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EDIT (2025-12-19T09:08Z): Whoops! I totally didn't see that this had already been posted to this community ^[2]^. I didn't mean to repost it. My bad!

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Type: Image. Title: "Traffic by Operating System". Publisher: ["Pornhub">"2025 YEAR IN REVIEW"]. Published: 2025-12-03. Accessed: 2025-12-16T23:00Z. URI: https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2025-year-in-review.
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Type: Post. Title: "Linux traffic has grown 22.4% in PH this year". Author: "maam" ("@maam@feddit.uk"). Publisher: ["sh.itjust.works">"Linux" ("!linux@programming.dev")]. Published: 2025-12-09T1;31:57Z. Accessed: 2025-12-19T09:10Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/51299445.

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[-] FishFace@piefed.social 13 points 3 weeks ago

A percentage increase is a relative increase. The thing you're thinking of would be described as "percentage points".

It's somewhat misleading to talk about a large percentage increase on a small base, though.

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago

A percentage increase is a relative increase. The thing you're thinking of would be described as "percentage points".

Yes, as I pointed out it is technically correct. Just a misleading first impression.

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