| 40M | “forty million” | Michael Ovitz lasted one year as Disney president, exiting with $140M severance | David Rosenthal | Aug 10, 2026 | Open |
| 40M | “forty million” | Pixar's 1995 IPO was larger than Netscape's | Ben Gilbert | Aug 10, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 40M | “forty million” | Gilbert: Charles Shaw accounts for 10% of Trader Joe's annual wine sales | Ben Gilbert | Oct 27, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 40M | “forty million” | Rosenthal: Google grew revenue over 5x from 2001 to 2002 | David Rosenthal | Jun 30, 2025 | Supported |
| 40M | “forty million” | Microsoft's $240M Facebook Stake Became Worth $8 Billion Post-IPO | David Rosenthal | Oct 28, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 40M | “forty million” | Gilbert: Xbox Live achieved 40 million subscribers by 2012 | Ben Gilbert | Jul 22, 2024 | Supported |
| 38M | “thirty eight million” | Rosenthal: Amazon raised $54M at $438M valuation in May 1997 IPO | David Rosenthal | Aug 16, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 37.5M | “37.5 million” | Rosenthal: AFL signed a 5-year, $37.5M broadcast deal with NBC in 1964 | David Rosenthal | Jan 27, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 37M | “thirty-seven million” | Milton Hershey sold his caramel company for $1 million in 1900 | Ben Gilbert | Dec 16, 2024 | Open |
| 37M | “Thirty seven million” | Master Charge was larger than Visa in 1976 | Ben Gilbert | Nov 27, 2023 | Supported |
| 37M | “thirty seven million” | DeMuro: Chernin Group Invested Roughly $37 Million In Cars & Bids | Doug DeMuro | Sep 20, 2023 | — |
| 36M | “a thirty five million” | Tiger Global invested $5M in Peloton's Series B at $35M post | Ben Gilbert | Feb 10, 2022 | Supported |
| 36M | “thirty six million” | Rosenthal: AIM reached 36M users by 2001 as first consumer viral software | David Rosenthal | Oct 28, 2024 | Supported |
| 35M | “thirty five million” | Amazon reached $1.1B revenue and $5M GAAP net income in Q4 2001 | David Rosenthal | Aug 16, 2022 | Supported |
| 35M | “thirty five million” | Netflix's revenue grew from $1M to $35M after launching subscriptions | David Rosenthal | Feb 10, 2022 | Supported |
| 33M | “a thirty two million” | Qualcomm's OmniTRACS Revenue Doubled Annually for Five Years | David Rosenthal | Nov 15, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 33M | “a thirty two million” | Rosenthal: Home Depot raised $4M at a $32M valuation in its IPO | David Rosenthal | Sep 14, 2026 | Supported |
| 32M | “thirty-two million” | The Lion King is the best-selling VHS tape in history | David Rosenthal | Aug 10, 2026 | Supported |
| 31M | “thirty one million” | Master Charge was larger than Visa in 1976 | Ben Gilbert | Nov 27, 2023 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Costco sells 130 million hot dogs globally each year | Ben Gilbert | Aug 21, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Fenton: Benchmark's largest LP commits $25M to $30M per fund | Peter Fenton | Oct 17, 2022 | — |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Walmart operates 10,500 stores and serves 230 million customers weekly | Ben Gilbert | Jul 19, 2022 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Gerstner: PAR invested $20M–$30M into Zillow Series B at ~$200M valuation | Brad Gerstner | Mar 15, 2022 | — |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Big Machine Sold to Ithaca Holdings for Between $300M and $330M | David Rosenthal | Jan 24, 2022 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | McCormick: Not Boring Fund II would potentially target $25M to $30M | Packy McCormick | Dec 3, 2021 | — |
| 30M | “a twenty nine million” | Judge levies record $29M fine against Standard Oil | David Rosenthal | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Gilbert: Beauty and the Beast grossed $330M on a $25M budget | Ben Gilbert | Aug 10, 2026 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Keeping content exclusively on Disney+ severely limits Disney's downstream IP monetization | Ben Gilbert | Aug 10, 2026 | — |
