Comment by latexr

There are other countries in the world besides the US. Those countries have people in them, and those people also use the internet. That includes HN.

The last reported stats by dang (years ago) put US users at about half the traffic, and European users at about a third.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40745850

By 9 AM Eastern Time in the US, it’s already 3 PM in Central Europe.