The United States employs 49% of the people in the directory with a known employer
Data as of
- People with a current organization in a known country
- 966
- Work in the United States
- 478
- Share
- 49%
The United States employs 478 of the 966 people in the directory whose current organization has a known country. Next is the United Kingdom, with 111.
A person counts once in each country where they hold a current position, so the shares can add up to more than 100%. 130 more people have a current organization whose country is not in the data.
Bars for the 10 countries where the most people in the directory work now.
Source: People of Superintelligence career records from biographies and OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Data table
| Country | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 478 | 49% |
| United Kingdom | 111 | 11% |
| Germany | 78 | 8% |
| Japan | 51 | 5% |
| China | 39 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 35 | 4% |
| Canada | 32 | 3% |
| Italy | 27 | 3% |
| France | 24 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 22 | 2% |
| Israel | 19 | 2% |
| Austria | 12 | 1% |
| Hong Kong SAR China | 10 | 1% |
| Denmark | 9 | 1% |
| Belgium | 8 | 1% |
| Czechia | 8 | 1% |
| Portugal | 8 | 1% |
| Australia | 7 | 1% |
| Spain | 7 | 1% |
| Finland | 5 | 1% |
| India | 5 | 1% |
| Sweden | 5 | 1% |
| Singapore | 4 | 0% |
| Ireland | 3 | 0% |
| Poland | 3 | 0% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0% |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 0% |
| Taiwan | 2 | 0% |
| South Korea | 1 | 0% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0% |
By decade
The career records also date earlier positions. In the 1970s, 79% of the people with a dated position worked in the United States. In the 2020s so far, the share is 63%. The chart starts in the first decade with 100 or more people placed.
Lines for United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China and Japan from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Source: People of Superintelligence career records from biographies and OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Data table
| Decade | United States | United Kingdom | Germany | China | Japan | People placed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 79% | 11% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 196 |
| 1980s | 78% | 10% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 399 |
| 1990s | 69% | 11% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 665 |
| 2000s | 65% | 12% | 10% | 3% | 5% | 936 |
| 2010s | 67% | 15% | 10% | 6% | 5% | 1,108 |
| 2020s | 63% | 17% | 10% | 7% | 5% | 1,086 |
The directory is a list of selected people, so these shares describe the people in the directory. Positions without a start year are left out of the decade view.
Career data comes from the biographies on this site and from OpenAlex author records, as of 14 October 2026. People whose OpenAlex record may be incomplete or mixed are left out of citation figures.