{
  "description": "Country-level share of dynamic QR scans for full-year 2016, extracted via 12 31-day chunks from shorturl_log (11,443,391 scan rows, 232 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 (58 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 2016 (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": 5626780,
      "share": 0.491706
    },
    {
      "country_code": "GB",
      "country_name": "United Kingdom",
      "rank": 2,
      "region": "Europe",
      "scans": 1773680,
      "share": 0.154996
    },
    {
      "country_code": "CN",
      "country_name": "China",
      "rank": 3,
      "region": "Asia-Pacific",
      "scans": 321869,
      "share": 0.028127
    },
    {
      "country_code": "CA",
      "country_name": "Canada",
      "rank": 4,
      "region": "North America",
      "scans": 292057,
      "share": 0.025522
    },
    {
      "country_code": "AU",
      "country_name": "Australia",
      "rank": 5,
      "region": "Asia-Pacific",
      "scans": 280596,
      "share": 0.02452
    },
    {
      "country_code": "DE",
      "country_name": "Germany",
      "rank": 6,
      "region": "Europe",
      "scans": 220249,
      "share": 0.019247
    },
    {
      "country_code": "AE",
      "country_name": "United Arab Emirates",
      "rank": 7,
      "region": "Middle East & North Africa",
      "scans": 182258,
      "share": 0.015927
    },
    {
      "country_code": "MY",
      "country_name": "Malaysia",
      "rank": 8,
      "region": "Asia-Pacific",
      "scans": 148818,
      "share": 0.013005
    },
    {
      "country_code": "FR",
      "country_name": "France",
      "rank": 9,
      "region": "Europe",
      "scans": 146454,
      "share": 0.012798
    },
    {
      "country_code": "IE",
      "country_name": "Ireland",
      "rank": 10,
      "region": "Europe",
      "scans": 126023,
      "share": 0.011013
    },
    {
      "country_code": "IN",
      "country_name": "India",
      "rank": 11,
      "region": "Asia-Pacific",
      "scans": 125856,
      "share": 0.010998
    },
    {
      "country_code": "HK",
      "country_name": "Hong Kong",
      "rank": 12,
      "region": "Asia-Pacific",
      "scans": 123919,
      "share": 0.010829
    },
    {
      "country_code": "TH",
      "country_name": "Thailand",
      "rank": 13,
      "region": "Asia-Pacific",
      "scans": 109459,
      "share": 0.009565
    },
    {
      "country_code": "SA",
      "country_name": "Saudi Arabia",
      "rank": 14,
      "region": "Middle East & North Africa",
      "scans": 94490,
      "share": 0.008257
    },
    {
      "country_code": "SG",
      "country_name": "Singapore",
      "rank": 15,
      "region": "Asia-Pacific",
      "scans": 91659,
      "share": 0.00801
    }
  ],
  "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 2016)",
  "total_scans": 11443391,
  "window": "Full year 2016 (chunked extract from shorturl_log)"
}