Thanks Mathias, this is quite interesting. Yes the different methodologies
definitely makes things hard to compare.
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Den ons 25 okt. 2023 kl 13:00 skrev Mathias Schindler <
[email protected]>:

> Hi Eric,
>
> ARD and ZDF, Germany's public broadcaster, publish an annual
> "Onlinestudie", a report on the usage of the Internet by people in Germany.
> Starting in 2006-ish, they have included questions on the usage of
> Wikipedia in their reports. https://www.ard-zdf-onlinestudie.de/
>
> The question is not always the same and in some years, they asked people
> whether they use "online reference works such as wikipedia". In early
> years, Wiipedia was usually seen as a "Web 2.0" service or as one odd child
> in the social media family.
>
> The usual (oversimplified) answer was that people in Germany use
> Wikipedia, especially the younger audiences.
> [image: image.png]
>
> On the methodology side, I have some reservations because I think these
> surveys never took into account the affirmative bias. Even at peak times,
> the idea of 5% of online users *actively* contributing to Wikipedia seemed
> far far off.
>
> Mathias
>
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 12:04 PM Eric Luth <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> About a week ago, the annual report "Swedes and the Internet" of 2023 was
>> released
>> <https://svenskarnaochinternet.se/rapporter/svenskarna-och-internet-2023/>.
>> It is a comprehensive report by the Swedish Internet Foundation, with a
>> statistically representative selection of the Swedish population. The
>> report has included Wikipedia for many years, but this year, for the first
>> time I believe, it includes a specific chapter on Swedes' use of Wikipedia.
>>
>> It would be really interesting to know if there are similar surveys and
>> reports from other countries. I'm thinking that, if there is, it would be
>> interesting to compile those surveys and see what general trends are
>> similar across countries. I think that it could eventually be an
>> interesting way of getting insights into similarities and differences in
>> readers' use of Wikipedia.
>>
>> So I suppose my question is if you know of similar national surveys from
>> your countries and contexts, on how and by whom Wikipedia is used?
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> *Eric Luth*
>> Projektledare engagemang och påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement and
>> Advocacy
>> Wikimedia Sverige
>> [email protected]
>> +46 (0) 765 55 50 95
>>
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