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minimaxir / hacker-news-undocumented

Some of the hidden norms about Hacker News not otherwise covered in the Guidelines and the FAQ.
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Add a section on HN's demographics #49

Open ayewo opened 3 years ago

ayewo commented 3 years ago

In a recent comment made by dang on Jan 15, 2021, he gave out general stats on how HN's readership is distributed:

Intellectual curiosity exists everywhere, HN's userbase is 50% outside the US, and at least 90% outside of Silicon Valley. That's important for people to understand.

I think this piece of info, although small, would be a nice addition to repo.