Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Monkey

Give us our daily data: 174 newspapers in your inbox

Newsboys in Washington, selling newspapers
Washington DC, in 1912: these boys would have had to carry huge piles of newspaper to satisfy today's rate of data production. Photograph: Lewis Wickes Hine/Corbis

Terrifying data download of the day: A US study has shown that everyone is bombarded with enough data everyday to fill 174 newspapers, according to the Telegraph. And, even more worrying, the average person (well, those using email, mobile, tweeting and a bit of Facebook) is apparently producing six newspapers' worth of information each day. In 1986, we produced just 2.5 pages a day. Frightening.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.