2017 Annual Report

WordPress community programs enjoyed another year of significant growth in 2017. Below you’ll find information on the WordPress Foundation’s new programs supporting charity hackathons and open source education around the world. We also report on established programs like the WordCamp conference series and the WordPress meetup chapter program, which are both supported by the WordPress Foundation’s subsidiary, WordPress Community Support, PBC.

WordPress Foundation Programs

Workshops

188

Attendees to 2 Open Source workshops.

Hackathons

122

Volunteers working with 17 non-profits.

WordPress Community Support Programs

WordPress meetups are locally-organized user groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). The WordPress meetup chapter program helps local organizers build inclusive, participatory communities.

Groups

554

52.6%

Events

4,382

43.02%

Members

231,870

69.19%

Attendees

99,384

65.06%

Top 10 of the 73 countries with Meetups and their number of Meetup groups

WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. WordCamps are attended by people ranging from blogging newbies to professional WordPress developers and consultants, and usually combine scheduled programming with unconference sessions and other activities.

WordCamps

128

11.3%

Tickets Sold

41,432

11.7%

Women Speakers

30%

28%

Countries

11.6%

Average ticket cost per day

$13.96

from $15.97 last year

The number of WordCamps in Central and South Asia has grown substantially in the last 3 years. Watch this space for even more exciting developments in the years to come!

WordCamp Organizers

990

Unique organizers & 641 first-timers.
31.47%

WordCamp Speakers

2,346

Unique speakers & 1,384 first-timers.
13.06%

Total number of unique sponsors

1,118

6.17%