2025 looks like another year dominated by Big Tech, but available data on the best-performing S&P 500 stocks year-to-date spells a completely different reality.

From U.S. Steel becoming the world’s first billion-dollar company in 1901 to Nvidia’s rise toward a $5 trillion valuation, market capitalisation milestones trace a century-long shift in global economic power from heavy industry to consumer technology and now artificial intelligence.

OnlyFans has emerged as the world’s most revenue-efficient company, which generates an astonishing $37.6 million per employee annually, far outpacing tech titans like Nvidia, Apple, and Meta.