What your numbers actually equal
120 real comparisons, each with the source it came from. A distance is only a number until you know it is the length of a country; Humblebrag does that to your own numbers from Apple Health and the dates you count.
Read each row as one of these equals that much — one half marathon is 13.1 mi, one banana is 105 kcal. The app works the other way round: it takes your number and finds the thing it matches.
- 0.07 miAmerican football fieldsSource
- 1 dayan entire adult mayfly lifetimeSource
- 1.9 kcalTic TacsSource
- 1.99 mithe whole of Monaco, end to endSource
- 3 daysthe Woodstock festivalSource
- 3.09 lban ostrich eggSource
- 4.97 mithe Christmas Island red crab marchSource
- 6 daysthe Ever Given's blockade of the Suez CanalSource
- 6 kcalcelery sticksSource
- 10 daysa fruit fly's egg-to-adult developmentSource
- 12 kcalsmartphone batteries' worth of energySource
- 13.1 mia half marathonSource
- 19.8 lbwatermelonsSource
- 23 mia lap around the nucleus of Halley's CometSource
- 25.5 daysthe Artemis I flight around the MoonSource
- 41.6 mithe length of the Dead SeaSource
- 50.7 lbmaxed-out airline checked bagsSource
- 53 kcalOreosSource
- 62.1 mithe way to spaceSource
- 63 daysa dog's pregnancySource
- 88 daysa year on MercurySource
- 105 kcalbananasSource
- 112 mithe Chicxulub crater, rim to rimSource
- 135 kcalTwinkiesSource
- 138 stepsa football pitch, end to endSource
- 150 daysthe Oregon Trail journey by wagonSource
- 187 lba red kangarooSource
- 202 mithe Route Napoléon, Napoleon's march back from exileSource
- 205 kcala cup of cooked riceSource
- 239 kcala stick of dynamiteSource
- 280 daysa full human pregnancySource
- 285 kcala slice of cheese pizzaSource
- 307 mithe length of Lake MichiganSource
- 405 mithe length of the PoSource
- 410 daysthe construction of the Empire State BuildingSource
- 419 lba lionSource
- 480 kcala large McDonald's friesSource
- 542 mithe way across the Sea of TranquilitySource
- 571 daysthe entire life of the Pony ExpressSource
- 600 kcala 10K raceSource
- 674 mithe 1925 serum run to NomeSource
- 750 kcala whole wheel of CamembertSource
- 774 mia lap around Mimas, the Death Star moonSource
- 794 lbthe Westinghouse Time CapsuleSource
- 1,000 mithe Proclaimers' 500 miles (and 500 more)Source
- 1,000 kcalclimbing Alpe d'Huez at Tour de France paceSource
- 1,004 daysthe Ingenuity helicopter's flying career on Mars (planned: 30 days)Source
- 1,124 lbthe heaviest deadlift ever pulled (1,124 lb)Source
- 1,300 kcala full English breakfastSource
- 1,429 mia green turtle's swim to Ascension IslandSource
- 1,461 daysa full US presidential termSource
- 1,700 kcala day's walk on the Camino de SantiagoSource
- 1,771 mithe length of the DanubeSource
- 1,825 lbHubble's main mirrorSource
- 1,988 mia Yukon salmon's upstream runSource
- 2,047 stepsthe Bosphorus BridgeSource
- 2,340 mithe Mississippi River, source to seaSource
- 2,553 lbBig Bill, the heaviest pig in historySource
- 2,690 daysa single season on SaturnSource
- 2,920 mithe length of CongoSource
- 3,000 kcalan astronaut's daily rationSource
- 3,307 lba hippopotamusSource
- 3,395 mithe length of the Yellow RiverSource
- 3,809 daysRosetta's chase across the Solar System to catch a cometSource
- 4,225 mia great snipe's nonstop flight to AfricaSource
- 4,383 stepsa Monaco Grand Prix lapSource
- 4,850 lba Ford F-150Source
- 5,000 kcala Vendée Globe skipper's day at seaSource
- 5,250 daysthe Opportunity rover's life on Mars (warranty: 90 days)Source
- 6,214 mithe Red Army's Long MarchSource
