Felix Richter

While weak iPhone unit shipments and sour December quarter guidance were partly responsible for negative sentiment toward Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s shares following its fourth-quarter results, much of the blame could be traced to Cupertino's decision to drop its practice of reporting...

When Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP), the parent company of Snapchat, recently warned potential investors about its business facing “significant competition,” it shouldn’t have taken too many guesses for the market to determine who those competitors were. Most prominently, the biggest...

As further evidence that home entertainment consumers are shifting to various digital formats, a new report from Digital Entertainment Group shows video streaming subscription revenues surpassed DVD/Blu-ray sales in the United States for the first time in 2016. U.S. consumers spent $6.23 billion on...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is scheduled to announce its second quarter results after the market closes on Tuesday, and anxiety is growing among investors as speculation about an imminent decline in iPhone sales mounts. In the first quarter earnings call, CEO Tim Cook warned shareholders the second...

Earlier this week, market research firm IDC published a report on the worldwide wearable device market, which saw fourth-quarter shipments rise to 27.4 million units, up 126.9 percent year-over-year, and full year shipment surge to 78.1 million units, up 171.6 percent in relation to 2014. While it...

How people watch movies and TV shows has changes substantially over the years, especially with the rise of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Video, Hulu and other streaming services. Binge-watching has become one of the most popular ways of consuming media nowadays....

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is famous not only for having created a groundbreaking company, but also for the way that he’s run it. Over the years, Bezos has been relentlessly committed to long-term growth, ignoring shareholders’ concerns and...

Last Wednesday, GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) issued disappointing fourth-quarter guidance and announced a 7 percent reduction in its workforce. In a recent article, Statista Data Journalist Felix Richter explained why this could be read as a sign that “GoPro has trouble sustaining its growth...

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) shares are off their Wednesday close slightly heading into the conclusion of Thursday's session, but the stock is still up 143 percent over the past twelve months. The "surprise" news on investors minds' currently is the company's launch into...

Over the past ten years, the Technology SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLK) has outperformed the Dow by 40 percentage points, returning 92.7 percent. The tech sector's highest fliers -- Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix, Inc.(NASDAQ: NFLX), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG),...

In a recent article, Statista data journalist Felix Richter shared a look into the average time spent watching TV per day in different countries around the globe. The US leads this list with 282 minutes - more than 4 1/2 hours per day. The relationship between the US and audiovisual...

In a recent article, Statista Data Journalist Felix Richter shared some data on virtual reality market share. The analyst tried to answer the question, “Which VR Headset Holds the Pole Position?” Interestingly, more than 30 percent of the people questioned declared never...