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US & China's Combined GDP Equals 184 Countries
US & China's Combined GDP Equals 184 Countries

Gulf Insider

time21 hours ago

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US & China's Combined GDP Equals 184 Countries

The U.S. and China are in the midst of their second trade war in seven years. Earlier this year President Trump announced an initial 34% 'reciprocal' tariff rate on China, leading to a swift Chinese retaliation. For a brief period, both crossed into 100% territory (i.e., more than the entire cost of the goods itself). Experts cautioned that the resulting chaos could wipe off hundreds of billions from both economies and financial markets saw a swift downturn in response. Since then, tariff rates have come down: varying between 40โ€“50% on Chinese goods entering the U.S. and 10โ€“30% on U.S. products entering China. In this chart, Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao compares the combined GDP of the U.S. and China versus everyone else, using April 2025 data from the International Monetary Fund. The latest estimates for 2025 have America's and China's combined GDP at roughly $50 trillion. Of the two, the U.S. is much larger, at about $31 trillion, with China at $19 trillion. Rank Countries 2025 GDP(in Millions) 1 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ U.S. $30,507 2 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China $19,232 3 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany $4,745 4 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India $4,187 5 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan $4,186 6 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK $3,839 7 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France $3,211 8 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy $2,423 9 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada $2,225 10 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil $2,126 11 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia $2,076 12 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain $1,800 13 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea $1,790 14 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia $1,772 15 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico $1,693 16 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye $1,437 17 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia $1,430 18 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands $1,272 19 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia $1,084 20 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland $980 21 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland $947 22 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan $805 23 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium $685 24 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina $684 25 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden $620 26 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland $599 27 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel $583 28 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore $565 29 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช UAE $549 30 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand $546 31 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria $534 32 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway $504 33 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines $497 34 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam $491 35 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh $467 36 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark $450 37 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia $445 38 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia $428 39 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong $424 40 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa $410 41 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania $403 42 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic $360 43 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt $347 44 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile $344 45 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran $341 46 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal $321 47 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland $304 48 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru $303 49 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan $301 50 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria $269 51 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece $267 52 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq $258 53 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand $249 54 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary $237 55 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar $223 56 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine $206 57 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria $188 58 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco $166 59 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait $153 60 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovak Republic $147 61 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan $132 62 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya $132 63 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic $128 64 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador $126 65 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico $123 66 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala $121 67 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia $117 68 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria $117 69 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola $113 70 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela $109 71 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman $104 72 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica $103 73 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia $99 74 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg $97 75 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire $94 76 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia $93 77 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama $92 78 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania $89 79 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan $89 80 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana $88 81 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania $86 82 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay $80 83 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ DRC $79 84 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan $79 85 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia $75 86 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus $72 87 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar $65 88 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda $64 89 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia $56 90 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia $56 91 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan $56 92 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon $56 93 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด Macao $53 94 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia $50 95 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain $48 96 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya $47 97 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal $46 98 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia $46 99 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay $45 100 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia $45 101 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus $39 102 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras $38 103 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe $38 104 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador $37 105 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia $35 106 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland $35 107 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal $35 108 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti $34 109 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua NewGuinea $33 110 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan $32 111 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea $30 112 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia $29 113 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia &Herzegovina $29 114 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania $28 115 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso $27 116 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad& Tobago $26 117 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia $26 118 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana $26 119 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia $26 120 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta $26 121 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique $24 122 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali $23 123 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin $22 124 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger $22 125 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica $21 126 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua $21 127 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon $20 128 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ KyrgyzRepublic $20 129 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova $19 130 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana $19 131 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad $19 132 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar $19 133 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia $18 134 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen $17 135 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Laos $16 136 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei $16 137 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius $15 138 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo $15 139 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ The Bahamas $15 140 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan $15 141 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda $15 142 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia $14 143 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi $14 144 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia $13 145 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ EquatorialGuinea $13 146 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania $11 147 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo $11 148 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo $10 149 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro $9 150 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone $8 151 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados $8 152 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives $7 153 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi $7 154 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji $6 155 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini $5 156 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia $5 157 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti $5 158 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname $5 159 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba $4 160 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra $4 161 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan $4 162 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize $4 163 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan $3 164 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central AfricanRepublic $3 165 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde $3 166 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ The Gambia $3 167 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia $3 168 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho $2 169 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua& Barbuda $2 170 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau $2 171 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles $2 172 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste $2 173 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino $2 174 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands $2 175 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros $2 176 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada $1 177 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu $1 178 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent& the Grenadines $1 179 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa $1 180 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts& Nevis $1 181 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sรฃo Tomรฉ& Prรญncipe $1 182 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica $1 183 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga $1 184 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia $1 185 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau $0.3 186 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati $0.3 187 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands $0.3 188 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru $0.2 189 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu $0.1 Note: Data missing for Afghanistan, Eritrea, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Syria, and Palestine. If we skip the next three economiesโ€”Germany, India, and Japanโ€”then the entire rest of the world (184 countries), also has an economic output of around $50 trillion. Which means that despite the rise of regional trade, there is no escaping one of the two economic giants. Groups 2025 GDP(in Millions) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ U.S. & ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China $49,739 ๐ŸŒ 184 Countries $50,381 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India, ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan $13,118 Note: Figures are rounded to the closest trillion in the visualization. China's figures do not include Hong Kong or Macao. The U.S. is the world's largest importer of consumer goods, and China is the largest exporter. Most of the world picks one of these two as their largest trading partner. So even when countries might not enjoy the geopolitics of both countries, their economic might effectively makes them the loudest voice in the room. Want more fun comparison maps? Check out: Germany's Economy Equals 22 Other European Countries Combined for regional-specific breakdowns.

