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56 piecesLatest Aug 18, 2026By Albert Richer and the WhatAreTheBest research desk

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A $20 AI video can carry $150,000 in copyright exposure

Aug 18, 2026 · 19 min read · Research

Stablecoins moved $400 billion in 2025, mostly business payments

Aug 18, 2026 · 16 min

Support tickets cost $0.62 with AI and $7 with a human

Aug 17, 2026 · 14 min

Cart abandonment sits at 70%, and 43% of it is browsing

Aug 17, 2026 · 12 min

Microsoft data: 60% of heavy users' meetings are unscheduled

Aug 17, 2026 · 9 min

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51 more pieces, newest first

$35 billion in partner marketing funds goes unclaimed every year

Aug 17, 2026 · 8 min

Teachers Expect to Spend $1,000+ of Their Own Money on Classroom Supplies in 2026, and Many Are Going Into Debt to Do So

Jul 20, 2026 · 8 min

Gas Prices 2026: How Close Are Americans to Breaking Point?

Apr 9, 2026 · 6 min

Where Tradespeople Are Most in Demand, and What It Means for Homeowners in 2026

Mar 5, 2026 · 15 min

The Founder Trap Index: Ranking the Best and Worst States to Keep a Business Thriving Past Year One

Feb 17, 2026 · 8 min

78% of AI power users actively seek outside employment opportunities

May 23, 2026 · 1 min

Spotify's annual churn rate hits 30.9% despite 205 million premium subscribers

May 22, 2026 · 1 min

Support centers face 40% annual turnover—more than double the 16% industry average

May 21, 2026 · 1 min

90% of autonomous analytics initiatives lack necessary governance structures

May 20, 2026 · 1 min

Marketing tools multiplied from 150 in 2011 to 15,384 applications by 2024

May 19, 2026 · 1 min

Workers conduct up to 8 separate searches to find a single correct document

May 18, 2026 · 1 min

A typical enterprise software deal requires 266 touchpoints before signing a contract

May 17, 2026 · 1 min

Commercial sales win rates fell to 21% last year as buyers avoid sales reps

May 16, 2026 · 1 min

Desktop publishing jobs face a 12% decline by 2034, with only 400 annual openings expected

May 15, 2026 · 1 min

Automated campaigns generate 320% more revenue than manual execution

May 14, 2026 · 1 min

Datasite eliminated 4,000 meetings in 5 months and saved half a million dollars

May 13, 2026 · 1 min

Infogain migrated 1.8 million files totaling 50 terabytes to cloud-native platforms

May 12, 2026 · 1 min

Only 29% of sales enablement teams can directly tie their programs to revenue

May 11, 2026 · 1 min

41% of the maintenance workforce becomes eligible for retirement by 2028

May 10, 2026 · 1 min

Blackmagic Design's user base exploded from 900 to 5.47 million after going freemium in 2009

May 9, 2026 · 1 min

C.H. Robinson expects to save $336 million from artificial intelligence implementation

May 8, 2026 · 1 min

60% of project management offices close within three years of launch

May 7, 2026 · 1 min

Only 16% of software companies consistently exceed the Rule of 40 benchmark

May 6, 2026 · 1 min

The United States lost 340,000 accountants between 2019 and 2024

May 5, 2026 · 1 min

Organizations only recover 57% of data after ransomware attacks hit 41% of systems

May 4, 2026 · 1 min

Medallia's debt service costs hit $300 million against just $200 million in earnings

May 3, 2026 · 1 min

Average hospital records 62 missed appointments daily, resulting in $3 million annual loss

May 2, 2026 · 1 min

80% of global organizations will deploy digital adoption platforms by 2027 to fight skills shortages

May 1, 2026 · 1 min

PostHog recorded 99% year-over-year growth while serving 176,000 companies by 2026

Apr 30, 2026 · 1 min

Visual workspace users achieve equivalent output of 320 additional full-time employees

Apr 29, 2026 · 1 min

71% of businesses lose track of at least 10% of their active contracts

Apr 28, 2026 · 1 min

Survey fraud rates exceeded 46% in unmoderated market studies recently

Apr 27, 2026 · 1 min

Creatives spend 70% of their work hours managing manual tasks across disconnected software

Apr 26, 2026 · 1 min

Employees switch between applications 1,200 times per day, wasting 9.5 minutes of focus each time

Apr 25, 2026 · 1 min

Bot traffic from web crawlers exceeds human traffic on some networks by a factor of 10

Apr 24, 2026 · 1 min

68% of users suffered a negative interaction with a chatbot due to comprehension failures

Apr 23, 2026 · 1 min

Only 3% of all published vulnerabilities frequently result in impactful exposure

Apr 22, 2026 · 1 min

Monitored employees seek medical attention for workplace injuries 3.5x more than unmonitored workers

Apr 21, 2026 · 1 min

High-performing companies waste 28 times less capital than their low-performing peers

Apr 20, 2026 · 1 min

Supervisor engagement plummeted 51% more responsibilities than they can manage

Apr 19, 2026 · 1 min

Customer acquisition costs rose 60% over the past 5 years across major industries

Apr 18, 2026 · 1 min

U.S. higher education faces a $112 billion maintenance backlog costing $140 per square foot

Apr 17, 2026 · 1 min

81% of supervisors report their workload increased following artificial intelligence deployments

Apr 16, 2026 · 1 min

Just 1% of executives classify their companies as mature on the AI deployment spectrum

Apr 15, 2026 · 1 min

Platform software investment outpaced actual ad spend, reaching $25.44 billion in 2024

Apr 14, 2026 · 1 min

62,000 entertainment jobs face elimination from automated rendering tools within 3 years

Apr 13, 2026 · 1 min

Commercial campaigns produce $36 in revenue for every dollar spent on messaging

Apr 11, 2026 · 1 min

Analysts lose 40% of daily productivity switching between four or more analytical platforms

Apr 10, 2026 · 1 min

Technology utilization dropped to 49% despite marketing automation budgets hitting $6.65B

Apr 9, 2026 · 1 min

ServiceTitan loses money on professional services in 2024 despite $685M revenue

Apr 8, 2026 · 1 min

Grok 4 used 10x more compute than Grok 3 for only minor reasoning improvements

Apr 7, 2026 · 1 min

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