The United States is a giant nation in the English language. It comprises of a majority of English as a first language speakers and a large percentage of English speakers overall. American media output is also going to be primarily in English, including local news.
In contrast, a nation like Germany is likely going to speak in German when possible. This likely includes media like news. So, when it comes to news articles, I don’t expect English news from Germany to be written in anywhere near the quantity of English news written about California.
I feel like it would be like asking why Portuguese media focuses on Brazil.
The majority of English speakers on the internet are non-Americans. In fact the majority of English speakers on the internet are not even from an English speaking country. That is because English is used as the international language on the internet.
So no, that is not the answer, even though a lot of native English speakers in this thread seems to think it is.
I’ve mentioned in other cases that a lot of cultural post content is generally created mostly by people’s first languages. Local news is likely going to be written in the local language. Discussions on media are likely going to be in the language the media was produced in unless it is a major national hit.
I’ve mentioned that five more countries have English-speaking populations larger than the UK, but you’re likely going to see a lot more post content on the UK over Indonesia because local Indonesian media likely isn’t producing the quantity of English coverage as the UK. And I don’t expect that to change, as such a change would mean killing local languages.
You’re focusing on the nationality of the readers. Most of the people arguing that the USA is the largest English-speaking country is focusing on those providing the written content.
The United States is a giant nation in the English language. It comprises of a majority of English as a first language speakers and a large percentage of English speakers overall. American media output is also going to be primarily in English, including local news.
In contrast, a nation like Germany is likely going to speak in German when possible. This likely includes media like news. So, when it comes to news articles, I don’t expect English news from Germany to be written in anywhere near the quantity of English news written about California.
I feel like it would be like asking why Portuguese media focuses on Brazil.
The majority of English speakers on the internet are non-Americans. In fact the majority of English speakers on the internet are not even from an English speaking country. That is because English is used as the international language on the internet.
So no, that is not the answer, even though a lot of native English speakers in this thread seems to think it is.
I’ve mentioned in other cases that a lot of cultural post content is generally created mostly by people’s first languages. Local news is likely going to be written in the local language. Discussions on media are likely going to be in the language the media was produced in unless it is a major national hit.
I’ve mentioned that five more countries have English-speaking populations larger than the UK, but you’re likely going to see a lot more post content on the UK over Indonesia because local Indonesian media likely isn’t producing the quantity of English coverage as the UK. And I don’t expect that to change, as such a change would mean killing local languages.
You’re focusing on the nationality of the readers. Most of the people arguing that the USA is the largest English-speaking country is focusing on those providing the written content.