Wikimedia Foundation elections/2025/Stats
These are the statistics for the 2025 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections.
Votes over time
[edit]| Days of voting | Time (UTC) | Cumulative total | Running diff
2025-2024 |
By period | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2022 | 2021 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 | 2025 | 2024 | 2022 | 2021 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 | |||
| 0 | 2025-10-08 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 2025-10-08 12:00 | 251 | 242 | 489 | 654 | 329 | 264 | 101 | 9 | 251 | 242 | 489 | 654 | 329 | 264 | 101 |
| 1 | 2025-10-09 00:00 | 418 | 527 | 963 | 1071 | 653 | 571 | 205 | -109 | 167 | 285 | 474 | 417 | 324 | 307 | 104 |
| 1.5 | 2025-10-09 12:00 | 534 | 602 | 1145 | 1195 | 776 | 720 | 250 | -68 | 116 | 75 | 182 | 124 | 123 | 149 | 45 |
| 2 | 2025-10-10 00:00 | 627 | 696 | 1351 | 1374 | 949 | 860 | 312 | -69 | 93 | 94 | 206 | 179 | 173 | 140 | 62 |
| 2.5 | 2025-10-10 12:00 | 985 | 754 | 1447 | 1983 | 1055 | 938 | 342 | 231 | 358 | 58 | 96 | 609 | 106 | 78 | 30 |
| 3 | 2025-10-11 00:00 | 1145 | 824 | 1550 | 2412 | 1236 | 1049 | 405 | 321 | 160 | 70 | 103 | 429 | 181 | 111 | 63 |
| 3.5 | 2025-10-11 12:00 | 1205 | 868 | 2412 | 2573 | 1311 | 1088 | 433 | 337 | 60 | 44 | 862 | 161 | 75 | 39 | 28 |
| 4 | 2025-10-12 00:00 | 1640 | 1588 | 2769 | 2726 | 1409 | 1150 | 473 | 52 | 435 | 720 | 357 | 153 | 98 | 62 | 40 |
| 4.5 | 2025-10-12 12:00 | 2152 | 2118 | 2897 | 2814 | 1469 | 1233 | 488 | 34 | 512 | 530 | 128 | 88 | 60 | 83 | 15 |
| 5 | 2025-10-13 00:00 | 2425 | 2403 | 3037 | 2974 | 1573 | 1496 | 523 | 22 | 273 | 285 | 140 | 160 | 104 | 263 | 35 |
| 5.5 | 2025-10-13 12:00 | 2608 | 2587 | 3131 | 3084 | 1633 | 1609 | 537 | 21 | 183 | 184 | 94 | 110 | 60 | 113 | 14 |
| 6 | 2025-10-14 00:00 | 2787 | 2794 | 3243 | 3220 | 1703 | 1720 | 571 | -7 | 179 | 207 | 112 | 136 | 70 | 111 | 34 |
| 6.5 | 2025-10-14 12:00 | 2872 | 2985 | 3339 | 3297 | 1759 | 1776 | 585 | -113 | 85 | 191 | 96 | 77 | 56 | 56 | 14 |
| 7 | 2025-10-15 00:00 | 2975 | 3173 | 3486 | 3396 | 1830 | 1874 | 600 | -198 | 103 | 188 | 147 | 99 | 71 | 98 | 15 |
| 7.5 | 2025-10-15 12:00 | 3058 | 3297 | 3557 | 3497 | 1883 | 1930 | 899 | -239 | 83 | 124 | 71 | 101 | 53 | 56 | 299 |
| 8 | 2025-10-16 00:00 | 3199 | 3456 | 3678 | 3635 | 1994 | 2000 | 1092 | -257 | 141 | 159 | 121 | 138 | 111 | 70 | 193 |
| 8.5 | 2025-10-16 12:00 | 3259 | 3543 | 3750 | 3742 | 2037 | 2057 | 1160 | -284 | 60 | 87 | 72 | 107 | 43 | 57 | 68 |
| 9 | 2025-10-17 00:00 | 4294 | 3880 | 3844 | 3855 | 2144 | 2135 | 1250 | 414 | 1035 | 337 | 94 | 113 | 107 | 78 | 90 |
| 9.5 | 2025-10-17 12:00 | 4745 | 4451 | 3914 | 4281 | 2269 | 2201 | 1303 | 294 | 451 | 571 | 70 | 426 | 125 | 66 | 53 |
| 10 | 2025-10-18 00:00 | 4990 | 4743 | 4004 | 4815 | 2378 | 2286 | 1366 | 247 | 245 | 292 | 90 | 534 | 109 | 85 | 63 |
| 10.5 | 2025-10-18 12:00 | 5118 | 4874 | 4062 | 5120 | 3080 | 2332 | 1405 | 244 | 128 | 131 | 58 | 305 | 702 | 46 | 39 |
| 11 | 2025-10-19 00:00 | 5232 | 5000 | 4210 | 5403 | 3497 | 2419 | 1465 | 232 | 114 | 126 | 148 | 283 | 417 | 87 | 60 |
| 11.5 | 2025-10-19 12:00 | 5306 | 5087 | 4625 | 5581 | 3621 | 3343 | 1500 | 219 | 74 | 87 | 415 | 178 | 124 | 924 | 35 |
| 12 | 2025-10-20 00:00 | 5409 | 5186 | 4855 | 5786 | 3939 | 4068 | 1542 | 223 | 103 | 99 | 230 | 205 | 318 | 725 | 42 |
| 12.5 | 2025-10-20 12:00 | 5534 | 5302 | 4976 | 6001 | 4251 | 4277 | 1560 | 232 | 125 | 116 | 121 | 215 | 312 | 209 | 18 |
| 13 | 2025-10-21 00:00 | 5672 | 5444 | 5141 | 6247 | 4607 | 4485 | 1610 | 228 | 138 | 142 | 165 | 246 | 356 | 208 | 50 |
| 13.5 | 2025-10-21 12:00 | 5756 | 5542 | 5313 | 6437 | 4814 | 4598 | 1650 | 214 | 84 | 98 | 172 | 190 | 207 | 113 | 40 |
| 14 | 2025-10-22 00:00 | 5868 | 5728 | 5545 | 6873 | 5120 | 4785 | 1699 | 140 | 112 | 186 | 232 | 436 | 306 | 187 | 49 |
| 14.5 | 2025-10-22 12:00 | 5957 | 5814 | 5707 | 6873 | 5120 | 4932 | 1746 | 143 | 89 | 86 | 162 | — | — | 147 | 47 |
| 15 | 2025-10-23 00:00 | 6129 | 6000 | 5955 | 6873 | 5120 | 5167 | 1809 | 129 | 172 | 186 | 248 | — | — | 235 | 63 |
Notes
[edit]Eligible voters
[edit]The pool of eligible voters is based on the voter eligibility guidelines. This year's pool of eligible voters is 24.65% smaller than last year - 87,722 in 2025 vs 116,498 in 2024.
Promotion
[edit]All eligible voters who had an email attached to their account were sent the same number of email reminders (two) as last year (2024). A small number may have received the same email multiple times when it was sent due to a technical issue. These emails are separate from community discussions on mailing lists.
This year we had one new echo notification which was planned since April before the start of the election. This notification only went to ~22K eligible voters and some users - depending on settings - may have also seen this notification in their email. The echo notification appears to have moved voters earlier in the period rather than driving additional turnout. See increased turnout from day 2.5 to 3.5 and roughly equal lower turnout from day 7 to 8.5.
