Bigwhalehunting
S&P 500 companies as bubbles sized by market cap, filled with one stick figure per 10,000 employees.
Bigwhalehunting launched on 25 October 2026. It ranked #1 on Daily Launch on 26 October 2026 with a Launch Score of 87, from 172 points on Show HN. It was new in the ranking that day.
What is Bigwhalehunting?
I was playing around with visualising the S&P 500 by market cap and decided to add employees to each company's bubble. What surprised me was how empty some of the biggest companies looked. Nvidia is worth $5.2 trillion but employs only 42,000 people. That's around $124 million in market cap per employee. Meanwhile, Accenture employs 814,000 people and is worth $146 billion.
From its Hacker News post
Bigwhalehunting is a launch on Show HN.
Screenshot of bigwhalehunting.com
In its own words
I put employees inside S&P 500 market-cap bubbles
From its Show HN post
Launch timeline
Launch Score, last 7 days
Ranked on one day so far: 87 of 100 on 26 October.