned Social Networks''' refers to the tons of websites wanting to take advantage of the success of websites like Facebook to compete or even overpower with them. Even so, these websites tend to not have the userbase or even the expertise towards the long-term, hence they become wastelands: environments devoid of life, except the few life forms that are from these wastelands (in this case, the ones who are loyal to the website or which are sadly few).
*In the Charred Wasteland stands '''{{w|Ozymandias}}''', the titular broken statue of Shelley's poem. In the poem, only "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" and a "shattered visage" are all that remain of the once-great statue and both of these features are present in the comic. According to the poem, the pedestal before the broken statue reads "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..." hence "friend of friends" below Ozymandias on the map.
*In the north are the '''Duckface Mountains''' and the '''Red Cup Mountains'''."Duckface" refers to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face this incredibly obnoxious facial expression], and "red cup pictures" are any pictures containing party-goers holding disposable red plastic beverage cups. Facebook is absolutely flooded with both types of pictures.
*In the south is '''Buzzword Bay'''. {{w|Buzzword}}s are words and phrases that make you sound a lot more topical than you actually are, used to garner attention; again, Facebook status updates are commonly filled with buzzwords.

While Facebook is the largest "country" of the Facebook Region, there are a lot of smaller "countries" that represent smaller social networks.

*Below Facebook (and "Old Facebook' Resistance") is '''{{w|Diaspora (social network)|Diaspora}}''', a fully open-source, decentralized, privacy-respecting-and-expecting alternative to Facebook. From what this map tells, Diaspora is little-known, even if Facebook is taken out of the context.
*'''{{w|StudiVZ}}''' is a German-speaking social network similar if not a ripped-off version of Facebook.
*'''{{w|XING}}''' is a German-speaking social platform similar to LinkedIn.
*'''{{w|Ning (website)|Ning}}''' is a service to create custom social websites. Its free services shut down in 2010.
*'''{{w|Taringa!}}''' is a Spanish-speaking social network that is based on a forums. Copyrighted material is frequently found there.
*Next to the Euro(pean) Gulf is '''{{w|Skyrock (social network site)}}''', a French-speaking social network.
*'''{{w|Wer-kennt-wen}}''' is a German-social network somewhat like MySpace.
*'''{{w|Nasza-klasa.pl}}''' or NK, is a Polish-speaking social network based on school relationships.
*'''{{w|Badoo}}''' is a social network primarily based on dating and picture-sharing.
*'''{{w|Classmates.com}}''' is a services in which the user can meet classmates that came from the same high school. The website is probably best known by its memetic advertisement that said [http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-am-i-supposed-to-care-about-nick.html "She married him??!! And they've got 7 kids??"] (Incidentally, [http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003325519_adcouple27.html there is more to the coupled picture than what the advertisement says.])
*'''{{w|Myspace}}''' is a social networking website that is a kind of proto-Facebook: users could customize their one-page websites with whatever they wanted, make their interests and daily lives public, and interact with other users. Back in the mid 2000s, MySpace was the largest social network, many people using the website; however, the surprisingly-less-customizable Facebook ended up taking the place of MySpace. The "bands" country of MySpace refers to how a lot of bands in the day advertised and interacted using the website. Indeed, the latest incarnation of MySpace (in terms of 2013) is more oriented towards band members.
*'''{{w|LinkedIn}}''' is a social network aimed towards people in the workplace, which is why it is adjancent to '''Corporate Bay'''.
*'''{{w|Orkut}}''' was one of Google's first social networks before Google made [https://plus.google.com/ Google+]. It shut down in 2014.
*'''{{w|Hi5}}''' is a social network that is very popular among people in Latin America.
*'''{{w|Renren}}''' ('''「人人」''', "people" in Chinese) is "a Chinese copy of Facebook."
*'''{{w|Bebo}}''' was a social network popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It went bankrupt in 2013 and will move away from social networking and into apps.
*'''{{w|Friendster}}''' - One of the first major social networks, it has fallen way off in usage in recent years and was eclipsed by MySpace. It is still popular in Asia.
*'''{{w|VK (social networking website)|Vkontakte}}''' or VK, is the second largest social network service in Europe after Facebook. It is available in several languages, but particularly popular among Russian-speaking users around the world.
*'''{{w|Netlog}}''' is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the global youth demographic.
*'''{{w|Mixi}}''' is an online Japanese social networking service.
*'''{{w|Qzone}}''' is a social networking website, which is big in China. According to a report published by Tencent, possibly surpassing other social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace in China.
*'''{{w|Tuenti}}''' is a Spain-based, social networking service, that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook."
*'''{{w|Cloob}}''' is a Persian-language social networking website, mainly popular in Iran. After the locally (and internationally) popular social networking website Orkut was blocked by the Iranian government, a series of local sites and networks, including Cloob, emerged to fill the gap.
*'''{{w|Kaixin001}}''' is a social networking website which ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall.
*'''{{w|Piczo}}''' was a privately held blog website for teens. In November 2012, Piczo.com shut down.
*'''{{w|Odnoklassniki}}''' is a social network service for classmates and old friends. It is popular in Russia and former Soviet Republics.
*'''{{w|Adult FriendFinder}}''' is a pornographic dating site.
*'''{{w|Match.com}}''' is a dating site.
*'''{{w|Ok Cupid}}''' is another dating site.
*'''{{w|PlentyofFish}}''' is yet another dating site.
*'''{{w|Sulawesi}}''' is a real-life island in the Indonesian archipelago. It also appears in 256: Online Communities.

===MMO Isle===
MMO's (short form of "MMORPG", short form of "Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Player Game") are websites that host online games where multiple people take the role of a character and play in a setting hosted by the website. These types of games tend to be fantastical in setting. Frequently, missions are added to the game, giving current player more incentive towards playing more.

*'''[https://www.habbo.com/ Habbo Hotel]''' is a website where someone creates a human avatar an interacts in a virtual world that is not that different from the one in real life.
*'''[http://www.clubpenguin.com/ Club Penguin]''' is [http://disney.com/ Disney's] MMO where someone creates a penguin avatar and interacts with other in a more polar, cartoony setting. Club Penguin is aimed towards children.
*'''[http://maplestory.nexon.net/ Maple Story]''' is an MMO that has a more natural setting. The most distinguishing feature of Maple Story is its cartoony pixel art.
*'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]''', while not an MMO, is a website that has the largest repository of walkthoughs, that is, guides that help someone beat a game. GameFAQs is notable for not only its large repository of walkthroughs of games that are across an extreme variety of consoles, handhelds, and even computers (not all of them MMOs), but also the drama that is rumoured to happen in the GameFAQs forums.
*'''[http://www.ign.com/ IGN]''' (full: '''Imagine Games Network'''), while also not an MMO, is the largest website that gives news on video games in general, not just MMOs. Each of the games mentioned in the site have pages that have summaries, reviews, screenshots, other art, videos, and links to news related to its games.
*'''[http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml FFXI]''' (full: '''Final Fantasy XI''') is an MMO from SquareEnix, being the first MMO of the popular ''Final Fantasy'' series.
*'''[http://www.runescape.com/community Runescape]''' is an older MMO.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ Starcraft II]''' is a realtime strategy game with a science fiction setting that heavily involves space travel. While technically not an MMO, it has a significant online multiplayer component.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ WoW]''' (full: '''World of Warcraft''') is the definitive MMO, being not only the most popular and one of the longest-running but also the most expansive (having its own spinoff games, comic books, novels, and even figurines), WOW giving the idea of how an MMO should be. A player can choose from a variety of races, each with its own heavy history.
*'''[http://secondlife.com/ Second Life]''' is similar to Habbo, albeit with a bigger suspension of disbelief (one example being that the player does not need to be a human) and in a 3D setting.
*'''[http://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates]''' is a text-based political simulation game. Notably, some of its traffic comes not from the actual game (which is optional), but the extensive set of political, roleplaying, and general forums attached.
*'''[http://www.urbandead.com/ Urban Dead]''' describes itself as "A Massively Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypse", which sums it up pretty well.
*'''[http://www.kingdomofloathing.com KoL]''' (full: '''Kingdom of Loathing''') is a comedic browser-based MMO-ish RPG with minimalistic stick-figure art.
*'''{{w|CDC Games}}''' is a Chinese company reputed to be the largest MMORPG distributor.
*'''{{w|Eve Online|EVE Online}}''' is a science fiction MMO which is notable because of its virtual economy.
*'''{{w|Gaia Online|Gaia}}''' or Gaia Online, while not an MMO, is a forum oriented towards pop culture, including video games and Japanese media. Its most notable feature is the heavy customization possible of a member's pixel-art avatar. Its members tend to roleplay a lot, albeit in a more written, story-based form. Gaia has gained a reputation with its members stealing art and causing drama.
*'''{{w|City of Heroes|CoH}}''' or City of Heroes was a superhero-based MMORPG that was shut down November 2012.

