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Viewers
Average TV audience (2015-16 season)
Revenue
Global box office (April 2015-present)
Coverage
Google News mentions (April 2015-present)
Reach
Active users
Fans
Facebook likes
Economy
Est. GDP (2015)
17.7 Million
Empire
9.1 M
NBC Nightly News
9.0 M
Quantico
1.7 M
Jane the Virgin
1.1 M
I Am Cait
$2.1 Billion
Star Wars, Ex Machina
$519.9 M
The Revenant
$378.4 M
Mad Max: Fury Road
$268.8 M
Spy, The Boss
5.9 Million
4.5 M
4.2 M
2.8 M
1.6 Billion
1.0 B
iOS devices
1.0 B
Gmail
64.8 Million
42.7 M
29.0 M
7.9 M
$17.9 Trillion
U.S.
$11.4 T
China
$3.4 T
Germany
$1.2 T
Russia
Taraji P. Henson
Lester Holt
Priyanka Chopra
Gina Rodriguez
Caitlyn Jenner
Oscar Isaac
Leonardo DiCaprio
Charlize Theron
Melissa McCarthy
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Ted Cruz
Mark Zuckerberg
Tim Cook
Sundar Pichai
Adele
Nicki Minaj
Ariana Grande
Kendrick Lamar
Barack Obama
Xi Jinping
Angela Merkel
Vladimir Putin
SOURCES: NIELSEN (LIVE +7 RATINGS); BOX OFFICE MOJO (GROSSES FROM APRIL 1, 2015-APRIL 15, 2016); GOOGLE NEWS (HITS FROM APRIL 1, 2015-APRIL 15, 2016); GOOGLE; APPLE; FACEBOOK (LIKES AS OF APRIL 1, 2016); U.S. BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
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