Hoi,
My last blog was about my disappointment about that last survey [1].
I do understand the value of repeated surveys; it provides understanding of
the trends related to the subject that is researched. However, given that
Wikimedia is more than just Wikipedia and Wikipedia is more than just the
English Wikipedia and its biases the point to expanding a potential survey
to include all of Wikimedia and seeking out all the avenues for more public
to and contributors for what we aim to achieve; access to the sum of all
knowledge.
When we want to know what it is a public seeks and what triggers a visit,
limiting the scope is exactly what holds us back.
Thanks,
GerardM
[1]
https://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2026/04/what-is-utility-of-wikimedia-projects.html
On Mon, 18 May 2026 at 15:25, Debra Kumar via Wiki-research-l <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Lodewijk! The Global Readers Survey has been the yearly followup to the
> Why We Read Wikipedia survey - in that it's been asking the motivation
> question year over year, though with some tweaks to the question over time
> which limits the ability to compare over time (changing from single-select
> to multi-select). The 2025 Global Reader Survey was just published to Meta
> recently, and you can find it here:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Measurement/Readers_Survey_2025
>
> Best,
> Debra
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 10:46 AM Isaac Johnson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > cc'ing Debra, who I think can help answer your question Lodewijk!
> >
> > For context for other folks, the referenced surveys were the ones
> > described here:
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Characterizing_Wikipedia_Reader_Behaviour
> > .
> >
> > Best,
> > Isaac
> >
> > On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 12:50 PM effe iets anders via Wiki-research-l <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I was wondering if anyone has tried to re-run the 'why people read
> >> wikipedia' survey (ideally with the same design as the MC survey etc)
> >> after
> >> the original wave, or something that looks similar enough that it could
> be
> >> used to validate how relevant the numbers are over time?
> >>
> >> Warmly,
> >> Lodewijk
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> (he/him)
> > -- Senior Research Scientist -- Wikimedia Foundation
> >
>
>
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