Since the United Kingdom (UK) held a referendum on its European Union membership in June 2016, the British pound's (GBP) standing against the Euro has also been affected. Other factors include inflation and interest rates, public debts, deficits as well as the country's export prices to import prices ratio. In terms of the current situation, the political and economic standings surrounding Brexit is probably the largest driver in the current form of the British pound. There are several factors that can affect an exchange rate. Until then, the sharpest fall in the exchange rate during this period was seen after the United Kingdom (UK) held a referendum on its European Union membership in June 2016. Towards the end of 2020 - and the Brexit deadline coming closer before Christmas - the GBP/USD exchange rate kept increasing. GBP/USD FX rate, up until September 27, 2022 Despite growing numbers of female leaders in recent years, there has never been more than 18 women in these positions of power in a single year, which is less than 10% of the number of men who have held these positions (as today, there are 193 UN member states). At the beginning of 2022, there were 14 countries led by women - these have been joined by Honduras and the UK since the year started, and Italy is set to elect its first female president in the coming weeks. Since Bandaranaike was first elected in 1960, the number of women in power has grown slowly, with the fastest growth coming in the past twelve years. Since 1960, 77 women have held the most powerful positions of executive power in their respective countries. The longest combined non-consecutive terms were held by Indira Gandhi of India (16 years, 15 days) and the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina (over 18 years in total). The women who have served the longest consecutive terms in these positions are Angela Merkel of Germany (16 years, 16 days), Dame Eugenia Charles of Dominica (14 years, 328 days), and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia (12 years, 6 days). Of these thirteen, Finland, Moldova, New Zealand, and the UK are the only countries to have had three female leaders, including their current Prime Ministers. Sri Lanka is one of just 14 countries that has had more than one woman in the highest position of executive power, and most of these countries can be found either in the Indian sub-continent or in Northern Europe. Bandaranaike successfully led her party to victory in three elections, in 1960, 19, however constitutional changes in the 1980s meant that her final term as Prime Minister was spent in a more ceremonial role, while the President now held the real executive power (although the President at this time was also a woman Bandaranaike's daughter, Chandrika Kumaratunga). The first democratically elected female Prime Minister was Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, who took over the leadership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party when her husband was assassinated in 1959. The highest position of executive power has been held by a woman in just 63 countries since 1960. Number of countries with women in highest position of executive power 1960-2022 The first official trailer for the upcoming film “Avengers: Endgame” generated 289 million views within the first 24 hours of release, while the movie trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home generated over 355 views on the first day from release, making it the most viral movie trailer. Other popular types of videos that generate lots of views after their first release are movie trailers, especially superhero movies related to the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). Music fans are also highly engaged audiences and it is not uncommon for music videos to garner significant amounts of traffic within the first 24 hours of release. digital music audience uses YouTube Music. Since 2010, all but one the most-viewed videos on YouTube have been music videos, signifying the platform’s shift in focus from funny, viral videos to professionally produced content. With figures like these, it comes as little surprise that the majority of the most popular videos on YouTube are music videos. “Baby Shark Dance” might be the current record-holder in terms of total views, but Korean artist Psy’s “Gangnam Style” video remained on the top spot for longest (1,689 days or 4.6 years) before ceding its spot to its successor. "Baby Shark Dance" currently has 11.34 billion lifetime views on YouTube. In January 2021, Baby Shark Dance became the first YouTube video to surpass 10 billion views, after snatching the crown of most-viewed YouTube video of all time from the former record holder "Despacito" one year before. On June 17, 2016, Korean education brand Pinkfong released their video "Baby Shark Dance", and the rest is history. Most viewed YouTube videos of all time 2022
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