2018 Community Survey Results

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We as Staff would like to thank everyone who took the time to participate in the Annual SCP Foundation Community Survey! The number of responses was heartwarming and to see we have such an involved and active community-base is wonderful. We had a total of 5,456 unique responses this year, which is fantastic. The amount of feedback we received will allow us to grow and improve the site as we progress into the future. Thank you to all who participated.

The Results

Note: Some polled areas may not add up to 100%. This is due to rounding and the fact that some questions are multiple-choice in nature. As well, while some areas are ranked in a range from the highest percentage to the lowest percentage, others are not; this is done to ensure a more intuitive showing of results, depending on the area.

1. What is your age?

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Key
██ = Increase from previous year
██ = Decrease from previous year

Percentages
Age Range	Percentage	Percentage from Previous Year
Under 15	15.6%	11.1%
15-19	53.8%	50.3%
20-24	18.5%	21.4%
25-29	6.2%	8.7%
30-34	3.1%	4.3%
35-39	1.6%	1.9%
40-44	0.5%	1.1%
45-49	0.3%	0.6%
50-54	0.1%	0.2%
55-59	0.1%	0.1%
60 and Older	0.1%	0.3%
Skipped	0.1%	N/A

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2. What is your primary language?

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Key
██ = Increase from previous year
██ = Decrease from previous year

Percentages
Language	Number of Respondents	Percentage	Percentage from Previous Year
Afrikaans	4	0.1%	0.1%
American Sign Language	12	0.2%	0.1%
Arabic	21	0.4%	0.2%
Armenian	8	0.1%	0.2%
Bahasa Indonesia	13	0.2%	0.1%
Bulgarian	12	0.1%	0.1%
Catalan	6	0.3%	0%
Chinese (Cantonese)	15	0.3%	0.2%
Chinese (Mandarin)	33	0.6%	0.6%
Chinese (Shanghainese)	6	0.1%	0.1%
Chinese (Other)	0	0%	0%
Croatian	16	0.3%	0.2%
Czech	30	0.5%	0.5%
Danish	41	0.8%	0.5%
Dutch	58	1.1%	1.1%
English	3875	71.0%	75.6%
Estonian	15	0.3%	0.3%
Filipino	26	0.5%	0.6%
Finnish	35	0.6%	0.5%
French	148	2.7%	2.4%
German	166	3.0%	2.3%
Greek	14	0.3%	0.2%
Hebrew	17	0.3%	0.2%
Hungarian	28	0.5%	0.3%
Italian	59	1.1%	0.9%
Japanese	14	0.3%	0.6%
Korean	25	0.5%	0.6%
Latvian	4	0.1%	0.1%
Lithuanian	12	0.2%	0.1%
Malay	9	0.2%	0.1%
Marathi	2	0%	0%
Norwegian	20	0.4%	0.4%
Polish	138	2.5%	2.0%
Portuguese	126	2.3%	1.4%
Romanian	38	0.7%	0.5%
Russian	38	0.7%	0.9%
Serbian	17	0.3%	0.2%
Slovak	8	0.1%	0.2%
Slovene	4	0.1%	0.1%
Spanish	169	3.1%	3.0%
Tagalog	3	0.1%	0.1%
Thai	9	0.2%	0.1%
Turkish	27	0.5%	0.3%
Ukranian	8	0.1%	0.1%
Vietnamese	28	0.5%	0.1%
Other	99	1.8%	1.3%

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3. What is your gender?

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Key
██ = Increase from previous year
██ = Decrease from previous year

Percentages
Gender	Percentage	Percentage from Previous Year
Male	81.8%	81.2%
Female	9.9%	10.6%
Prefer not to say	2.7%	2.7%
Non-binary	2.6%	1.9%
Genderfluid	1.1%	1.6%
Agender	0.8%	1.1%
Other	0.8%	1.0%
Skipped	0%	N/A

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4. What country do you live in?

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Key
██ = Increase from previous year
██ = Decrease from previous year

