At PlayersTime, we turn data into stories that reveal how people play, travel, spend, search and engage with entertainment and popular culture. Our original research, surveys, rankings and data analyses are regularly cited by news, business, travel, sports and lifestyle publications around the world. Below is a selection of media coverage featuring PlayersTime research and insights.
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Tokyo’s Most Iconic Area Is Changing. I Hope It Never Stops
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Gearoid Reidy examines the vast redevelopment reshaping Tokyo’s Shibuya district and challenges the idea that constant construction is stripping the area of its identity. Instead, the piece argues that repeated reinvention has long been part of what keeps Shibuya culturally relevant and globally recognizable. The article references PlayersTime research on the world’s most Instagrammable places, which places Shibuya Scramble Crossing among the leading global landmarks based on search demand and social-media visibility, adding data to Bloomberg’s discussion of the district’s international appeal.
This is what the ‘most attractive woman alive’ looks like, according to science
The Times of India explores what the statistically “most attractive woman alive” might look like by drawing on a decade of Maxim Hot 100 results. The article highlights recurring traits including brown eyes, long brown hair and a heart-shaped face, while noting the limits of reducing attractiveness to a data profile. Its central source is PlayersTime’s Sexiest Woman Study, which analysed women featured in Maxim’s rankings between 2016 and 2025 to identify the physical characteristics and broader patterns most frequently associated with those selected.
Your Birth City Could Influence Your Chances of Becoming a Billionaire
MSN republishes an Inc. report examining whether birthplace may be associated with a person’s chances of reaching billionaire status. The story focuses on the cities that have produced unusually large numbers of ultra-wealthy individuals and considers the role of economic opportunity, industry concentration and local networks. It draws on PlayersTime’s Billionaires’ Birthplaces study, which analysed the birth cities of 1,680 people on the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List and found New York at the top, followed closely by Hong Kong.
Your Birth City Could Influence Your Chances of Becoming a Billionaire
Inc. looks at the geography behind extreme wealth, asking whether the city where someone is born can influence the opportunities that eventually help produce a billionaire. The article discusses the strong concentration of billionaire birthplaces in major financial and business centres, led by New York and Hong Kong. Its data comes from PlayersTime’s Billionaires’ Birthplaces report, which analysed 1,680 people from the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List and mapped the cities that have produced the largest numbers of billionaires worldwide.
4 Of The Worst Gen Z Technology Myths That Simply Aren't True
AOL challenges four common stereotypes about Gen Z and technology, including the assumption that younger users are automatically more digitally capable or comfortable with every aspect of online life. The article uses research on social-media habits and excessive screen use to show a more complicated relationship between Gen Z and digital platforms. Among the evidence it cites is PlayersTime’s Doomscrolling Survey, which examines how often people compulsively consume negative online content, how long they spend doing it and the emotional effects associated with the behaviour.
El superpoder de la uniformidad
El País Babelia reflects on the increasing uniformity of modern blockbuster cinema and the dominance of superhero franchises, asking what happens when the same characters, visual formulas and cinematic universes repeatedly occupy the cultural mainstream. As part of that wider discussion, the essay references PlayersTime research into global enthusiasm for superhero films. The linked Nations That Love Superhero Movies report compares countries using search interest and other audience signals, providing a data-led view of where superhero culture generates the strongest public attention.
CDM 2026 : jusqu'ici les favoris survivent, des géants tombent et le nouveau format commence à faire des dégâts
MadeInFOOT examines the early knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, focusing on how the expanded 48-team format is producing close matches, major upsets and stronger-than-expected performances from host nations. The article highlights Germany and the Netherlands being eliminated on penalties, while France, England, Spain, Portugal and several other European teams advance alongside Morocco, Paraguay, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and the United States. Its analysis is based on PlayersTime data covering the first 13 Round-of-32 matches, including 34 goals, two penalty shootouts, six clean sheets and the fact that 61.5% of completed ties were decided by a single goal or penalties. The PlayersTime analysis is used to support the article’s wider conclusion that the new World Cup format is creating more opportunities for surprises and leaving traditional favourites with less margin for error.
