Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Demographics
84 / 100 The 2013 study The Wikipedia Gender Gap Revisited measured gender bias in survey completion and estimated that as of 2008, 84% of English Wikipedia editors were male. In the worldwide Wikipedia Editor Survey 2011 of all the Wikipedias, 91% of respondents were male.
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 The greatest number, or plurality, of editors as of 2011: 20% reside in the United States, followed by Germany (12%) and Russia (7%). The only country not in Europe or North America in the top 10 is India (3%). |
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49 / 100 Most users primarily edit (76%) and read (49%) the English Wikipedia, followed by the German Wikipedia at 20% and 12%, and the Spanish Wikipedia at 12% and 6% respectively. More than half (51%) of editors contribute in two or more languages.
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13 / 100 13% of editors are under 17.
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14 / 100 14% are in the group 18–21.
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26 / 100 26% are 22–29.
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19 / 100 19% are 30–39.
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28 / 100 28% editors are aged 40+.
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59 / 100 59% of the editors are aged 17 to 40.
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66 / 100 66% of editors said that their primary activity is to edit existing articles.
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42 / 100 42% said it was researching articles.
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28 / 100 28% said it was creating new articles.
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23 / 100 23% said that they do mostly patrolling work.
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22 / 100 22% participate primarily in discussions.
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17 / 100 17% mainly upload media.
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71 / 100 71% of the editors contribute because they like the idea of volunteering to share knowledge.
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69 / 100 69% believe that information should be freely available.
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63 / 100 63% pointed out that contributing is fun.
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7 / 100 Only 7% edit Wikipedia for professional reasons.
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