2022 Survey Results
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Introduction

Welcome to the official SCP Foundation Wiki 2022 Community Survey results! We'd like to thank everyone for participating. It's always amazing to see just how many people submit responses, and it's wonderful to know how many people enjoy the wiki and the SCP fandom as a whole. This year, we had a total of 6,048 responses, which is in line with the previous two years. As always, this feedback will help us to improve the site and make it a better experience for everyone.

Furthermore, as a reminder, we will be having open town halls with open response forms halfway through the upcoming year for you to voice specific hopes, requests, and concerns you have for the site.

A brief summary of major takeaways from this survey:

  • Nearly all of our respondents used the English wiki. This is to be expected, as our survey was conducted in English and sent primarily to the English-speaking community
  • Over half of our survey respondents were 18 years old or lower
  • Over half of our respondents live in the United States, with almost no other countries commanding a plurality.
  • While almost 98% of our respondents read articles on their primary wiki, only about 7% comment regularly and only about 6% write regularly.
  • Despite only 666 total people saying they either write for the site, produce other media for the site, or translate articles for the site, 1,400 people responded with a 4 or a 5 to questions of how easy it was to post to the site. Clearly, this question requires more clarification to distinguish between posting comments and posting articles/art. We'll make this improvement next year.
  • 46% of our respondents did not feel that any of our suggested incentives would encourage them to provide reviews of authors' work. If you are part of this group, feel free to respond to our summer town halls describing what would encourage you to conduct such reviews.
  • While there is a large population of SCP roleplayers on Roblox, only 413 respondents stated they had any roleplay activities. We believe we simply didn't target this population.

While our survey is comprehensive, this data report is not. Please let us know if you have additional requests for visualizations in the comments section below or to our social media handles, and we'll see what we can do!

Thank you for being part of the SCP experience, be it as a reader, writer, or fan.

Demographics

How old are you?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
<13 294 4.86% N/A
14-16 1784 29.5% N/A
17-18 1251 20.68% N/A
19-21 1007 16.65% N/A
22-29 837 13.84% N/A
30-39 336 5.56% 4.1%
40-49 74 1.22% 0.96%
50-59 27 0.45% 0.34%
60+ 7 0.12% 0.36%
Prefer not to say 431 7.13% 9.81%
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What is your gender?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
Agender 191 3.16% 1.88%
Female 904 14.95% 13.25%
Genderfluid 263 4.35% 3.42%
Male 4072 67.33% 68.24%
Non-binary 690 11.41% 7.36%
Other 166 2.74% 1.92%
Prefer not to say 249 4.12% 3.94%
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Do you identify as transgender?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
No 4704 77.78% 79.13%
Prefer not to say 364 6.02% 5.98%
Yes 980 16.2% 14.89%
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Which of the following would you describe yourself as?

  • Note: future iterations of the survey will reflect updated versions of these terminologies.
Response # of Responses %
American Indian or Alaska Native 178 2.94%
Black/African-Descended 193 3.19%
East Asian 303 5.01%
Hispanic/Latino 684 11.31%
Middle Eastern 195 3.22%
Other 519 8.58%
Pacific Islander 53 0.88%
Prefer Not to Answer 329 5.44%
Southeast Asian 420 6.94%
White/Caucasian 4008 66.27%
What is your primary language?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
Afrikaans 5 0.08% 0.16%
American Sign Language 8 0.13% 0.28%
Arabic 31 0.51% 1.14%
Armenian 10 0.17% 0.54%
Bahasa indonesian 30 0.5% 0.12%
Bulgarian 12 0.2% 0.18%
Catalan 2 0.03% 0.06%
Chinese (Cantonese) 18 0.3% 0.42%
Chinese (Mandarin) 46 0.76% 0.78%
Chinese (other dialect) 1 0.02% 0.06%
Croatian 16 0.26% 0.2%
Czech 36 0.6% 0.48%
Danish 28 0.46% 0.4%
Dutch 76 1.26% 1.28%
English 4206 69.54% 69.76%
Estonian 14 0.23% 0.1%
Filipino 27 0.45% 0.74%
Finnish 30 0.5% 0.32%
French 86 1.42% 1.74%
German 165 2.73% 2.42%
Greek 19 0.31% 0.3%
Hebrew 28 0.46% 0.32%
Hindi 23 0.38% N/A
Hungarian 32 0.53% 0.32%
Italian 61 1.01% 1.16%
Japanese 12 0.2% 0.28%
Korean 8 0.13% 0.24%
Latvian 6 0.1% 0.08%
Lithuanian 7 0.12% 0.1%
Malay 8 0.13% 0.3%
Marathi 3 0.05% 0.08%
Norwegian 21 0.35% 0.34%
Other 99 1.64% 3.26%
Polish 141 2.33% 1.8%
Portuguese 145 2.4% 2.14%
Romanian 50 0.83% 0.54%
Russian 44 0.73% 1.0%
Serbian 14 0.23% 0.22%
Slovak 16 0.26% 0.16%
Slovene 8 0.13% 0.06%
Spanish 277 4.58% 3.96%
Swedish 53 0.88% N/A
Tagalog 3 0.05% 0.18%
Thai 9 0.15% 0.16%
Turkish 42 0.69% 0.64%
Ukrainian 15 0.25% N/A
Vietnamese 57 0.94% 1.02%

What country do you live in?

