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Page Hit Ranking
Data span:
Rank	Distribution	HPD*
1	CachyOS	3885
2	Mint	2285
3	MX Linux	1985
4	Pop!_OS	1502
5	Debian	1418
6	Zorin	1416
7	EndeavourOS	1231
8	Fedora	1213
9	Manjaro	1083
10	Ubuntu	1073
11	Bazzite	904
12	AnduinOS	753
13	Arch	725
14	openSUSE	693
15	Nobara	684
16	antiX	616
17	PikaOS	602
18	BigLinux	593
19	elementary	563
20	NixOS	541
21	Q4OS	479
22	Omarchy	474
23	Bluestar	463
24	KDE neon	449
25	MiniOS	440
26	FreeBSD	433
27	Void	415
28	Artix	404
29	Garuda	390
30	Puppy	380
31	AerynOS	371
32	Kali	371
33	Alpine	368
34	SparkyLinux	358
35	Solus	341
36	Parrot	338
37	ZimaOS	332
38	CentOS	325
39	Tails	325
40	Devuan	322
41	Kubuntu	322
42	TUXEDO	321
43	Lite	319
44	Exton	313
45	PCLinuxOS	310
46	KDE Linux	300
47	Linuxfx	297
48	Mageia	297
49	Gentoo	286
50	pearOS	286
51	Voyager	283
52	HackerOS	282
53	AlmaLinux	279
54	GNOME OS	269
55	VailuxOS	258
56	ChromeOS	255
57	FydeOS	252
58	EasyOS	249
59	FunOS	241
60	Aurora	236
61	AV Linux	224
62	Lubuntu	222
63	MocaccinoOS	222
64	Slackware	221
65	SmartOS	215
66	Peppermint	214
67	Tiny Core	213
68	Ultimate	209
69	Commodore	208
70	TROMjaro	208
71	Rocky	206
72	GhostBSD	205
73	Talos	204
74	MagOS	203
75	Xubuntu	203
76	CuerdOS	201
77	Synex	201
78	OmegaLinux	200
79	KaOS	198
80	deepin	197
81	NebiOS	197
82	Archcraft	194
83	MODICIA	194
84	DragonOS	191
85	Red Hat	191
86	ArchBANG	190
87	Kodachi	189
88	iDeal	186
89	Bodhi	183
90	Ultramarine	181
91	ALT	177
92	blendOS	174
93	Nitrux	173
94	Vendefoul	172
95	Mabox	171
96	Besgnulinux	170
97	OpenMandriva	169
98	Vanilla	169
99	Qubes	165
100	4MLinux	161

*H.P.D = hits per day
Updated daily
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