Research from Barratt London explores what happens in the capital every minute.
- An average of 60 tourists arrive in London every minute, equivalent to over 3,500 per hour
- Londoners will drink more than 21,000 cups of tea and coffee in the average minute
- More than 1,200 people will pick up a copy of the London Evening Standard
- Research from Barratt London presents snapshot of activity in the capital every minute
According to recent research, the average minute in London features almost 3,500 Tube journeys, 128 black cab rides and more than £4.6 million turned over on the London Stock Exchange.
The data, brought together by housebuilder Barratt London, highlights the goings-on in the capital in an average minute, from tourist numbers and cups of tea to the revenue of London-based Premier League football teams.
More than 3,500 tourists enter London every hour, equivalent to 60 every minute. It’s possible those tourists will account for the single visitor to the British Museum entering each minute, or form a large proportion of those travelling on the 3,472 Tube journeys running every 60 seconds.
On Instagram, 36 new photos of London pop up every minute, equivalent to over 2,000 an hour and more than 50,000 every single day. Twitter is less active, with just nine tweets every minute about London, equivalent to almost 13,000 daily tweets. Compare this to readers of the London Evening Standard – 1,263 copies of the LES are read every minute.
A London property is placed on the market every minute, with over 1,400 going up for sale daily. This is no surprise given a demand for property that sees more than 4,000 Google searches a day for ‘London homes’ – three every minute.
To see for yourself what happens in a typical London minute, please visit: https://www.barratthomes.co.uk/new-homes/london/advice-and-inspiration/interactive/london-minute/
