Survey about Wikipedians' AI use - please participate

The University of Zurich currently conducts a study on Science Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI), funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

As Wikipedia is one of the world’s most trusted and widely used sources of reliable knowledge, the study surveys Wikipedians alongside scientists, communicators, journalists, and influencers to analyze how they perceive and use AI in their work.

As a national Wikimedia affiliate, Wikimedia CH collaborates with the research team to facilitate outreach within Wikimedia communities, provide advisory input on data ethics and privacy, and ensure that the project aligns with Wikimedia’s mission of open, transparent, and responsible knowledge sharing.

How to participate

Open the online questionnaire.
Complete it — it takes about 15–20 minutes.
Share the link with other editors or Wikimedia volunteers who might be interested.

Take the survey

Research goals

To understand how Wikipedians perceive and use AI tools in their editing and content creation practices.
To compare Wikimedia community patterns with those of scientists, journalists, and other communicators.
To inform evidence-based recommendations for ethical, transparent, and effective AI use in collaborative knowledge environments.

Ethics and data processing

This study has been exempted from ethics review by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of the University of Zurich.

Participation is entirely voluntary. No personally identifying information will be collected, and responses will be stored securely and analyzed only in aggregate form.

Research page

The research page is available under Research:Science Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI).