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    Maybe native speakers or English only speakers. But over a billion people speak English (approx, per Wikipedia), and US only accounts for a fraction of that.

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      Even then, though, the US accounting for 1/5 of all English speakers, and the majority of native (L1) English speakers, is notable all the same.

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        1 month ago

        Nice! I was wondering if US or India would be higher and this answers that. I didn’t spot that page in time for the previous response.

        I should add too, I don’t disagree with your point! It is a huge portion of the English speaking population. I was mostly just being pedantic, but also wanting to push back on a statement that could overstate the importance and relative size of the US.

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      Sure. But people upvote content about their own nation, and the US is the largest single population of english speakers. Maybe India would beat us out, but they seem to have their own internet that they stick to for the most part.