Within a month of the lockdown, number of initial claims crossed 22M and number of continued claims jumped to ~18M, much more than it did during The Great Recession.

A lot of companies are firing or furloughing their employees. But, there still are some companies that are thriving and have increased their headcount in March 2020.

After two months of lockdown, the number of vehicles sold fell sharply to a 45 year low. Initially, the impact on car buying websites was comparatively less. But as the lockdown was extended through April, website traffic to auto listing portals decreased 20 to 35%

The number of passengers, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), fell to a record low. In April 2020, on average, only 109K people traveled daily, compared to 2.3M during the same period last year, a drop of 95% YoY! And, within 2 months of lockdown, website traffic to major travel booking platforms - Booking.com, Airbnb, and Expedia fell by 69%, 74%, and 75% respectively.

As businesses continue to struggle, they are turning to SMB lending platforms to get PPP loans to survive. The website traffic to online lending platforms such as Kabbage, Nav.com, Lendio, and OnDeck spiked during the lockdown.

Interestingly, the impact on Real estate buying platforms was low in March, but by the end of April, website traffic to Opendoor, Bankrate, and Offerpad fell further. On the other hand, traffic to mortgage lending platforms Better and Quickenloans increased by 42% and 27% respectively within 2 months of the lockdown.

Eventbrite, Fandango, Ticketmaster, Cinemark, and other websites that represent a good chunk of the offline entertainment world are experiencing a slowdown. In fact, within 2 months of the lockdown, Eventbrite's and Fandango's web traffic decreased by 57% and 59% respectively.

Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI), one of the key indicators of the performance of the manufacturing industry also took a nosedive in April. PMI was down to 36.9, indicating a significant contraction in Manufacturing.