Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/325144/reddit-global-active-user-distribution/

The percentage in the chart means the share of Redditors are from that country, not the share of that country's population are on Reddit.

Edit: tool used - Microsoft excel.

Couldn’t have broken down that 30% of “other” to anything else?

Interesting. I thought the majority would be China.

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i wonder how it's checked, like if people use VPNs

also only desktop traffic and isn't a lot of users mobile only?

I figure it's kind of like YouTube. There's a presence but a small presence of Chinese on YT since they have their own platform for it.

The fact that the data is for desktop traffic only makes me think that that developed countries are overrepresented by this chart. The majority of social media traffic comes from mobile, making this data even more questionable.

For example, a 2017 study found Indians accessed the internet 80% of the time through mobile devices.

Chinese guys have their own platforms and they don't speak English that often.

I'm more surprised that there are more Germans than Indians.

Reddit is banned in China, and they also have their own version of Reddit, called Tieba

A Chinese invention banned in China?

"Ironic." (Cit not Darth Sidious)

Looks like Canada and Australia hit way above their weight on that.

Although I hear about them all the time, I've never met a person in real life who uses the reddit app, or something similar. I know lots of redditors, and they all use desktop.

lol Reddit is not a Chinese invention, TikTok is. Someone may say Reddit is a copy of tieba as they work exactly the same way and Tieba is 2 years older than Reddit.

Oh ffs I read that wrong

If you’re in one of the countries named on the chart, then you’re proving Sisyphus’ point. —> I’m in the US and only use the mobile app.

Right. I was looking for Russia.

but I've never met you

In any case, none use the app. They've all tried it and just thought it too sucky to use. I've tried it, and I wouldn't hate on it as much as people do, but I can't get enthused about scrolling through bullshit on a tiny screen when I have giant screens that I don't have to touch.

Bullshit needs a big screen for scrolling to be appreciated.

I doubt this is true. There are loads of Indian users on reddit and several subs that constitute the reddit indiaverse.

Not a lot of people use VPN to login to reddit… probably doesn’t skew the results that much

The Indians aren’t on desktop

So, officially, Americans on reddit can't assume that their fellow redditors are also American?Neat.

Are desktops really a sign of a more developed nation compared to mobiles? Don't underestimate the concept of internet cafés, or the amount of Microsoft offices in India, for example. I would argue desktops have a bigger budget range compared to smartphones, they can be incredibly cheap.

Only showing desktop users makes the data basically useless.

You can compare yourself (the numbers don't add up to 100% since I'm excluding the tablet category):

• India: 76.5% mobile, 23% desktop,
• Germany: 51% mobile, 46% desktop
• United Kingdom: 49% mobile, 46% desktop
• United States: 49% mobile, 48% desktop

I installed the app because they kept bugging me with popups asking me to install the app. It was easier to submit than to resist. I use the app when I'm on the go.

The popups are annoying for sure.

I'm gonna do it anyway.