Statistic of the Year 2025

According to the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C., surveys across ten high-income countries revealed that, in terms of favorability, the United States approval rating dropped to 35% while China’s improved to 32% in 2025. Confidence in their respective leaders followed a similar pattern, with margins tighter than they’ve been in recent memory. The last and only time America’s global approval rating was that low was in 2017 during their Mad King’s first term in office.

Follow-up on 2024 Winner:

Although one mass shooting and/or death is one too many, according to the Gun Violence Archive there were 406 mass shootings and an overall total of 14,523 firearm related deaths in America over the course of 2025 (a marked improvement over 2024 totals which were themselves a marked improvement over 2023).