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  "kind": "country",
  "slug": "united-kingdom",
  "name": "United Kingdom",
  "title": "Top observed GitHub contributors in United Kingdom",
  "generated_at": "2026-05-07T08:51:35.617Z",
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  "status": "fresh",
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  "history": {
    "weeks": [
      "2026-05-07"
    ],
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    ],
    "top_10_signal": [
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    ]
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  "candidate_count": 95564,
  "caveats": [
    "Live data uses GitHub REST search plus public profile fields; it is an observed sample, not a complete census.",
    "Location matching uses free-text GitHub profile locations and must not be treated as verified nationality or residence.",
    "Contributor pages expose public repository counts plus one-year GitHub contribution totals for commits and pull requests from the official GitHub GraphQL API. These are not all-time totals.",
    "The OSSRank score is retained only as a combined proxy; raw commits, pull requests, and repository tables are preferred for review and SEO pages."
  ],
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    "location:London repos:>5 type:user",
    "location:England repos:>5 type:user",
    "location:Scotland repos:>5 type:user"
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      "accepted": 25
    }
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