Even if all of what you wrote is true, in the Listener Notes statistics the US still makes up 10X as many as the next largest country (~800,000 vs 80,000), and

Even if all of what you wrote is true, in the Listener Notes statistics the US still makes up 10X as many as the next largest country (~800,000 vs 80,000), and would be the highest per capita by a significant margin of any large country. Assuming it's not a data problem (which I think is actually likely due to hosting), let me offer an unpopular possibility—Americans are just the most productive creatives on Earth. A culture full of side hustle.