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How well do you know Fridays?

Guess the real numbers behind Friday the 13th and Black Friday, see how everyone else guessed, and get the source.

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About how many people in the U.S. are estimated to be affected by fear of Friday the 13th?

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Across a repeating 400-year calendar cycle, which day of the week does the 13th of the month fall on most often?

It's a quirk of the Gregorian calendar's leap-year pattern -- Friday edges out every other weekday, if only slightly.

Source: Wikipedia (Friday the 13th) (2024) en.wikipedia.org

about 190 million

About how many shoppers took part in that record 2019 Black Friday weekend?

Black Friday remains one of the biggest shopping events of the year in the U.S.

Source: National Retail Federation (via Wikipedia) (2019) en.wikipedia.org

about 22% more

In 2020, online Black Friday sales reached about $9 billion -- about how much more than the year before?

In-store foot traffic fell sharply that year while online shopping surged.

Source: Adobe Analytics (via Wikipedia) (2020) en.wikipedia.org

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