{"id":17278,"date":"2023-07-28T11:01:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T08:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2023\/?p=17278"},"modified":"2023-07-28T11:01:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T08:01:17","slug":"wceu-2023-in-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wceu-2023-in-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"WCEU 2023 in numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordCamp Europe 2023 was a highly anticipated WordPress celebration that brought together 2,545 enthusiasts from 94 countries to Athens, showing the event&#8217;s global reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping the motto to build a fully transparent event, we&#8217;ve dug into the data and showcased the numbers you want to know.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Attendees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2545 Attended the event<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>90 Countries represented<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1400 Attended for the first time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>110 Micro-sponsors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>222 Visa Letters generated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Volunteers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>142 Volunteers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>40 Countries represented<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organisers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>98 Organisers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>21 Countries represented<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11 Different teams&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13 Team leads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Media<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10 Media Partners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11 Media Sponsors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>23.2 Million people were reached from Social Media publications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14,000 Interactions&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>+2,000 Twitter mentions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>+4,000 Social content shares<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>+12,200 Likes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>28,000 Photos taken during the event (when duplicates removed!), and we&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/141979713@N07\/albums\/with\/72177720310091678\">uploaded 4,900 to our Flickr Account here!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15 Photographers&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speakers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>102 Speakers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>29 Countries represented<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Countries Represented<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bangladesh 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brazil 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Croatia 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Estonia 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greece 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Japan 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lithuania 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poland 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Portugal 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slovenia 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vietnam 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zimbabwe 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Australia 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canada 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Costa Rica 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sweden 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Switzerland 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Italy 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Serbia 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>South Africa 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Israel 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bulgaria 6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Germany 8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Netherlands 9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>United Kingdom 9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spain 11<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USA 21<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sponsors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>64 sponsors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Returning sponsors from Porto to Athens edition represented 56.25% of sponsors, and 43.75% were new to sponsoring WordCamp Europe.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contributor Day<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>658 Contributors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>144 New contributors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>23 Teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the end<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Numbers are numbers. 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