| 30M | “thirty million” | The Average Formula 1 Team Generates Approximately $430 Million in Annual Revenue | Ben Gilbert | Mar 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | The Entire Formula 1 Ecosystem Generates Approximately $5.5 Billion in Gross Revenue | Ben Gilbert | Mar 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Gilbert: 30 Million Americans Play Fantasy Football | Ben Gilbert | Jan 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Gilbert: NFL Christmas games on Netflix averaged 30M viewers | Ben Gilbert | Jan 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Super Bowl draws 127M viewers compared to 10M for NBA Finals | Ben Gilbert | Jan 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Gilbert: Cowboys generated $1.2B revenue and $630M operating income in 2024 | Ben Gilbert | Jan 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | OpenAI Only Collected $130M of Its Initial $1B Pledge | Ben Gilbert | Oct 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | YouTube Lost Roughly $1 Billion Annually on $30 Million in Early Revenue | Ben Gilbert | Aug 26, 2025 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Rosenthal: India's smartphone install base grew from 30M to 800M | David Rosenthal | Mar 24, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Gilbert: India Added 230M People and Tripled Internet Penetration During IPL Era | Ben Gilbert | Mar 24, 2025 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Gilbert: IKEA sold roughly 30 million POÄNG chairs since 1976 | Ben Gilbert | Nov 18, 2024 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Facebook Surpassed Google in Daily Page Views in November 2005 | Ben Gilbert | Oct 28, 2024 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Eli Lilly, Novo, and Nordisk dominated global insulin sales in 1980 | David Rosenthal | Jan 22, 2024 | Supported |
| 30M | “thirty million” | Gilbert: Home Depot doubled store productivity over 11 flat-footprint years | Ben Gilbert | Sep 14, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 29M | “twenty-nine million” | Nike Revenue Scaled From $14M to $150M in the Late 1970s | Ben Gilbert | Jul 25, 2023 | Supported |
| 29M | “a twenty-eight million” | Gilbert: Aladdin grossed $500M on a $28M production budget | Ben Gilbert | Aug 10, 2026 | Open |
| 29M | “twenty-nine million” | Gilbert: Toy Story was the first non-Disney animated blockbuster | Ben Gilbert | Aug 10, 2026 | Supported |
| 27M | “twenty seven million” | Formula 1 Is the World's Most Popular Annual Sports Series With 827M Viewers | Ben Gilbert | Mar 5, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 27M | “twenty seven million” | Gilbert: Average NFL team profits $127M; least profitable makes $21M | Ben Gilbert | Jan 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 26M | “a twenty-five million” | Gilbert: Beauty and the Beast grossed $330M on a $25M budget | Ben Gilbert | Aug 10, 2026 | Supported |
| 26M | “Twenty-six million” | Rosenthal: Disney+ hit 10 million signups in 24 hours | David Rosenthal | Aug 10, 2026 | Supported |
| 25M | “twenty five million” | John Foley grew Evite's revenue from $1M to $25M post-dot-com bubble | Ben Gilbert | Feb 10, 2022 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 25M | “twenty five million” | Peloton's revenue scaled from $60M in 2015 to $325M in 2017 | David Rosenthal | Feb 10, 2022 | Open |
| 25M | “twenty five million” | Facebook Had 425M Mobile Users but Zero Meaningful Mobile Revenue Pre-IPO | David Rosenthal | Oct 28, 2024 | Supported |
| 25M | “twenty five million” | Rosenthal: First Round Capital's first institutional fund achieved a 50x return | David Rosenthal | Mar 18, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 24M | “twenty-four million” | Gilbert: In 1995 over 100k web retailers generated only $324M total | Ben Gilbert | Aug 16, 2022 | Supported |
| 23M | “Twenty-three million” | The Jungle Book was Disney's biggest film for twenty years | Ben Gilbert | Jun 23, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 23M | “a twenty-two million” | Google gave AOL an 85% revenue share to dominate search | Ben Gilbert | Jun 30, 2025 | Supported |
