My Favourite Wikipedia Article

There’s a certain Wikipedia article that always shocks people when I show it to them. Let me know if you have the same reaction.

But first, let me ask you — what do you think is the highest grossing entertainment franchise of all time?

The Wikipedia article answers this question, the list of highest-grossing media franchises:

The article ranks the world’s biggest media/entertainment franchises, estimating the revenue that each franchise has generated from a combination of books, films, video games, merchandise, and any other method of monetisation.

According to this article, the top three highest grossing media franchises in the world are Pokémon, Hello Kitty, and Winnie the Pooh.

From my experience, people are pretty shocked by this and no one ever seems to guess these three. Sometimes…