世論 What Japan Thinks

It’s a while since I’ve looked at a Wikipedia survey, and although the numbers haven’t changed significantly since the last time, this survey from goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com into Wikipedia serves as a reminder that it’s still as popular as ever.

Demographics

Between the 24th and 26th of June 2010 1,097 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.9% of the sample were male, 17.0% in their teens, 18.1% in their twenties, 21.4% in their thirties, 16.0% in their forties, 15.4% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.

I’ve done some editing of Wikipedia myself; wearing a different hat on one of my other blogs I’ve made amendments to some of the Trusted Computing-related entries. However, being in favour of it, myself and a couple of other users are outnumbered by those wishing to retain the NPOV that Trusted Computing is the spawn of the devil^{[citation not needed]}.

Research results

Q1: Do you know the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia? (Sample size=1,097)

Yes (to SQ1)	85.5%
No	14.5%

Q1SQ1: Have you ever used Wikipedia? (Sample size=938)

Yes (to SQ2)	97.8%
No	2.2%

Q1SQ2: About how often do you use Wikipedia? (Sample size=917)

Almost every day	9.5%
Several times a week	44.2%
Several times a month	37.0%
Several times a year	8.6%
Less than that	0.8%

Putting the three together we get:

Q1+SQ1+SQ2: About how often do you use Wikipedia? (Sample size=1,097)

Almost every day	7.9%
Several times a week	36.9%
Several times a month	30.9%
Several times a year	7.2%
Less than that	0.6%
Never	1.9%
Don’t know Wikipedia	14.5%