- 6,500 kcala polar explorer's sledge-hauling daySource
- 6,574 daysTutankhamun's entire life (about 18)Source
- 8,036 daysDarwin's age when he boarded the Beagle (22)Source
- 8,818 lba single press-load of Champagne grapesSource
- 9,496 daysEinstein's age in his miracle year (26)Source
- 10,000 daysthe fabled 10,000-day markSource
- 10,000 kcala sled dog's Iditarod race daySource
- 10,284 mia lap around Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar systemSource
- 10,417 lbVostok 1, Gagarin's spaceshipSource
- 12,784 daysMozart's entire life (35)Source
- 12,861 stepsa full Central Park loopSource
- 14,245 daysMartin Luther King Jr.'s entire life (39)Source
- 14,551 lbMons MegSource
- 17,532 daysMomofuku Ando's age when he invented instant ramen (48)Source
- 18,739 lbMichelangelo's DavidSource
- 20,819 daysKant's age at the Critique of Pure Reason (57)Source
- 24,471 lba hectare of American cornSource
- 27,559 stepsthe length of the Sea of GalileeSource
- 36,000 kcalthe Tor des GéantsSource
- 41,524 lbthe Savoyarde, France's biggest bellSource
- 44,357 stepsthe English ChannelSource
- 45,000 kcalthe backyard ultra world recordSource
- 59,525 lbENIAC, the first general-purpose computerSource
- 65,000 kcalthe Grand Slam of UltrarunningSource
- 69,554 stepsthe Chilkoot Trail of the Klondike gold rushSource
- 82,000 kcalwalking the Shikoku pilgrimageSource
- 89,309 lbthe axle of the original Ferris WheelSource
- 120,000 kcalthe whole Tour de FranceSource
- 123,360 stepsBelgrade to Novi SadSource
- 132,277 lbthe Hoba meteoriteSource
- 229,659 stepsa Tour de France stageSource
- 231,485 lbBuran, the Soviet shuttle that flew itselfSource
- 333,333 stepsthe length of CreteSource
- 370,377 lbMallard, the fastest steam locomotive everSource
- 482,435 lbeverything humanity has left on the MoonSource
- 565,617 stepsthe Pennine WaySource
- 787,402 stepsthe way across Olympus MonsSource
- 875,235 lba fully loaded Boeing 747 at takeoffSource
- 1,049,869 stepsthe wildebeest Great Migration loopSource
- 1,385,827 stepsCalifornia's Highway 1, end to endSource
- 1,617,717 stepsthe length of RhineSource
- 2,078,740 stepsa lap around Enceladus, Saturn's geyser moonSource
- 2,952,756 stepsthe length of the Red SeaSource
- 3,377,953 stepsthe length of the ZambeziSource
- 4,173,228 stepsthe length of Indus RiverSource
- 4,632,546 stepsthe length of VolgaSource
- 5,597,113 stepsthe Pacific Crest TrailSource
- 6,561,680 stepsa desert locust swarm's crossing of the AtlanticSource
- 8,398,950 stepsthe Silk RoadSource
- 12,190,289 stepsthe Trans-Siberian RailwaySource
Questions people ask
- How far is 10,000 steps?
About 5 miles for an average adult.
- How many days have I been alive?
Your age in years times 365.25.
- How many flights is the Empire State Building?
About 86 flights — 1,576 stairs.
- How many steps is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
294 or 296 — the two staircases differ.
- How many stairs are in the Washington Monument?
897, and you are not allowed to climb them.
- How many steps is the Eiffel Tower?
1,665 — but only 674 are open to climb.
- How many stairs are in the CN Tower?
1,776, open only on charity climb days.
- How many steps is the Statue of Liberty?
377 to the crown, and only 215 have a lift.
- How many steps is the Manitou Incline?
2,768, climbing 2,000 feet in under a mile.
- How many steps is the Grouse Grind?
2,830, and you are not allowed to walk back down.
- How many flights of stairs is a mile?
528 straight up. About 20 for the same effort.