The 20 Largest Restaurant Chains in America, Ranked by Location Count
Which restaurant chains have the most U.S. locations? See the top 20, from Subway and Starbucks to McDonald’s, using 2025 restaurant counts.
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Restaurant Exterior Quiz: Can You Name All 15 Chains?
Can you name 15 restaurant chains from their classic buildings? Test your memory of red roofs, blue A-frames, drive-in canopies, and roadside landmarks.
1990's
School Life in the ’90s: Keeping Ourselves Entertained
From folded notes and paper football to Pogs and virtual pets, these ten school-day diversions kept us entertained in the ’90s.
10 ’90s TV Commercials We Still Remember
Revisit 10 memorable ’90s commercials, from the Budweiser frogs and Mentos to Chicken Tonight and Nissan’s toy-car adventure—with videos to watch.
1990's
The ’90s School Supplies We Still Remember
Rainbow folders, patterned pencils, color-changing crayons and matching lunchbox sets—the supplies that made back-to-school shopping feel personal.
Quizzes
Ultimate Star Wars Quiz: 50 Questions From the Original Trilogy
Test your Star Wars knowledge with 50 questions covering A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. Can you earn Jedi Master status?
Quizzes
Name That Restaurant Dining Room: Can You Identify All 15?
Can you name 15 restaurant chains from their dining rooms? Test your memory of classic booths, wallpaper, lamps, and themed interiors.
Star Wars
The Star Wars Toys Every Kid Wanted—and the Details We Still Remember
From the Falcon’s hidden compartment to the Tauntaun’s opening belly, the small features that made Kenner’s original Star Wars toys memorable.
By The Numbers
How America’s Education Levels Changed From 1970 to 2023
High-school attainment rose and college education became more common. Census and USDA data show how America and all 50 states changed from 1970 to 2019–2023.
Quizzes
Harry Potter Character Quiz: Can You Name All 25 From One Clue?
A scar, a pet, a missing ear: how many Harry Potter characters can you identify from one clue? Try all 25 questions and check your score.
By The Numbers
The Biggest Grocery Store Chains in America, Ranked by Number of Locations
Compare America’s 20 largest grocery store chains by U.S. locations, including Walmart, ALDI, Publix and Kroger, using September 2026 data.
2000's
The Biggest Tech Launches of the 2000s, Year by Year
From the PS2 and iPod to the iPhone, Facebook and Bitcoin, explore the biggest tech launches of the 2000s, year by year.
Quizzes
1990s Music Quiz: How Well Do You Remember the Decade?
Test your knowledge of 1990s music with 20 questions covering pop, rock, grunge, hip-hop, R&B and some of the decade’s biggest hits.
By The Numbers
The Artists Who Dominated the Billboard Charts the Longest
Rihanna sits just above the Beatles in this ranking, although the Beatles had more No. 1 singles. Boyz II Men are close
Music
How Music Formats Changed From 1970 to 2025
From vinyl and mixtapes to CDs, downloads, and streaming, see how Americans bought and listened to music from 1970 to 2025.
Arcade
Movie Poster Puzzle
Reveal pieces of famous movie posters and guess the film. Play the worldwide top 100 or choose a decade from the 1970s through the 2020s.
Quizzes
How Well Do You Remember the 1980s? Take Our 50-Question Trivia Quiz
Movies, music, television, toys, games and major moments: how well do you remember the 1980s? Test yourself with our 50-question trivia quiz.
Quizzes
The Ultimate ’90s Quiz: 50 Questions to Test Your 1990s Knowledge
Think you remember the 1990s? Test your knowledge with 50 questions covering ’90s movies, TV, music, toys, video games, technology, sports, and more.
Quizzes
The Ultimate 1980s Movies Quiz
Test your knowledge of the movies that defined the 1980s with 20 questions covering Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, The Goonies, Top Gun and more.
Quizzes
Can You Identify These 15 Nintendo Systems From Just One Picture?
From the earliest handheld experiments to the Switch 2, Nintendo hardware has changed dramatically over the decades. How many of these consoles and handhelds can you identify without seeing their names?
By The Numbers
The 20 Largest U.S. Public Companies by Number of Employees
Walmart and Amazon lead this ranking of U.S.-headquartered public companies by worldwide employees, based on annual SEC disclosures.
