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  "name": "Australia",
  "title": "Top observed GitHub contributors in Australia",
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  "fresh_until": "2026-05-14T09:36:48.636Z",
  "status": "fresh",
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    ],
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    "top_10_signal": [
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  "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:Melbourne repos:>5 type:user",
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    "location:Australia followers:<10 repos:80..120 type:user",
    "location:Australia followers:<20 repos:80..120 type:user",
    "location:Australia saas type:user",
    "location:Australia automation type:user",
    "location:Australia agentic type:user"
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