WordCamp Europe 2023 was a highly anticipated WordPress celebration that brought together 2,545 enthusiasts from 94 countries to Athens, showing the event’s global reach.
Once again, WordCamp Europe proved to be an inspiring and informative gathering that solidified the WordPress community while opening doors to trends, new approaches and upcoming changes.
Keeping the motto to build a fully transparent event, we’ve dug into the data and showcased the numbers you want to know.
Attendees
- 2545 Attended the event
- 90 Countries represented
- 1400 Attended for the first time
- 110 Micro-sponsors
- 222 Visa Letters generated
Volunteers
- 142 Volunteers
- 40 Countries represented
Organisers
- 98 Organisers
- 21 Countries represented
- 11 Different teams
- 13 Team leads
Media
- 10 Media Partners
- 11 Media Sponsors
- 23.2 Million people were reached from Social Media publications
- 14,000 Interactions
- +2,000 Twitter mentions
- +4,000 Social content shares
- +12,200 Likes
Photography
- 28,000 Photos taken during the event (when duplicates removed!), and we’ve uploaded 4,900 to our Flickr Account here!
- 15 Photographers
Speakers
- 102 Speakers
- 29 Countries represented
Countries Represented
- Bangladesh 1
- Brazil 1
- Croatia 1
- Estonia 1
- Greece 1
- Japan 1
- Lithuania 1
- Poland 1
- Portugal 1
- Slovenia 1
- Vietnam 1
- Zimbabwe 1
- Australia 2
- Canada 2
- Costa Rica 2
- Sweden 2
- Switzerland 2
- India 3
- Italy 3
- Serbia 3
- South Africa 3
- Israel 4
- Bulgaria 6
- Germany 8
- Netherlands 9
- United Kingdom 9
- Spain 11
- USA 21
Sponsors
- 64 sponsors
- Returning sponsors from Porto to Athens edition represented 56.25% of sponsors, and 43.75% were new to sponsoring WordCamp Europe.
Contributor Day
- 658 Contributors
- 144 New contributors
- 23 Teams
In the end
Numbers are numbers. They may tell a compelling story, but the people made the event remarkable. Behind each number lies a person with a WordPress story to tell.
The real magic happens when people connect, share, and engage with one another.
Thanks to everyone who helped to make WordCamp Europe 2023 a moment to remember.
Ready for Torino?
Our organising team will be forming shortly to start planning our next edition of WordCamp Europe in Torino, Italy – and we need your help!
Find out more about being an organiser for WordCamp Europe, and apply today!
