Demographics: China’s fertility rate drops to 0.93
Over the longer term, China's population is collapsing from 1.4 billion perhaps to 600 million or lower.
Public library usage has collapsed
My county recently opened new libraries – and one of them is in my city, where the square footage of the original library has been doubled.
Demographics: US probably saw a drop in population in 2025
For the first time in at least 50 years, the US population in 2025 likely dropped.
Innovation: The decline in the incidence of home structure fires
Since the 1970s, the incidence of structure fires has declined by 55%.
Economy: Percent of household income spent on food
The percent of income spent on food has plummeted over the past century.
Nutrition: “The Vegan Boom Has Collapsed”
Vegan/vegetarianism is a niche market given excessive media attention. How small? Just 4% of US adults are vegetarian as of 2023, 1% vegan.
Public health: Influenza trend
Despite the media hyperventilating over the flu, it looks like the season has possibly peaked.
Economy: “Home prices have quadrupled relative to income”
This finance influencer chart is bogus.
Education, Demographics: College enrollment over time
Total college enrollment peaked in 2010 and has been in decline since then.
Public health: “Microplastics” in our bodies might not be real
The "microplastics" fears may have been false positive artifacts of bad science.