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Readership & Activity

Do you have a registered account on the SCP Foundation Wiki?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
No 3427 56.66% 57.31%
Yes 2621 43.34% 42.69%
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Which of the following wikis do you read, follow, or use?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
Czech Wiki 50 0.83% 0.88%
English Wiki (The original) 5888 97.35% 96.08%
French Wiki 134 2.22% 2.52%
German Wiki 144 2.38% 2.06%
Italian Wiki 66 1.09% 1.28%
Japanese Wiki 111 1.84% 1.74%
Korean Wiki 35 0.58% 0.92%
Other 225 3.72% 5.0%
Polish Wiki 116 1.92% 1.64%
Portuguese Wiki 91 1.5% 1.5%
Russian Wiki 103 1.7% 1.94%
SCP-INT (International Translation Archive) 828 13.69% 14.27%
Simplified Chinese Wiki 67 1.11% 1.36%
Spanish Wiki 190 3.14% 3.18%
Thai Wiki 21 0.35% 0.6%
The Wanderer's Library 1638 27.08% 24.53%
Traditional Chinese Wiki 43 0.71% 0.86%
Ukrainian Wiki 25 0.41% 0.7%
Vietnamese Wiki 69 1.14% 1.28%

Which of the following do you do regularly on the wiki?

Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
Attend the official Seminars and Workshops 54 0.89% 1.14%
Chat in the official chatroom of the wiki (#site19) 179 2.96% 4.06%
Comment on articles 392 6.48% 7.66%
Comment on general forums/non-page specific forums or threads 182 3.01% 3.82%
Create and post other kind of content (such as artwork or music etc) 191 3.16% 3.16%
Other 365 6.04% 7.74%
Provide critique or feedback to articles and drafts 197 3.26% 4.3%
Read articles on this wiki 5919 97.87% 96.08%
Translate articles from one wiki to other language wikis or the INT Archives. 110 1.82% 2.18%
Vote on articles you read 1247 20.62% 19.91%
Write articles for this wiki 365 6.04% 7.3%
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How did you discover the SCP Foundation?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
/x/ or another imageboard 252 4.17% 4.44%
Accidental result when searching for something else 555 9.18% 7.6%
Article on a gaming site 161 2.66% 2.48%
Creepypasta site or blog 675 11.16% 10.47%
DeviantArt 113 1.87% 2.6%
Facebook/Meta 74 1.22% 1.48%
one of the SCP games 1601 26.47% 28.42%
Other 737 12.19% 13.85%
Reddit 876 14.48% 13.01%
Referred by someone you know 1259 20.82% 21.39%
Saw some fanart or fanfic elsewhere 562 9.29% 8.77%
SCP reference in another game or game mod 826 13.66% 13.45%
Something Awful 248 4.1% 1.94%
TikTok 345 5.7% 7.72%
Tumblr 194 3.21% 2.78%
TV Tropes 171 2.83% 3.44%
Twitter 255 4.22% 3.42%
Wikipedia 291 4.81% 5.5%
Youtube (Markiplier's channel) 1194 19.74% 20.63%
Youtube (other channel) 1821 30.11% 29.76%
Youtube (SCP Reading channels) 1966 32.51% 32.5%
Youtube (Tat's Top Video's channel) 201 3.32% 4.02%
How long have you known about the SCP Foundation Wiki?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
<6 months 258 4.27% 8.23%
6-12 months 305 5.04% 7.03%
1-2 years 856 14.15% 15.18%
2-3 years 1085 17.94% 16.41%
3-4 years 933 15.43% 13.36%
4-5 years 956 15.81% 11.73%
>10 years 386 6.38% 5.14%
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Accessibility

The following questions asked the user to respond on a scale from 1-5. Except where otherwise stated, a score of 5 is the "best" case and a score of 1 is the "worst" case.

