Apple captures 50% of consumer revenue of the top half of the S&P 500
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- Nov 1, 2026
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Apple captures 50% of consumer revenue of the top half of the S&P 500 was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 1, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 2 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #25 of 30, reached on Nov 1, 21:52 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 1, 22:07 UTC.
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This makes no sense at all Amazon $716.92 billion revenue 2025 Apple $416.16 billion revenue 2025 That's just one company that has more let alone the whole index combined dwarfing Apple. Where does that graph that shows apple as a 100x outlier on consumer revenue even come from? It's not at all correct and doesn't…
> A large number of companies offer 0% consumer exposure: Nvidia I thought they're still selling gaming GPUs? What did I miss?
The author appears to be comparing Apple's revenue against a measure closer to retailers' gross margins rather than their total consumer sales.
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Is Apple captures 50% of consumer revenue of the top half of the S&P 500 trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 1, 22:07 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank Apple captures 50% of consumer revenue of the top half of the S&P 500 reached?
#25 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 1, 21:52 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Apple captures 50% of consumer revenue of the top half of the S&P 500 been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 1, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (2 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
44 points and 15 comments; submitted by zdw on Nov 1, 2026.