Other notable regions include:
*The '''Mountains of Steam''', referring to the game distribution service [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] where people could buy and download video games in general, not just MMOs.
*'''River Grind''' refers to "grinding." In most MMOs, the character is a fighter of some sorts, yet starts at a level 1, signifying the character's aptitude level in combat. The character can level up and gain more aptitude levels through earning experience, of which the most reliable and otherwise common way is the process of "grinding," that is, repeatedly fighting opposing monsters (sometimes of a level notably lower that your character's), gaining experience points from winning these battles until your character gains a level, that is, "levels up". While a practical necessity in strengthening the character, this process can be tiresome, hence the expression "grinding."
*'''Spawn Camp''' refers to "spawn points", the places in combat-oriented MMO's tend to produce ("spawn") random AI-powered creatures, and the act of "spawn camping", in which the player character simply stands behind or around the spawn points to fight the enemy creatures as soon as they appear.
*'''Gulf of Lag''' refers to how the MMO can be slowed down a considerable amount due to the large amount of players simultaneously using the same server, this congestion bogging down the server and frustrating the users.
*'''[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/final-boss-of-the-internet End Guy for the Internet]''' refers to "end bosses," the last — and usually hardest to defeat — "bad guy" in a game (or a section of a game).

===YouTube Region===
The YouTube region refers to websites that are based on user-created content.

'''[https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]''' is the definitive video website where people can upload videos with the purpose of public viewing, ranging from home movies through official music videos through Let's Plays of people playing video games to questionably-legal uploads of cartoons and films. Google had purchased YouTube.

Many of the sites on the map are just references to {{w|viral video}}s at {{w|YouTube}}:
*'''Viral Shores''' refers to how viral videos (whether they be viral marketing or simply memes) tend to proliferate on YouTube.
*'''Britney''' likely refers to pop singer {{w|Britney Spears}} and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc‎ "Leave Britney Alone" guy].
*'''Maru Gulf''' refers to Maru the Cat, a YouTube celebrity [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/676:_Abstraction also mentioned in xkcd].
*'''Prairie Dog Habitat''' likely refers to the viral video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw Dramatic Chipmunk] (which is actually a Prairie Dog).
*'''Rick Rolling Hills''' references, well, {{w|Rickrolling}}. More information [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ here]. The "deserted" note likely refers to how Rick Astley himself is tired of the meme, or again, how people tend to leave the video upon getting "Rick Roll'd," never actually going to the video with the express purpose of viewing the video.
*'''Lunar Landing Soundstage''' is, of course, a reference to the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}}, which Randall has railed on before.
*'''{{w|OK Go}} Bay''' refers to the band "OK Go" who have multiple viral music videos on YouTube, most famously [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA "Here it goes again"] featuring treadmills.

The '''HTML5 swamp''' refers to the spotty support of HTML 5 (an update on HTML that is frequently touting its media capabilities, making HTML 5 a viable alternative to Flash) YouTube has. Of course, by the time the comic was written, HTML 5 was still in its infancy. The Music Video Bay refers to the amount of music videos (official or otherwise) are present in YouTube.

Other counties of the YouTube region include:
*'''[https://vimeo.com/ vimeo]''', a website where people tend to showcase artistic content that they made on their own, notably independent studios.

Snob Sound:
*'''[https://secure.flickr.com/ Flickr]''', a website where people can upload and share photographs they took.
*'''[http://fotolog.com Fotolog]''', a photo website very popular in South America in 2004-2008, which was used as a social network.
*'''[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]''', a music website that is notable of its "scrobbling" feature.
*'''[http://www.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]''', the largest art website, where people can upload, sell, and buy not only art itself, but also video, audio, Flash-work, and even skins (the original purpose of deviantArt). While many big-name/professional people and organizations have their works in deviantArt, the site is more infamous for the large amount of people who upload low-quality fan-art and fan-characters, most notably of media from Japan. Another point of infamy is the large amount of drama that can happen in the website.

*'''[https://www.newgrounds.com/ Newgrounds]''', a website that hosts art, (Flash-based) videos, audio, and (Flash-based) games to which other users can comment and rate. Even so, content from Newgrounds tends to be obscene, though there is a filtering system if a viewer does not wish to see obscene content.
*'''[http://www.chatroulette.com/ Chatroulette]''' is a website where people are randomly paired up with each other and video/text chat.
*'''{{w|Brickshelf}}''' is the online resource for {{w|LEGO}} fans.
*'''[https://tumblr.com/ Tumblr]''', where people could make a blog and post text, pictures, video, audio, quotes, and links. The most distinguishing feature is the ability to "reblog" these posts from other's people's blogs into the user's own blog. Notable features of Tumblr include sketchblogs (where people upload their sketches), Ask blogs (where people answer questions other users ask, the moderators of these blogs usually pretending to be a character from a form of media), and the large amount of "social justice" (where people fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of negative discrimination). (See also [[1043: Ablogalypse]].)
*'''{{w|b3ta}}''' is a popular British website, described as a "puerile digital arts community" by The Guardian.

The '''Isle of teenagers who just discovered macroeconomics''' is a joke about how teenagers tend to think that the world and the economy are a lot simpler than they actually are. Combined with the typical internet mindset, this leads to a lot of teenagers posting blogs and videos and comments on blogs and videos describing how idiotic the government and other red-tape-related adults are.
The '''Snob Sound''' could refer to the large amount of people who look down on others in the surrounding websites (one example being an original artist looking down on people who draw mainly fan-art). '''The Iraq''' is a reference to Miss Teen USA 2007, Ms. Teen South Carolina - Lauren Katlin said "I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as...the US should help the US and should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the asian countries so we are able to build up our future." The usage of "the iraq" became a meme.

===Twitter Region===
*'''Bieber Bay''' is a reference to {{w|Justin Bieber}} a pop singer whose singing sprouted on YouTube and became very popular on Twitter and other social media. He is very much vilified because of his rather feminine appearance and his hordes of fans (called "Beliebers") that seem to support him to ridiculous extents. Lately, though, Justin Beiber has taken a "bad boy" attitude because of all the Beliebers who are willing to defend him no matter what, him partaking in a lot of questionable activities that include tattoos, questionably-legal substances, and buying prostitution, thus lowering his popularity in the general populace.
*'''{{w|Google Buzz}}''' is a former social network attempted by Google. It has since been shut down.
*'''Bit.Ly Mountains''' is a reference to the URL shortening service {{w|bit.ly}}.
*'''Kayne's Isle of Sadness''' is a reference to the musician {{w|Kayne West}}.
*'''Sarah Palin USA''' is the Twitter handle of former politician {{w|Sarah Palin}}.
*'''Clueless Politician Coast''' is a reference to the number of politicians on Twitter and other social networks who repeatedly share clueless updates that more often create an uproar than help their election chances.
*'''Desert of Food Updates''' is a reference to the number of pictures of food that are shared on social media (especially Twitter). There has even been some controversy on posting such pictures.
*'''Journalists Trying to Find the Cutting Edge''' is referencing journalists on Twitter trying to keep up with the way that news is gathered and delivered now, despite usually working for a newspaper that publishes once a day.
*'''{{w|SHAQ}}''' is a reference to the former NBA basketball player, {{w|Shaq}}.
*'''{{w|identi.ca}}''' is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service, being an alternative to Twitter.
*''' Breaking! Waves''' is a pun on the fact that so many people used the word "Breaking" at the beginning of tweets that do not warrant that tag that the word has lost most of its meaning and become a joke. It is a pun because waves "break" on the shore.
*'''Web 3.0''' refers to the unofficial term {{w|Web 2.0}}. In this case, "Web 1.0" refers to websites that give information to users. Web 2.0 refers to websites where the users themselves create content. Web 3.0 has sometimes been used as a term. For {{w|semantic web}}, a machine-readable version of the web, but this usage is far from universal.

===Geotagged Bay===
*'''{{w|Yelp}}''' is a website where people post reviews of real-life public locations (one example being restaurants).
*'''{{w|Geocaching}}''' is a worldwide GPS scavenger hunt where users upload positions of caches and others will find them and log it online.
*'''{{w|Foursquare}}''' is a location-based social network.
*'''Latitude''' refers to {{w|Google Latitude}}.

===Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes===
*'''{{w|Reddit}}''' is the self-described "front page of the Internet" in which users submit stories, photos and videos and the best are "up-voted" to the top of the page.
*'''Wikipedia talk pages''' refer to the pages where Wikipedia editors discuss how to improve articles.
*'''{{w|Wikia}}''' is 3rd party wiki software, used in the making of the user-editable encyclopedias of just about any subject matter.
*'''StumbleUpon''' is a website-sharing service.
*'''Delicious''' is a bookmarking and bookmark-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Digg}}''' is a former competitor to Reddit in the social-news sphere, but now has been sold and restarted as an aggregator of news stories.
*'''Slashdot''', labeled "/." on the map, is a technical news site.
*'''Fark''' is a stricter user-generated news site.
*'''YTMND''' is an acronym for "You're The Man Now, Dog!" It's also a community in which users can create meme-type nonsense by playing music over an image (either static or animated).

===Skype Region===
The Skype Region refers to different IM, or Instant Messaging services, that enable almost-real-time text chatting between multiple people. These often allow services like voice chat and even video calls.