On a scale of 1-5, how accessible do you find the site to use?
Response # of Responses %
1.0 - Not at all accessible 37 0.61%
2.0 169 2.79%
3.0 917 15.16%
4.0 2886 47.72%
5.0 - Very accessible 2003 33.12%
Did not respond 36 0.6%
How easy do you find it to navigate the site and find information you are looking for now?
Response # of Responses %
1 - Not at all Easy 66 1.09%
2 445 7.36%
3 1569 25.94%
4 2520 41.67%
5 - Extremely Easy 1448 23.94%
When you first joined the site, how hard did you find it to navigate the site?
Response # of Responses %
1 - Not at all easy 453 7.49%
2 1550 25.63%
3 2231 36.89%
4 1201 19.86%
5 - Extremely Easy 613 10.14%
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How often do you encounter visual issues when reading the SCP wiki?
Response # of Responses %
1 - Always 100 1.65%
2 323 5.34%
3 706 11.67%
4 2005 33.15%
5 - Never 2914 48.18%
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If you use a screen reader, how friendly do you find the site to use?
Response # of Responses %
1.0 - Not at all friendly 38 0.63%
2.0 92 1.52%
3.0 1072 17.72%
4.0 638 10.55%
5.0 - Very friendly 729 12.05%
Did not respond 3479 57.52%
How accessible do you find the wiki on mobile devices?
Response # of Responses %
1 - Not at all accessible 133 2.2%
2 683 11.29%
3 1742 28.8%
4 1955 32.32%
5 - Very accessible 1535 25.38%
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Content Discovery

How do you feel about front-page featured articles on average?
Response # of Responses %
1 - Not good 79 1.31%
2 265 4.38%
3 2021 33.42%
4 2187 36.16%
5 - Very good 1496 24.74%
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The staff team have been trying to promote the interconnectedness of works on the wiki. How much do you feel your wiki experience has been improved by clicking on articles linked within other articles while reading through the wiki?
Response # of Responses %
1 - Not Improved 110 1.82%
2 199 3.29%
3 1175 19.43%
4 2202 36.41%
5 - Extremely Improved 2362 39.05%
How easy do you find it to post to the site?
Response # of Responses %
1 536 8.86%
2 703 11.62%
3 3409 56.37%
4 787 13.01%
5 613 10.14%
How easy do you find it to get critique on ideas?
Response # of Responses %
1 335 5.54%
2 517 8.55%
3 3379 55.87%
4 1055 17.44%
5 762 12.6%
Are you satisfied with the current state of the greenlighting process?
Response # of Responses %
I either do not know or do not care about the greenlighting process. 4660 77.05%
No 343 5.67%
Yes 1045 17.28%
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How do you discover articles to read on the wiki?
Response # of Responses %
Crosslinks within articles 2419 40.0%
Curated lists 643 10.63%
Featured articles on the front page 1225 20.25%
I do not read articles on the wiki and prefer to engage with SCP content in other ways. 224 3.7%
I read articles after watching Youtube readings or other multimedia content of them 2676 44.25%
I read articles linked from canon/group of interest hub pages 1682 27.81%
I read based on interesting titles on the Series List 2147 35.5%
I read the list of SCPs in order 1530 25.3%
Plugging (i.e. Recommendations from authors of the articles) 1068 17.66%
Posts on Social Media (Reddit 2628 43.45%
Random SCP/Tale/Page button 2834 46.86%
Recently Created Pages or a bot that accesses them 929 15.36%
Tags i.e. tag search or tag pages 898 14.85%
Tiktok 2628 43.45%
Top rated new pages 1133 18.73%
Top rated pages of all time 1081 17.87%
Twitter 2628 43.45%
Word-of-mouth (i.e. Recommendations from friends or acquaintances who are not authors) 2266 37.47%
How easy do you find it to discover new tales?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
1 110 1.82% 2.61%
2 514 8.5% 13.68%
3 1629 26.93% 28.72%
4 1806 29.86% 27.26%
5 1989 32.89% 27.72%
Roughly how many tales have you read in the last month?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
0 3770 62.33% 63.73%
<5 2278 37.67% 36.27%
5-10 1333 22.04% 22.69%
10-15 464 7.67% 8.11%
15-20 178 2.94% 3.64%
20+ 367 6.07% 8.15%
Roughly how many SCPs have you read in the last month?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
0 4732 78.24% 82.68%
<5 1316 21.76% 17.32%
5-10 1566 25.89% 24.01%
10-15 1008 16.67% 16.77%
15-20 548 9.06% 10.87%
20+ 1199 19.82% 25.16%
Which of the following would encourage you to post reviews of authors' work?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
A review karma system similar to Reddit 1734 28.67% N/A
Attending a seminar on giving constructive feedback 775 12.81% 17.56%
None of the above 2793 46.18% 52.39%
Opportunity for green light privileges 874 14.45% 21.59%
Opportunity to choose front page features 941 15.56% 19.41%
Priority for reviews of your own work 585 9.67% 13.58%
Social Recognition 1053 17.41% N/A
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Off-Wiki Community

