$1000 in BTC for web2 v web3 infographic

List the top web2 public companies.

How much value was created after the IPO, thus accessible to retail?

What was investor, team, and user ownership at IPO? (The latter is usually 0 in web2).

Now do this for web3 companies & projects.
Some notes:

Define a web2 company for these purposes as an internet company that does not make significant use of a blockchain like Bitcoin or Ethereum in its business. Facebook, Twitter, etc are canonical.

Define a web3 company or project as one that does rely on a blockchain.
To win

We’ll award $1000 to the best infographic, and maybe some runner up prizes.

Post it as reply to the thread within 24 hours, along with raw data + sources.
More notes

1) In the analysis you can break out web1 entities like Yahoo, or BTC-only entities if you want. Founders did way better in web2 than web1.

2) Overall goal is to look how broad-based the wealth creation was. How much did users & retail investors gain in web3 vs web2?
A list of all airdrops for serious web3 projects would also be good. Uniswap & ENS did in the range of $10k or more per user. What were total numbers?

Web2 tech platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Spotify do not provide airdrops but may have some user monetization stats.
Btw, don’t think of this as work, it’s optional fun, and will be more prizes in the future.

That said, if some people want to work on it after the weekend, as promised I’ll give one $1000 prize within 24 hours, and another for best within 1 week. Maybe honorable mentions too.
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You should read them as well for full context. First, here's Bremmer's piece:
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