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 21.1 km, one banana is 105 kcal. The app works the other way round: it takes your number and finds the thing it matches.
- 0.11 kmAmerican football fieldsSource
- 1 dayan entire adult mayfly lifetimeSource
- 1.4 kgan ostrich eggSource
- 1.9 kcalTic TacsSource
- 3 daysthe Woodstock festivalSource
- 3.2 kmthe whole of Monaco, end to endSource
- 6 daysthe Ever Given's blockade of the Suez CanalSource
- 6 kcalcelery sticksSource
- 8 kmthe Christmas Island red crab marchSource
- 9 kgwatermelonsSource
- 10 daysa fruit fly's egg-to-adult developmentSource
- 12 kcalsmartphone batteries' worth of energySource
- 21.1 kma half marathonSource
- 23 kgmaxed-out airline checked bagsSource
- 25.5 daysthe Artemis I flight around the MoonSource
- 37 kma lap around the nucleus of Halley's CometSource
- 53 kcalOreosSource
- 63 daysa dog's pregnancySource
- 67 kmthe length of the Dead SeaSource
- 85 kga red kangarooSource
- 88 daysa year on MercurySource
- 100 kmthe way to spaceSource
- 105 kcalbananasSource
- 135 kcalTwinkiesSource
- 138 stepsa football pitch, end to endSource
- 150 daysthe Oregon Trail journey by wagonSource
- 180 kmthe Chicxulub crater, rim to rimSource
- 190 kga lionSource
- 205 kcala cup of cooked riceSource
- 239 kcala stick of dynamiteSource
- 280 daysa full human pregnancySource
- 285 kcala slice of cheese pizzaSource
- 325 kmthe Route Napoléon, Napoleon's march back from exileSource
- 360 kgthe Westinghouse Time CapsuleSource
- 410 daysthe construction of the Empire State BuildingSource
- 480 kcala large McDonald's friesSource
- 494 kmthe length of Lake MichiganSource
- 510 kgthe heaviest deadlift ever pulled (510 kg)Source
- 571 daysthe entire life of the Pony ExpressSource
- 600 kcala 10K raceSource
- 652 kmthe length of the PoSource
- 750 kcala whole wheel of CamembertSource
- 828 kgHubble's main mirrorSource
- 873 kmthe way across the Sea of TranquilitySource
- 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
- 1,085 kmthe 1925 serum run to NomeSource
- 1,158 kgBig Bill, the heaviest pig in historySource
- 1,245 kma lap around Mimas, the Death Star moonSource
- 1,300 kcala full English breakfastSource
- 1,461 daysa full US presidential termSource
- 1,500 kga hippopotamusSource
- 1,609 kmthe Proclaimers' 500 miles (and 500 more)Source
- 1,700 kcala day's walk on the Camino de SantiagoSource
- 2,047 stepsthe Bosphorus BridgeSource
- 2,200 kga Ford F-150Source
- 2,300 kma green turtle's swim to Ascension IslandSource
- 2,690 daysa single season on SaturnSource
- 2,850 kmthe length of the DanubeSource
- 3,000 kcalan astronaut's daily rationSource
- 3,200 kma Yukon salmon's upstream runSource
- 3,766 kmthe Mississippi River, source to seaSource
- 3,809 daysRosetta's chase across the Solar System to catch a cometSource
- 4,000 kga single press-load of Champagne grapesSource
- 4,383 stepsa Monaco Grand Prix lapSource
- 4,700 kmthe length of CongoSource
- 4,725 kgVostok 1, Gagarin's spaceshipSource
- 5,000 kcala Vendée Globe skipper's day at seaSource
- 5,250 daysthe Opportunity rover's life on Mars (warranty: 90 days)Source
- 5,464 kmthe length of the Yellow RiverSource
- 6,500 kcala polar explorer's sledge-hauling daySource
- 6,574 daysTutankhamun's entire life (about 18)Source
- 6,600 kgMons MegSource
- 6,800 kma great snipe's nonstop flight to AfricaSource
- 8,036 daysDarwin's age when he boarded the Beagle (22)Source
- 8,500 kgMichelangelo's DavidSource
- 9,496 daysEinstein's age in his miracle year (26)Source
- 10,000 kmthe Red Army's Long MarchSource
- 10,000 daysthe fabled 10,000-day markSource
- 10,000 kcala sled dog's Iditarod race daySource
- 11,100 kga hectare of American cornSource
- 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
- 16,551 kma lap around Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar systemSource
- 17,532 daysMomofuku Ando's age when he invented instant ramen (48)Source
- 18,835 kgthe Savoyarde, France's biggest bellSource
- 20,819 daysKant's age at the Critique of Pure Reason (57)Source
- 27,000 kgENIAC, the first general-purpose computerSource
- 27,559 stepsthe length of the Sea of GalileeSource
- 36,000 kcalthe Tor des GéantsSource
- 40,510 kgthe axle of the original Ferris WheelSource
- 44,357 stepsthe English ChannelSource
- 45,000 kcalthe backyard ultra world recordSource
- 60,000 kgthe Hoba meteoriteSource
- 65,000 kcalthe Grand Slam of UltrarunningSource
- 69,554 stepsthe Chilkoot Trail of the Klondike gold rushSource
- 82,000 kcalwalking the Shikoku pilgrimageSource
- 105,000 kgBuran, the Soviet shuttle that flew itselfSource
- 120,000 kcalthe whole Tour de FranceSource
- 123,360 stepsBelgrade to Novi SadSource
- 168,000 kgMallard, the fastest steam locomotive everSource
- 218,829 kgeverything humanity has left on the MoonSource
- 229,659 stepsa Tour de France stageSource
- 333,333 stepsthe length of CreteSource
- 397,000 kga fully loaded Boeing 747 at takeoffSource
- 565,617 stepsthe Pennine WaySource
- 787,402 stepsthe way across Olympus MonsSource
- 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
These are the boring half
The interesting half is when one of them lands on your number. That is the app.