*'''{{w|Skype}}''' is, according to Randall, the most popular of these among the internet. It has many features to allow peer-to-peer voice chats, as well as allowing calls to be made at a price to actual phones.
*'''{{w|AIM}}''' or AOL Instant Messenger is a chat client created by AOL.
*'''GG''' is {{w|Gadu-Gadu}} and instant messenger client popular in Poland.
*'''{{w|Yahoo Messenger}}''' is an instant messenger client by Yahoo.
*'''{{w|Google Talk}}''' is a voice/video chatting service from Google (that Google has been replacing with Hangouts). Google Talk also has an invasion fleet at its shores.
*'''{{w|ICQ}}''' is an older messaging service, albeit with an 18+ requirement (despite pornography not being the point of ICQ).
*'''{{w|Windows Live Messenger}}''', or "MSN", was the messaging service of Microsoft before Microsoft bought Skype. MSN was useful in that people could draw and send pictures to other chatters.
*'''{{w|UseNet}}''' was one of the original ways to communicate on the internet, though people can download (copyrighted) files through the service. Since it is still in use by some, it gets the tag "Still Around!" on the map.
*'''{{w|IRC}} Isles''' refers to the ancestor of Internet-powered chatting. People would have connected to a server and spoke publicly. IRC is still in use (per 2014, notably in getting help from users4. One of those isles is #xkcd which is an IRC community around [[xkcd]].

===Bay of Drama===
*'''FanFiction.net''' is a website where people can submit their fanfiction (stories by fans written about other peoples' media, normally that about popular media). The website tend to have people that are not helpful to those who legitimately want critique of their own stories.
*'''{{w|Xanga}}''' is a blogging service that, while popular at its time, lost out to...
*'''{{w|LiveJournal}}''', one of the definitive websites and Internet communities. More specifically, LiveJournal was the most popular blogging service before Tumblr became popular.
*'''ONYD''' - Reference to {{w|Oh No You Didn't}}, which is explained in the Blogosphere region.
*'''{{w|Dreamwidth}}''' is a LiveJournal fork emphasizing its open-source nature.

===Blogosphere===
The Blogosphere region contains several general blog topics.
*'''Photo Blogs''' - One popular use of blogs is the chronicling through photographs the lives of the authors.
*'''Diary Blogs''' - Another popular use (and, in fact, the original use) is writing commentary about the authors' lives.
*'''Bay of Grammar Pedantry''' - This bay deals with the fact that, whether due to a lack of proper education, a habit of using "chat-speak" in the text-limited SMS and MMS, or simply due to the (generally) more relaxed nature of the Internet, tend to write with horrible composition, a point of annoyment to a lot of other people due to the subsequent increased difficulty of reading the horribly-written material.
*'''Fandom Blogs''' - A "fandom" is a community of fans. A fandom blog deals with the subject matter of the respective fandom.
*'''Sea of Zero (0) Comments''' - These are the blogs that get very little attention and therefore have no comments.
*'''SpamBlog Straits''' - Spammers use blogs to increase the number of links to their site to try to game search engines.
*'''OffTopic.com'''
*Many more straightforward blogs, including:
**'''Writing/Poetry'''
**'''Gossip Blogs'''
**'''Political Blogs'''
**'''Music Blogs'''
**'''Tech Blogs'''
**'''Business Blogs'''
**'''Corporate Blogs'''
**'''Religious Blogs'''
**'''Miscellaneous Blogs'''
*'''Blog Blogs''' - These can refer to blogs that talk about the matter about blogging itself, though they can also refer to blogs which authors use in talking about blogging.

===Blogosphere (Core Region)===
Gossip Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on gossip surrounding celebrities and other well-known persons.
*'''{{w|Jezebel}}''' is a liberally feminist blog, hosted by Gawker.
*'''{{w|Deadline}}'''
*'''{{w|TMZ}}'''
*'''{{w|Gawker}}''' is a blog that is the host of other blogs.
*'''LJ Oh No They Didn't''' - LiveJournal {{w|Oh No They Didn't}} - Oh No They Didn't, also known as ONTD, is the largest community on LiveJournal with over 100,000 members. The community focuses on celebrity gossip and pop culture with most of its posts aggregated from other gossip blogs.
*'''{{w|Doucheblog}}'''
*'''Isle of Mockery''' is a reference to the fact that some of what these blogs do is mock celebrities or other for doing or saying stupid things on camera.

Liberal Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "liberal" or "progressive" slant. These blogs tend to lean for the Democratic party.
*'''{{w|Huffington Post}}''' is a news blog.
*'''{{w|Paul Krugman}}'''
*'''{{w|Daily Beast}}'''
*'''TPM''' - {{w|Talking Points Memo}}
*'''{{w|Ezra Klein}}''' - Ezra used to have his own site at the Washington Post, but is now the editor of [Vox.com].
*'''{{w|Think Progress}}'''
*'''Kos''' - {{w|Daily Kos}}

Bay of Flame:
*Politics Daily
*CNN Political Ticker
*Mediaite
*NY Times
*The Talk
*Libertarian Isle (shaped like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Chart Nolan Chart])

Conservative Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "conservative" or Republican slant.
*Pajamas Media
*Michelle Malkin
*Hot Air
*Red State
*American Thinker
*Townhall

Tech Blogs:
*Boy Genius Report
*Gizmodo is a news and opinion blog, hosted by Gawker, that talks about life's more technological matters.
*Engadget is another technology-oriented, albeit independent, blog.
*Crunchgear
*Techcrunch
*Joystiq is a news and opinion blog that focuses on gaming.
*Kotaku is another gaming-oriented news/opinion blog, the main difference beig that Kotaku is owned by Gawker.

Assorted:
*BoingBoing is "i blog about wonderful things", the topics being quite random.
*Lifehacker, another Gawker blog, is a blog that teaches people how to simplify their lives through 'lifehacking', that is, using their resources in creative wayss. While the subject matter is life in general, there is a significant technological slant.
*{{w|Deadspin}} is a sports and sports gossip blog founded by Will Leitch.
*Meatorama

===QQ Region===
*'''Baidu Baike''' (「百度百科」, "Baidu Encyclopedia") and '''Hudong''' (「互动百科」, "Interactive Encyclopedia" ) are two Chinese online encyclopedias. Baidu Baike is powered by the same company as Baidu, the search engine popular in China.
* The '''Ma Le Ge Bi''' and the '''Grass Mud Horse Bay''' could refer to the {{w|Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures}}.
* The '''Location of Jia Junpeng''' refers to the Internet meme of {{w|Jia Junpeng}} in 2009 in China.
*'''{{w|Tencent QQ}}''' is a Chinese instant messaging program.
*In English communities "QQ" has several more common definitions:
**An {{w|emoticon}}, representing a face with two large, crying eyes.
**A synonym for "rage quit", in which a video game player quits the game out of sheer frustration. It originated in ''Warcraft II'' multiplayer, where pressing Ctrl+Q+Q would quit the game, and became more widely known in ''World of Warcraft''.
**These definitions are commonly combined, usually to mock the "rage quitter".
*The Gulf of China refers to how sites in the region are based in People's Republic of China ("Red China"). The '''Great Firewall''' refers to {{w|The Great Firewall of China}}, a pun on {{w|The Great Wall of China}}. Similar to how The Great Wall of China was meant to keep intruding nations out of the then-capital of the city, The Great Firewall of China is meant to keep visitors from visiting censored websites. However, either a VPN or remote access to a computer in a "freer" country can circumvent the Firewall. Oddly other Chinese websites (Qzone, Renren etc.) are not enclosed in this zone.

===Forums Islands===
Forums are websites where one person post a topic to which other people can discuss.

While the map has a zoomed in version, this article shall discuss the two bigger islands, first.

*'''[http://www.2ch.net 2channel]''' is a Japanese imageboard that was actually the original inspiration for 4chan.
*'''[http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Craigslist]''' is a classified advertisement website with sections devoted to just about everything... which formerly included prostitution services, hence the '''The Former Site of Adult Services'''.