Ireland has good news because education is the fastest and most dependable way out of poverty
Ireland has good news because education is the fastest and most dependable way out of poverty

Irish Times

time3 days ago

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Ireland has good news because education is the fastest and most dependable way out of poverty

This week two global reports underscored the extraordinary education revolution that has taken place in Ireland. We are now the most educated country on the planet, above Singapore and Switzerland with 54 per cent of us holding a bachelor's degree or higher , according to Visual Capitalist โ€“ a phenomenal achievement and one that should be celebrated. But another report on Ireland 's educational performance, also published this week, might be even more consequential. The OECD released fascinating research about who is doing well in universities across the globe. Traditionally, it is assumed that students from well-to-do families โ€“ even lazy ones โ€“ do better and are more likely to finish college than those from poorer backgrounds. The idea hinges on what is called 'kitchen table capital', meaning the conversations, role models, networks and aspirations that middle-class children observe while growing up. These factors mean that - around the world - even work-shy rich kids are more likely than their poorer counterparts to finish university. Depressingly, environment matters more than effort. In most countries, poorer students are more likely to drop out, take a job and do what their mates are doing, going to work and earning money, rather than persevering with education. Many don't see the point in foregoing cash today for potentially more cash โ€“ and status โ€“ tomorrow. In contrast, wealthier children, who can afford to forego working today and look forward to a more lucrative future, often remain on the parental 'payroll'. An interesting way to look at relative opportunity is through this prism of time frames. Middle-class people have longer time frames. Poorer people, worried about paying the bills today, have shorter time frames. They can't afford to plan because poverty obliterates the future. Getting through today is more urgent than thinking about tomorrow or next year. The result of this is that the class system persists. Students from less well off families are more likely to drop out as they can't fall back on family money to tide them over for those critical early-20s years. READ MORE This notion makes so much practical or common sense that it is assumed to be a fact, yet the latest comparative data suggests reasons for optimism, in Ireland at least. The OECD claims that โ€“ in contrast to the norm all over the world โ€“ Irish students from working-class backgrounds are doing well. More than 75 per cent of poorer students finish college, compared with 70 per cent of their richer counterparts. Meanwhile, in the US, 87 per cent of rich kids finish college, while only 70 per cent of students from poor backgrounds matriculate. After the Netherlands, Ireland is the country in Europe where most poor students who get into university complete their courses. This is good news because education is the fastest and most dependable avenue out of poverty. It has ever been thus. The 'where would you be without your education?' quip from generations of Irish mammies is accurate. Countries that invest in mass education, no matter how many anomalies and inefficiencies in the system, are rewarded with upward social mobility. The historic role of education in allowing millions of Irish people to live better lives is unambiguous, even if current economic realities are making that harder. The corollary is also the case. Countries and regimes that attack the education system, such as the Trump administration, will be punished with more, not less, 'left-behinds' in years to come. Given that the 'left-behinds' are a critical Maga constituency, the de-education of America might well be a cynical electoral strategy. For all its faults โ€“ and the Leaving Cert is obviously problematic โ€“ Ireland ranks fourth globally among OECD countries for college education attainment among 25-34 year olds at 63.4 per cent . This represents a dramatic transformation โ€“ a 33-percentage-point increase from just 30 per cent in 2000 โ€“ and nearly a doubling of the OECD average growth rate . Ireland also holds the second-highest third-level attainment rate in the EU 27 for the 30-34 age cohort and has one of the lowest early school-leaving rates across Europe . The comparison with Northern Ireland, which has a serious education attainment problem, is quite shocking. Comparing the North and the South is like a social laboratory test: same island, same people, different priorities, contrasting results. In education, the Irish State tries much harder. While many complain that we have far too many graduates at the expense of tradespeople, we should not forget the main point: education is the best way out of poverty. Education today is an investment in tomorrow. We can regard the surge in third-level education in this country as the second part of an intergenerational process which was kicked off with free second-level education in 1967. The ensuing transformation of the Irish class system is likely to be repeated