I wrote a paper called "Counting Complexity" (https://github.com/treenotation/research/tree/master/papers/...).

In it are the beginnings of a new simple universal way to measure complexity.

The "real-world benefits" are that you can compare 2 systems that accomplish the same problem and objectively choose the less complex one, much like you could use the measurement of "weight" to pick a lighter material for something like a plane.