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Yes, many places have a serious need for Tor. But the bridge stats are misleading because bridges are exclusivity for circumventing censorship. The stats for t
by maltalex 6y ago
Yes, many places have a serious need for Tor. But the bridge stats are misleading because bridges are exclusivity for circumventing censorship.
The stats for tor relays [0] are different:
United States 418568 (20.37 %)
Russia 335382 (16.32 %)
Germany 172251 (8.38 %)
France 92643 (4.51 %)
Netherlands 76496 (3.72 %)
United Kingdom 68674 (3.34 %)
Indonesia 61917 (3.01 %)
Ukraine 50331 (2.45 %)
Canada 48246 (2.35 %)
India 43953 (2.14 %)
Out of the roughly 66.5% of relay users represented here, 42.5% are from western countries.
[0]: https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-table.html https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-table.html
- adrianN 6y agoYou should normalize those numbers for population at least, or better for share of non-Tor traffic.
- Shared404 6y agoI personally don't trust Five Eyes any more than any other country.
- pamperson 6y agoloads of pedos and criminals love hiding via that network, and those who run it likely know it, but they defend it as “privacy” and “freedom” yet this stat shows its being used in somewhat free countries.
- maltalex 6y agoWhile I'm sure you're right about some of Tor's users, there are plenty of perfectly valid (and legal) reasons for using tor in free countries too.