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Page Hit Ranking
Data span:
Rank	Distribution	HPD*
1	CachyOS	4120
2	Mint	2410
3	MX Linux	2132
4	Pop!_OS	1517
5	Debian	1472
6	Zorin	1445
7	EndeavourOS	1297
8	Fedora	1167
9	Manjaro	1131
10	Ubuntu	1025
11	AnduinOS	901
12	Bazzite	834
13	Arch	771
14	openSUSE	716
15	Nobara	712
16	antiX	641
17	elementary	586
18	PikaOS	584
19	BigLinux	567
20	NixOS	555
21	Bluestar	522
22	Q4OS	504
23	KDE neon	503
24	Omarchy	453
25	MiniOS	441
26	FreeBSD	437
27	Garuda	419
28	AerynOS	411
29	Kali	387
30	Puppy	387
31	SparkyLinux	382
32	Void	377
33	Alpine	361
34	Artix	360
35	TUXEDO	349
36	Devuan	346
37	CentOS	342
38	Exton	336
39	PCLinuxOS	324
40	Tails	319
41	Linuxfx	315
42	Kubuntu	308
43	Parrot	302
44	Solus	301
45	ZimaOS	295
46	KDE Linux	290
47	AlmaLinux	288
48	HackerOS	284
49	Gentoo	279
50	Lite	278
51	Voyager	276
52	Mageia	274
53	FunOS	273
54	Peppermint	261
55	EasyOS	260
56	VailuxOS	258
57	FydeOS	244
58	pearOS	238
59	GNOME OS	237
60	AV Linux	235
61	ChromeOS	233
62	MocaccinoOS	229
63	Slackware	227
64	SmartOS	225
65	Kodachi	223
66	NebiOS	221
67	MagOS	219
68	Tiny Core	217
69	Ultramarine	216
70	Lubuntu	214
71	Rocky	211
72	Aurora	206
73	Besgnulinux	205
74	DragonOS	205
75	Red Hat	203
76	MODICIA	197
77	Nitrux	197
78	Talos	197
79	OmegaLinux	196
80	KaOS	194
81	deepin	193
82	blendOS	192
83	Xubuntu	192
84	ALT	190
85	ArchBANG	188
86	Bodhi	187
87	PorteuX	185
88	Ultimate	182
89	Archcraft	180
90	CuerdOS	180
91	OpenMandriva	176
92	Qubes	175
93	Commodore	174
94	AgarimOS	173
95	GhostBSD	173
96	iDeal	171
97	TROMjaro	171
98	Synex	170
99	Vanilla	170
100	OpenBSD	167

*H.P.D = hits per day
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