Why do western countries dominate the internet?
Why do western countries dominate the internet?
How are other countries, like Ireland, not popular on the internet?
Starting first, money, and money, as well as money.
But seriously, how are we measuring dominance, because in the US I never see a Japanese website, but, we're not typing in Japanese, search engines aren't showing us results from other languages. However, their internet is rich in presence and culture, they're doing their own thing.
I'd wager, most nations with widespread internet have a thriving internet culture and common websites you've never heard of.
Ireland is a "western country" but most accounts. But the reason you don't notice the Irish is for a couple reasons. Ireland has a population of a bit over 5mil. Canada about 7 times greater and the US, roughly 66 times that.
Secondly, they all write in English on the Internet and people aren't running around shouting about what countries they're from. So you probably make assumptions where everyone is.
English is the language that most western countries speak, and most education systems in other countries teach English as a second language.
Likely because the internet is a largely American invention and incubated for many years in the lower 48 before more widespread adoption worldwide.
It was incubated in most English speaking Western countries as it was just a prominent in places like Canada and the UK for example.
Ireland is a Western country.
Unrelated, but my Lemmy client says this post is a year old. Is that right? It appears in my feed as if it's recent, and other recent comments suggest they're seeing it in their feed too.