By The Numbers
The 20 Retail Companies With the Most Stores in America in 2026
Which retailers have the most stores in America? See the 20 largest U.S. retail chains by store count in 2026, led by Dollar General and 7-Eleven.
By The Numbers
How America’s 2.26 Billion Acres Are Actually Used
Grazing land covers more acreage than crops, while urban areas occupy about 3%. USDA’s 2022 figures reveal how America’s land is divided.
Exosquad
The 10 Biggest Battles in Exosquad, Ranked
By the time the Exofleet reaches Earth, its commanders have spent much of Exosquad trying to recover from earlier disasters. The Pirates
Quizzes
Which Hogwarts House Calls to You?
Are you Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff? Take our 25-question Harry Potter House Quiz and discover which Hogwarts house you belong in.
Then and Now
America’s Largest School Districts: How the Rankings Changed Over 30 Years
Thirty years ago, the list of America’s largest school districts looked noticeably different from the one we see today. New York
The Year Was
The Hottest Christmas Toy Every Year of the 1990s
The hottest Christmas toys of the 1990s, year by year—from Ninja Turtles and Super Nintendo to Elmo, Furby and Pokémon, with context behind each pick.
By The Numbers
How the American Landscape Has Changed Since 1959
Cropland declined, cities expanded and grazed forests changed dramatically. Here's what happened to America's landscape since 1959.
Quizzes
How Well Do You Remember 1970s Technology? Take Our 15-Question Trivia Quiz
From Atari cartridges and VCRs to floppy disks, CB radios and the first handheld cellular phone, test your knowledge of 1970s technology with 15 questions.
Quizzes
What Would Your Wizarding Career Be?
Answer 25 personality questions and discover whether you're destined to be an Auror, Healer, Professor, Curse-Breaker, Wandmaker or another wizarding professional.
Features
10 of the Most Recognizable Careers in the Harry Potter Wizarding World
From Aurors and Healers to Hogwarts professors and Quidditch players, explore 10 of the most recognizable jobs in the Harry Potter Wizarding World.
Features
Exosquad at 33: The ’90s Cartoon That Treated Space War Like It Mattered
Thirty-three years after its premiere, Exosquad remains a remarkably ambitious animated war epic built on serialized storytelling, political consequence and unforgettable E-frames.
Then and Now
The Technology Graveyard: 25 Gadgets We Thought Would Last Forever
From VCRs and pagers to PalmPilots and portable DVD players, revisit 25 once-essential gadgets that technology left behind.
Features
10 Cartoons to Watch If You Loved Exosquad
Loved Exosquad? These 10 animated series capture its mix of military sci-fi, mecha warfare, space battles and serialized storytelling.
By The Numbers
America Has Less Cropland Than at Any Time Since 1945
America still produces enormous amounts of crops, but it is doing so with less land classified as cropland than at any point since 1945.
By The Numbers
Who Owns America? A Look at the 2.27 Billion Acres of U.S. Land
Who owns the land in America? See how 2.27 billion U.S. acres are divided among private owners, the federal government, states, tribes and America’s largest landowners.
By The Numbers
The Companies Building the Most Homes in America
D.R. Horton and Lennar dominate U.S. homebuilding. See the 20 companies that closed the most homes in 2025—and how wide the gap is at the top.
Exosquad
What a Live-Action Exosquad Remake Could Look Like
See Exosquad’s Season 1 opening reimagined as a photorealistic live-action space epic, from E-frames and Able Squad to massive fleet battles.
Features
The Cell Phones Everyone Wanted Before the iPhone
Revisit nine iconic cell phones from 1998–2006, including Nokia, the Motorola Razr, T-Mobile Sidekick and BlackBerry, before the iPhone arrived.
Features
When AOL Instant Messenger Was How America Talked Online
Before texting became constant, before Facebook Messenger and group chats followed us everywhere, there was AOL Instant Messenger. AIM, as everyone called
Then and Now
Things That Were Completely Normal in 2000 but Feel Strange Today
Printed directions, shared phone lines, and trips to the video store: these everyday habits capture how Americans lived in 2000.
