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It is published by a small and independent digital media company based in the United States. We have no political, governmental, or corporate affiliation. Furthermore, we have no investors, donors, grants, or backers of any type. We are completely independent and self-financed through automated programmatic advertising sold in real time on multiple ad exchanges.</p> <h3>Trusted Authority</h3> <p>Worldometer was voted as one of the <a href="http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/mars/marspubs/marsbestfreewebsites/marsbestref2011">best free reference websites</a> by the <strong>American Library Association</strong> (ALA), the oldest and largest library association in the world.</p> <p>Worldometer is a provider of global COVID-19 statistics <span class="text-theme"> for many caring people around the world. </span><span class="text-theme">Our data is also trusted and used by the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/878126/COVID-19_Press_Conference_Slides_05042020.pdf"><strong>UK Government</strong></a>, <strong><a href="https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6">Johns Hopkins CSSE</a></strong>, the <a href="https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/index.php"><strong>Government of Thailand</strong></a>, the <a href="http://covid.gov.pk/stats/global"><strong>Government of Pakistan</strong></a>, the <a href="https://hpb.health.gov.lk/covid19-dashboard/"><strong>Government of Sri Lanka</strong></a>, <a href="https://ncov.moh.gov.vn/"><strong>Government of Vietnam</strong></a>, <strong><a href="https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest">Financial Times</a></strong>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-data-logarithm-chart.html"><strong>The New York Times</strong></a>, <strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/figures-show-us-soon-coronavirus-worse-china-2020-3">Business Insider</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000h499/bbc-news-at-ten-09042020">BBC</a></strong>, </span>and many others. </p> <p class="text-theme">Over the past 15 years, our statistics have been requested by, and provided to: <strong>Oxford University Press</strong>, <strong>Wiley</strong>, <strong>Pearson</strong>, <strong>CERN</strong>, <strong>World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)</strong>, <strong>The Atlantic</strong>, <strong>BBC</strong>, Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology, Science Museum of Virginia, <strong>Morgan Stanley</strong>, <strong>IBM</strong>, <strong>Hewlett Packard</strong>, <strong>Dell</strong>, <strong>Kaspersky</strong>, <strong>PricewaterhouseCoopers</strong>, <strong>Amazon Alexa</strong>, <strong>Google Translate</strong>, the <strong>United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)</strong>, the <strong><a href="/u2/">U2</a></strong><a href="/u2/"> concert</a>, and many others.</p> <p>Worldometer is cited as a source in over <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=worldometers&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1&gws_rd=ssl" target="_blank">10,000 published books</a> and in more than <a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=worldometers&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C22&as_sdtp=" target="_blank">25,000 professional journal articles</a>.</p> <h3>How it works </h3> <p><strong>For the COVID-19 data</strong>, <span class="text-theme">we collect data from official reports, directly from <strong>Government's communication channels</strong> or indirectly, through local media sources when deemed reliable. We provide the source of each data update in the "Latest Updates" (News) section. Timely updates are made possible thanks to the participation of users around the world and to the dedication of a team of analysts and researchers who validate data from an ever-growing list of over 5,000 sources.</span> <a href="/coronavirus/about/">More info</a></p> <p><strong>For the live counters</strong> on the <a href="/">home page</a>, we elaborate instead a real-time estimate through our proprietary algorithm which processes the latest data and projections provided by <a href="/sources/">the most reputable organizations and statistical offices in the world</a>.</p> <h3>Why Live Counters?</h3> <p>When using static numbers to describe numerical change through time, we fail to provide a sense of the relationship between the magnitude of change and the flow of time, which is how we experience change in real life. What static numbers fail to provide is the perception of the frequency and timing of events, the <em>rhythm</em>, an essential part of nature and a tool for understanding the physical phenomena surrounding us. Only by employing live counters we are able to convey these elements and truly grasp the magnitude of the quantitative change through time. </p> <h3>Other Projects </h3> <p>Within the Real Time Statistics Project, we have launched <a href="http://www.internetlivestats.com/">Internet Live Stats</a> and <a href="http://www.7billionworld.com/">7 Billion World</a> <br> We pioneered two methods of visualizing data: the <strong><em>Single Unit Isotype</em></strong> and the <em><strong>Live Isotype </strong></em><a href="http://www.internetlivestats.com/about.php">(details</a>). </p> <h3>Questions and Feedback </h3> <p>Please refer to the <a href="/faq/">frequently asked questions</a>. 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