In the zoomed-in map, there is...
*'''420chan''' and '''7chan''', other imageboards in the style of 4chan (see below). Their relative lack of popularity and derivative nature leads a lot of 4chan users to mock them; hence, their position on Randall's map suggests that they're mere wads of semen.
*'''[http://ohinternet.com/ Encyclopedia Dramatica]''', labeled '''ED''' on the map, is a wiki site dedicated to chronicling internet memes and other noteworthy sites, events, people, and anything else that catches their attention, their respective articles written in an incredibly arbitrary and vulgar manner. The site is ''heavily'' steeped in the attitude of veteran, vulgar 4chan users. People who have articles in the website tend to react with despair, given not only the cruelty in which the articles talk about the person in question, but the presence of the article means that the person is now an eternal target from the trolls. The user is not in a position of retaliation, since the userbase of Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan tends to overpower the victim easily...
:...usually. Due to the founder's talk against the Australian Aborignals (the founder is Australian), legal action has gone against the founder to the point of the founder having to shut down Encyclopedia Dramatica, founding the far tamer Oh, Internet! website, instead. Trolls responded by not only uploading their own mirror of the website but also vilifying the former founder forever.
:(Please note that, due to the malicious nature of the pop-up advertisements of Encyclopedia Dramatica, the link above points to its safe-for-work successor, Oh, Internet!)
*'''[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan.org]''' is an {{w|imageboard}} in which people can upload pictures while others comment on them. The website is infamous for its loose/often non-existent rules, incredibly vulgar userbase, source of new memes, and spawning of trolls. 4chan's random board, known internally as '''/b/''', is almost constantly flooded with porn and image macros. This is why Randall's incarnation of 4chan is shaped like a penis.
*'''Tunnel to Habbo''' is a reference to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed the 2006 Habbo Hotel Raids], in which hundreds of 4chan Anons simultaneously logged onto Habbo Hotel and proceeded to be as obnoxious as possible, standing in formations of swastikas and penises or body-blocking the swimming pools.
*'''{{w|Catbus}} Route''' is likely a reference to {{w|Lolcat}}s in general.
*'''[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World]''' is a media-hosting website founded by Eric Bauman. The site has lost a lot of traffic after (quite valid) accusations of stolen content.
*The gulf labelled '''{{w|Anonymous (group)|Anonymous}}''' is a reference to the trolls that label themselves "Anonymous" who recently had gained national acknowledgement because of the group's real-life tirades, including cracking attacks against the Church of Scientology and the founding of WikiLeaks (a website that leaks confidential material related to governments).
*[http://www.somethingawful.com/ SomethingAwful] is a website that is meant to showcase all things "awful". SomethingAwful also has a large trollbase, but they tend to be more honorable than the ones from Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan. One example is there being a spotty holding of the no-furries rule in the forums. The forums themselves are famous because of the holding of the Let's Plays of [http://lparchive.org/Dangan-Ronpa/ Dangan Ronpa] and [http://danganronpa2mirror.tumblr.com/ Super Dangan Ronpa 2], which had cooked up public interest to the point of there being an English-language release of the games.
Please note that, due to these Let's Plays being in a forums that frequently hides behind a "paywall" that requires a paid account before accessing, the links provided go to their mirrors.

==Transcript==
:'''Map of Online Communities'''
:Size on map represents volume of Daily Social activity (posts, chat, etc). Based on data gathered over the Spring and Summer of 2010.

:[Two insets on the upper left-hand corner shows that this map is a tiny portion of the huge continent of Spoken Language, encompassing portions of the Internet, Email, and Cell Phones (SMS).]

:[The largest landmass on the map by far, which takes up nearly the entire northern half of the map is "Facebook" - with large states in the south-east of the country labeled 'Farmville' and 'Happy Farm'. There is a much smaller state to the west of these called 'Farm Town'. To the north of these states is a large swath of unremarkable land entitled 'Northern Wasteland of Unread Updates.' This is directly north of the large Dopamine Sea.

:A peninsula on the south-west, just below the Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions, houses many tiny states, such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Bebo, & Hi5. It is bordered on the south by Buzzword Bay, which contains several islands of varying sizes. Among these are YouTube and Twitter (the largest), which are separated by the Social Media Consultant Channel. To the south-east of Twitter, across the Sea of Protocol Confusion, is another, equally large island. Most of it is Skype, with the north having two largish states called AIM and Windows Live Messenger. On the south-west part of the island are two smaller states called GG and Yahoo Messenger.

:The Island of Skype is extremely close to, but separated by the Great Firewall (a dashed line), the large landmass of QQ. It's north shore is the Gulf of China and Grass Mud Horse Bay. Outside of these bays, over the Great Firewall are two islands called Craigslist and 2Channel.

:In the Dopamine Sea, off the southern shores of Farmville and Happy Farm, is MMO Isle. Its largest state is WoW, with Runescape, Lineage, Maple Story, Habbo, and the Mountains of Steam among its notable landmarks. To the southeast of the island is the Gulf of Lag, in which sits the CDC Games island, with Eve Online.

:To the east of Twitter is Troll Bay, with such islands as Reddit and Reddit, Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicio.us, and Wikipedia Talk Pages. To their south are the IRC isles, of which one is the tiny island of #xkcd.

:East of these islands, and north of Skype island, is the Sea of Memes. In this sea, to the north of Craigslist and 2Channel, is an archipelago of tiny islands. There is an inset, labeled 'Forums.' (See below.)

:To the southwest of Twitter island, in the Sea of Opinions, are the blog islands. These lie south of the islands in Buzzword Bay, as well. The northernmost islands in this group are centered around the Bay of Drama, on which can be found Diary Blogs, Gossip Blogs, and Livejournal. Gossip Blogs share an island with Political, Music, and Tech Blogs. To the north of this island is a smaller island called Photo Blogs. South of Diary Blogs, and off the southwest coast of Music blogs is a smaller island called Fandom Blogs. South of Tech Blogs, off of which sprouts the small peninsula of Business Blogs, is the Spamblog Straits. On the other side of the straits is a large island made up of Miscellaneous Blogs, with two states demarcated as Religious Blogs and Blog Blogs. Southwest of the Blog Islands is the Sea of Zero (0) Comments.]

:[An inset of a group of islands in the sea of memes located on the lower right corner of the map, labeled 'Forums'. The largest by far is 4chan and /b/. Also found here are D2JSP, JLA Frums, Fan Forum, Something Awful, and many smaller ones, too numerous to list here.]

:[The northeastern third of Gossip/Political/Tech Blogs island is another inset labeled 'Blogosphere (Core)'. This can be found on the lower left corner of the map. Two peninsulas in Political Blogs bookend the Bay of Flame -- these are Liberal Blogs and Conservative Blogs. Between them lie several tiny islands such as Politics Daily, CNN Politcal Ticker, and Mediaite. Off the coast of Liberal Blogs lies the island of NYTimes, off the coast of Conservative Blogs is Libertarian Isle. Between the two lies The Talk. The northern peninsula of Tech Blogs contains places such as Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, and Kotaku.]

:[Text found between the two insets, which are directly below the main map.]
:ABOUT THIS MAP
:Communities rise and fall, and total membership numbers are no longer a good measure of a community's current size and health. This updated map uses size to represent total social activity in a community -- that is, how much talking, playing, sharing, or other socializing happens there. This meant some comparing of apples and oranges, but I did my best and tried to be consistent.

:Estimates are based on the numbers I could find, but involved a great deal of guesswork, statistical inference, random sampling, nonrandom sampling, a 20,000-cell spreadsheet, emailing, cajoling, tea-leaf reading, goat sacrifices, and gut instinct (i.e. making things up).

:Sources of data include Google and Bing, Wikipedia, Alexa, Big-Boards.com, StumbleUpon, Wordpress, Akismet, every website statistics page I could find, press releases, news articles, and individual site employees. Thanks in particular to folks at Last.fm, LiveJournal, Reddit, and the New York Times, as well as sysadmins at a number of sites who shared statistics on condition of anonymity.

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Rachel:

{{comic
| number = 802
| date = October 6, 2010
| title = Online Communities 2
| image = online_communities_2.png
| titletext = Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
}}
A [http://xkcd.com/802_large/ larger version] of this picture can be found by clicking the comic on xkcd.
<div class="toclimit-3" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"> __TOC__ </div>
==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Not all of the regions are fully explained. Many labels aren't even mentioned outside of the transcript. Some towns need to be added for example.}}
This comic shows a map of internet communities where the size of each region roughly corresponds to its size, and its proximity to other regions indicates similarities.

This is the successor of [[256: Online Communities]]. It differs in that it is updated, and furthermore, instead of using the ''membership'' of whichever service to determine its size on the map, it uses its "daily social activity."

The map actually has two super−maps: the online community map is surrounded by the "countries" of E−Mail and SMS ("Instant Messaging"). These, in turn, are surrounded by the "Spoken Language" country (which is odd, considering that e−mail, SMS, and the Internet in general are based on ''written'' language) with its own sub−country, "cell phones" (which ''do'' involve e−mail and the Internet while being the mean medium of SMS's).

At the title text [[Randall]] explains that, using his definition of "most activity per day", Farmville is actually the ''second'' most popular social-network farming game -- the Chinese game Happy Farm was more popular at the time. This strikes many English-speaking xkcd readers as odd, because Farmville is much more famous, leading one to wonder how the it could not be the most played. The phrase "browser-based social-networking-centered farming game" is an example of an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OverlyNarrowSuperlative overly-narrow superlative.]

===Facebook Region===
The Facebook region deals with social networks, that is, websites oriented towards having people meet.

'''{{w|Facebook}}''' is a social networking site that allows people to meet old real−life friends and make new friends that share similar interests. One of its most notable features is that a member can update a "status" or make normal posts about the happenings of the member's life, complete with pictures, other members "liking" these posts. The size of the Facebook region is not exaggerated; most websites seem to allow "liking" their content or allow/require logging in the website with a Facebook account. There even are cell phones with a "Facebook" button!

