Comparatively to the rest of the internet, it seems like there are a lot more Germans here. I’ve always assumed it was just because I was on a German instance and was in a sort of echo chamber (join feddit.org btw 🥳), but I just checked Fediverse Observer and it’s the 2nd largest country by users. Additionally, the German instances seem to be the biggest non-English ones.

Why is this?

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      Facebook and Instagram, in general I think meta dominates South America and any other country where internet data is not cheap because they offer free internet access on their apps

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      Spanish user here; I tend to avoid spanish speaking reddit, because they lean heavily towards neoliberal or the right in there.

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      They’re quite active on Reddit. It seems that the Fediverse didn’t resonate as much as with English speaking Redditors.