• breecher@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    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.

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      8 days ago

      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.