Eli5: Why is the English language most common in this world?

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Eli5: Why is the English language most common in this world?

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Just as a point of clarification English is the language with the most total number of speakers, but in terms of only people’s first language, it’s actually 3rd most common, behind Chinese (I believe Mandarin specifically) and Spanish.

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