Research:Editor activation

Editor activation refers to the transition from a new registered user to a first-time editor.

Metrics

• New editor

Plots

The following plots present editor activation rates and counts for different Wikipedias, aggregated monthly (read more about metrics standardization):

Newly registered users

Number of monthly new registered users in various Wikipedias

1 edit in 24 hours, article namespace

Proportion of monthly new registered users in various Wikipedias who complete 1 edit in the article namespace in their first 24 hours of activity

Number of monthly new registered users in various Wikipedias who complete 1 edit in the article namespace in their first 24 hours of activity

1 edit in 24 hours, all namespaces

Proportion of monthly new registered users in various Wikipedias who complete 1 edit across all namespaces in their first 24 hours of activity

Number of monthly new registered users in various Wikipedias who complete 1 edit across all namespaces in their first 24 hours of activity

5 edits in 24 hours, article namespace

Proportion of monthly new registered users in various Wikipedias who complete 5 edits in the article namespace in their first 24 hours of activity

Number of monthly new registered users in various Wikipedias who complete 5 edits in the article namespace in their first 24 hours of activity

5 edits in 24 hours, all namespaces

Proportion of monthly new registered users in various Wikipedias who complete 5 edits across all namespaces in their first 24 hours of activity

Number of monthly new registered users in various Wikipedias who complete 5 edits across all namespaces in their first 24 hours of activity

1 to 5 edits in 24 hours, all namespaces

Proportion of monthly new registered users in various Wikipedias who completed 5 edits across all namespaces in their first 24 hours of activity out of all users who completed 1 edit in the same period

See also

• editor activation: desktop vs mobile comparison