Araştırma: İstanbul, Google'da dünyanın en çok aranan yedinci şehri
Euronews Türkiye reports that Istanbul ranks seventh among the world’s most searched cities, receiving roughly 1.63 million Google searches per month, while Dubai leads the broader social-visibility ranking. The article uses PlayersTime’s Most Instagrammable Places study to show how search demand and social-media activity combine to shape the online visibility of major destinations. The PlayersTime research scores cities and landmarks using Google search data alongside Instagram and TikTok hashtag volumes, providing the dataset behind the article’s comparison.
These Are the 10 Best Cities for Digital Nomads—and No. 1 Ranked Highest for Safety, Affordability, and Strong Internet Access
Travel + Leisure highlights ten European cities offering a strong mix of affordability, safety, connectivity and quality of life for remote workers, with Kraków taking the top position. The article draws directly on PlayersTime’s ranking of European cities for digital nomads, which compares destinations across practical factors such as internet performance, accommodation costs and other conditions relevant to location-independent workers. PlayersTime’s underlying analysis gives the travel feature its data-driven basis rather than treating the list as a purely editorial selection.
Chi è John Leguizamo, l’attore colombiano che ha fatto incassare più di Zendaya e Tom Holland
Corriere della Sera’s Style section profiles Colombian-born actor John Leguizamo and focuses on the unusually high cumulative box-office value of the films in which he has appeared, placing him ahead of younger global stars such as Zendaya and Tom Holland in the comparison discussed. The piece cites PlayersTime’s Most Bankable Actors report, which evaluates actors through the worldwide box-office performance of their filmographies. The PlayersTime dataset provides the financial context behind the article’s argument that commercial impact is not always reflected by conventional star rankings.
Non tutti i miliardari nascono nello stesso posto
Il Sole 24 Ore’s InfoData section maps the cities that have produced the largest numbers of billionaires, showing how global wealth creation is heavily concentrated in a relatively small group of major urban centres. The article discusses New York, Hong Kong, Moscow and other notable billionaire birthplaces using data visualised by Visual Capitalist. The underlying source is PlayersTime’s Billionaires’ Birthplaces report, which analysed 1,680 people on the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List and grouped them by city of birth to reveal the geographic patterns behind extreme wealth.
„Bierflation“ zur WM in den USA: Ein Bier kostet im Stadion in Los Angeles bis zu 17 Dollar
Der Tagesspiegel examines the sharp cost of buying beer at 2026 World Cup venues in the United States, including prices of around $17 in Los Angeles, and contrasts those figures with more affordable stadium options in Mexico. The article relies on PlayersTime’s World Cup Beer Prices report, which compares beer costs across the tournament’s host stadiums in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The PlayersTime analysis gives the story a broader benchmark for showing how dramatically matchday drink prices vary between host cities and countries.
Apuestas en línea en México: el crecimiento del mercado abre nuevas alertas sobre regulación y protección al consumidor
Infobae examines the rapid growth of online betting in Mexico and the regulatory and consumer-protection questions that have developed alongside it, including concerns about younger users and the difficulty of evaluating gambling operators. Rather than citing a single PlayersTime study, the article references PlayersTime itself as a consumer information resource. It describes the platform’s work assessing online casinos against more than 100 criteria and presenting information intended to help users compare operators, complaints and dispute-related issues more systematically.
「看風景」愈來愈貴！《2026全球最昂貴景點報告》出爐 世界級美景門票最高突破3千元
United Daily News, carrying reporting from TR Omnimedia, looks at the rising price of visiting some of the world’s best-known tourist attractions and highlights how premium sightseeing can now cost travellers the equivalent of several thousand Taiwan dollars for a single admission. The article cites PlayersTime’s Tourist Attractions Cost report, which compares entrance prices at globally recognisable landmarks and puts those costs alongside their online popularity. The PlayersTime analysis provides the data behind the article’s broader point that accessing iconic travel experiences is becoming increasingly expensive.
Quais são os super-heróis que geram mais dinheiro nos cinemas? Veja a lista
Portuguese lifestyle publication MAGG asks which superheroes generate the most money at the box office and finds Marvel characters dominating the ranking. The article highlights Iron Man and Captain America at roughly €1.6 billion in average box-office revenue per film appearance, while also comparing the strongest-performing DC characters. Its figures come from a PlayersTime study covering solo films, ensemble appearances and crossovers across 84 countries between 2015 and 2025, using box-office data to calculate how much revenue each superhero generated on average per movie.