Affiliate voting in the shortlist
[edit]64 affiliates participated in the shortlisting process. Below are the names and selection of the affiliates that voted.
| Affiliate name | Selection |
|---|---|
| Art+Feminism | Lane Rasberry, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Commons Photographers User Group | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini, Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, Maxime Baidakov, Shahen Araboghlian, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Dagbani Wikimedians User Group | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini, Ahmad Ali Karim, Jonathan Cardy, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Shahen Araboghlian, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Deoband Community Wikimedia User Group (DCW) | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini, Bobby Shabangu, Jonathan Cardy, Maxime Baidakov, Ravan J Al-Taie, Shahen Araboghlian |
| Egypt Wikipedians UG | James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Michał Buczyński, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Ravan J Al-Taie, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Esperanto kaj Libera Scio | Ahmad Ali Karim, Maxime Baidakov, Michał Buczyński, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Groupe d'Utilisateurs Wikimédia Guinée Conakry | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini, Bobby Shabangu, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Gungbe Wikimedians User Group | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini, Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, Michał Buczyński, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Iranian Wikimedian User Group | James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Lane Rasberry, Maxime Baidakov, Michał Buczyński, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Karavali Wikimedians User Group | Lane Rasberry, Maxime Baidakov, Michał Buczyński, Ravan J Al-Taie, Shahen Araboghlian, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Les sans pagEs | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini, Ravan J Al-Taie, Shahen Araboghlian |
| Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia | Ravan J Al-Taie |
| North Carolina Wikipedians | James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Lane Rasberry, Ravan J Al-Taie, Shahen Araboghlian, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Open Foundation West Africa | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini, Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Maxime Baidakov, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini |
| Wiki Project Med Foundation | James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Lane Rasberry, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Wikibase Community User Group | Lane Rasberry, Maxime Baidakov, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| WikiClassics User Group | Lane Rasberry |
| WikiDonne User Group | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Michał Buczyński |
| Wikiesfera UG | James Alexander, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Wikimdediens du Bénin User group | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini, Bobby Shabangu, Michał Buczyński, Ravan J Al-Taie, Shahen Araboghlian, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedia and Libraries User Group | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Ravan J Al-Taie, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedia Armenia | James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Maxime Baidakov, Michał Buczyński, Ravan J Al-Taie, Shahen Araboghlian |
| Wikimedia Bangladesh | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński |
| Wikimedia Belgium | Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Wikimedia Brasil | Bobby Shabangu, Jonathan Cardy, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Wikimedia Canada | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini, Jonathan Cardy, Maxime Baidakov, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Ravan J Al-Taie, Shahen Araboghlian |
| Wikimedia Chile | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Ravan J Al-Taie, Shahen Araboghlian |
| Wikimedia Community Ireland User Group | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini, Jonathan Cardy, Lane Rasberry, Maxime Baidakov, Ravan J Al-Taie, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini, Ahmad Ali Karim, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Ravan J Al-Taie, Shahen Araboghlian, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedia Community User Group Burundi | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d'Ivoire | Bobby Shabangu, Maxime Baidakov, Michał Buczyński |
