The Community Safety survey is conducted periodically to understand contributors’ sense of safety on different wiki spaces, and how it changes over time. The results of each wave are presented below, by project.
NOTE: Differences between waves of the survey are not statistically significant unless otherwise noted: v and ^ notations indicate statistically significant changes from the previous survey.
The question asked of users was:
“In the last 30 days, have you felt unsafe or uncomfortable contributing to Wikipedia (xx.wikipedia.org)?”
with xx denoting the Wikipedia language (for example, for French it was “fr.wikipedia.org”).
The options to respond were: “Yes,” “No,” and “I'm not sure.”
Starting in 2024, for those who answered "Yes," a second question was asked:
"Can you tell us why you felt unsafe or uncomfortable? Select all that apply."
with options provided as well as the ability to write in a reason.
| English Wikipedia
|
Response to question
|
| Year-Month of Survey
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
| 2023-01
|
76.7%
|
8.8%
|
14.5%
|
2089
|
| 2024-10
|
77.4%
|
8.8%
|
13.8%
|
1935
|
Responses by edit bin
edit
| English Wikipedia
|
Response to question
|
| Edit bin
|
5-99 edits
|
100-999 edits
|
1000+ edits
|
| Year-Month of Survey
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
| 2023-01
|
78.4%
|
9.1%
|
12.5%
|
1016
|
76.5%
|
4.0%
|
16.5%
|
558
|
72.0%
|
10.3%
|
17.7%
|
515
|
| 2024-10
|
76.6%
|
9.2%
|
14.2%
|
894
|
77.8%
|
8.8%
|
13.5%
|
513
|
78.8% ^
|
8.1%
|
13.1% v
|
528
|
| English Wikipedia: Reasons felt unsafe among those who answered "Yes" to the first question
|
2024-10
|
| No particular reason
|
10%
|
| Harassed on-wiki
|
26%
|
| Reverted
|
48%
|
| Discriminatory language
|
10%
|
| Doxxing or threatened doxxing
|
5%
|
| Threat of physical harm
|
4%
|
| Absence of community process for conflict
|
26%
|
| Harassed off-wiki
|
10%
|
| Other reasons
|
24%
|
| Prefer not to say
|
13%
|
| N
|
229
|
| Spanish Wikipedia
|
Response to question
|
| Year-Month of Survey
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
| 2023-01
|
72.1%
|
7.7%
|
20.3%
|
530
|
| 2024-10
|
71.2
|
7.7%
|
21.2%
|
744
|
Responses by edit bin
edit
| Spanish Wikipedia
|
Response to question
|
| Edit bin
|
5-99 edits
|
100-999 edits
|
1000+ edits
|
| Year-Month of Survey
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
| 2023-01
|
75.4%
|
8.1%
|
16.5%
|
248
|
68.9%
|
5.9%
|
25.2%
|
119
|
66.3%
|
8.6%
|
25.2%
|
163
|
| 2024-10
|
70.9%
|
8.4%
|
20.6%
|
344
|
73.3%
|
7.3%
|
19.4%
|
165
|
69.4%
|
6.4%
|
24.3%
|
235
|
| Spanish Wikipedia: Reasons felt unsafe among those who answered
"Yes" to the first question
|
2024-10
|
| No particular reason
|
7%
|
| Harassed on-wiki
|
13%
|
| Reverted
|
62%
|
| Discriminatory language
|
6%
|
| Doxxing or threatened doxxing
|
4%
|
| Threat of physical harm
|
3%
|
| Absence of community process for conflict
|
35%
|
| Harassed off-wiki
|
4%
|
| Other reasons
|
15%
|
| Prefer not to say
|
11%
|
| N
|
131
|
| Farsi Wikipedia
|
Response to question
|
| Year-Month of Survey
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
| 2023-01
|
56.9%
|
16.8%
|
26.3%
|
846
|
| 2024-10
|
60.5%
|
15.3%
