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Comment by numpad0

15 hours ago 

  > Nikita Bier @nikitabier
  >  
  > If you’re seeing a bunch of Japanese posts, here are some fun facts:
  > Japan has more daily active users and more time spent on X than any other country in the world.
  > Over two thirds of the country is monthly active on X. 
  > X in Japan has one of the highest penetration rates of any social network in history.

I wouldn't be so sure when "any other country except US" usually apply to everything on the Internet, except Twitter after the power transfer

1: https://twitter.com/nikitabier/status/2037764895064867061

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_--__--__  14 hours ago

I'm pretty sure that claim about Japanese Twitter activity was true for most of the site's history pre acquisition

  • numpad0  14 hours ago

    No. JP activity was always second to US, only the biggest "out there". Same is true for all Twitter-like social media, such as Mastodon and Bluesky. Even VRChat doesn't have a majority Japanese userbase. Japan actually becoming the top majority anywhere is an anomaly and a major reversal of power balance.