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Section sizes

Section size for 2020s (88 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	16,157	16,157
Politics and wars	126	183,584
Major conflicts	103	29,993
International wars	11,857	11,857
Civil wars	18,033	18,033
Revolutions and major protests	46,801	46,801
Nuclear proliferation	31	31
Terrorist attacks	6,055	6,055
Political trends	174	9,320
Electoral trends	3,752	3,752
Deaths	5,394	5,394
Prominent political events	34	90,767
Coups	11,916	11,916
Africa	2,819	2,819
Americas	34,485	34,485
Asia	13,291	13,291
Europe	23,753	23,753
Oceania	4,469	4,469
World leaders	491	491
Assassinations and attempts	20,523	20,523
Disasters	70	60,219
Non-natural disasters	32	15,762
Aviation	6,493	6,493
General	9,071	9,071
Marine	166	166
Natural disasters	71	44,387
Earthquakes and tsunamis	10,820	10,820
Tropical cyclones	12,415	12,415
Tornadoes	2,515	2,515
Floods, avalanches, and mudslides	4,673	4,673
Volcanic eruptions	2,751	2,751
Droughts, heat waves, and wildfires	7,415	7,415
Pollution	341	341
Other natural events	3,386	3,386
Economics	174	7,210
Events	13	5,534
2020	2,437	2,437
2021	1,085	1,085
2022	989	989
2023	539	539
2024	471	471
Trade	1,282	1,282
Stock markets	20	220
Crashes	200	200
Cybersecurity and hacking	3,814	3,814
Health	12	2,561
Epidemics/Outbreaks	1,122	1,122
Pandemics	1,427	1,427
Science and technology	111	16,770
Space	47	11,741
2020	2,136	2,136
2021	2,689	2,689
2022	902	902
2023	3,990	3,990
2024	1,977	1,977
Artificial intelligence	1,947	1,947
Communications and electronics	295	295
Software and electronic platforms	669	669
Technology	2,007	2,007
Society	46	10,163
Social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic	2,344	2,344
Population	1,591	1,591
Race	156	156
Gender	3,214	3,214
Environmentalism	559	559
LGBT rights	2,253	2,253
Global goals and issues	18,197	18,197
Popular culture	9,308	57,021
Fashion	3,474	3,474
Film	4,826	4,826
Television	1,931	8,343
Animated	4,133	4,133
Live-action	2,279	2,279
Music	4,086	4,086
Video games	5,267	5,267
Architecture	1,937	1,937
Sports	13	15,369
2020	1,271	1,271
2021	3,728	3,728
2022	3,712	3,712
2023	3,687	3,687
2024	2,958	2,958
Food	2,973	2,973
Literature	1,438	1,438
See also	305	544
Timeline	239	239
References	51	51
External links	260	260
Total	397,074	397,074

Trump bias?

Why does the 2024 election coverage talk about the fact that if Trump wins ("emerges victorious", weird phrasing) he'd be the 2nd president to serve a non-consecutive term, and says absolutely nothing about the fact that if Kamala Harris "emerges victorious" she'd be the very first female president of the united states? 2600:1700:5AB0:BFC0:9DA1:B974:5570:7158 (talk) 20:35, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Generative AI

The section on AI reads like an advertisement for OpenAI. I think it’s premature to conclude this technology is of such importance to the 2020s decade that it belongs in the lead.

In addition, food delivery apps…a major innovation, really? They were done before in the 2000s and many of them went bankrupt as the first internet bubble imploded. The only reason the current generation of delivery apps hasn’t is 15 years of low interest rates from 2008-22; many of the big names are yet to be profitable.

I think most people are in agreement the biggest news for the decade so far have been COVID first and the foreign conflicts (Ukraine-Russia, Israel-Palestine etc) second. The new technologies section is premature & pretty speculative and maybe overly driven by Silicon Valley hype than have actually proven their importance especially at the decade level. 2601:642:4C00:6E0F:403A:CFFD:3D53:DC9E (talk) 00:03, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Helene

Any reason why Hurricane Helene ain’t mentioned in the tropical cyclones disaster list section; especially given the fact that Milton is? Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 01:11, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]