One interactive infographic every day on how people shop and what brands sell. Each one comes with a short article that explains the numbers, and every number links to its source.
Traffic from ChatGPT-style assistants to US retail sites is still growing fast. The bigger story is quality: AI-referred shoppers now buy more often than everyone else.
Traffic from ChatGPT-style assistants to US retail sites is still growing fast. The bigger story is quality: AI-referred shoppers now buy more often than everyone else.
· 4 min read · Interactive
No. 004 · E-commerce · Platforms$378.4Bgross merchandise volume on Shopify in 2025, up 29% from 2024
Advertising is now Amazon's fastest-growing major business line. It is bigger than Prime and other subscriptions, and it is built on the same shelf your brand competes on.
· 3 min read · Interactive
No. 001 · E-commerce · Retail17.1%of US retail sales were made online in Q2 2026 (seasonally adjusted)
Twenty-seven years of US Census data show online's share of retail rising steadily, jumping during the pandemic, then dipping, and now setting new records again.
· 4 min read · Interactive
01 · SOURCEDEvery number has a link.
We use public filings, government statistics and published industry research. Each chart names its source and year, estimates are labelled, and where sources disagree we say so.
02 · INTERACTIVEExplore, don't just look.
Scrub through time, switch measures, sort rankings, find your category and test what you know. Every chart has a data table you can read or download.
03 · SHAREABLEFree to share, cite and embed.
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