Numberwise

Inside the catalogue

These are measurements of this collection, not of numbers. Every figure below answers “what have we written most about” — a question about our records, whose answer moves whenever the records do.

What the counts are drawn from

Number profiles
2,444
Significance records
4,506
Relationships
3,968
Structured domain facts
442
Topics
10

A ranking here means “first among these”. It is not a claim about how often a number appears in the world, in print, or in anyone’s search history — we have not measured that, and this page will not imply we have.

Most documented

Across the Numberwise knowledge base, 1 carries more documented facts than any other number (37).

  1. 1. 137
  2. 2. 435
  3. 3. 535
  4. 4. 1227
  5. 5. 227

Widest range of subjects

Across the Numberwise knowledge base, 1 appears under more distinct subject categories than any other number (10).

  1. 1. 110
  2. 2. 49
  3. 3. 59
  4. 4. 79
  5. 5. 99

Most connected

Across the Numberwise knowledge base, 13 takes part in more recorded relationships than any other number (33).

  1. 1. 1333
  2. 2. 1223
  3. 3. 10021
  4. 4. 2421
  5. 5. 921

Most topics

Across the Numberwise knowledge base, 3 numbers lead this measure jointly — 1, 5 and 9, each on 8.

  1. 1. 18
  2. 2. 58
  3. 3. 98
  4. 4. 47
  5. 5. 36

Most common coefficient in scaled quantities

Across the Numberwise knowledge base, 1 is the coefficient of more scaled quantities than any other number (15).

  1. 1. 115
  2. 2. 210
  3. 3. 510
  4. 4. 1008
  5. 5. 47

Structured facts by subject

A thin subject shows here as a small number rather than as an impression. Sprint 7’s own lesson: “physics has one structured fact” and “the catalogue says nothing about physics” are very different statements, and only the first is a fact.

  • astronomy51
  • computing40
  • nature28
  • anatomy26
  • communications25
  • earth science25
  • measurement25
  • physics23
  • biology18
  • transport17
  • chemistry15
  • law15
  • materials15
  • colour14
  • standards14
  • cognition12
  • everyday12
  • language12
  • sport11
  • food10
  • engineering9
  • finance9
  • weather9
  • music7

Wording note: every ranking sentence on this page begins “Across the Numberwise knowledge base”. That is accuracy rather than hedging — see our methodology for how records are written and sourced.