|
24.2%
|
517
|
| French Wikipedia
|
Response to question
|
| Year-Month of Survey
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
| 2023-01
|
86.5%
|
4.0%
|
9.4%
|
681
|
| 2024-10
|
84.4%
|
4.5%
|
11.1%
|
934
|
Responses by edit bin
edit
| French Wikipedia
|
Response to question
|
| Edit bin
|
5-99 edits
|
100-999 edits
|
1000+ edits
|
| Year-Month of Survey
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
| 2023-01
|
87.3%
|
3.7%
|
9.0%
|
299
|
86.2%
|
4.4%
|
9.4%
|
159
|
85.2%
|
4.5%
|
10.3%
|
223
|
| 2024-10
|
84.1%
|
5.2%
|
10.7%
|
384
|
87.0%
|
1.9%
|
11.2%
|
215
|
82.4%
|
5.7%
|
11.9%
|
335
|
| French Wikipedia: Reasons felt unsafe among those who answered
"Yes" to the first question
|
2024-10
|
| No particular reason
|
3%
|
| Harassed on-wiki
|
19%
|
| Reverted
|
55%
|
| Discriminatory language
|
13%
|
| Doxxing or threatened doxxing
|
4%
|
| Threat of physical harm
|
0%
|
| Absence of community process for conflict
|
29%
|
| Harassed off-wiki
|
8%
|
| Other reasons
|
29%
|
| Prefer not to say
|
6%
|
| N
|
79
|
| Japanese Wikipedia
|
Response to question
|
| Year-Month of Survey
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
| 2023-06
|
73.5%
|
15.9%
|
10.6%
|
789
|
| 2024-10
|
72.6%
|
16.5%
|
10.9%
|
1075
|
Responses by edit bin
edit
| Japanese Wikipedia
|
Response to question
|
| Edit bin
|
5-99 edits
|
100-999 edits
|
1000+ edits
|
| Year-Month of Survey
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
| 2023-06
|
72.2%
|
17.1%
|
10.7%
|
374
|
75.0%
|
14.9%
|
10.1%
|
228
|
74.3%
|
14.4%
|
11.2%
|
187
|
| 2024-10
|
74.4%
|
14.7%
|
10.9%
|
469
|
72.9%
|
18.4%
|
8.7%
|
310
|
69.3%
|
16.9%
|
13.9%
|
296
|
| Japanese Wikipedia: Reasons felt unsafe among those who answered
"Yes" to the first question
|
2024-10
|
| No particular reason
|
20%
|
| Harassed on-wiki
|
19%
|
| Reverted
|
31%
|
| Discriminatory language
|
14%
|
| Doxxing or threatened doxxing
|
9%
|
| Threat of physical harm
|
6%
|
| Absence of community process for conflict
|
25%
|
| Harassed off-wiki
|
9%
|
| Other reasons
|
18%
|
| Prefer not to say
|
18%
|
| N
|
100
|
| Portuguese Wikipedia
|
Response to question
|
| Year-Month of Survey
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
| 2023-01
|
66.7%
|
12.2%
|
21.1%
|
601
|
| 2024-10
|
73.7% ^
|
6.9% v
|
19.4%
|
579
|
Responses by edit bin
edit
| Portuguese Wikipedia
|
Response to question
|
| Edit bin
|
5-99 edits
|
100-999 edits
|
1000+ edits
|
| Year-Month of Survey
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
No
|
I'm not sure
|
Yes
|
N
|
| 2023-01
|
69.5%
|
12.3%
|
18.2%
|
318
|
57.9%
|
13.5%
|
28.6%
|
126
|
66.9%
|
10.2%
|
22.9%
|
157
|
| 2024-10
|
72.8%
|
9.0%
|
18.3%
|
301
|
76.5% ^
|
5.3% v
|
18.2% v
|
132
|
73.3%
|
2.1% v
|
24.7%
|
146
|
| Portuguese Wikipedia: Reasons felt unsafe among those who answered
"Yes" to the first question
|
2024-10
|
| No particular reason
|
10%
|
| Harassed on-wiki
|
15%
|
| Reverted
|
57%
|
| Discriminatory language
|
12%
|
| Doxxing or threatened doxxing
|
8%
|
| Threat of physical harm
|
6%
|
| Absence of community process for conflict
|
24%
|
| Harassed off-wiki
|
7%
|
| Other reasons
|
22%
|
| Prefer not to say
|
9%
|
| N
|
104
|