*'''{{w|FarmVille}}''' and '''{{w|Farm Town}}''' are Facebook games in which users manage farms. '''{{w|Happy Farm}},''' the Chinese game that inspired the other two, does not require Facebook integration, so it is separated by a solid line from Facebook. The "Unethical Bay" refers to how these games tend to addict players into constantly buying virtual items of questionable value.

*The '''People You Can't Unfriend''' refer to people whom, due to real-life expectations and relationships, unfriending them is difficult, no matter how you really feel about them.

*The '''Blatherskite River''' refers to the conversations on Facebook, which may be long yet devoid of general meaning or logic.

*The '''Data Mines''' refer to the data mining that Facebook does with the interests of its members. This fuels the profitable advertising business at the expense of customer trust.

*The '''Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions''' refer to how interactions with family members on Facebook suddenly become more awkward because everyone on Facebook (and sometimes ''off'' Facebook, given that you do not necessarily need to log in if you want to see someone's Facebook account) if you are discussing with your family through post comments.

*The '''524,287 Strong for Mersenne Primes''' refers to the communities who gain followers for a cause. A {{w|Mersenne prime}} is a prime number that is 1 less than a power of 2; 524287 is the 7th known Mersenne prime.

*The '''Jungle-Bay Mountains of "It's Complicated"''' refers to one of Facebook's options as to what a user's relationship status currently is. A Jungle-Bay Mountain is a complicated and undefined climate, hence the complication.

*'''"Old Facebook" Resistance''' refers to Facebook's earlier users, who have often resisted (and resented) changes made to Facebook as it became more popular.

*'''Privacy Controls''' is located on the map surrounded by a Lava Pool, which is a reference to how difficult it is to find the privacy controls within Facebook.
*'''Niche Market Mountains''' refers to social networks aimed towards more niche markets are located. Similar to how mountains tend to be isolated from mainland, niche social networks tend to be just that: niche, without much interaction with the general populace.
*'''Charred Wasteland of Abandoned Social Networks''' refers to the tons of websites wanting to take advantage of the success of websites like Facebook to compete or even overpower with them. Even so, these websites tend to not have the userbase or even the expertise towards the long-term, hence they become wastelands: environments devoid of life, except the few life forms that are from these wastelands (in this case, the ones who are loyal to the website or which are sadly few).
*In the Charred Wasteland stands '''{{w|Ozymandias}}''', the titular broken statue of Shelley's poem. In the poem, only "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" and a "shattered visage" are all that remain of the once-great statue and both of these features are present in the comic. According to the poem, the pedestal before the broken statue reads "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..." hence "friend of friends" below Ozymandias on the map.
*In the north are the '''Duckface Mountains''' and the '''Red Cup Mountains'''."Duckface" refers to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face this incredibly obnoxious facial expression], and "red cup pictures" are any pictures containing party-goers holding disposable red plastic beverage cups. Facebook is absolutely flooded with both types of pictures.
*In the south is '''Buzzword Bay'''. {{w|Buzzword}}s are words and phrases that make you sound a lot more topical than you actually are, used to garner attention; again, Facebook status updates are commonly filled with buzzwords.

While Facebook is the largest "country" of the Facebook Region, there are a lot of smaller "countries" that represent smaller social networks.

*Below Facebook (and "Old Facebook' Resistance") is '''{{w|Diaspora (social network)|Diaspora}}''', a fully open-source, decentralized, privacy-respecting-and-expecting alternative to Facebook. From what this map tells, Diaspora is little-known, even if Facebook is taken out of the context.
*'''{{w|StudiVZ}}''' is a German-speaking social network similar if not a ripped-off version of Facebook.
*'''{{w|XING}}''' is a German-speaking social platform similar to LinkedIn.
*'''{{w|Ning (website)|Ning}}''' is a service to create custom social websites. Its free services shut down in 2010.
*'''{{w|Taringa!}}''' is a Spanish-speaking social network that is based on a forums. Copyrighted material is frequently found there.
*Next to the Euro(pean) Gulf is '''{{w|Skyrock (social network site)}}''', a French-speaking social network.
*'''{{w|Wer-kennt-wen}}''' is a German-social network somewhat like MySpace.
*'''{{w|Nasza-klasa.pl}}''' or NK, is a Polish-speaking social network based on school relationships.
*'''{{w|Badoo}}''' is a social network primarily based on dating and picture-sharing.
*'''{{w|Classmates.com}}''' is a services in which the user can meet classmates that came from the same high school. The website is probably best known by its memetic advertisement that said [http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-am-i-supposed-to-care-about-nick.html "She married him??!! And they've got 7 kids??"] (Incidentally, [http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003325519_adcouple27.html there is more to the coupled picture than what the advertisement says.])
*'''{{w|Myspace}}''' is a social networking website that is a kind of proto-Facebook: users could customize their one-page websites with whatever they wanted, make their interests and daily lives public, and interact with other users. Back in the mid 2000s, MySpace was the largest social network, many people using the website; however, the surprisingly-less-customizable Facebook ended up taking the place of MySpace. The "bands" country of MySpace refers to how a lot of bands in the day advertised and interacted using the website. Indeed, the latest incarnation of MySpace (in terms of 2013) is more oriented towards band members.
*'''{{w|LinkedIn}}''' is a social network aimed towards people in the workplace, which is why it is adjancent to '''Corporate Bay'''.
*'''{{w|Orkut}}''' was one of Google's first social networks before Google made [https://plus.google.com/ Google+]. It shut down in 2014.
*'''{{w|Hi5}}''' is a social network that is very popular among people in Latin America.
*'''{{w|Renren}}''' ('''「人人」''', "people" in Chinese) is "a Chinese copy of Facebook."
*'''{{w|Bebo}}''' was a social network popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It went bankrupt in 2013 and will move away from social networking and into apps.
*'''{{w|Friendster}}''' - One of the first major social networks, it has fallen way off in usage in recent years and was eclipsed by MySpace. It is still popular in Asia.
*'''{{w|VK (social networking website)|Vkontakte}}''' or VK, is the second largest social network service in Europe after Facebook. It is available in several languages, but particularly popular among Russian-speaking users around the world.
*'''{{w|Netlog}}''' is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the global youth demographic.
*'''{{w|Mixi}}''' is an online Japanese social networking service.
*'''{{w|Qzone}}''' is a social networking website, which is big in China. According to a report published by Tencent, possibly surpassing other social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace in China.
*'''{{w|Tuenti}}''' is a Spain-based, social networking service, that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook."
*'''{{w|Cloob}}''' is a Persian-language social networking website, mainly popular in Iran. After the locally (and internationally) popular social networking website Orkut was blocked by the Iranian government, a series of local sites and networks, including Cloob, emerged to fill the gap.
*'''{{w|Kaixin001}}''' is a social networking website which ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall.
*'''{{w|Piczo}}''' was a privately held blog website for teens. In November 2012, Piczo.com shut down.
*'''{{w|Odnoklassniki}}''' is a social network service for classmates and old friends. It is popular in Russia and former Soviet Republics.
*'''{{w|Adult FriendFinder}}''' is a pornographic dating site.
*'''{{w|Match.com}}''' is a dating site.
*'''{{w|Ok Cupid}}''' is another dating site.
*'''{{w|PlentyofFish}}''' is yet another dating site.
*'''{{w|Sulawesi}}''' is a real-life island in the Indonesian archipelago. It also appears in 256: Online Communities.

===MMO Isle===
MMO's (short form of "MMORPG", short form of "Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Player Game") are websites that host online games where multiple people take the role of a character and play in a setting hosted by the website. These types of games tend to be fantastical in setting. Frequently, missions are added to the game, giving current player more incentive towards playing more.

