TOP 10 · #1 TALLY — Who wore the crown · and for how long
Who wore the crown — Each era's #1 company and how long it reigned.
Only a handful of firms ever held S&P 500 #1 in any decade. Read the crown holders first — ranked by decades worn — then the 'crownless lifers' who lived on the list but never reached the top, and finally the meteors who flashed across a single decade and vanished.
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This static page is built to answer searches for TOP 10 · #1 TALLY. It summarizes the live dataset behind the Who wore the crown · and for how long panel and links to the full interactive chart.
Only a handful of firms ever held S&P 500 #1 in any decade. Read the crown holders first — ranked by decades worn — then the 'crownless lifers' who lived on the list but never reached the top, and finally the meteors who flashed across a single decade and vanished. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.
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Data & Source
Exchange closing prices · Company filings · Robert Shiller · FRED · NBER.
FAQ
Where does this data come from?
History of Market combines public market and macro datasets — exchange closing prices, company filings, Robert Shiller, FRED, NBER, and the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook (Dimson–Marsh–Staunton). The exact endpoint for this panel is linked below.
How often is it updated?
Daily-tier datasets refresh after the U.S. market close, with a broader weekly refresh on Sunday. The timestamp shown on this page comes from the JSON payload.
Can I use the data?
Yes, for research and education with attribution to History of Market. Upstream data sources retain their own terms.