Asklemmy

American here. When I was in Sweden it felt like their flag was everywhere. Maybe I just noticed it more because I was traveling.

In Brazil I saw their flag plastered on a lot of stuff - clothes, bags, painted on the street - but not so much flying on flag poles.

I see fair amount of US flags here at home, usually at government buildings, cemeteries, and the like. When flown at homes I usually assume the person is on the political right.

Not all common in South Africa (can't ever remember seeing it at any private residence). Mainly flies at government buildings, and we see it in some clothing designs. It would not mean anything really at a private residences, as we are already all South Africans so what would it really designate?

In Brazil it's more common now mainly because of the far right who appropriated it for themselves. Most will identify a person flying our flag as a Bolsonaro supporter, me personally like to stay clear of them.

Pretty funny that coming from a Norwegian because they still have the flag out many places in my opinion :)
It's actually one of the things that stuck out the most after I had moved there.
Especially at "hytter" (vacation cabins) I think the majority has a flag out.
Same for national day, you'll see a bunch of flags.

Compare that to Belgium, where I'm from. Even on national day it's a rare sight to see a flag.
And it's only very fanatic people that will actually wave it around on the street.

The moment you'll see most flags out is probably during the world cup.

In Germany its pretty much only Nazis, Rightwing people and the Bundeswehr, so also often right wing people

I'm in Illinois, USA, and downstate you see mostly United States flags at businesses and residences (and the occasional confederate battle flag hanging at morons' homes).

What's funny, is that when you get up to Chicago, people there mostly fly the city of Chicago flag over any others.

In Germany, official government buildings will have the flag on or in front of it, usually next to a bunch of other (eu, county, city...).

Private citizens will fly the flag for sports reasons, or in more right-wing communities they'll fly either the official flag or the old black-white-red one from empire times. Most people will look at you funny for flying the flag when no sports or eurovision are/is going on.
There is really very little "neutral" ground here.

CGP Grey made a YouTube video on proper US state flag design etiquette that I personally agree with. Spoiler alert, most states failed the test.
https://youtu.be/l4w6808wJcU

I'm from Indiana and we're more likely to see our national flag instead of our state flag here, but Indiana isn't known for much anyway.

I am from a small town in the US but live near a nepali community. Many of them have flags inside their homes or on their desks but not outdoors. They are usually super proud that they have the most unique national flag shape, and I love that for them. I am curious if it is the same in their home country as well!

Northern Germany here. The German flag is usually only flown at government or other public buildings or, as another commenter said, when there's a special occasion such as an international football match.

Something a bit more common up here seems to be flying the state flag (blue, white and red), which can be seen in private gardens or on some residential buildings.

Burger here. You're considered a freak if you don't have a flag flying. Then again, I do live in a white suburb.

Here in Portugal, unless there's a national football team game, or some otherwise nationwide event going on, it's rare seeing it. There's some merch-like items with our flag and "branding", but it's mostly tourists.

Here in the UK flags are rare, I don't think there is a single one in the entire village. I think people here on the whole, are intelligent enough to realise rallying behind a picture printed in a piece of cloth doesn't really say or achieve much. It's more something the ruling class encourage to distract you from their meddling in/with your life.

US here. There are, of course, flags flown on at government buildings and those most often also include the state flag as well.

Flying an American flag personally definitely identifies you as someone who leans right-wing, and I think that's unfortunate because I quite like flags in general and would probably have a many different flags to display at different times (including the American flag at times) depending on the time of year.

In Spain it's extremely common to hang the flag on your balcony, especially since the pandemic. It's also quite common to see younger people wearing bracelets of the spanish flag. I'm not really a fan of it but most people don't do it for political reasons, it's just nornalized, so I can't really blame them.