Which of the following social media accounts or pages do you read, follow, or use?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
Did not respond 1164 23.83% 33.7%
Official Chat Platform 323 6.61% N/A
Official Discord for any other foreign language branch 321 6.57% 9.46%
Official Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/scpfoundation) 270 5.53% 7.38%
Official Instagram Account (www.instagram.com/scpfoundationwiki/) 824 16.87% 18.36%
Official SCP-INT Discord 512 10.48% 12.45%
Official Subreddit (www.reddit.com/r/scp) 3544 72.56% 68.2%
Official TikTok Account (https://www.tiktok.com/@scpwikiofficial?) 891 18.24% 22.69%
Official Twitch Account (https://www.twitch.tv/scpwiki) 295 6.04% 7.64%
Official Twitter Account (www.twitter.com/scpwiki) 2003 41.01% 33.06%
Which of the following do you regularly do on any official SCP Social media account or page?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
Comment on posts 1335 27.44% 27.23%
Create posts 348 7.15% 7.95%
Did not respond 1182 24.29% 30.35%
Post artwork or any other kind of content that you’ve found 148 3.04% 3.49%
Post artwork or any other kind of content you’ve created 308 6.33% 6.77%
Read posts 4689 96.36% 94.45%
Reblog/retweet/crosspost posts 624 12.82% 11.15%
Respond to official announcements 267 5.49% 6.8%
Roleplay on another site (e.g. Twitter/TikTok/Tumblr/Discord/etc) 413 8.49% 8.96%
Vote/favorite/mark support through a built-in function 1696 34.85% 32.26%
What kind of content in general do you want to see featured MORE on post-based SCP Social Media accounts? (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
Response # of Responses %
Did not respond 1401 23.16%
More classic articles 1520 25.13%
More Fanart 2179 36.03%
More GOI Format articles 1269 20.98%
More new articles 2304 38.1%
More SCPs 3237 53.52%
More Tales 1983 32.79%
More Translated/Foreign work 1010 16.7%
What kind of content in general do you want to see featured LESS on post-based SCP Social Media accounts? (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
Response # of Responses %
Did not respond 3759 62.15%
Less classic articles 726 12.0%
Less Fanart 627 10.37%
Less GOI Format articles 543 8.98%
Less new articles 251 4.15%
Less SCPs 142 2.35%
Less Tales 430 7.11%
Less Translated/Foreign work 405 6.7%

Staff/User Interaction

If you think something(s) about the wiki can be improved, what category does it fall under?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
Did not respond 2022 50.22% 40.85%
I hold issue with article content (Gore/violence/adult content/etc) 122 3.03% 3.46%
The author listing method 631 15.67% 18.38%
The host site/wikidot itself 1221 30.33% 29.73%
The layout and listing methods (how to find articles etc.) 1814 45.06% 44.74%
The theme/color scheme/visual elements 1883 46.77% 44.99%
The voting system/I want x/10 or x/5 ratings other than low/high number ratings 760 18.88% 17.79%
How do you feel about the wiki staff and the way they run the wiki?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
1.0 74 1.56% 0.97%
2.0 131 2.76% 2.67%
3.0 934 19.71% 21.48%
4.0 1955 41.26% 40.43%
5.0 1644 34.7% 34.44%
Did not respond 1310 27.65% 15.33%
How comfortable are you communicating with members of wiki staff with concerns you have about the SCP wiki?
Response # of Responses %
1.0 296 4.89%
2.0 486 8.04%
3.0 1548 25.6%
4.0 1027 16.98%
5.0 939 15.53%
Did not respond 1752 28.97%
How much do you trust wiki staff with regards to the operation of the SCP wiki?
Response # of Responses %
1.0 93 1.54%
2.0 145 2.4%
3.0 840 13.89%
4.0 1758 29.07%
5.0 1869 30.9%
Did not respond 1343 22.21%
How welcoming/accepting do you find wiki staff?
Response # of Responses %
1.0 92 1.52%
2.0 161 2.66%
3.0 1226 20.27%
4.0 1348 22.29%
5.0 1472 24.34%
Did not respond 1749 28.92%
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How welcoming/accepting do you find the onsite community?
Response # of Responses % % of Last Year
1.0 83 1.81% 1.42%
2.0 190 4.14% 4.91%
3.0 1020 22.25% 22.43%
4.0 1613 35.18% 32.95%
5.0 1679 36.62% 38.28%
Did not respond 1463 31.91% 16.43%
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