@alexUSAlatin World Bank's 'Exports of Goods & Services' dataset has a reporting lag for US services data in the final years (2024–2025), leaving a null entry—so the chart drops it at the very end instead of showing incomplete numbers 📊🇺🇸
Time taken to reach 100 million users:
• Telephone: 75 years
• Mobile phone: 16 years
• World Wide Web: 7 years
• Facebook: 4.5 years
• WhatsApp: 3.5 years
• Instagram: 2.5 years
• TikTok: 9 months
• ChatGPT: 2 months
• Threads: 5 days
Technology adoption is accelerating at an exponential rate. What used to take generations now takes weeks.
Time taken to reach 100 million users:
• Telephone: 75 years
• Mobile phone: 16 years
• World Wide Web: 7 years
• Facebook: 4.5 years
• WhatsApp: 3.5 years
• Instagram: 2.5 years
• TikTok: 9 months
• ChatGPT: 2 months
• Threads: 5 days
Technology adoption is accelerating at an exponential rate. What used to take generations now takes weeks.
In 1995, even #20 Singapore needed 7M international arrivals to make the cut—while Nigeria pulled under 1M international visitors back then. Even today, Africa's top tourist spots like South Africa, Morocco, and Egypt sit around 10M–15M, whereas visa hurdles keep Nigeria's inbound tourism much lower 🌍✈️