The Year Was
The Rise of the Nintendo Wii: How Nintendo Got Everyone Playing
When Nintendo released the Wii in November 2006, the video game industry seemed to be moving in one clear direction: more power,
By The Numbers
The #1 Movie of Every Summer Since 1980
Daily Rivet • By the Numbers From The Empire Strikes Back to Lilo & Stitch, these were the biggest movies of the summer
TV
When 30 Million People Watched the Same TV Show Every Week
There was a time when a television show did not need a championship game, a series finale, or a viral moment to
Features
10 Songs That Were Never Supposed to Be Hits — But Became Huge Anyway
Some hit songs are carefully crafted for radio, polished for months, and released with a major promotional campaign behind them. These weren&
Quizzes
Can You Name the NFL Stadium?
Think you know NFL football? See if you can identify 15 famous stadiums from a single view.
The Year Was
The Most Memorable TV Theme Songs of the 1980s
From Cheers and Miami Vice to Knight Rider and The Golden Girls, revisit the television themes that made 1980s opening credits unforgettable.
The Year Was
The Year Was 1981: MTV Changed the Way America Discovered Music
On August 1, 1981, a new cable channel signed on with footage of the Apollo moon landing and the words, “Ladies and
Features
The Rise and Fall of Saturday Morning Cartoons
For generations of American kids, Saturday morning had a routine all its own: wake up before your parents, grab a bowl of
The Year Was
August 24th 1995 - Windows 95 Made the PC Mainstream
In 1995, personal computers were already finding their way into American homes, but they still had a reputation for being complicated machines
Quizzes
Name That Skyline: Can You Identify 15 Iconic Cities In The United States?
We turned the skylines of America’s 15 largest cities into a quiz. Can you recognize all 15 without seeing the city name?
Then and Now
The Technology in a Typical 1995 Home—and What Replaced It
What technology did a typical American home have in 1995? Explore CRT TVs, VCRs, landlines, dial-up PCs, CD players and what replaced them today.
Quizzes
Name That Landmark: Can You Identify These 15 Famous US Landmarks?
From towering monuments and famous bridges to natural wonders and historic sites, see how many of America’s most recognizable landmarks you can identify.
By The Numbers
The Best-Selling Album Every Year of the 1980s
From Pink Floyd and Michael Jackson to Whitney Houston and Bon Jovi, these were the albums that ruled America year by year.
By The Numbers
The TV Networks That Ruled the 1990s
NBC had Friends, ABC had Home Improvement, CBS had 60 Minutes and Fox had Bart Simpson and the NFL. Here is who truly ruled 1990s television.
Quizzes
Can You Name the Sitcom From Its Living Room?
You’ve spent hundreds of hours in these living rooms—but can you recognize them without the characters standing in them?
Quizzes
Name the U.S. State From Its Shape
How well do you know the map of the United States? Each of the 50 states has a distinct outline, from familiar
Sports
10 ’90s Athletes Who Made Millions — Then Lost Their Fortunes
They were some of the biggest sports stars of the 1990s. They signed multimillion-dollar contracts, lived like superstars and appeared set
The Year Was
The Day Nickelodeon Changed Cartoons Forever
On one Sunday in August 1991, Nickelodeon debuted Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show—three wildly different cartoons that helped define a network and a generation.
Quizzes
US City Food Quiz: Can You Match 15 Iconic Foods to Their Cities?
US City Food Quiz: Can You Match 15 Iconic Foods to Their Cities?
Arcade
Rivet Rally: Race Through the Daily Rivet Newsroom
Collect gold rivets, dodge flying newspapers and chase a high score in Daily Rivet's fast-moving newsroom challenge.
The Year Was
The Biggest Christmas Toys of the 1980s, Year by Year
Cabbage Patch Kids caused shopping chaos, Transformers took over toy aisles and Nintendo changed childhood forever. These were the toys that defined every Christmas of the 1980s.
By The Numbers
The Most Expensive Video Game Consoles Ever, Adjusted for Inflation
A $599 PlayStation 3 seemed expensive in 2006. Adjusted for inflation, several earlier consoles cost the equivalent of $1,000—or far more.
Quizzes
How Well Do You Know Seinfeld?
Think you know Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer? Test your Seinfeld memory with 15 questions covering the show’s most iconic characters, moments and running jokes.
The Year Was
The Year Was 1994: What America Watched, Played, Bought and Listened To
From Seinfeld and ER to Donkey Kong Country, Power Rangers and “The Sign,” 1994 was a year when American pop culture seemed to fire on every cylinder at once.
Quizzes
How Well Do You Know Exosquad?
Test your Exosquad knowledge with 15 questions about Able Squad, J.T. Marsh, Phaeton, the Neosapiens, E-frames and the animated series.
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