Cette personnalité du Pas-de-Calais dans le top 10 des recherches Google 2025 selon une étude
French news network actu.fr reports on the people who generated the highest Google search interest in France during 2025, with particular attention to a personality from Pas-de-Calais who reached the national top ten. The article is built around PlayersTime’s Most Searched People study, which compares search volumes to identify the public figures attracting the greatest online curiosity. By using the PlayersTime ranking, the story turns a national search trend into a more local angle and shows how one regional figure compares with internationally recognised names.
Keine deutsche Stadt in den Top 10: Wo man in Europa am besten Remote arbeitet
CHIP examines the best European locations for remote work and points out a striking result for its German audience: no German city appears in the top ten. The article uses PlayersTime’s European Digital Nomad Cities ranking to compare destinations on the practical conditions that matter to remote workers, including affordability, safety and internet access. PlayersTime’s research supplies the underlying cross-city dataset, allowing CHIP to place German destinations within a wider European comparison rather than evaluating them in isolation.
Bierpreise bei der WM 2026: Das wird der teuerste Schluck des Sommers
Der Standard looks at the exceptionally high price of beer at the 2026 FIFA World Cup from an Austrian fan’s perspective, comparing stadium prices in North America with typical prices in Austrian cities. The article notes that a beer in Arlington costs about $16.45, while some tournament venues exceed $18 and the San Francisco Bay Area can top $24. The comparison is based on PlayersTime’s World Cup Beer Prices report, which tracks beer prices across all 16 host stadiums in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
These States Have Created the Most Billionaires—See the Map
Mental Floss maps the U.S. states that have produced the most billionaires and uses the results to show how strongly billionaire birthplaces cluster in a handful of major population and economic centres. The article also notes the exceptional role of New York City, which has produced more billionaires than any other city worldwide in the underlying dataset. Its source is PlayersTime’s Billionaires’ Birthplaces report, an analysis of 1,680 people from the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List that compares where the world’s richest individuals were born.
Mapped: Which States Have Produced the Most Billionaires?
Visual Capitalist turns billionaire birthplace data into a map of the U.S. states that have produced the largest numbers of members of the global billionaire class. The graphic highlights the concentration of billionaire births in states with major economic centres while also identifying the wealthiest individuals associated with particular birthplaces. The visualisation is based on PlayersTime’s Billionaires’ Birthplaces research, which analysed 1,680 names from the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List and provides the underlying city- and state-level data used in the map.
Grammys 2026: K-pop showdown heats up — Blackpink's Rosé and HUNTR/X in the lead
Gulf News previews the 2026 Grammy Awards through the growing strength of K-pop, focusing on the competition involving Blackpink’s Rosé and HUNTR/X across major categories. The article supplements its awards coverage with PlayersTime’s Grammy Odds analysis, which uses betting-market information to show how nominees are positioned ahead of the ceremony. The PlayersTime resource gives the piece a quantitative view of the favourites and contenders, adding market-based expectations to the broader discussion of K-pop’s increasing presence at the Grammys.
Ceny piva na MS ve fotbale se liší i šestinásobně. Na zápasech Česka je levnější
Czech daily Deník, using reporting from the ČTK news agency, compares beer prices across 2026 World Cup stadiums and finds differences of more than sixfold between the cheapest and most expensive venues. The story pays particular attention to Czech supporters, noting that beer at the grounds hosting Czech matches is comparatively less expensive. Its figures come from PlayersTime’s World Cup Beer Prices report, which compares drink costs across the tournament’s 16 stadiums in the United States, Canada and Mexico and provides the data behind Deník’s matchday-price comparison.
A beer at a World Cup stadium will cost you — here's what sites in host cities are charging
Cleveland.com compares the price of beer inside 2026 World Cup stadiums with what supporters would pay at nearby restaurants and bars in the host cities. The article finds that stadium beer is roughly 55% more expensive on average, turning a familiar matchday purchase into a significant extra cost for travelling fans. The analysis cites PlayersTime’s World Cup Beer Prices report, which compiled beer prices across all tournament stadiums and provides a consistent benchmark for comparing venue costs with prices outside the grounds.