| 21M | “a twenty million” | Benchmark offered $6.7 million for eBay at a $20 million valuation | David Rosenthal | Sep 28, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 21M | “twenty one million” | Disney had a sub-$90 million market cap when Warren Buffett invested | Ben Gilbert | Jun 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 21M | “twenty one million” | Gilbert: Average NFL team profits $127M; least profitable makes $21M | Ben Gilbert | Jan 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Rosenthal: Nvidia raised about $20M in total venture capital before going public | David Rosenthal | Mar 28, 2022 | Supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Vanguard managed $5 trillion across 20 million clients at Bogle's death | David Rosenthal | May 18, 2026 | Supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Gilbert: Media Buyers Should Pay for Minimum Content Reaching Maximum Aggregate Audience | Ben Gilbert | Jan 27, 2026 | — |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Epic's Care Everywhere network exchanges 20 million patient records daily | Ben Gilbert | Apr 21, 2025 | Supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Rosenthal: 20 Million Hardcore Cricket Fans Exist in the US Today | David Rosenthal | Mar 24, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Nimbus won BCCI broadcast rights with a $620M bid over four years | David Rosenthal | Mar 24, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Gilbert: IPL unique viewership hit 620M on streaming alone in 2024 | Ben Gilbert | Mar 24, 2025 | Supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Mars produced 20 million Milky Way bars annually by 1929 | David Rosenthal | Dec 16, 2024 | Supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | IKEA sells nearly 20 million LACK tables each year | David Rosenthal | Nov 18, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 20M | “twenty million” | IKEA scaled annual revenue from $20M to $2B by the 1980s | David Rosenthal | Nov 18, 2024 | Supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | IKEA printed 220 million catalogs annually across 32 languages at peak | Ben Gilbert | Nov 18, 2024 | Supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Rosenthal: Facebook reached 20M users and grew 100K daily at F8 launch | David Rosenthal | Oct 28, 2024 | Supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Munger and Buffett turned a $20M savings and loan into $2B | Charlie Munger | Oct 30, 2023 | Supported |
| 20M | “twenty million” | GPT parameter counts grew from 120 million in GPT-1 to 1.7 trillion | David Rosenthal | Sep 6, 2023 | Supported |
| 18.7M | “18.7 million” | Gilbert: NFL regular season TV viewership averaged 18.7M per game | Ben Gilbert | Jan 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 15.7M | “15.7 million” | Rosenthal: Amazon grew revenue from $500K in 1995 to $15.7M in 1996 | David Rosenthal | Aug 16, 2022 | Supported |
| 15M | “fifteen million” | Weber: Brooks targets 60M unique customers and $4B revenue in 10 years | Jim Weber | May 16, 2022 | Open |
| 15M | “fifteen million” | Netscape expanded from one million to fifteen million users in one year | Ben Gilbert | Jul 22, 2024 | Supported |
| 15M | “fifteen million” | Gilbert: Starbucks profits surged from $315M in 2008 to $945M in 2010 | Ben Gilbert | Jun 4, 2024 | Open |
| 13M | “a twelve million” | Rosenthal: Mike and Jackie Bezos made historic $12M high school gift | David Rosenthal | Aug 16, 2022 | Supported |
| 12.7M | “12.7 million” | Jim Breyer personally invested $1.1M in Facebook's Series A | Ben Gilbert | Oct 28, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 11M | “A ten million” | Benchmark led Uber's Series A at a $60 million post-money valuation | David Rosenthal | Sep 28, 2022 | Supported |
| 11M | “a ten million” | Tiger Global invested $5M in Peloton's Series B at $35M post | Ben Gilbert | Feb 10, 2022 | Supported |
| 11M | “a ten million” | Jeff Bezos took 25% of Google's $1 million seed round | David Rosenthal | Jun 30, 2025 | Supported |
| 11M | “a ten million” | Rosenthal: Kindergarten Ventures led a $10M SPV in Vanta's Series B | David Rosenthal | Dec 18, 2023 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Gokul: Solana reached mainnet on under $10M after ETH crash | Raj Gokul | Jun 20, 2022 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Brooks CEO: Big 5 made up $10M of Brooks' $60M revenue | Jim Weber | May 16, 2022 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Weber: Brooks generated $10M in cash during his first nine months | Jim Weber | May 16, 2022 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Rosenthal: Frozen soundtrack was 2014's top album, outselling Taylor Swift's 1989 | David Rosenthal | Aug 10, 2026 | Supported |
