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  1. 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.
    • Location: §“Traffic by Operating System”.
    • FishFace@piefed.social
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      2 hours 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.

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        2 hours 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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      It’s not at all misleading. That’s how percantages work. It plainly says ‘+22.4%’, which is fully factual and accurate. Your ‘actual 1% increase’ is a false statement. It’s a 1 percentage point increase, which is completely separate from the regular percantage.

    • Kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      4 hours ago

      I’m struggling to understand why you think the title is misleading. Could you elaborate on your rationale to help me understand? 🙂

      Do you perhaps have an alternative title that you would suggest? Would you be satisfied by something like, for example, “Pornhub saw a 22.4% increase in Linux traffic (from [e.g.] 5% to ~6%) over 2025”?

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        Sure! As is currently written, it gives the first impression (to me, at least) that the traffic share of Linux has jumped from x% to (x+22)%. Now I understand that this is subjective, but I believe that’s how many people would read it at first glance as well.

        Again, there’s nothing technically inaccurate about it, but the 22% number there is imo distracting and tends to lead to misunderstandings. I would personally write it as “Pornhub sees Linux traffic share increase from 5% to 6% (22.4% increase) over 2025”

    • dakoriki@sopuli.xyz
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      Well it is an increase of 22,4 percent but at the same time an increase of 1 percentage point. So both are correct. But as we know bigger number more better so thats what we got