Percentages
Country	Number of Respondents	Percentage	Percentage from Previous Year
Argentina	28	0.5%	0.7%
Australia	151	2.8%	3.7%
Austria	22	0.4%	0.3%
Belarus	1	0.0%	0.0%
Belgium	19	0.3%	0.2%
Bolivia	0	0.0%	0.1%
Brazil	107	2.0%	1.2%
Bulgaria	12	0.2%	0.1%
Canada	330	6.0%	6.6%
Chile	34	0.6%	0.4%
China	16	0.3%	0.5%
Colombia	9	0.2%	0.1%
Costa Rica	6	0.1%	0.1%
Croatia	17	0.3%	0.2%
Czech Republic	29	0.5%	0.6%
Denmark	43	0.8%	0.6%
Ecuador	2	0.0%	0.0%
El Salvador	3	0.1%	0.0%
England	257	4.7%	5.4%
Estonia	14	0.3%	N/A
Finland	38	0.7%	0.5%
France	112	2.1%	1.9%
Germany	145	2.7%	2.2%
Greece	16	0.3%	0.2%
Hong Kong	16	0.3%	0.3%
Hungary	23	0.4%	0.3%
India	14	0.3%	0.2%
Indonesia	17	0.3%	0.3%
Iraq	1	0.0%	0.0%
Ireland (Northern Ireland)	13	0.2%	0.2%
Ireland (Republic of Ireland)	27	0.5%	0.6%
Isreal	0	0.0%	0.2%
Italy	58	1.1%	0.9%
Japan	17	0.3%	0.7%
Latvia	6	0.1%	0.1%
Lithuania	12	0.2%	0.1%
Malaysia	29	0.5%	0.4%
Mexico	42	0.8%	0.7%
Netherlands	51	0.9%	0.9%
New Zealand	36	0.7%	0.8%
Norway	20	0.4%	0.4%
Pakistan	1	0.0%	0.0%
Peru	6	0.1%	0.2%
Philippines	45	0.8%	1.1%
Poland	132	2.4%	1.9%
Portugal	17	0.3%	0.3%
Puerto Rico	5	0.1%	0.1%
Romania	39	0.7%	0.5%
Russia	23	0.4%	0.5%
Scotland	43	0.8%	0.7%
Serbia	18	0.3%	0.2%
Singapore	33	0.6%	0.6%
Slovakia	9	0.2%	0.2%
Slovenia	4	0.1%	0.1%
South Africa	15	0.3%	0.3%
South Korea	20	0.4%	0.6%
Spain	33	0.6%	0.5%
Sri Lanka	0	0.0%	0.0%
Sudan	0	0.0%	0.0%
Sweden	79	1.4%	0.8%
Switzerland	23	0.4%	0.3%
Taiwan	4	0.1%	0.2%
Thailand	14	0.3%	0.1%
Turkey	30	0.5%	0.3%
Ukraine	12	0.2%	0.2%
United States of America	2817	51.6%	55.1%
Venezuela	2	0.0%	0.2%
Vietnam	36	0.7%	0.2%
Wales	19	0.3%	0.3%
Other	184	3.4%	2.2%

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5. Which of the SCP Wikis do you regularly use/read?

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Key
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██ = Decrease from previous year

Percentages
Wikis Used	Percentage	Percentage from Previous Year
English	97.1%	97.5%
INT	11.8%	5.2%
French	2.8%	2.4%
Other	2.5%	N/A
Polish	2.1%	1.3%
Spanish	1.8%	1.7%
Japanese	1.4%	1.2%
German	1.4%	1.1%
Russian	1.2%	1.2%
Chinese	1.1%	0.8%
Italian	0.9%	0.5%
Korean	0.6%	1.3%
Thai	0.3%	0.2%
Skipped	0%	N/A

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6. What do you do on the wiki(s)?

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Key
██ = Increase from previous year
██ = Decrease from previous year

Percentages
Wiki Activity	Percentage	Percentage from Previous Year
Read Articles	98.8%	96.5%
Vote on articles	21.3%	18.6%
Comment on articles	6.7%	18.6%
Write Articles	6.7%	9.4%
Chat	6.6%	N/A
Comment on forums	4.7%	18.6%
Provide Crit/feedback	4.5%	N/A
Other	4.2%	N/A
Create other content (Art, Music, etc.)	3.1%	4.1%
Translate articles	1.9%	2.3%
Skipped	0%	N/A

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7. How did you discover the SCP Foundation Wiki(s)?

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Key
██ = Increase from previous year
██ = Decrease from previous year

Percentages
Discovery Location	Number of Respondents	Percentage	Percentage from Previous Year
SCP Games	927	17.0%	12.8%
Youtube (Other)	606	11.1%	10.0%
Referral by friend	577	10.6%	10.0%
Youtube (SCP Reading channels)	551	10.1%	4.4%
Youtube (Markiplier)	522	9.6%	16.4%
Reddit	445	8.2%	4.5%
Other	428	7.8%	8.6%
Accidental search result	236	4.3%	5.2%
/x/ or imageboard	229	4.2%	4.1%
Creepypasta	204	3.7%	5.1%
TV Tropes	143	2.6%	4.7%
Reference in game/mod	125	2.3%	3.6%
Youtube (Tat's Top Videos)	125	2.3%	3.2%
StumbleUpon	72	1.3%	1.5%
Fanart/fic	63	1.2%	1.1%
Tumblr	46	0.8%	1.0%
Wikipedia	39	0.7%	0.5%
Yogscast/Yogpod	37	0.7%	0.7%
Facebook	22	0.4%	0.4%
Twitter	14	0.3%	0.3%
Article on gaming site	13	0.2%	0.2%
Facepunch	10	0.2%	0.3%
Cracked.com	9	0.2%	0.4%
DeviantArt	6	0.1%	0.4%
NicoNico	5	0.1%	0.3%
Rigveda	2	0.0%	0.1%
SomethingAwful	0	0.0%	0.5%
Skipped	33	0.6%	N/A

