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by byoung2 5915 days ago
Here's the breakdown from Alexa: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ycombinator.com#demographics
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The text breakdown doesn't show some of the numbers that are in the map. However, they are in the source. Here they are.

  United States 54.3%
  India 8.2%
  United Kingdom 4.5%
  Canada 3.6%
  Germany 3.2%
  China 2.4%
  Australia 2.3%
  Italy 2.0%
  Pakistan 1.9%
  South Africa 1.6%
  China 2.4%
  Australia 2.3%
  Italy 2.0%
  Pakistan 1.9%
  South Africa 1.6%
  Netherlands 1.4%
  Kyrgyzstan 1.0%
  Belgium 0.7%
  Mexico 0.7%
  Cameroon 0.7%
  Ireland 0.6%
  Japan 0.5%
  Other 10.4%
Kyrgyzystan seems to be too high on the list. Any guesses?
With Alexa data your results will be skewed because you will only count visits from people with the Alexa toolbar installed. For whatever reason, people in Kyrgyzystan are more likely to have the Alexa toolbar.