I am fond of superlatives. For example, what is the world's most valuable company? Saudi Aramco, estimated at up to 7 trillion USD[1][2][3]. Or the world's most valuable publicly traded company ever? PetroChina, which reached a market capitalization of a trillion USD in 2007[4]. Which city has the most skyscrapers? Dubai, if you count only buildings higher than 1/4 km. Hong Kong, if you also count buildings higher than 150m[5] (or 100m, or 35m). Here my table of cities with at least 100 completed or topped-out skyscrapers above 150m (2011):
| City | >=600m | >=500m | >=450m | >=400m | >=350m | >=300m | >=250m | >=200m | >=150m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 48 | 121 |
| Hong Kong | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 52 | 272 |
| Shanghai | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 45 | 109 |
| Chicago | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 110 |
| New York City | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 10 | 52 | 223 |
And what is the biggest virtual community? As of 2010, it is Tencent QQ, with 636 million active user accounts - here my list of virtual communities with more than 100 million users:
| Name | Active user accounts | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Tencent QQ | 636 million[6][7] | November 2010 |
| 600+ million[8] | January 2011 | |
| Qzone | 480 million[9] | March 2011 |
| Windows Live Messenger | 330+ million[10] | June 2009 |
| Habbo | 203 million[11] | February 2011 |
| 200 million[12][13] | January 2011 | |
| Gmail | 176.5 million[14] | December 2009 |
| Vkontakte | 135+ million [15] | February 2011 |
| Orkut | 120+ million [16][17][18] | August 2010 |
| Bebo | 117 million[19] | July 2010 |
| Badoo | 113+ million[20] | April 2011 |
| Sina Weibo | 100+ million[21] | February 2011 |
- ^ FT Non-Public 150 - the full list
- ^ Sheridan Titman, McCombs School of Business, March 1, 2010. More Thoughts on the Value of Saudi Aramco http://blogs.mccombs.utexas.edu/titman/2010/03/01/more-thoughts-on-the-value-of-saudi-aramco/
- ^ Financial Times, February 4, 2010. Big Oil, bigger oil: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c5b32636-116f-11df-9195-00144feab49a,_i_email=y,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F3%2Fc5b32636-116f-11df-9195-00144feab49a%2C_i_email%3Dy.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Ftexasenterprise.org%2Farticle%2Fwhats-value-saudi-aramco
- ^ Watts, Jonathan (November 6, 2007). "PetroChina makes its debut as world's first trillion-dollar firm". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ "Huge New Rogers Skyscraper Proposed". skyscrapernews.com. 3 December 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
... proper skyscraper, that is by definition buildings above 150 metres
- ^ Fletcher, Owen (10 November 2010). Wall Street Journal. NYC http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703805004575606001085011236.html. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Lee, Mark (10 November 2010). "Tencent Profit Rises 52% on China Online Games Sales". Bloomberg. NYC. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ^ Goldman to clients: Facebook has 600 million users
- ^ RIA Novosti (March 2011). "Social Networks in the East and the West". INFOgraphics.
- ^ Share your favorite personal Windows Live Messenger story with the world! « Inside Windows Live Messenger Archive
- ^ Habbo Hotel - Where else?
- ^ Costolo: Twitter Now Has 190 Million Users Tweeting 65 Million Times A Day
- ^ http://twitter.com/about
- ^ "Number of Gmail users worldwide as of Dec 2009". Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ^ [catalog.php on VK website]
- ^ Economic Times, 25 August 2010
- ^ Mediatism, August 2010
- ^ Veja INFO Brasil, 2010
- ^ Worthen, Ben (13 July 2010). "Meet the New Bebo". All Things Digital. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ Meet New People on Badoo, Make Friends, Chat, Flirt
- ^ "SINA Weibo user number soars".
Cities with most skyscrapers at least 100 meters high
editHallo Quiname, your table "List of cities with most buildings higher than 100m (not enough for a skyscraper)" gives unbelievable figures. I'm working on a similar page on it.wikipedia and consulted the emporis.com page, which gives the full list, naming all of them with precise heights, of high-rise building. Counting the ones at least 100 meters high I found the following figures:
- 681 skyscrapers in Hong Kong
- 564 in New York
to name only the first two. Though the Emporis list may not be completely up to date, the figures in your list, especially for Hong Kong, are clearly much exagerated and not to be counted upon. Greetings, --Gabodon (talk) 15:53, 24 July 2011 (UTC)