again, this time through the prism of college education. While it is not yet clear who will benefit most from mass third-level education, previous generations offer a blueprint. The greatest beneficiaries of the introduction of free second-level education were not the urban working classes, but the descendants of smallholding farmers from the remote reaches of the country. In 1950, after 30 years of independence, Ireland was more dependent on agriculture than it had been in 1870. But the small farmers โ€“ or, more accurately, their rural Irish mammies โ€“ saw this dead-end coming and concluded that the only way out for the children who didn't get the farm was either emigration or the public service. A wonderful piece of research by two UCG sociologists, Damien Hannan & Patrick Commins , found that the single most important determinant of a county's educational achievement in the 1960s and 1970s was the number of small farmers. The more small farmers in a county, the better educated the children (boys and girls) and the better they did in their Leaving Cert. They even found that the single most successful subsection of the Irish population was the children of small farmers in east Galway. Compared to their urban, working-class counterparts, 30 per cent more children of small farmers did the Leaving Cert than working-class Dubs and 50 per cent more went on to third-level education. The authors concluded: ' Not only have the smallholders succeeded in retaining their property and relative income position, but they have also succeeded in capturing a significant proportion of local off-farm employment. They have been more effective than working-class families in utilising the education system to gain access to off-farm opportunities for their children .' The sons and daughters of small farmers became the new middle classes โ€“ the 'CAO Class' โ€“ of the Celtic Tiger era and now their kids constitute Ireland's professional class, moving on socially from where their parents left off, much richer and more educated than their grandparents could have ever imagined. This upward mobility is why the latest OECD data on Irish college dropout rates is so encouraging. Of course, it is only one data point and should not be overstated but, if this becomes a trend, a new social class might be emerging from poorer urban areas of Ireland. Such guarded optimism flies in the face of the relentless negativity about the 'left-behinds' and the 'atrophying' of Ireland's social fabric. Being among the best-educated populations in the world, and having more poor kids โ€“ once they get to college โ€“ graduating, can only benefit the country in the years ahead. An educated country is a more equal country. No one can deny the persisting class-based bias in our elite universities, but Ireland is going in the right direction. University access schemes such as HEAR (Higher Education Access Route), which offers places for those with fewer Leaving Cert points and extra support for high-ability students from deprived backgrounds, are essential and should be expanded. It takes time, but every poor kid who finishes college is a role model for others and society makes progress one mortar board at a time. That's what social mobility looks like. Let's frame it.

ChatGPT's Rising Traffic Versus Other Top Websites [Infographic]
ChatGPT's Rising Traffic Versus Other Top Websites [Infographic]

Yahoo

time6 days ago

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ChatGPT's Rising Traffic Versus Other Top Websites [Infographic]

This story was originally published on Social Media Today. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Social Media Today newsletter. No matter how you look at it, ChatGPT has had a transformative impact on web usage trends, and the broader tech industry as a whole. Because while generative AI tools in a similar vein to ChatGPT have been in development for years, with Meta, Google, and many others exploring the possibilities of AI tech, no one had launched a user-friendly, conversational AI interface like ChatGPT, and that quickly made the app synonymous with the new tech. And while other AI models are improving, and likely already surpass ChatGPT in capacity and capability, that first-mover advantage has been huge for the platform, as you can see in this latest overview from Visual Capitalist. The chart below compares the web traffic data of the top 10 websites in April, as recorded by SimilarWeb. As per Visual Capitalist: 'The site saw a 13% increase in monthly traffic in April 2025, with features like image generation picking up popularity. Meanwhile, other most-visited websites like Google, YouTube, and Facebook all saw their monthly traffic decline in April. Wikipedia saw the sharpest fall at -6.1%, potentially signaling a slowdown in research activity or competition from AI-powered tools like ChatGPT. Social media site (formerly Twitter) followed with a -5.2% change in monthly traffic.' So even though many other AI alternatives are now available, ChatGPT is still gaining traffic, and becoming a key source of information for many users. That points to the shifting paths of online discovery, and the rising use of AI, for many purposes. It's worth considering what that means for user behaviors, and how that relates to marketing approaches.

