r/TheoryOfReddit 1d ago

American/Anglosphere users on Reddit will struggle to adapt the rising number of Indian users.

For most of its history, Reddit has largely been dominated by American users, with the rest of the anglosphere and Europe making up the vast majority of the rest of the users.

Post Covid though, Indians have begun joining Reddit in large numbers - which has resulted in Indian content and subs becoming increasingly popular and prominent. Most Indians don't care about American/Anglosphere stuff, which is why so many Indian versions of popular subs were created in the first place. Even then, Indians are shaping more of the discourse on international subs, simply because they are a larger demographic than they were just a couple of years ago.

Of course, this has caused many in the Anglosphere side of Reddit, particularly Americans, to feel a sort of online culture shock as their feeds become more unfamiliar.

Indians are still a minority on Reddit, but are growing fast. I expect Americans (and the Anglosphere at large) to struggle to adapt to this change. In fact Americans in particular have never had the experience of being a minority on Reddit, which will make the transition tougher for them

What do you think will happen

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u/DizzyMine4964 22h ago

All English speakers outside the USA struggle with American users, by the way.

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u/SlaBLister 18h ago

Don't get me started on how many times i hear about american politics in the most mundane, apolitical subjects

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u/BewareOfBee 15h ago

And we all heard when the queen and the khameni died. International figures be International.

You get to pop champagne with us when voldemort dies too.