It's more like biased rather than fake, the article you provide aren't completely true because you can't verify if the data they used were legit or not.

Not to mention if some people using mixer or VPN that will hide their real locations.

We can't compare one country to another about the Bitcoin adoption because it's subjective, but we can know it if we're ever live there. Looking at how many business accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin ATMs installation, how normal is Bitcoin to random people etc.