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314 ranked lists across 11 subjects. Every list is sourced, dated and built on one stated metric.

Records, careers and championships across every major sport, ranked on the official numbers.

Film, music, art, language and history, ranked on the records and figures behind them.

Countries, landscapes, oceans and the physical shape of the planet — ranked by the numbers that define them.

Planets, stars, elements and the extremes of the measurable universe.

The tallest, longest and most powerful things people have built, ranked on their specifications.

The fastest, largest, longest-lived and strangest of the living world, ranked on measured biology.

Companies, markets, currencies and wealth, ranked on reported financials.

What the world grows, cooks and drinks, ranked by production, heat and scale.

Cars, aircraft, trains and ships, ranked on speed, scale and volume.

Computing, devices and the companies building them, ranked on performance and reach.

Human health, nutrition and public safety, reported as the official data states it.