Original research

Link Clicks by Country: The Global Map of 420,000+ Clicks (2026)

The United States drove 27.3% of all tracked link clicks — but the rest spread across a long tail of more than 15 countries. Here is the full country map from over 420,000 clicks across 5,700+ links.

27.3%

of clicks came from the United States — the clear leader

15+

countries make up a broad, steady long tail of clicks

5,700+

tracked links in the aggregate, anonymized sample

The global map

Top 15 countries by share of tracked clicks

  • United States27.3%
  • Russia10.5%
  • India8.5%
  • Germany7.3%
  • United Kingdom6.6%
  • Tunisia3.5%
  • Iraq3.5%
  • Canada1.9%
  • Philippines1.8%
  • Greece1.8%
  • Netherlands1.8%
  • Türkiye1.6%
  • Ireland1.6%
  • Brazil1.4%
  • Indonesia1.3%

United States: 114,781 clicks · Russia: 44,234 clicks · India: 35,799 clicks · Germany: 30,718 clicks · United Kingdom: 27,595 clicks · Tunisia: 14,648 clicks · Iraq: 14,578 clicks · Canada: 8,014 clicks · Philippines: 7,722 clicks · Greece: 7,707 clicks · Netherlands: 7,602 clicks · Türkiye: 6,929 clicks · Ireland: 6,517 clicks · Brazil: 5,936 clicks · Indonesia: 5,551 clicks

Figures are aggregate and anonymized. No individual links, users, IP addresses, cities, or coordinates are included — only the share and count of clicks attributed to each country.

What the data shows

One leader, then a long global tail

The United States leads at 27.3%. More than a quarter of every tracked click in the sample originated in the US, making it the single largest source of link traffic by a wide margin. No other country reaches even half of that share, so the US sits in a tier of its own at the top of the map.

Below the US, the share steps down steadily. Russia, India, Germany, and the United Kingdom form the upper middle of the distribution, each contributing a meaningful but far smaller slice than the US. There is no clear “second place” market that rivals the leader.

A strong long tail spans 15+ countries. Past the top five, clicks flatten into a wide band of countries each holding a low single-digit percentage — from Tunisia and Iraq through Canada, the Philippines, Greece, the Netherlands, Türkiye, Ireland, Brazil, and Indonesia. The breadth of this tail is the real story: tracked links reach a genuinely global audience rather than concentrating in two or three markets.

For anyone planning a campaign, the practical takeaway is to lead with the US while still designing for a long tail of smaller international markets. To see this split for your own links — and to drill into country, device, and time of day — you can track any URL and watch where the clicks land.

Methodology

How we measured this

Based on an aggregate, fully anonymized analysis of over 420,000 link clicks across 5,700+ shortened/tracked links on Track Link in 2026. No personal data, individual links, or user information is included — only aggregate distributions (device, browser, country, time, and tagging).

Country is derived from each visitor’s IP address at redirect time using a standard GeoIP database, then aggregated into country-level counts. The data is aggregate and anonymized: it contains no personal data, no individual links or users, and no IP addresses, cities, or coordinates.

Frequently asked questions

Link clicks by country

Which country generates the most link clicks?

In this aggregate sample of over 420,000 tracked link clicks, the United States generated the largest share at 27.3% of all clicks. No single other country came close — the next-largest source was roughly a third of the US share — which makes the US the clear leader for tracked link traffic in 2026.

How concentrated is link traffic by country?

Traffic is led by the United States at 27.3% but spreads across a long tail of more than 15 countries. After the US, the share steps down steadily through Russia, India, Germany, and the United Kingdom, then flattens into a wide band of single-digit-percentage countries. No second country dominates, so reaching a global audience means accounting for many smaller markets rather than one runner-up.

Where does this country data come from?

Based on an aggregate, fully anonymized analysis of over 420,000 link clicks across 5,700+ shortened/tracked links on Track Link in 2026. No personal data, individual links, or user information is included — only aggregate distributions (device, browser, country, time, and tagging).

Is any personal or location data exposed in this report?

No. This report contains only aggregate, anonymized country-level distributions. It includes no individual links, users, IP addresses, cities, coordinates, or any other personal data — only the percentage and count of clicks attributed to each country across the full sample.

How is the country of a click determined?

Country is derived from the visitor's IP address at redirect time using a standard GeoIP database, then aggregated. The raw IP is never published. Only the resulting country counts are reported here, so the figures describe where clicks originated in aggregate without identifying any individual visitor.

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