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Hacker News voters# per million: pop/mil votes density -------------------------------------- Canada 35.1 284 8.09 A

Hacker News voters# per million: pop/mil votes density -------------------------------------- Canada 35.1 284 8.09 Australia/NZ 35.6* 283 7.95 Scandinavia 25.7 151 5.88 USA 316.8 1817 5.74 UK 62.2 190 3.05 Western Europe 278.7 363 1.30 Eastern Europe 176.7 155 0.88 Southern Europe 153.5 65 0.42 Japan 126.6 34 0.27 South America 387.4 71^ 0.18 Russia 142.2 26 0.18 South East Asia 610.0 110 0.18 India 1210.2 196 0.16 Southern North Am 176.6 25 0.14 South Korea 50.2 7 0.14 Middle East 370.9 40 0.11 China 1353.8 61 0.05 Africa 1032.5 26^ 0.03 # As at time of posting * Australia/NZ population is treated as Oceania, as the original survey implied Australasia. ^ Combined votes for northern and southern regions.

flexie 13y ago
Not surprisingly it follows English language spread quite closely. The top 5 consists of English speaking countries and Scandinavia (where everybody speaks English as a second language). If the Netherlands had been singled out from Western Europe I would expect to see the density high there as well.
AYBABTME 13y ago
I wonder if this high density of Canadian is a new thing. If so, it would correlate will recent feeling that HN's quality has been dropping. And we all know that correlation is causality.
- AYBABTME 13y ago
  For the records; This was meant as a joke, I'm canadian myself. Arguably it was not very clear or funny.
sjwright 13y ago
Updated results[0]# pop/mil votes density ---------------------------------------- Australia/NZ 27.6* 351 12.7 Canada 35.1 385 11.0 Scanda-Nordic 26.2 279 10.6 UK 63.8 497 7.8 USA 316.8 2445 7.7 Europe Western 191.5 719 3.8 Europe Eastern 161.0 254 1.6 Europe Southern 151.2 138 0.9 Russia 143.5 49 0.3 Japan 127.2 42 0.3 South America 402.8 133^ 0.3 South Korea 50.2 14 0.3 India 1235.3 288 0.2 South East Asia 602.4 129 0.2 Southern North Am 203.0 34 0.2 Other 320.9 49 0.2 Middle East 515.7 64 0.1 China 1391.6 81 0.1 Africa 1085.4 57^ 0.1 # As at time of posting * Australia/NZ population is NOT treated as Oceania, because on reflection I don't think Oceanic voters would have picked the question as posed. Oceania has been rolled into 'other'. ^ Combined votes for northern and southern regions. [0] Source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmufGoZ--XWedHFUTW00bTJadENxMUtWUU1SbjFoclE&usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmufGoZ--XWedHF...

flexie 13y ago

Not surprisingly it follows English language spread quite closely. The top 5 consists of English speaking countries and Scandinavia (where everybody speaks English as a second language). If the Netherlands had been singled out from Western Europe I would expect to see the density high there as well.

AYBABTME 13y ago

I wonder if this high density of Canadian is a new thing. If so, it would correlate will recent feeling that HN's quality has been dropping. And we all know that correlation is causality.

AYBABTME 13y ago
For the records; This was meant as a joke, I'm canadian myself. Arguably it was not very clear or funny.

sjwright 13y ago

Updated results[0]# pop/mil votes density ---------------------------------------- Australia/NZ 27.6* 351 12.7 Canada 35.1 385 11.0 Scanda-Nordic 26.2 279 10.6 UK 63.8 497 7.8 USA 316.8 2445 7.7 Europe Western 191.5 719 3.8 Europe Eastern 161.0 254 1.6 Europe Southern 151.2 138 0.9 Russia 143.5 49 0.3 Japan 127.2 42 0.3 South America 402.8 133^ 0.3 South Korea 50.2 14 0.3 India 1235.3 288 0.2 South East Asia 602.4 129 0.2 Southern North Am 203.0 34 0.2 Other 320.9 49 0.2 Middle East 515.7 64 0.1 China 1391.6 81 0.1 Africa 1085.4 57^ 0.1 # As at time of posting * Australia/NZ population is NOT treated as Oceania, because on reflection I don't think Oceanic voters would have picked the question as posed. Oceania has been rolled into 'other'. ^ Combined votes for northern and southern regions. [0] Source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmufGoZ--XWedHFUTW00bTJadENxMUtWUU1SbjFoclE&usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmufGoZ--XWedHF...