There had been plenty of great inventions in the 20th century, but only a few could be called revolutionary. According to Russians, the world wide web or Internet is by far the most important invention that we can thank smart minds of the last century for.
Top-10 most important inventions of the 20th century, according to Russians
WCIOM.ru asked locals what they could define as the “convenience of the 20th century” and compared results to the responses from 2010 and 1999. The same question was asked about the 21 century, for the first time.
The monitoring began in 1999 when things like mobile phones and Internet weren’t even mentioned in the survey. Obviously, we don’t know what people thought about these things back then. But we can see that phones weren’t considered such an un important invention by Russians in 1999, while in 2010 when the extension “including mobile phones” was added, the share of respondents considering phones the most profound convenience that 20th century offered skyrocketed (8% in 1999, 73% in 2010).
Mobile phones scored the first position in 2010 rating but was pushed down in 2020 by the world wide web.
- Internet scored only 42% in 2010 but in 2020 61% of all participants gave it their first priority.
- The importance of computers dropped from 53% in 2010 to 27% in 2020, while in 1999 22% of respondents viewed them as a profound invention.
- Light bulb kept its 26% of admirers, scoring the same as 10 years ago.
- Cars fetched only 19% in 1999 as the invention of the century, while in 2010 over 50% of users viewed them as such. In the 2020 rating, cars scored 24%.
- Airplanes weren’t seen as important in 1999 (4%), but by 2010 30% of users thought planes were the greatest. In 2020 the share of planes’ admirers shrunk to 22%.
- TV’s popularity in 1999 was at 17% and 18% in 2020. In 2010, however, TV got votes of 39% of the respondents.
21 century conveniences
Jumping to our century, you may find surprising that bionic legs and arms scored the most votes: 36%. Smart phones are second on the list with 31%. Social networks are in the third line along with eye implants, having scored 22%.
Solar batteries are seen as the convenience of the century by 17% of respondents to the survey in Russia.
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