*'''[https://www.habbo.com/ Habbo Hotel]''' is a website where someone creates a human avatar an interacts in a virtual world that is not that different from the one in real life.
*'''[http://www.clubpenguin.com/ Club Penguin]''' is [http://disney.com/ Disney's] MMO where someone creates a penguin avatar and interacts with other in a more polar, cartoony setting. Club Penguin is aimed towards children.
*'''[http://maplestory.nexon.net/ Maple Story]''' is an MMO that has a more natural setting. The most distinguishing feature of Maple Story is its cartoony pixel art.
*'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs]''', while not an MMO, is a website that has the largest repository of walkthoughs, that is, guides that help someone beat a game. GameFAQs is notable for not only its large repository of walkthroughs of games that are across an extreme variety of consoles, handhelds, and even computers (not all of them MMOs), but also the drama that is rumoured to happen in the GameFAQs forums.
*'''[http://www.ign.com/ IGN]''' (full: '''Imagine Games Network'''), while also not an MMO, is the largest website that gives news on video games in general, not just MMOs. Each of the games mentioned in the site have pages that have summaries, reviews, screenshots, other art, videos, and links to news related to its games.
*'''[http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml FFXI]''' (full: '''Final Fantasy XI''') is an MMO from SquareEnix, being the first MMO of the popular ''Final Fantasy'' series.
*'''[http://www.runescape.com/community Runescape]''' is an older MMO.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ Starcraft II]''' is a realtime strategy game with a science fiction setting that heavily involves space travel. While technically not an MMO, it has a significant online multiplayer component.
*'''[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ WoW]''' (full: '''World of Warcraft''') is the definitive MMO, being not only the most popular and one of the longest-running but also the most expansive (having its own spinoff games, comic books, novels, and even figurines), WOW giving the idea of how an MMO should be. A player can choose from a variety of races, each with its own heavy history.
*'''[http://secondlife.com/ Second Life]''' is similar to Habbo, albeit with a bigger suspension of disbelief (one example being that the player does not need to be a human) and in a 3D setting.
*'''[http://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates]''' is a text-based political simulation game. Notably, some of its traffic comes not from the actual game (which is optional), but the extensive set of political, roleplaying, and general forums attached.
*'''[http://www.urbandead.com/ Urban Dead]''' describes itself as "A Massively Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypse", which sums it up pretty well.
*'''[http://www.kingdomofloathing.com KoL]''' (full: '''Kingdom of Loathing''') is a comedic browser-based MMO-ish RPG with minimalistic stick-figure art.
*'''{{w|CDC Games}}''' is a Chinese company reputed to be the largest MMORPG distributor.
*'''{{w|Eve Online|EVE Online}}''' is a science fiction MMO which is notable because of its virtual economy.
*'''{{w|Gaia Online|Gaia}}''' or Gaia Online, while not an MMO, is a forum oriented towards pop culture, including video games and Japanese media. Its most notable feature is the heavy customization possible of a member's pixel-art avatar. Its members tend to roleplay a lot, albeit in a more written, story-based form. Gaia has gained a reputation with its members stealing art and causing drama.
*'''{{w|City of Heroes|CoH}}''' or City of Heroes was a superhero-based MMORPG that was shut down November 2012.

Other notable regions include:
*The '''Mountains of Steam''', referring to the game distribution service [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] where people could buy and download video games in general, not just MMOs.
*'''River Grind''' refers to "grinding." In most MMOs, the character is a fighter of some sorts, yet starts at a level 1, signifying the character's aptitude level in combat. The character can level up and gain more aptitude levels through earning experience, of which the most reliable and otherwise common way is the process of "grinding," that is, repeatedly fighting opposing monsters (sometimes of a level notably lower that your character's), gaining experience points from winning these battles until your character gains a level, that is, "levels up". While a practical necessity in strengthening the character, this process can be tiresome, hence the expression "grinding."
*'''Spawn Camp''' refers to "spawn points", the places in combat-oriented MMO's tend to produce ("spawn") random AI-powered creatures, and the act of "spawn camping", in which the player character simply stands behind or around the spawn points to fight the enemy creatures as soon as they appear.
*'''Gulf of Lag''' refers to how the MMO can be slowed down a considerable amount due to the large amount of players simultaneously using the same server, this congestion bogging down the server and frustrating the users.
*'''[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/final-boss-of-the-internet End Guy for the Internet]''' refers to "end bosses," the last — and usually hardest to defeat — "bad guy" in a game (or a section of a game).

===YouTube Region===
The YouTube region refers to websites that are based on user-created content.

'''[https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]''' is the definitive video website where people can upload videos with the purpose of public viewing, ranging from home movies through official music videos through Let's Plays of people playing video games to questionably-legal uploads of cartoons and films. Google had purchased YouTube.

Many of the sites on the map are just references to {{w|viral video}}s at {{w|YouTube}}:
*'''Viral Shores''' refers to how viral videos (whether they be viral marketing or simply memes) tend to proliferate on YouTube.
*'''Britney''' likely refers to pop singer {{w|Britney Spears}} and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc‎ "Leave Britney Alone" guy].
*'''Maru Gulf''' refers to Maru the Cat, a YouTube celebrity [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/676:_Abstraction also mentioned in xkcd].
*'''Prairie Dog Habitat''' likely refers to the viral video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw Dramatic Chipmunk] (which is actually a Prairie Dog).
*'''Rick Rolling Hills''' references, well, {{w|Rickrolling}}. More information [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ here]. The "deserted" note likely refers to how Rick Astley himself is tired of the meme, or again, how people tend to leave the video upon getting "Rick Roll'd," never actually going to the video with the express purpose of viewing the video.
*'''Lunar Landing Soundstage''' is, of course, a reference to the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}}, which Randall has railed on before.
*'''{{w|OK Go}} Bay''' refers to the band "OK Go" who have multiple viral music videos on YouTube, most famously [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA "Here it goes again"] featuring treadmills.

The '''HTML5 swamp''' refers to the spotty support of HTML 5 (an update on HTML that is frequently touting its media capabilities, making HTML 5 a viable alternative to Flash) YouTube has. Of course, by the time the comic was written, HTML 5 was still in its infancy. The Music Video Bay refers to the amount of music videos (official or otherwise) are present in YouTube.

Other counties of the YouTube region include:
*'''[https://vimeo.com/ vimeo]''', a website where people tend to showcase artistic content that they made on their own, notably independent studios.

Snob Sound:
*'''[https://secure.flickr.com/ Flickr]''', a website where people can upload and share photographs they took.
*'''[http://fotolog.com Fotolog]''', a photo website very popular in South America in 2004-2008, which was used as a social network.
*'''[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]''', a music website that is notable of its "scrobbling" feature.
*'''[http://www.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]''', the largest art website, where people can upload, sell, and buy not only art itself, but also video, audio, Flash-work, and even skins (the original purpose of deviantArt). While many big-name/professional people and organizations have their works in deviantArt, the site is more infamous for the large amount of people who upload low-quality fan-art and fan-characters, most notably of media from Japan. Another point of infamy is the large amount of drama that can happen in the website.

*'''[https://www.newgrounds.com/ Newgrounds]''', a website that hosts art, (Flash-based) videos, audio, and (Flash-based) games to which other users can comment and rate. Even so, content from Newgrounds tends to be obscene, though there is a filtering system if a viewer does not wish to see obscene content.
*'''[http://www.chatroulette.com/ Chatroulette]''' is a website where people are randomly paired up with each other and video/text chat.
*'''{{w|Brickshelf}}''' is the online resource for {{w|LEGO}} fans.
*'''[https://tumblr.com/ Tumblr]''', where people could make a blog and post text, pictures, video, audio, quotes, and links. The most distinguishing feature is the ability to "reblog" these posts from other's people's blogs into the user's own blog. Notable features of Tumblr include sketchblogs (where people upload their sketches), Ask blogs (where people answer questions other users ask, the moderators of these blogs usually pretending to be a character from a form of media), and the large amount of "social justice" (where people fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of negative discrimination). (See also [[1043: Ablogalypse]].)
*'''{{w|b3ta}}''' is a popular British website, described as a "puerile digital arts community" by The Guardian.

The '''Isle of teenagers who just discovered macroeconomics''' is a joke about how teenagers tend to think that the world and the economy are a lot simpler than they actually are. Combined with the typical internet mindset, this leads to a lot of teenagers posting blogs and videos and comments on blogs and videos describing how idiotic the government and other red-tape-related adults are.
The '''Snob Sound''' could refer to the large amount of people who look down on others in the surrounding websites (one example being an original artist looking down on people who draw mainly fan-art). '''The Iraq''' is a reference to Miss Teen USA 2007, Ms. Teen South Carolina - Lauren Katlin said "I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as...the US should help the US and should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the asian countries so we are able to build up our future." The usage of "the iraq" became a meme.

===Twitter Region===
*'''Bieber Bay''' is a reference to {{w|Justin Bieber}} a pop singer whose singing sprouted on YouTube and became very popular on Twitter and other social media. He is very much vilified because of his rather feminine appearance and his hordes of fans (called "Beliebers") that seem to support him to ridiculous extents. Lately, though, Justin Beiber has taken a "bad boy" attitude because of all the Beliebers who are willing to defend him no matter what, him partaking in a lot of questionable activities that include tattoos, questionably-legal substances, and buying prostitution, thus lowering his popularity in the general populace.
*'''{{w|Google Buzz}}''' is a former social network attempted by Google. It has since been shut down.
*'''Bit.Ly Mountains''' is a reference to the URL shortening service {{w|bit.ly}}.
*'''Kayne's Isle of Sadness''' is a reference to the musician {{w|Kayne West}}.
*'''Sarah Palin USA''' is the Twitter handle of former politician {{w|Sarah Palin}}.
*'''Clueless Politician Coast''' is a reference to the number of politicians on Twitter and other social networks who repeatedly share clueless updates that more often create an uproar than help their election chances.
*'''Desert of Food Updates''' is a reference to the number of pictures of food that are shared on social media (especially Twitter). There has even been some controversy on posting such pictures.
*'''Journalists Trying to Find the Cutting Edge''' is referencing journalists on Twitter trying to keep up with the way that news is gathered and delivered now, despite usually working for a newspaper that publishes once a day.
*'''{{w|SHAQ}}''' is a reference to the former NBA basketball player, {{w|Shaq}}.
*'''{{w|identi.ca}}''' is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service, being an alternative to Twitter.
*''' Breaking! Waves''' is a pun on the fact that so many people used the word "Breaking" at the beginning of tweets that do not warrant that tag that the word has lost most of its meaning and become a joke. It is a pun because waves "break" on the shore.
*'''Web 3.0''' refers to the unofficial term {{w|Web 2.0}}. In this case, "Web 1.0" refers to websites that give information to users. Web 2.0 refers to websites where the users themselves create content. Web 3.0 has sometimes been used as a term. For {{w|semantic web}}, a machine-readable version of the web, but this usage is far from universal.

