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A UBS note reported on 1 February 2023 said ChatGPT had passed 100 million monthly active users in January, about two months after launch. That made it the fastest-growing consumer app UBS had seen, ahead of TikTok at nine months and Instagram at about two and a half years.

Kelvin Kiptum won the 2023 Chicago Marathon in 2:00:35, taking 34 seconds off Eliud Kipchoge's world record of 2:01:09. He was the first man to run a record-eligible marathon under 2:01.

Pollstar's 2023 year-end charts, reported on 8 December 2023, put the Eras Tour at US$1.04 billion from 60 shows, the first tour past US$1 billion. It beat Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which made US$939.1 million over 328 shows.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended Friday 17 May 2024 at a record 40,003.59, its first close above 40,000 in 139 years. It had touched 40,000 intraday the day before but closed below it.

Sotheby's sold the Stegosaurus skeleton nicknamed Apex in New York on 17 July 2024 for US$44.6 million, the most ever paid for a fossil at auction. The previous record was US$31.8 million for the T. rex Stan in 2020.

Shohei Ohtani hit his 50th home run of 2024 on 19 September against the Marlins, becoming the first major leaguer with 50 homers and 50 steals in a season. Only five players had reached 40-40 before him.

On 13 October 2024 SpaceX's Super Heavy Booster 12 flew back to Starbase, Texas and was caught mid-air by the launch tower's chopstick arms, the first time a rocket booster has been recovered that way. It happened on the first attempt, about seven minutes after liftoff.

On 10 January 2025 Copernicus reported 2024 as the warmest year on record at 15.10C, 0.12C above 2023 and 1.60C above pre-industrial, the first calendar year over 1.5C; WMO put it at about 1.55C.

China's Ne Zha 2 overtook Pixar's Inside Out 2 (US$1.699 billion) on 18 February 2025, 21 days after its release, to become the highest-grossing animated film ever. Nearly all of its roughly US$1.7 billion then came from mainland China.

On 6 October 2025 bitcoin reached a record of about US$126,000, up from a mid-August peak near US$124,500 and lifting its market value to roughly US$2.5 trillion. It has not traded above that level since.

On 29 October 2025 Nvidia's market value crossed US$5 trillion, a first for any listed company, just under four months after it became the first to reach US$4 trillion. The AI-chip maker's shares rose more than 3% that Wednesday.

Spot gold touched a record US$5,594.82 an ounce on 29 January 2026, per Reuters, before reversing more than 5% the same session. It has not set a higher price since and trades about 26% lower in October 2026.

Logan Paul's PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator card sold at Goldin for US$16,492,000 on 16 February 2026, the most ever paid for a trading card at auction. Paul had paid US$5.275 million for it in a 2021 private trade that set the earlier Pokemon card record.

Armand Duplantis cleared 6.31m at the Mondo Classic indoor meeting in Uppsala on 12 March 2026, adding a centimetre to his own record of 6.30m. It was the 15th world record of his career.

OpenAI announced on 31 March 2026 that it had closed US$122 billion in committed capital at an US$852 billion post-money valuation, the largest private technology funding round on record. It grew from the US$110 billion first close announced on 27 February.

On 6 April 2026 the four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II passed the 248,655-mile mark set by Apollo 13 in 1970, then peaked at about 252,756 miles (406,771 km) from Earth on their loop around the Moon. It is the greatest distance any crewed spacecraft has travelled.

On 15 April 2026 the S&P 500 rose 0.8% to finish at 7,022.95, the first close above 7,000 in the index's history. The previous round-number milestone, 6,900, had closed on 11 December 2025.

Lionsgate's Michael earned $97.2 million in the US and Canada on 24 to 26 April 2026, the biggest opening for any biopic, beating Oppenheimer, and for a music biopic, beating Straight Outta Compton's $60.2 million.

Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi ran 2:11.83 on his 1000m debut at the Monaco Diamond League on 10 July 2026, beating Noah Ngeny's 1999 world record of 2:11.96.

On 14 July 2026 LONGi announced a crystalline silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell with 35.5% conversion efficiency, certified by the European Solar Test Installation. It beats the company's earlier 35.2% mark, itself listed in the 68th Solar Cell Efficiency Tables.

Britain's Josh Kerr ran 3:42.66 at the London Diamond League on 18 July 2026, the first mile under 3:43 and 0.47 seconds inside Hicham El Guerrouj's 1999 world record of 3:43.13.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day grossed $360 million in the US and Canada over 31 July to 2 August 2026, the largest opening weekend ever, ahead of Avengers: Endgame's $357.1 million.

Brazil's Alison dos Santos ran 45.80 at Weltklasse Zurich on 27 August 2026, taking 0.14 seconds off Karsten Warholm's 45.94 world record from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Copernicus announced on 10 September 2026 that August 2026 averaged 16.96C worldwide, 1.65C above pre-industrial levels and level with July 2023 (16.95C) as the warmest calendar month ever recorded. It also beat the old August record of 16.82C.