{
  "description": "Country-level share of dynamic QR scans for full-year 2012, extracted via 12 31-day chunks from shorturl_log (9,768,664 scan rows, 214 distinct country codes; 0 rows (0.0%) without a resolvable country, excluded from the ranking but included in share denominators). k-anonymity threshold: 100 scans (64 countries suppressed). Milestone-year companion to the 2025 full-year extract.",
  "metadata": {
    "generated_at": "2026-06-13T05:36:31Z",
    "methodology": "12 x 31-day windows, combined.",
    "period": "Full year 2012 (UTC)",
    "suppression": "Countries with <100 scans in the year suppressed; top 15 published."
  },
  "rows": [
    {
      "country_code": "US",
      "country_name": "United States",
      "rank": 1,
      "region": "North America",
      "scans": 6395501,
      "share": 0.654696
    },
    {
      "country_code": "GB",
      "country_name": "United Kingdom",
      "rank": 2,
      "region": "Europe",
      "scans": 577585,
      "share": 0.059126
    },
    {
      "country_code": "CA",
      "country_name": "Canada",
      "rank": 3,
      "region": "North America",
      "scans": 434604,
      "share": 0.04449
    },
    {
      "country_code": "unknown",
      "country_name": "unknown",
      "rank": 4,
      "region": "Other/Unknown",
      "scans": 414323,
      "share": 0.042413
    },
    {
      "country_code": "AU",
      "country_name": "Australia",
      "rank": 5,
      "region": "Asia-Pacific",
      "scans": 397927,
      "share": 0.040735
    },
    {
      "country_code": "SG",
      "country_name": "Singapore",
      "rank": 6,
      "region": "Asia-Pacific",
      "scans": 207359,
      "share": 0.021227
    },
    {
      "country_code": "DK",
      "country_name": "Denmark",
      "rank": 7,
      "region": "Europe",
      "scans": 148104,
      "share": 0.015161
    },
    {
      "country_code": "NL",
      "country_name": "Netherlands",
      "rank": 8,
      "region": "Europe",
      "scans": 134351,
      "share": 0.013753
    },
    {
      "country_code": "DE",
      "country_name": "Germany",
      "rank": 9,
      "region": "Europe",
      "scans": 108094,
      "share": 0.011065
    },
    {
      "country_code": "HK",
      "country_name": "Hong Kong",
      "rank": 10,
      "region": "Asia-Pacific",
      "scans": 60009,
      "share": 0.006143
    },
    {
      "country_code": "MX",
      "country_name": "Mexico",
      "rank": 11,
      "region": "Latin America & Caribbean",
      "scans": 57359,
      "share": 0.005872
    },
    {
      "country_code": "SE",
      "country_name": "Sweden",
      "rank": 12,
      "region": "Europe",
      "scans": 53291,
      "share": 0.005455
    },
    {
      "country_code": "MY",
      "country_name": "Malaysia",
      "rank": 13,
      "region": "Asia-Pacific",
      "scans": 53269,
      "share": 0.005453
    },
    {
      "country_code": "NZ",
      "country_name": "New Zealand",
      "rank": 14,
      "region": "Asia-Pacific",
      "scans": 49255,
      "share": 0.005042
    },
    {
      "country_code": "FR",
      "country_name": "France",
      "rank": 15,
      "region": "Europe",
      "scans": 45440,
      "share": 0.004652
    }
  ],
  "source": "shorturl_log chunked extract; aggregate scans only, no URLs/clients/account IDs. No Visualead exclusion applied (cohort is <0.01% of total scans). Region labels follow the report's editorial macro-region scheme. Same method as geography_country_top30_2025_full_year.json.",
  "title": "Top 15 countries by dynamic QR scans (full year 2012)",
  "total_scans": 9768664,
  "window": "Full year 2012 (chunked extract from shorturl_log)"
}