===Geotagged Bay===
*'''{{w|Yelp}}''' is a website where people post reviews of real-life public locations (one example being restaurants).
*'''{{w|Geocaching}}''' is a worldwide GPS scavenger hunt where users upload positions of caches and others will find them and log it online.
*'''{{w|Foursquare}}''' is a location-based social network.
*'''Latitude''' refers to {{w|Google Latitude}}.

===Troll Bay and the Sea of Memes===
*'''Reddit''' - {{w|Reddit}} is the self-described "front page of the Internet" in which users submit stories, photos and videos and the best are "up-voted" to the top of the page.
*'''Wikipedia talk pages''' refer to the pages where Wikipedia editors discuss how to improve articles.
*'''{{w|Wikia}}''' is 3rd party wiki software, used in the making of the user-editable encyclopedias of just about any subject matter.
*'''StumbleUpon''' is a website-sharing service.
*'''Delicious''' is a bookmarking and bookmark-sharing service.
*'''{{w|Digg}}''' is a former competitor to Reddit in the social-news sphere, but now has been sold and restarted as an aggregator of news stories.
*'''Slashdot''', labeled "/." on the map, is a technical news site.
*'''Fark''' is a stricter user-generated news site.
*'''YTMND''' is an acronym for "You're The Man Now, Dog!" It's also a community in which users can create meme-type nonsense by playing music over an image (either static or animated).

===Skype Region===
The Skype Region refers to different IM, or Instant Messaging services, that enable almost-real-time text chatting between multiple people. These often allow services like voice chat and even video calls.

*'''{{w|Skype}}''' is, according to Randall, the most popular of these among the internet. It has many features to allow peer-to-peer voice chats, as well as allowing calls to be made at a price to actual phones.
*'''{{w|AIM}}''' or AOL Instant Messenger is a chat client created by AOL.
*'''GG''' is {{w|Gadu-Gadu}} and instant messenger client popular in Poland.
*'''{{w|Yahoo Messenger}}''' is an instant messenger client by Yahoo.
*'''{{w|Google Talk}}''' is a voice/video chatting service from Google (that Google has been replacing with Hangouts). Google Talk also has an invasion fleet at its shores.
*'''{{w|ICQ}}''' is an older messaging service, albeit with an 18+ requirement (despite pornography not being the point of ICQ).
*'''{{w|Windows Live Messenger}}''', or "MSN", was the messaging service of Microsoft before Microsoft bought Skype. MSN was useful in that people could draw and send pictures to other chatters.
*'''{{w|UseNet}}''' was one of the original ways to communicate on the internet, though people can download (copyrighted) files through the service. Since it is still in use by some, it gets the tag "Still Around!" on the map.
*'''{{w|IRC}} Isles''' refers to the ancestor of Internet-powered chatting. People would have connected to a server and spoke publicly. IRC is still in use (per 2014, notably in getting help from users4. One of those isles is #xkcd which is an IRC community around [[xkcd]].

===Bay of Drama===
*'''FanFiction.net''' is a website where people can submit their fanfiction (stories by fans written about other peoples' media, normally that about popular media). The website tend to have people that are not helpful to those who legitimately want critique of their own stories.
*'''{{w|Xanga}}''' is a blogging service that, while popular at its time, lost out to...
*'''{{w|LiveJournal}}''', one of the definitive websites and Internet communities. More specifically, LiveJournal was the most popular blogging service before Tumblr became popular.
*'''ONYD''' - Reference to {{w|Oh No You Didn't}}, which is explained in the Blogosphere region.
*'''{{w|Dreamwidth}}''' is a LiveJournal fork emphasizing its open-source nature.

===Blogosphere===
The Blogosphere region contains several general blog topics.
*'''Photo Blogs''' - One popular use of blogs is the chronicling through photographs the lives of the authors.
*'''Diary Blogs''' - Another popular use (and, in fact, the original use) is writing commentary about the authors' lives.
*'''Bay of Grammar Pedantry''' - This bay deals with the fact that, whether due to a lack of proper education, a habit of using "chat-speak" in the text-limited SMS and MMS, or simply due to the (generally) more relaxed nature of the Internet, tend to write with horrible composition, a point of annoyment to a lot of other people due to the subsequent increased difficulty of reading the horribly-written material.
*'''Fandom Blogs''' - A "fandom" is a community of fans. A fandom blog deals with the subject matter of the respective fandom.
*'''Sea of Zero (0) Comments''' - These are the blogs that get very little attention and therefore have no comments.
*'''SpamBlog Straits''' - Spammers use blogs to increase the number of links to their site to try to game search engines.
*'''OffTopic.com'''
*Many more straightforward blogs, including:
**'''Writing/Poetry'''
**'''Gossip Blogs'''
**'''Political Blogs'''
**'''Music Blogs'''
**'''Tech Blogs'''
**'''Business Blogs'''
**'''Corporate Blogs'''
**'''Religious Blogs'''
**'''Miscellaneous Blogs'''
*'''Blog Blogs''' - These can refer to blogs that talk about the matter about blogging itself, though they can also refer to blogs which authors use in talking about blogging.

===Blogosphere (Core Region)===
Gossip Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on gossip surrounding celebrities and other well-known persons.
*'''{{w|Jezebel}}''' is a liberally feminist blog, hosted by Gawker.
*'''{{w|Deadline}}'''
*'''{{w|TMZ}}'''
*'''{{w|Gawker}}''' is a blog that is the host of other blogs.
*'''LJ Oh No They Didn't''' - LiveJournal {{w|Oh No They Didn't}} - Oh No They Didn't, also known as ONTD, is the largest community on LiveJournal with over 100,000 members. The community focuses on celebrity gossip and pop culture with most of its posts aggregated from other gossip blogs.
*'''{{w|Doucheblog}}'''
*'''Isle of Mockery''' is a reference to the fact that some of what these blogs do is mock celebrities or other for doing or saying stupid things on camera.

Liberal Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "liberal" or "progressive" slant. These blogs tend to lean for the Democratic party.
*'''{{w|Huffington Post}}''' is a news blog.
*'''{{w|Paul Krugman}}'''
*'''{{w|Daily Beast}}'''
*'''TPM''' - {{w|Talking Points Memo}}
*'''{{w|Ezra Klein}}''' - Ezra used to have his own site at the Washington Post, but is now the editor of [Vox.com].
*'''{{w|Think Progress}}'''
*'''Kos''' - {{w|Daily Kos}}

Bay of Flame:
*Politics Daily
*CNN Political Ticker
*Mediaite
*NY Times
*The Talk
*Libertarian Isle (shaped like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Chart Nolan Chart])

Conservative Blogs:
Each blog below focuses on American political news with a "conservative" or Republican slant.
*Pajamas Media
*Michelle Malkin
*Hot Air
*Red State
*American Thinker
*Townhall

Tech Blogs:
*Boy Genius Report
*Gizmodo is a news and opinion blog, hosted by Gawker, that talks about life's more technological matters.
*Engadget is another technology-oriented, albeit independent, blog.
*Crunchgear
*Techcrunch
*Joystiq is a news and opinion blog that focuses on gaming.
*Kotaku is another gaming-oriented news/opinion blog, the main difference beig that Kotaku is owned by Gawker.

Assorted:
*BoingBoing is "i blog about wonderful things", the topics being quite random.
*Lifehacker, another Gawker blog, is a blog that teaches people how to simplify their lives through 'lifehacking', that is, using their resources in creative wayss. While the subject matter is life in general, there is a significant technological slant.
*{{w|Deadspin}} is a sports and sports gossip blog founded by Will Leitch.
*Meatorama

===QQ Region===
*'''Baidu Baike''' (「百度百科」, "Baidu Encyclopedia") and '''Hudong''' (「互动百科」, "Interactive Encyclopedia" ) are two Chinese online encyclopedias. Baidu Baike is powered by the same company as Baidu, the search engine popular in China.
* The '''Ma Le Ge Bi''' and the '''Grass Mud Horse Bay''' could refer to the {{w|Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures}}.
* The '''Location of Jia Junpeng''' refers to the Internet meme of {{w|Jia Junpeng}} in 2009 in China.
*'''{{w|Tencent QQ}}''' is a Chinese instant messaging program.
*In English communities "QQ" has several more common definitions:
**An {{w|emoticon}}, representing a face with two large, crying eyes.
**A synonym for "rage quit", in which a video game player quits the game out of sheer frustration. It originated in ''Warcraft II'' multiplayer, where pressing Ctrl+Q+Q would quit the game, and became more widely known in ''World of Warcraft''.
**These definitions are commonly combined, usually to mock the "rage quitter".
*The Gulf of China refers to how sites in the region are based in People's Republic of China ("Red China"). The '''Great Firewall''' refers to {{w|The Great Firewall of China}}, a pun on {{w|The Great Wall of China}}. Similar to how The Great Wall of China was meant to keep intruding nations out of the then-capital of the city, The Great Firewall of China is meant to keep visitors from visiting censored websites. However, either a VPN or remote access to a computer in a "freer" country can circumvent the Firewall. Oddly other Chinese websites (Qzone, Renren etc.) are not enclosed in this zone.