Dreimal so teuer: WM-Schock für Tiroler Fans: Bier kostet fast 14 Euro
Austrian regional outlet MeinBezirk focuses on the cost facing Tyrolean supporters travelling to the 2026 World Cup, where a stadium beer can approach €14 and cost roughly three times what fans are accustomed to paying at home. The article bases its comparison on PlayersTime’s World Cup Beer Prices report, which records beer prices across tournament venues in the United States, Canada and Mexico. PlayersTime’s dataset allows the local story to translate North American stadium prices into a concrete comparison that is immediately relevant to Austrian football fans.
全球IG打卡王出爐！杜拜哈里發塔奪冠 搜尋量每月破百萬
China Times, carrying reporting from TR Omnimedia, covers the destinations and landmarks generating the strongest travel visibility on Instagram and other search-driven platforms, with Dubai and the Burj Khalifa leading the results. The article notes that the Burj Khalifa combines more than 10 million tagged posts with roughly 1.1 million monthly Google searches. The ranking comes from PlayersTime’s Most Instagrammable Places study, which combines global search demand with Instagram and TikTok hashtag volumes to measure the online popularity of cities and individual landmarks.
《2026全球最昂貴景點報告》出爐～「看風景」愈來愈貴！世界級美景門票最高突破3千元
PChome, carrying TR Omnimedia reporting, examines how much travellers now pay to access some of the world’s most famous attractions, with the priciest tickets exceeding NT$3,000. The story presents the rising cost of sightseeing as part of a broader change in travel spending, particularly at globally recognisable landmarks. It cites PlayersTime’s Tourist Attractions Cost report, which compares admission prices across major attractions and gives the article the international dataset used to show where the most expensive sightseeing experiences are located.
4 Of The Worst Gen Z Technology Myths That Simply Aren't True
BGR challenges four persistent myths about Gen Z’s relationship with technology, arguing that growing up with smartphones and social platforms does not automatically make younger users more technically skilled, more resilient online or healthier in their digital habits. One of the research sources used is PlayersTime’s Doomscrolling Survey, which measures compulsive consumption of negative online content and examines how the behaviour affects different age groups. The PlayersTime findings help the article distinguish between frequent technology use and genuinely positive or sophisticated digital behaviour.
Ein Vermögen für Bier, Hotdog und Co. bei der WM - so teuer ist ein Stadionbesuch abseits des Tickets
German outlet DerWesten looks beyond ticket prices to calculate how expensive a 2026 World Cup stadium visit can become once beer, hot dogs and other refreshments are added. The article highlights particularly high concession prices at U.S. venues and frames food and drink as a meaningful part of the total matchday budget. Its beer-price comparisons draw on PlayersTime’s World Cup Beer Prices report, which tracks costs across all 16 host stadiums and provides the cross-venue data used to show how widely supporters’ expenses can vary.
Mia Khalifa wird am meisten bei Google gesucht
RND profiles Mia Khalifa after data showed her to be the most Googled woman of 2025, with around 8.7 million searches per month and more search interest than Taylor Swift. The article uses that result as a starting point to explain Khalifa’s career, public profile and continued prominence online. The ranking comes from PlayersTime’s Most Searched People study, which compares average monthly Google search volumes for major public figures and places Khalifa behind only Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the broader overall ranking cited by RND.
วิทยาศาสตร์เผย! ลักษณะของ "ผู้หญิงที่เซ็กซี่ที่สุดในโลก" ต้องมีหน้าตาแบบนี้
Thai news and lifestyle portal Sanook examines what the statistically “sexiest woman alive” would look like, highlighting traits such as brown eyes, long brown hair, a heart-shaped face and an average height of around 172 centimetres. It also names celebrities whose features come close to the resulting profile. The article explicitly credits PlayersTime’s Sexiest Woman Study, which analysed a decade of Maxim rankings from 2016 to 2025 to identify the characteristics that appeared most frequently among women selected for the magazine’s annual lists.