| 10M | “ten million” | Rosenthal: Disney+ hit 10 million signups in 24 hours | David Rosenthal | Aug 10, 2026 | Supported |
| 10M | “ten million” | Gilbert: Ford negotiated Ferrari purchase price down from $18M to $10M | Ben Gilbert | Apr 14, 2026 | Supported |
| 10M | “ten million” | Super Bowl draws 127M viewers compared to 10M for NBA Finals | Ben Gilbert | Jan 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 10M | “ten million” | Waymo Surpasses 100M Driverless Miles and 10M Paid Rides | Ben Gilbert | Oct 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 10M | “ten million” | Yahoo's partnership inadvertently saved Google from the dot-com crash | David Rosenthal | Jun 30, 2025 | Supported |
| 9M | “nine million” | US Cellular Network Subscribers Reached 109 Million in 2000 | Ben Gilbert | Nov 15, 2022 | Supported |
| 9M | “Nine million” | The 1929 Wall Street crash wiped out 9,000 banks and 9M accounts | David Rosenthal | May 18, 2026 | Supported |
| 9M | “nine million” | Bernie Ecclestone Bought the FIA's Formula 1 TV Rights for Under $10M | David Rosenthal | Mar 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 8.3M | “8.3 million” | Gilbert: Facebook hit 8.3M users and $1M monthly revenue by October 2005 | Ben Gilbert | Oct 28, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 8M | “8006 thousand” | Weber: Brooks Was #1 in Houston Half Marathon, #2 Behind Nike Overall | Jim Weber | May 16, 2022 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 8M | “a seven million” | Benchmark and Sequoia split Webvan's $7 million round with $3.5 million each | David Rosenthal | Sep 28, 2022 | Supported |
| 7.4M | “7.4 million” | Google gave AOL an 85% revenue share to dominate search | Ben Gilbert | Jun 30, 2025 | Supported |
| 7M | “Seven million” | Eric Vishria led Confluent's Series A at a $24 million valuation | David Rosenthal | Sep 28, 2022 | Supported |
| 7M | “a six million” | Rosenthal: Nvidia Raised a $2M Seed Round at a $6M Valuation | David Rosenthal | Mar 28, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 7M | “seven million” | Windows 95 sold 7 million copies in its first month | David Rosenthal | Apr 22, 2024 | Supported |
| 6.8M | “6.8 million” | Gilbert: Fiat acquired 50% of Ferrari in 1969 at a $6.8M valuation | Ben Gilbert | Apr 14, 2026 | Supported |
| 6M | “six million” | Gokul: Solana has 18M monthly active accounts, surpassing all other chains | Raj Gokul | Jun 20, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 6M | “six million” | Nvidia IPO'd at a $600M Valuation in 1999 | David Rosenthal | Mar 28, 2022 | Supported |
| 6M | “six million” | Gilbert: Audius, Brave, and MetaMask are crypto's top three applications by users | Ben Gilbert | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 6M | “six million” | Rosenthal: IKEA reached 6M kronor sales and 500k subscribers by 1955 | David Rosenthal | Nov 18, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 6M | “six million” | By 1968, BankAmericard reached hundreds of banks and six million cardholders | David Rosenthal | Nov 27, 2023 | Supported |
| 5.6M | “5.6 million” | Khosrowshahi: Uber has 5.6 million active drivers and couriers | Dara Khosrowshahi | Jun 13, 2023 | Supported |
| 5M | “five million” | Senra: Educational podcasts invert fundraising from outbound pitching to inbound checks | David Senra | Mar 29, 2023 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Netflix's revenue grew from $1M to $35M after launching subscriptions | David Rosenthal | Feb 10, 2022 | Supported |
| 5M | “five million” | Tiger Global invested $5M in Peloton's Series B at $35M post | Ben Gilbert | Feb 10, 2022 | Supported |
| 5M | “five million” | Ovitz: CAA Doubled Director Mike Nichols's Fee From $2.5M to $5M | Michael Ovitz | Dec 21, 2021 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Gilbert: Jobs Paid $5M to Lucas and Invested $5M for 70% of Pixar in 1986 | Ben Gilbert | Aug 10, 2026 | Supported |
