Also, the Norwegian SNL seems to be conducting surveys about the popularity of and trust in the SNL, also in comparison to Wikipedia. such as https://meta.snl.no/%C3%85rsmelding_-_2018#-HVEM_LESER_LEKSIKON%3F and https://meta.snl.no/%C3%85rsmelding_-_2022#-H%C3%B8y_tillit
But I haven't seen any more verbose numbers from them. On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 2:32 PM Eric Luth <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Mathias, this is quite interesting. Yes the different methodologies > definitely makes things hard to compare. > *Eric Luth* > Projektledare engagemang och påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement and > Advocacy > Wikimedia Sverige > [email protected] > +46 (0) 765 55 50 95 > > Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige. > Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se > > > 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 >>> >>> Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige. >>> Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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