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List of largest companies in Africa by revenue
The list of largest companies in Africa by revenue ranks the continent's biggest non-financial firms annually; Algeria's Sonatrach, Nigeria's NNPC, Vivo Energy, and South Africa's Eskom lead in 2026.
List of largest companies in Asia
The list of largest companies in Asia ranks the region's biggest firms by revenue, market cap, profit, and employees: Saudi Aramco leads on revenue and profit, TSMC on market value.
List of largest corporate profits and losses
The list of largest corporate profits and losses ranks record annual net income and net losses, led by Saudi Aramco's $161.1 billion 2022 profit, with losses hard to compare.
List of largest cosmic structures
The list of largest cosmic structures covers galaxy walls, large quasar groups, and superstructures spanning hundreds of megaparsecs, from the Sloan Great Wall to Quipu.
List of largest cruise ships
The list of largest cruise ships ranks the world's biggest ships: Royal Caribbean's Icon-class trio leads at 248,663 gross tons, while Disney Adventure tops passenger capacity at 6,000.
List of largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average
The list of largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average records its record single-day point and percentage moves since 1896, led by 1987 and 1933.
List of largest domes
A list of the world's largest domes, led by the Singapore National Stadium at 312 m, with the O2 in London larger at 365 m under looser definitions.
List of largest empires
Ranking of history's largest empires by peak land area: British Empire largest at 35.5 million km² (1920), Mongol Empire largest contiguous at 24 million km², then Russian, Qing, Umayyad, and Roman empires, with population-share measures and measurement caveats.
List of largest fish
The list of largest fish is headed by the whale shark, which reaches up to 18.8 m, with the basking shark second; the giant freshwater stingray holds the freshwater record at about 300 kg.
List of largest funerals
The list of largest funerals, also called List of notable funerals, covers ceremonies drawing millions, led by C. N. Annadurai's 1969 funeral in India at 15 million mourners.
List of largest giant sequoias
List of largest giant sequoias, ranked by trunk volume; General Sherman (1,487 m³) is the largest living tree, followed by President and General Grant; Stagg fifth, Boole sixth; wildfire killed 18% of large sequoias 2015–2024.
List of largest hydroelectric power stations
The list of largest hydroelectric power stations ranks the world's hydroelectric plants by installed capacity in megawatts, led by China's Three Gorges Dam at 22,500 MW, with China and Brazil dominating.
List of largest insects
List of largest insects: Meganeuropsis permiana (71–75 cm wingspan) largest ever; Phryganistria chinensis (640 mm) longest living; 71 g giant weta heaviest specimen; record holders by wingspan, length, and mass.
List of largest known stars
The list of largest known stars covers red supergiants and hypergiants over 1,000 times the Sun's radius, with WOH G64, Stephenson 2-18, and UY Scuti as leading candidates.
List of largest mammals
List of largest mammals: blue whale (190 t record, 33.57 m longest) is heaviest ever; African elephant (4–7 t, record 12.24 t) heaviest land mammal; extinct rivals Paraceratherium, Palaeoloxodon, Mammut borsoni; Perucetus downsized 2024–2025.
List of largest oil and gas companies by revenue
The list of largest oil and gas companies by revenue ranks them by the Fortune Global 500, led in 2026 by Saudi Aramco, China National Petroleum, and Sinopec.
List of largest optical reflecting telescopes
A ranked list of the world's largest optical reflecting telescopes, led since 2009 by the 10.4-meter Gran Telescopio Canarias on La Palma, with three 25 to 39-meter telescopes under construction.
List of largest peaceful gatherings
Largest peaceful gatherings: Kumbh Mela (100–200 million participants), Maha Kumbh 2025, Arbaeen, Hajj; record concerts (Jarre Moscow 1997, 3.5 million); record protests (India 2020 strike, 250 million); how crowd sizes are estimated.
List of largest political parties
List of largest political parties: worldwide rankings by membership. Bharatiya Janata Party (~140–180 million) and Communist Party of China (101.29 million, end-2025) lead; figures are self-reported and definitions vary.
List of largest power stations
The list of largest power stations ranks the world's power plants by installed generating capacity in megawatts, led by hydroelectric dams, with China's Three Gorges Dam first at 22,500 MW.
List of largest reptiles
Largest reptiles: saltwater crocodile heaviest living reptile (males to 1,200 kg), reticulated python longest snake (to 10 m), green anaconda heaviest snake (227 kg), leatherback largest turtle; extinct giants include Sarcosuchus, Titanoboa, and Vasuki indicus.
List of largest restaurants
The list of largest restaurants covers record-holding venues and chains: Bawabet Dimashq in Damascus seats 6,014, Yum! Brands leads by outlets, and McDonald's leads by sales.
List of largest single-volume books by page count
The list of largest single-volume books is complex because page counts vary by edition. It includes Artamène ou le Grand Cyrus, which reached 13,095 pages in its original edition.
List of largest snakes
Largest snakes: reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) is the longest species, green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) the heaviest; records include Ibu Baron 7.22 m wild, Medusa 7.67 m captive, disputed 10 m 1912 Sulawesi specimen, king cobra longest venomous, Titanoboa and Vasuki indicus extinct giants.
List of largest sports contracts
The list of largest sports contracts ranks the most valuable playing agreements ever signed, led by Juan Soto's 15-year, $765 million New York Mets deal from December 2024.
List of largest U.S. municipalities by race/ethnicity in 2020
Largest U.S. municipalities by race/ethnicity in 2020: rankings built from 2020 Census place-level Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) and DHC tables, using two separate Hispanic origin and race questions, with 15 race categories, write-ins, and documented comparability caveats.
List of largest United States–based employers globally
The list of largest United States–based employers globally ranks US-headquartered companies by worldwide headcount, led by Walmart with about 2.1 million and Amazon with about 1.58 million.
List of largest video game companies by revenue
The list of largest video game companies by revenue ranks Tencent, Sony, Microsoft, NetEase, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, and Take-Two Interactive, in a global market worth $184.3 billion in 2024.
List of largest video game employers
The list of largest video game employers ranks companies including Tencent, NetEase, Microsoft Gaming, Ubisoft, and EA by headcount, showing how differing counting scopes make exact ranking unreliable.
List of largest volcanic eruptions
The list of largest volcanic eruptions ranks eruptions by ejecta volume on the Volcanic Explosivity Index, from Tambora in 1815 to the VEI 8 supereruptions.