| 5M | “five million” | Disneyland cost $17 million to build, equivalent to $210 million today | Ben Gilbert | Jun 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 5M | “five million” | Gilbert: Supercar Speed Is Irrelevant Like Watch Accuracy Post-Quartz | Ben Gilbert | Apr 14, 2026 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Rosenthal: Shah Rukh Khan signed a $5M Nokia IPL jersey deal hours after auction | David Rosenthal | Mar 24, 2025 | Supported |
| 5M | “five million” | Gilbert: IPL unique viewership hit 620M on streaming alone in 2024 | Ben Gilbert | Mar 24, 2025 | Supported |
| 5M | “5000 thousand” | Gilbert: Rolex steel watches had higher customer demand than precious metals (2020-2022) | Ben Gilbert | Feb 24, 2025 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Gilbert: In September 2005, Facebook held one-third of US college students at 70% DAU | Ben Gilbert | Oct 28, 2024 | Supported |
| 5M | “five million” | Daniel Ek: Acquired reached over five million Spotify listening hours, tripling yearly | Daniel Ek | Sep 30, 2024 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Microsoft generated $5M in revenue and $2M–$3M profit in 1980 | Ben Gilbert | Apr 22, 2024 | Supported |
| 4.5M | “4.5 million” | ABC's 7-year, $5 million annual Disney deal was history's largest TV contract | Ben Gilbert | Jun 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 4M | “four million” | Gassner: Veeva raised $7M total and never spent its Emergence Capital Series A | Peter Gassner | May 19, 2022 | — |
| 4M | “a three million” | Gassner: Veeva funded early development via a $3M upfront Pfizer payment | Peter Gassner | May 19, 2022 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 4M | “four million” | Disneyland's year-two attendance surpassed the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone | David Rosenthal | Jun 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 4M | “four million” | The NFL added 4M female fans in Taylor Swift's first year | Ben Gilbert | Jan 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 4M | “four million” | Google Operates an Estimated 2 to 3 Million Custom TPUs | Ben Gilbert | Oct 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 4M | “four million” | Nvidia's CUDA platform reached four million registered developers by May 2023 | Ben Gilbert | Sep 6, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 3.4M | “3.4 million” | The NFL added 4M female fans in Taylor Swift's first year | Ben Gilbert | Jan 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 3.1M | “3.1 million” | Formula 1's Surging US Viewership Is Still Only Half of NASCAR's Audience | Ben Gilbert | Mar 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 3M | “three million” | Gokul: Solana reached mainnet on under $10M after ETH crash | Raj Gokul | Jun 20, 2022 | — |
| 3M | “three million” | Gassner: Veeva raised $7M total and never spent its Emergence Capital Series A | Peter Gassner | May 19, 2022 | — |
| 3M | “three million” | Ben Gilbert: NVIDIA's Scale Moat Relies on Amortizing 1,000+ CUDA Engineers Across Millions | Ben Gilbert | Apr 20, 2022 | — |
| 3M | “a two million” | John Foley raised Peloton's initial $400K seed at a $2M valuation | David Rosenthal | Feb 10, 2022 | Supported |
| 3M | “three million” | Peloton grew its membership from 700,000 to nearly 3 million during COVID-19 | Ben Gilbert | Feb 10, 2022 | Supported |
| 3M | “three million” | Rosenthal: Disney sold 3M Frozen dresses in the movie's first year | David Rosenthal | Aug 10, 2026 | Supported |
| 3M | “three million” | Rosenthal: ESPN lost 3 million subscribers in 2015, falling to 92M | David Rosenthal | Aug 10, 2026 | Supported |
| 3M | “three million” | Ayrton Senna's 1994 Funeral Drew 3 Million People, the Largest in History | David Rosenthal | Mar 5, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 3M | “three million” | Google Operates an Estimated 2 to 3 Million Custom TPUs | Ben Gilbert | Oct 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 3M | “three million” | Gilbert: 1999 Netscape deal brought Google three million searchers daily | Ben Gilbert | Jun 30, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 3M | “three million” | Rosenthal: IKEA reached 6M kronor sales and 500k subscribers by 1955 | David Rosenthal | Nov 18, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 3M | “three million” | Rosenthal: Friendster had over 3 million users by late summer 2003 | David Rosenthal | Oct 28, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 3M | “Three million” | Facebook's Series A included $3M in secondary for founders | Ben Gilbert | Oct 28, 2024 | Supported |
