2025 Community Survey Results

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Each year, WL staff runs a community survey to get a better idea of our audience and the demographics that we serve. These are the detailed results of that survey — there were a few fill-in forms for specific complaints/suggestions about the site and staff that we will not be publicly releasing, but rest assured we are definitely taking them into consideration. Without further ado, the Wanderers' Library 2025 Community Survey Results!

Note: Fill-in form answers with a number of results less than 2% each have been collated under "Various others".

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1. What is your age?

67 responses

Option	Amount	Percent	Last Year Percent
Under 15	1	1.5%	1.5%
15-19	24	35.8%	38.2%
20-29	37	55.2%	45.6%
30-39	5	7.5%	10.3%
40-49	0	0%	4.4%
50+	0	0%	0%

2. Which of these best describe you?

67 responses

Option	Amount	Percent	Last Year Percent
Female	18	26.9%	26.1%
Male	33	49.3%	49.3%
Non-binary	13	19.4%	10.1%
Genderfluid	10	14.9%	2.9%
Agender	5	7.5%	4.3%
Intersex	2	3%	N/A
Prefer not to say	2	1.5%	4.4%
Various others	3	4.5%	2.9%

3. Are you transgender or cisgender?

67 responses

Option	Amount	Percent
Transgender	26	38.8%
Cisgender	26	38.8%
Prefer not to say	5	7.5%
Various others	10	14.9%

4. Are you a member of our sister site, the SCP Wiki?

67 responses

Option	Amount	Percent	Last Year Percent
Yes	49	73.1%	69.1%
No	18	26.9%	30.9%

5. What is your primary language?

66 responses

Option	Amount	Percent	Last Year Percent
English	59	89.4%	81.2%
Spanish	1	1.5%	4.3%
Polish	1	1.5%	2.9%
German	1	1.5%	1.4%
Russian	1	1.5%	1.4%
Portuguese	1	1.5%	1.4%
Hindi	1	1.5%	1.4%
Indonesian	1	1.5%

6. Where did you hear about the Wanderers' Library?

66 responses

Option	Amount	Percent	Last Year Percent
The SCP Wiki	59	89.4%	85.3%
Various others	7	10.5%	14.7%

7. How often do you visit the Library website?

67 responses

Option	Amount	Percent	Last Year Percent
Every day or multiple times a day	16	23.9%	29.4%
Once every 2-3 days	16	23.9%	19.1%
Once a week	14	20.9%	19.1%
Once a month	11	16.4%	20.6%
Once every 3-6 months	8	11.9%	7.4%
Less than once every 6 months	2	3%	4.4%

8. What do you do on the Wanderers' Library?

67 responses

Option	Amount	Percent	Last Year Percent
Read articles	65	97%	100%
Vote on articles	45	67.2%	60.3%
Write articles	33	49.3%	50%
Comment on articles	29	43.3%	38.2%
Translate articles	1	1.5%	2.9%
Engage in chat	27	40.3%	44.1%

9. Do you engage with the Library offsite? If so, where?

67 responses

Option	Amount	Percent	Last Year Percent
Twitter	10	14.9%	29%
Discord	52	77.6%	63.8%
Reddit	12	17.9%	10.1%
Tumblr	6	9%	17.4%
TVTropes	7	10.4%	4.3%
I do not engage with the Library offsite	10	14.9%	15.9%
Bluesky	1	1.5%	5.6%

10. If you dislike things about the site, which category would they best fit into?

29 responses

Option	Amount	Percent	Last Year Percent
Site navigation	10	34.5%	39.5%
Theme and visuals	5	17.2%	13.2%
Voting system	6	20.7%	28.9%
Article content	2	6.9%	10.5%
Hosting	13	44.8%	47.4%
Community engagement	7	24.1%	18.4%
Various others	4	13.6%

11. How well do you think Library staff are doing their jobs?

65 responses

Option	Amount	Percent	Last Year Percent
1 (Horrible)	0	0%	0.8%
2 (Poorly)	2	3.1%	0%
3 (Okay)	4	6.2%	13.2%
4 (Good)	34	52.3%	38.2%
5 (Fantastic)	25	38.5%	48.5%

12. Do you think the Library has improved since last year?

65 responses

Option	Amount	Percent	Last Year Percent
Yes.	23	35.4%	50.7%
No.	1	1.5%	1.4%
No strong opinion / don't know enough to say.	41	63.1%	47.8%

13. What are your favorite genres to read?

67 responses

Option	Amount	Percent	Last Year Percent
Romance	14	20.9%	11.6%
Action-Adventure	34	50.7%	36.2%
Mystery	34	50.7%	39.1%
Fantasy	41	61.2%	71%
Sci-Fi	46	68.7%	79.7%
Horror	36	53.7%	55.1%
Historical	27	40.3%	36.2%
Thriller/Suspense	21	31.3%	31.9%
Non-Fiction	21	31.3%	31.9%
Realistic	18	26.9%	24.6%
Literary	26	38.8%	15.9%
Poetry	3	4.5%
Various others	6	9%

14. Last year we asked if we should add support for single art pieces, the majority of respondents were in favor, and at least one such piece has survived on-site. Staff could not come to an agreement about how to categorize singular art entries. What would be your preference for how these entries should be organized?

65 responses

Option	Amount	Percent
In Hall One, with the existing galleries, tagged “gallery”	8	12.3%
In Hall One, with the existing galleries, tagged to indicate single pieces	25	38.5%
In the Wings like writing, tagged “entry”	2	3.1%
In the Wings like writing, tagged to indicate single pieces	5	7.7%
No strong opinion/don’t know enough to say	25	38.5%

15. If Library staff brings back reading club, featuring pieces from the site read and discussed in voice chat, would you attend them?

66 responses

Option	Amount	Percent
Yes, I would attend during the event	11	16.7%
Yes, depending on schedule	30	45.5%
No, but I would listen to recordings at a later time	11	16.7%
No, I am not interested in reading club	4	6.1%
Not sure/don’t know enough to say	10	15.2%

16. Should staff enable signatures on the Wanderers’ Library forums?

64 responses

Option	Amount	Percent
Yes	29	45.3%
No	7	10.9%
Not sure/don’t know enough to say	28	43.8%

17. How often do you read articles on-site that are more than three months old?

64 responses

Option	Amount	Percent
Frequently	22	34.4%
Occasionally	35	54.7%
Rarely	5	7.8%
Never	2	3.1%

18. In an ideal world, roughly how often would you want the site to run a special event?

61 responses

Option	Amount	Percent
Once or twice a year	17	27.9%
Once a quarter	29	47.5%
Monthly	10	16.4%
Every few weeks	3	4.9%
Various others	2	3.2%

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A huge thank you to everyone who participated in this survey. We gained a ton of knowledge about who our community is and the direction and vision you see for the site. Thanks again, and we’ll see you next year!

— WL Staff

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