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8. Which official SCP social media accounts do you follow?

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Key
██ = Increase from previous year
██ = Decrease from previous year

Percentages
Social Media	Percentage	Percentage from Previous Year
Subreddit	56.6%	18.9%
Twitter	14.2%	3.6%
Tumblr	8.6%	7.3%
Instagram	8.1%	N/A
Other	7.9%	N/A
INT Discord	6.5%	N/A
Facebook	5.2%	6.6%
Foreign branch Discord	3.9%	N/A
DeviantArt	3.7%	3.2%
Skipped	19.8%	N/A

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9. If you dislike something about the Wiki itself, what category does it fit into?

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Key
██ = Increase from previous year
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Percentages
Dislikes	Percentage	Percentage from Previous Year
Layout/listing methods	20.3%	39.4%
Theme/visual elements	18.9%	26.4%
Host site/Wikidot	11.3%	12.6%
Lower the age limit	9.1%	13.8%
Raise the age limit	8.7%	14.3%
Voting system/different type of voting system	7.7%	10.9%
Author listing method	6.7%	10.4%
Issues with gore, violence, etc (article content)	1.5%	2.6%
Skipped	38.9%	N/A

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10. How well do you feel Staff are doing their jobs?

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Key
██ = Increase from previous year
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Percentages
Feeling on Staff	Percentage	Percentage from Previous Year
1 (doing horribly)	1.5%	0.4%
2 (doing badly)	3.0%	1.6%
3 (doing okay)	17.4%	34.3%
4 (doing well)	41.7%	26.1%
5 (doing very well)	32.8%	40.6%
Skipped	3.5%	N/A

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Official responses to questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions submitted

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Now, let's talk about some of the topics that came up very often in the open response questions.

Discord: We currently have no plans to create an official discord for the -EN wiki. Discord as a platform is less accessible (a lot of places of business, schools, or similar places block it), more difficult to moderate and less stable than IRC. Discord would also experience a lot of bloat, both due to the ease of joining and the expectations for how the server would be set up. We also have some serious concerns about the security of Discord. While at some point our outlook may change, it is unlikely to do so; therefore, the current consensus of the staff team is that we will not make a discord.

As an alternative, there are a large number of unofficial SCP Discord servers that you are free to join. These unofficial discords are not affiliated with or endorsed by Staff.

Accessibility and Wikidot: We are making concerted efforts to improve the current accessibility of the main wiki. While we are working within the constraints that Wikidot presents us, there are projects that are being planned and discussed to improve organization and accessibility. This includes things such as author/content promotion, mobile viewing, aesthetic, and more.

Now let's talk about the elephant in the room.

Moderation/Staff Team Concerns: As we're sure many of you are aware, last June was tumultuous for the wiki, and this caused some people to express misgivings with how the wiki and our social media was being run. While some of these concerns are valid, most are not.

In regards to our social media, after June, the Internet Outreach team made a concerted effort to centralize communication, improve teamwork, promote professionalism, and, most importantly, ensure that all of our official platforms were being moderated by wiki staff who were part of the Internet Outreach team. Before, a lot of the IO team and social media staff were disconnected and that led to us mishandling some of the situations that arose during June. The changes we've since made to this team should prevent this from happening again.

We understand that SCP can be intimidating to get into due to the breadth of lore and size of the community. So we strive to maintain an open and friendly environment on the wiki and on our social media platforms that is welcoming and encouraging to newcomers.

That leads into the conversation of "Political Correctness". We will continue to heavily moderate flaming and slurs on all of our platforms. That kind of language and behavior adds nothing to the community and directly oppose the positive and welcoming environment we try to foster. Having an unpopular opinion or being critical of the wiki or staff will never result in disciplinary action, but flaming, using slurs, and being disruptive will. All thoughts are welcome so long as they're expressed respectfully.

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Survey data compiled by:
MayD, taylor_itkin does not match any existing user name, Lt Flops, Gekkoguy, UraniumEmpire