| 3M | “three million” | Microsoft generated $5M in revenue and $2M–$3M profit in 1980 | Ben Gilbert | Apr 22, 2024 | Supported |
| 3M | “three million” | Nvidia's CUDA platform reached four million registered developers by May 2023 | Ben Gilbert | Sep 6, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 2.5M | “a half a million” | Weber: Bringing one shoe style to market costs $500K to $1M | Jim Weber | May 16, 2022 | — |
| 2.3M | “2.3 million” | Walmart is the largest non-governmental employer with 2.3 million workers | Ben Gilbert | Jul 19, 2022 | Supported |
| 2.3M | “2.3 million” | Disney recouped just $325,000 on Fantasia's $2.3 million budget | Ben Gilbert | Jun 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 2.2M | “2.2 million” | Cinderella cost $2.2 million and was Disney's biggest hit since Snow White | Ben Gilbert | Jun 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 2M | “2010 thousand” | Steve Prefontaine Held Every American Record From 2,000 to 10,000 Meters | David Rosenthal | Jul 25, 2023 | Supported |
| 2M | “two million” | Costco's fully owned Nebraska facility processes two million chickens per week | Ben Gilbert | Aug 21, 2023 | Supported |
| 2M | “two million” | Gokul: Solana has 18M monthly active accounts, surpassing all other chains | Raj Gokul | Jun 20, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 2M | “two million” | Rosenthal: Nvidia Raised a $2M Seed Round at a $6M Valuation | David Rosenthal | Mar 28, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 2M | “two million” | Rosenthal: Nvidia raised about $20M in total venture capital before going public | David Rosenthal | Mar 28, 2022 | Supported |
| 2M | “two million” | Eich: AOL gave $2M over two years to spin out Mozilla | Brendan Eich | Feb 15, 2022 | Supported |
| 2M | “two million” | In 1984, Disney parks earned $250M while film and TV earned $2M | Ben Gilbert | Aug 10, 2026 | Supported |
| 2M | “two million” | Snow White used two million sketches and 250,000 finished drawings | David Rosenthal | Jun 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 2M | “two million” | The Bogleheads forum receives two million monthly visitors | David Rosenthal | May 18, 2026 | Supported |
| 2M | “two million” | Waymo Surpasses 100M Driverless Miles and 10M Paid Rides | Ben Gilbert | Oct 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 2M | “a one million” | Google Launched Gemini 1.5 with Market-Leading 1M Token Context Window | David Rosenthal | Oct 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 2M | “two million” | AOL bought browser maker Booklink for $30M during Microsoft licensing talks | David Rosenthal | Jul 22, 2024 | Supported |
| 2M | “Two million” | Bank of America Signed 2M Cardholders in BankAmericard's First California Year | David Rosenthal | Nov 27, 2023 | Supported |
| 2M | “two million” | Nvidia's CUDA platform reached four million registered developers by May 2023 | Ben Gilbert | Sep 6, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 1.6M | “1.6 million” | Gilbert: Amazon employs 1.6 million people, mostly in logistics | Ben Gilbert | Aug 16, 2022 | Supported |
| 1.6M | “1.6 million” | Schultz was rejected by 217 of 242 investors for initial $1.6M round | Ben Gilbert | Jun 4, 2024 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Nike Gave Michael Jordan a 5% Gross Sales Royalty in 1984 | David Rosenthal | Jul 25, 2023 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “1.5 million” | Nike Sold 1.5 Million Air Jordans in Six Weeks | Ben Gilbert | Jul 25, 2023 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Khosrowshahi: Uber intends to wire up every single taxi globally | Dara Khosrowshahi | Jun 13, 2023 | — |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Rosenthal: Amazon grew revenue from $500K in 1995 to $15.7M in 1996 | David Rosenthal | Aug 16, 2022 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Benchmark and Sequoia split Webvan's $7 million round with $3.5 million each | David Rosenthal | Sep 28, 