AI isn't ready to be your therapist, but it's a top reason people use it
AI isn't ready to be your therapist, but it's a top reason people use it

The Star

time26-05-2025

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AI isn't ready to be your therapist, but it's a top reason people use it

From falling in love with ChatGPT to deepfakes of deceased loved ones, artificial intelligence's potential for influence is vast โ€“ its myriad potential applications not yet completely charted. In truth, today's AI users are pioneering a new, still swiftly developing technological landscape, something arguably akin to the birth of social media in the early 2000s. Yet, in an age of uncertainty about nascent generative AI's full potential, people are already turning to artificial intelligence for major life advice. One of the most common ways people use generative AI in 2025, it turns out, is for therapy. But the technology isn't ready yet. How people use AI in 2025 As of January 2025, ChatGPT topped the list of most popular AI tools based on monthly site visits with 4.7 billion monthly visitors, according to Visual Capitalist. That dwarfed the next most popular service, Canva, more than five to one. When it comes to understanding AI use, digging into how ChatGPT is being put to work this year is a good starting point. Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT's parent company, OpenAI, recently offered some insight into how its users are making the most of the tool by age group. 'Gross oversimplification, but like older people use ChatGPT as a Google replacement,' Altman said at Sequoia Capital's AI Ascent event a few weeks ago, as transcribed by Fortune. 'Maybe people in their 20s and 30s use it as like a life advisor, and then, like people in college use it as an operating system.' It turns out that life advice is something a lot of AI users may be seeking these days. Featured in Harvard Business Review, author and co-founder Marc Zao-Sanders recently completed a qualitative study on how people are using AI. 'Therapy/companionship' topped the list as the most common way people are using generative AI, followed by life organisation and then people seeking purpose in life. According to OpenAI's tech titan, it seems that generated life advice can be an incredibly powerful influence. A Pew Research Center survey published last month reported that a 'vast majority' of surveyed AI experts said people in the United States interact with AI several times a day, if not almost constantly. Around a third of surveyed US adults said they had used a chatbot (which would include things like ChatGPT) before. Some tech innovators, including a team of Dartmouth researchers, are leaning into the trend. Therabot, can you treat my anxiety? Dartmouth researchers have completed a first-of-its-kind clinical trial on a generative AI-powered therapy chatbot. The smartphone app-friendly Therabot has been in development since 2019, and its recent trial showed promise. Just over 100 patients โ€“ each experiencing depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder or an eating disorder โ€“ participated in the experiment. According to senior study author Nicholas Jacobson, the improvement in each patient's symptoms was comparable to traditional outpatient therapy. 'There is no replacement for in-person care, but there are nowhere near enough providers to go around,' he told the college. Even Dartmouth's Therabot researchers, however, said generative AI is simply not ready yet to be anyone's therapist. 'While these results are very promising, no generative AI agent is ready to operate fully autonomously in mental health where there is a very wide range of high-risk scenarios it might encounter,' first study author Michael Heinz told Dartmouth. 'We still need to better understand and quantify the risks associated with generative AI used in mental health contexts.' Why is AI not ready to be anyone's therapist? RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences' Ben Bond is a PhD candidate in digital psychiatry who researches ways digital tools can be used to benefit or better understand mental health. Writing to The Conversation, Bond broke down how AI therapy tools like Therabot could pose some significant risks. Among them, Bond explained that AI 'hallucinations' are known flaws in today's chatbot services. From quoting studies that don't exist to directly giving incorrect information, he said these hallucinations could be dangerous for people seeking mental health treatment. 'Imagine a chatbot misinterpreting a prompt and validating someone's plan to self-harm, or offering advice that unintentionally reinforces harmful behaviour,' Bond wrote. 'While the studies on Therabot and ChatGPT included safeguards โ€“ such as clinical oversight and professional input during development โ€“ many commercial AI mental health tools do not offer the same protections.' According to Michael Best, PhD, a psychologist and contributor to Psychology Today, there are other concerns to consider, too. 'Privacy is another pressing concern,' he wrote to Psychology Today. 'In a traditional setting, confidentiality is protected by professional codes and legal frameworks. But with AI, especially when it's cloud-based or connected to larger systems, data security becomes far more complex. 'The very vulnerability that makes therapy effective also makes users more susceptible to harm if their data is breached. Just imagine pouring your heart out to what feels like a safe space, only to later find that your words have become part of a data set used for purposes you never agreed to.' Best added that bias is a significant concern, something that could lead to AI therapists giving bad advice. 'AI systems learn from the data they're trained on, which often reflect societal biases,' he wrote. 'If these systems are being used to deliver therapeutic interventions, there's a risk that they might unintentionally reinforce stereotypes or offer less accurate support to marginalized communities. 'It's a bit like a mirror that reflects the world not as it should be, but as it has been โ€“ skewed by history, inequality, and blind spots.' Researchers are making progress in improving AI therapy services. Patients suffering from depression experienced an average 51% reduction in symptoms after participating in Dartmouth's Therabot experiment. For those suffering from anxiety, there was an average 31% drop in symptoms. The patients suffering from eating disorders showed the lowest reduction in symptoms but still averaged 19% better off than before they used Therabot. It's possible there's a future where artificial intelligence can be trusted to treat mental health, but โ€“ according to the experts โ€“ we're just not there yet. โ€“ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Tribune News Service

