Google was founded in September 1998 and is now celebrating its 25th anniversary. At first the goal was to create an effective search engine for the Internet, but over the years the company expanded beyond its original goal. Today Google offers a mobile OS, maps, file and photo storage, AI, and many other services.
On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, we offer a look at Google through 25 figures characterizing its development over the years.
A one with a hundred zeros – and also the source of inspiration for the company name.
0
The 100 trillionth digit of Pi, discovered by a Google researcher in 2022.
70 billion
Average daily views of YouTube Shorts as of this month.
250 000
That’s how many patients worldwide have been tested by the ARDA tool for diabetic retinopathy, a disease that is the leading cause of preventable blindness.
70%
That’s how many generative AI unicorns (startups worth over $1 billion) are Google Cloud customers.
12 billion
Number of Google Lens searches monthly.
5 000+
Google has created so many doodles.
8.5 million
Simultaneous views of the Indian mission’s lunar landing broadcast on the main YouTube channel of the Indian Space Research Organization – the most popular live broadcast on YouTube.
30
The maximum number of seconds during which you can unsend an email in Gmail.
500+
Number of points of interest available in Google Maps Immersive View 3D mode.
100 billion
The number of suspicious spam messages that Android protected users from last year thanks to AI.
1.5x
This makes Google’s data centers more energy efficient than conventional data centers.
10 million +
The number of miles captured and mapped using Street View cars is enough to circle the world more than 4 times.
10 million
The number of cells a Google Sheet can contain (that’s 18,278 columns).
20+
Bard knows so many coding languages.
133
Number of languages supported by Google Translate.
1.7 billion
Number of photos edited in Google Photos each month.
200
This is approximately how much time in years the autocomplete function in Search saves every day.
30x
This is how the Pixel 7 Pro’s Super Res Zoom feature can achieve image upscaling.
500 000
That’s how many people around the world have completed Google Professional Certifications.
10-15
This is how many seconds you need to whistle or hum to use the Hum to search feature to identify a song (you don’t need to have perfect ear for music to do this).
1.2 million
Tons of carbon emissions estimated to be saved by green routing on Google Maps as of the end of 2022. This is equivalent to taking approximately 250,000 fuel-powered vehicles off the road in a year.
7 million +
That’s how many people have signed up to receive irregular heart rate alerts on Fitbit since it launched in 2022.
15
The number of Google products, each serving more than half a billion people and businesses. And six of these products serve more than 2 billion users each.
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Number of Chrome tabs you can open. In fact, there is no limit (sometimes there is not enough RAM). However, when you reach 100 tabs on your mobile device, you’ll find a little entertainment that will make you smile.