2022 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “1.5 million” | Sony's TR-63 transistor radio sold 1.5 million units at $25 each | David Rosenthal | Mar 7, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Ovitz: CAA Doubled Director Mike Nichols's Fee From $2.5M to $5M | Michael Ovitz | Dec 21, 2021 | — |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Mickey Mouse watch sold 2.5 million units and saved Ingersoll Watch Company | David Rosenthal | Jun 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | US Formula 1 Viewership Doubled From 2018 to 2021 Following the Netflix Series | David Rosenthal | Mar 5, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Rosenthal: IKEA reached 6M kronor sales and 500k subscribers by 1955 | David Rosenthal | Nov 18, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | IBM sold 500,000 PCs within two years of launch | David Rosenthal | Apr 22, 2024 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Rosenthal: Acquired reached 500,000 listeners in 2023 | David Rosenthal | Dec 18, 2023 | — |
| 1.4M | “1.4 million” | Peloton spent $730M on marketing to add 1.4M subscribers in FY2021 | David Rosenthal | Feb 10, 2022 | Supported |
| 1.3M | “1.3 million” | Formula 1's Surging US Viewership Is Still Only Half of NASCAR's Audience | Ben Gilbert | Mar 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 1.3M | “a quarter million” | Gilbert: Acquired reached 250,000 subscribers after seven years | Ben Gilbert | Jun 20, 2022 | — |
| 1.3M | “a quarter million” | The Motorola Droid Reached One Million Sales Faster Than the Original iPhone | David Rosenthal | Aug 26, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 1.2M | “1.2 million” | Peloton's digital trials spiked 10x to 1.2M users at COVID-19's onset | Ben Gilbert | Feb 10, 2022 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Porsche 356 Models Regularly Fetch $300,000 at Auction | David Rosenthal | Jun 27, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Rosenthal: Enron Had 1.5 Million Shareholders | David Rosenthal | Nov 29, 2022 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Yakovenko: A Solana transaction uses the energy of two Google searches | Anatoly Yakovenko | Jun 20, 2022 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Weber: Bringing one shoe style to market costs $500K to $1M | Jim Weber | May 16, 2022 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Rosenthal: Nvidia Raised a $2M Seed Round at a $6M Valuation | David Rosenthal | Mar 28, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “one million” | Rosenthal: Nvidia sold 1 million Riva 128 units within four months | David Rosenthal | Mar 28, 2022 | Supported |
| 1M | “one million” | Netflix's revenue grew from $1M to $35M after launching subscriptions | David Rosenthal | Feb 10, 2022 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | John Foley grew Evite's revenue from $1M to $25M post-dot-com bubble | Ben Gilbert | Feb 10, 2022 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 1M | “a million” | Top Peloton fitness instructors earn between $500,000 and $1M per year | David Rosenthal | Feb 10, 2022 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Gordon-Levitt: Acting's true challenge is maintaining imagination amid on-set logistical chaos | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Feb 22, 2022 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | One Million Spotify Streams Nets Just $400 for an Average Artist | Ben Gilbert | Jan 24, 2022 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | McCormick: Wrote roughly one million words for Not Boring in 18 months | Packy McCormick | Dec 3, 2021 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | McCormick: Not Boring can reach 1M subscribers within five years | Packy McCormick | Dec 3, 2021 | — |
| 1M | “one million” | The Mickey Mouse Club surpassed Boy and Girl Scouts combined | David Rosenthal | Jun 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Gilbert: Special Series cars account for 10% of Ferrari shipments | Ben Gilbert | Apr 14, 2026 | Supported |
| 1M | “one million” | Bernie Ecclestone Bought the FIA's Formula 1 TV Rights for Under $10M | David Rosenthal | Mar 5, 2026 | Supported |
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