Misc

The Most Congested Cities in the World

Published

7 years ago

October 3, 2017

Jeff Desjardins

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The Most Congested Cities

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No matter what city you live in, traffic is something you probably dread being stuck in.

Whether it is the slow-moving I-95 in New York City or the molasses-like trip from East Hollywood to Santa Monica in L.A., it’s estimated that traffic congestion costs the United States alone a whopping sum of $300 billion per year in gas and time.

The World’s Worst Traffic

Which city has the ultimate distinction of having the world’s most horrific traffic?

Today’s infographic comes to us from INRIX via their Global Traffic Scorecard 2016, and it highlights the most congested cities around the globe. The report looks at average hours spent in congestion for 1,064 cities in 38 countries, as well as the percent of time spent in traffic.

Here’s a Top 10 list you don’t want to see your city on:

Rank	City	Country	Hours Spent in Congestion	Driving Time in Congestion
#1	Los Angeles	USA	104.1	13%
#2	Moscow	Russia	91.4	25%
#3	New York	USA	89.4	13%
#4	San Francisco	USA	82.6	13%
#5	Bogota	Colombia	79.8	32%
#6	Sao Paulo	Brazil	77.2	21%
#7	London	UK	73.4	13%
#8	Magnitogorsk	Russia	71.1	42%
#9	Atlanta	USA	70.8	10%
#10	Paris	France	65.3	11%

Taking the top spot was Los Angeles, where drivers spent an average 104 hours stuck in the city’s legendary traffic jams. The cost of this congestion, measured in wasted time and fuel, was $9.7 billion – a number that works out to $2,408 per driver!

Misc

Visualizing the Most Common Pets in the U.S.

Lions, tigers, and bears, oh my!—these animals do not feature on this list of popular American household pets.

Published

5 hours ago

April 27, 2024

Marcus Lu

A cropped chart showing the most popular pets in America by the number of households that own the pet.

Visualizing The Most Common Pets in the U.S.

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In this graphic, we visualized the most common American household pets, based on 2023-2024 data from the American Pet Products Association (accessed via Forbes Advisor).

Figures represent the number of households that own each pet type, rather than the actual number of each animal. The “small animal” category includes hamsters, gerbils, rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, mice, rats, and ferrets.

What is the Most Popular American Household Pet?

Based on this data, dogs—one of the first domesticated animals—are the most common pets in the United States. In fact, around 65 million households own a dog, and spend an average of $900 a year on their care.

Rank	Species	Households
1	🐶 Dog	65M
2	🐱 Cat	47M
3	🐟 Freshwater Fish	11M
4	🐰 Small Animals	7M
5	🐦 Bird	6M
6	🦎 Reptile	6M
7	🐴 Horse	2M
8	🐠 Saltwater Fish	2M

Note: Households can own multiple pets, and are counted for all relevant categories.

Cats rank second, at 47 million households, and these smaller felines are a little less expensive to own at $700/year according to Forbes estimates.

But aside from these two juggernauts, there are plenty of other common pet types found in households across the country.

Freshwater fish can be found in 11 million households, along with small animals—rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs—in 7 million. Meanwhile, nearly 6 million homes have birds or reptiles.

Pet Ownership is on the Rise in America

Forbes found that 66% of all American households (numbering 87 million) own at least one pet, up from 56% in 1988. One third of these (29 million) own multiple pets.

A combination of factors is driving this increase: rising incomes, delayed childbirth, and of course the impact of the pandemic which nearly cleared out animal shelters across the globe.

America’s loneliness epidemic may also be a factor. Fledgling research has shown that single-individual households with pets recorded lower rates of loneliness during the pandemic than those without a pet.