| Wikimedia Community User Group Georgia | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia | Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Lane Rasberry, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Wikimedia Community User Group Niger | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini, Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, Maxime Baidakov, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Wikimedia Deutschland | Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, Shahen Araboghlian |
| Wikimedia iraq (Iraqi Wikimedians User group) | Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Wikimedia Israel | James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Ravan J Al-Taie, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedia Italy | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Maxime Baidakov, Michał Buczyński, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group | James Alexander, Lane Rasberry, Maxime Baidakov, Michał Buczyński, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedia MA User Group | Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Wikimedia New York City | Bobby Shabangu, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Wikimedia Norway | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Wikimedia Österreich | Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, Lane Rasberry, Maxime Baidakov, Ravan J Al-Taie, Shahen Araboghlian |
| Wikimedia Polska | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Michał Buczyński, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Ravan J Al-Taie, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedia Portugal | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Lane Rasberry, Maxime Baidakov, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Wikimedia Serbia | Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedia Sverige | James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Michał Buczyński, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Wikimedia Taiwan | Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Lane Rasberry, Shahen Araboghlian, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedia UK | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Michał Buczyński, Ravan J Al-Taie, Shahen Araboghlian |
| Wikimedia Ukraine | Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Michał Buczyński, Shahen Araboghlian, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedians for offline wikis | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Ravan J Al-Taie |
| Wikimedians of Japan User Group | Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Lane Rasberry, Maxime Baidakov |
| Wikimedians of Kerala | James Alexander, Lane Rasberry, Maxime Baidakov, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Ravan J Al-Taie, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedians of Lagos | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini, Bobby Shabangu, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedians of Los Angeles User Group | Bobby Shabangu, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Shahen Araboghlian, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedians of Slovakia | Bobby Shabangu, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Shahen Araboghlian, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedians of Tchad User Group | Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Lane Rasberry, Maxime Baidakov, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini |
| Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimedians of Western Armenian Language User Group | Shahen Araboghlian |
| Wikimeida Community User Group Türkiye (WMTR) | Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikimujeres UG | Bobby Shabangu, Michał Buczyński |
| Wikipedia & Education User Group | Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, Lane Rasberry, Michał Buczyński, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikipedia Asian Month Usergroup | Ahmad Ali Karim, Bobby Shabangu, James Alexander, Lane Rasberry, Ravan J Al-Taie, Wojciech Pędzich |
| Wikisource Community User Group | James Alexander, Jonathan Cardy, Lane Rasberry, Maxime Baidakov, Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, Shahen Araboghlian |
| Position | Candidate name | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Shabangu | 39 |
| 2 | Ravan J Al-Taie | 36 |
| 3 | Lane Rasberry | 35 |
| 4= | James Alexander | 33 |
| 4= | Michał Buczyński | 33 |
| 6 | Wojciech Pędzich | 28 |
| 7 | Jonathan Cardy | 23 |
| 8 | Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini | 21 |
| 9= | Shahen Araboghlian | 20 |
| 9= | Maxime Baidakov | 20 |
| 11 | Ahmad Ali Karim | 17 |
| 12 | Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini | 13 |