===Forums Islands===
Forums are websites where one person post a topic to which other people can discuss.

While the map has a zoomed in version, this article shall discuss the two bigger islands, first.

*'''[http://www.2ch.net 2channel]''' is a Japanese imageboard that was actually the original inspiration for 4chan.
*'''[http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites Craigslist]''' is a classified advertisement website with sections devoted to just about everything... which formerly included prostitution services, hence the '''The Former Site of Adult Services'''.

In the zoomed-in map, there is...
*'''420chan''' and '''7chan''', other imageboards in the style of 4chan (see below). Their relative lack of popularity and derivative nature leads a lot of 4chan users to mock them; hence, their position on Randall's map suggests that they're mere wads of semen.
*'''[http://ohinternet.com/ Encyclopedia Dramatica]''', labeled '''ED''' on the map, is a wiki site dedicated to chronicling internet memes and other noteworthy sites, events, people, and anything else that catches their attention, their respective articles written in an incredibly arbitrary and vulgar manner. The site is ''heavily'' steeped in the attitude of veteran, vulgar 4chan users. People who have articles in the website tend to react with despair, given not only the cruelty in which the articles talk about the person in question, but the presence of the article means that the person is now an eternal target from the trolls. The user is not in a position of retaliation, since the userbase of Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan tends to overpower the victim easily...
:...usually. Due to the founder's talk against the Australian Aborignals (the founder is Australian), legal action has gone against the founder to the point of the founder having to shut down Encyclopedia Dramatica, founding the far tamer Oh, Internet! website, instead. Trolls responded by not only uploading their own mirror of the website but also vilifying the former founder forever.
:(Please note that, due to the malicious nature of the pop-up advertisements of Encyclopedia Dramatica, the link above points to its safe-for-work successor, Oh, Internet!)
*'''[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan.org]''' is an {{w|imageboard}} in which people can upload pictures while others comment on them. The website is infamous for its loose/often non-existent rules, incredibly vulgar userbase, source of new memes, and spawning of trolls. 4chan's random board, known internally as '''/b/''', is almost constantly flooded with porn and image macros. This is why Randall's incarnation of 4chan is shaped like a penis.
*'''Tunnel to Habbo''' is a reference to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed the 2006 Habbo Hotel Raids], in which hundreds of 4chan Anons simultaneously logged onto Habbo Hotel and proceeded to be as obnoxious as possible, standing in formations of swastikas and penises or body-blocking the swimming pools.
*'''{{w|Catbus}} Route''' is likely a reference to {{w|Lolcat}}s in general.
*'''[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ eBaum's World]''' is a media-hosting website founded by Eric Bauman. The site has lost a lot of traffic after (quite valid) accusations of stolen content.
*The gulf labelled '''{{w|Anonymous (group)|Anonymous}}''' is a reference to the trolls that label themselves "Anonymous" who recently had gained national acknowledgement because of the group's real-life tirades, including cracking attacks against the Church of Scientology and the founding of WikiLeaks (a website that leaks confidential material related to governments).
*[http://www.somethingawful.com/ SomethingAwful] is a website that is meant to showcase all things "awful". SomethingAwful also has a large trollbase, but they tend to be more honorable than the ones from Encyclopedia Dramatica and 4chan. One example is there being a spotty holding of the no-furries rule in the forums. The forums themselves are famous because of the holding of the Let's Plays of [http://lparchive.org/Dangan-Ronpa/ Dangan Ronpa] and [http://danganronpa2mirror.tumblr.com/ Super Dangan Ronpa 2], which had cooked up public interest to the point of there being an English-language release of the games.
Please note that, due to these Let's Plays being in a forums that frequently hides behind a "paywall" that requires a paid account before accessing, the links provided go to their mirrors.

==Transcript==
:'''Map of Online Communities'''
:Size on map represents volume of Daily Social activity (posts, chat, etc). Based on data gathered over the Spring and Summer of 2010.

:[Two insets on the upper left-hand corner shows that this map is a tiny portion of the huge continent of Spoken Language, encompassing portions of the Internet, Email, and Cell Phones (SMS).]

:[The largest landmass on the map by far, which takes up nearly the entire northern half of the map is "Facebook" - with large states in the south-east of the country labeled 'Farmville' and 'Happy Farm'. There is a much smaller state to the west of these called 'Farm Town'. To the north of these states is a large swath of unremarkable land entitled 'Northern Wasteland of Unread Updates.' This is directly north of the large Dopamine Sea.

:A peninsula on the south-west, just below the Plains of Awkwardly Public Family Interactions, houses many tiny states, such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Bebo, & Hi5. It is bordered on the south by Buzzword Bay, which contains several islands of varying sizes. Among these are YouTube and Twitter (the largest), which are separated by the Social Media Consultant Channel. To the south-east of Twitter, across the Sea of Protocol Confusion, is another, equally large island. Most of it is Skype, with the north having two largish states called AIM and Windows Live Messenger. On the south-west part of the island are two smaller states called GG and Yahoo Messenger.

:The Island of Skype is extremely close to, but separated by the Great Firewall (a dashed line), the large landmass of QQ. It's north shore is the Gulf of China and Grass Mud Horse Bay. Outside of these bays, over the Great Firewall are two islands called Craigslist and 2Channel.

:In the Dopamine Sea, off the southern shores of Farmville and Happy Farm, is MMO Isle. Its largest state is WoW, with Runescape, Lineage, Maple Story, Habbo, and the Mountains of Steam among its notable landmarks. To the southeast of the island is the Gulf of Lag, in which sits the CDC Games island, with Eve Online.

:To the east of Twitter is Troll Bay, with such islands as Reddit and Reddit, Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicio.us, and Wikipedia Talk Pages. To their south are the IRC isles, of which one is the tiny island of #xkcd.

:East of these islands, and north of Skype island, is the Sea of Memes. In this sea, to the north of Craigslist and 2Channel, is an archipelago of tiny islands. There is an inset, labeled 'Forums.' (See below.)

:To the southwest of Twitter island, in the Sea of Opinions, are the blog islands. These lie south of the islands in Buzzword Bay, as well. The northernmost islands in this group are centered around the Bay of Drama, on which can be found Diary Blogs, Gossip Blogs, and Livejournal. Gossip Blogs share an island with Political, Music, and Tech Blogs. To the north of this island is a smaller island called Photo Blogs. South of Diary Blogs, and off the southwest coast of Music blogs is a smaller island called Fandom Blogs. South of Tech Blogs, off of which sprouts the small peninsula of Business Blogs, is the Spamblog Straits. On the other side of the straits is a large island made up of Miscellaneous Blogs, with two states demarcated as Religious Blogs and Blog Blogs. Southwest of the Blog Islands is the Sea of Zero (0) Comments.]

:[An inset of a group of islands in the sea of memes located on the lower right corner of the map, labeled 'Forums'. The largest by far is 4chan and /b/. Also found here are D2JSP, JLA Frums, Fan Forum, Something Awful, and many smaller ones, too numerous to list here.]

:[The northeastern third of Gossip/Political/Tech Blogs island is another inset labeled 'Blogosphere (Core)'. This can be found on the lower left corner of the map. Two peninsulas in Political Blogs bookend the Bay of Flame -- these are Liberal Blogs and Conservative Blogs. Between them lie several tiny islands such as Politics Daily, CNN Politcal Ticker, and Mediaite. Off the coast of Liberal Blogs lies the island of NYTimes, off the coast of Conservative Blogs is Libertarian Isle. Between the two lies The Talk. The northern peninsula of Tech Blogs contains places such as Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, and Kotaku.]

:[Text found between the two insets, which are directly below the main map.]
:ABOUT THIS MAP
:Communities rise and fall, and total membership numbers are no longer a good measure of a community's current size and health. This updated map uses size to represent total social activity in a community -- that is, how much talking, playing, sharing, or other socializing happens there. This meant some comparing of apples and oranges, but I did my best and tried to be consistent.

:Estimates are based on the numbers I could find, but involved a great deal of guesswork, statistical inference, random sampling, nonrandom sampling, a 20,000-cell spreadsheet, emailing, cajoling, tea-leaf reading, goat sacrifices, and gut instinct (i.e. making things up).

:Sources of data include Google and Bing, Wikipedia, Alexa, Big-Boards.com, StumbleUpon, Wordpress, Akismet, every website statistics page I could find, press releases, news articles, and individual site employees. Thanks in particular to folks at Last.fm, LiveJournal, Reddit, and the New York Times, as well as sysadmins at a number of sites who shared statistics on condition of anonymity.

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