# Client Distribution

**URL:** <https://community.ntppool.org/t/client-distribution/3368>\
**Category:** Server operators\
**Created:** [May 4, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/client-distribution/3368 "2024-05-04T19:46:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![gnazarey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/gnazarey/32/1351_2.png) [@gnazarey](https://community.ntppool.org/u/gnazarey)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/client-distribution/3368/1 "2024-05-04T19:46:51Z")

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I was curious about the frequency of updates in the new Client Distribution section. Is it a daily snapshot or a one-time update from when the server went online?

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**Author:** ![PoolMUC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/poolmuc/32/1473_2.png) [@PoolMUC](https://community.ntppool.org/u/PoolMUC)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/client-distribution/3368/2 "2024-05-04T20:07:32Z")

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Hello, and welcome to the forum, @gnazarey!

When the feature was first introduced, @ask gave a bit of insight as to how the client distribution numbers are being updated (plus further aspects throughout the rest of that thread):

> [@Minor new features on the website](https://community.ntppool.org/t/minor-new-features-on-the-website/2947/11):
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> @HAHAHAHA The second number is this servers relative fraction of the total “netspeed” for all (active) servers in that country. The number in parentheses is the ratio between the two. For most countries the ratio is between 0.75x and 0.9x (no matter the netspeed of the server), which I think is an indictor of how many queries are sent to servers in other countries than where the user is. (I think this is from use of explicit regional zones, though I haven’t analyzed this to find out). The tra…
