Bigger Than the Universe
In the 1950s. There are an estimated 10¹²⁰ possible chess games – far more than the roughly 10⁸⁰ atoms in… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
The Price of Influence
In South Africa, influencers earn an average of around R4 354 for a static post and R7 335 for a… Read More
Too Young to Scroll?
Since 10 December 2025, social-media platforms in Australia must take reasonable steps to prevent children under 16 from having accounts… Read More
South Africa Tops the Screen-Time Rankings
South Africans spend an average of around 9 hours and 24 minutes per day looking at screens, the highest amount… Read More
From 140 Characters to 25 000
Twitter’s first post was shared on 21 March 2006 and simply read: “just setting up my twttr.” The platform originally… Read More
From Channels to Streaming
In 2025, South Africa’s pay-TV subscriptions dropped by 9.6%, from 7.4 million to 6.7 million. More viewers are moving to… Read More