First-Time Buyers Beware: Homeowner's Insurance Rates Surge up to 59% in These Hot Markets
First-Time Buyers Beware: Homeowner's Insurance Rates Surge up to 59% in These Hot Markets

Yahoo

time22-05-2025

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First-Time Buyers Beware: Homeowner's Insurance Rates Surge up to 59% in These Hot Markets

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Spiraling homeowner's insurance premiums are hitting first-time buyers hard, lifting typical home ownership expenses to budget-busting levels. According to the Consumer Federation of America, the average premium has jumped 24% in the last three years, from $2,656 in 2021 to $3,303 in 2024, costing Americans $21 billion. Leading the pack, Utah, Illinois and Arizona rates have soared 59%, 50% and 48%, raising stress levels in Salt Lake City, Chicago and Phoenix. It is getting prohibitively expensive for many younger professionals to buy their first homes. Those who do pass affordability requirements assume buying power will grow as careers mature and often take mortgages on the most expensive homes they can afford. Surging insurance premiums are upsetting those calculations, especially when added to rising property taxes, a tough job market and childcare costs that now average $12,472 per year, according to the Visual Capitalist. Don't Miss: Hasbro, MGM, and Skechers trust this AI marketing firm โ€” Inspired by Uber and Airbnb โ€“ Deloitte's fastest-growing software company is transforming 7 billion smartphones into income-generating assets โ€“ What exactly is homeowner's insurance and why do you need it? The typical policy covers the main dangers of home ownership through four components: dwelling (the house), personal property (your stuff), liability (injury to others) and additional living expenses. Mortgage companies require proof of homeowner's insurance before they will lend you money. Once paid off, there is no legal requirement to maintain coverage, but the risk of 'self-insurance' can be catastrophic. Carriers blame rising premiums on inflation and climate change. The cost of materials to repair a home after a fire or fallen tree went ballistic following the pandemic and could spiral again if tariffs take hold. Their concerns with climate change stem from the devastating wildfires in recent years. Utah Insurance Commissioner Jon Pike drove this point home, telling the Utah Legislature's Business and Labor Interim Committee the record-breaking 59% hike was due to homes built along the Wasatch Front and other high-risk wildfire zones in the past decade. First-time home buyers can cross their fingers and hope rates come down or pray that career gods will be kind with big promotions. However, a better plan will follow these three simple steps to get ahead of this emerging crisis. Trending: Maker of the $60,000 foldable home has 3 factory buildings, 600+ houses built, and big plans to solve housing โ€” Compare quotes from at least five carriers in your state or locality. You can do this anonymously online with just a ZIP code and reasonable estimate of home value. Then ask neighbors who insure their properties, and if they are satisfied with service and cost, because the cheapest quote isn't the best deal if the carrier turns down legitimate claims. Repeat this process annually because insurers may offer cheaper promotions to first-time customers and then hike premiums by double digits after the first year. Standard automated quotes may set deductibles lower than you need, depending on income and assets. So, It's a good idea to ask for pricing tiered on different deductibles so you can compare costs. Choosing the right liability limits is a tougher call. Picking a lower limit will save money initially but raise the risk of a legal judgment that exceeds coverage, forcing you to pay the balance out of your own pocket. Insurance carriers offer standard discounts when you bundle home and auto coverage. Policyholders also get a break after installing home security and fire safety systems. An upgrade as simple as a smoke detector could bring the premium down to a level that won't bust the bank. Other rebates offered regionally include new home, new roof, wildlife mitigation, water leak detection, green home and gated community/homeowner's association discounts. Read Next: , which provides access to a pool of short-term loans backed by residential real estate with just a $100 minimum. Invest Where It Hurts โ€” And Help Millions Heal: Image: Shutterstock Send To MSN: 0 This article First-Time Buyers Beware: Homeowner's Insurance Rates Surge up to 59% in These Hot Markets originally appeared on

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