“Data from the 2023 EA Forum user survey” by Sarah Cheng

The purpose of this post is to share data from a survey that the EA Forum team ran last year. Though we used this survey as one of many sources of information for internal analyses, I did not include any particular takeaways from this survey data in this post. I leave that as an exercise for the reader. Overview In August 2023, the EA Forum team ran a survey to learn more about how people use the Forum and how the Forum impacted them. We got 609 valid responses. Thank you to everyone who responded - we really appreciate you taking the time. The results have been important for helping us understand the ways that the Forum creates value and disvalue that are otherwise hard for us to track. We’ve used it to evaluate the impact of the Forum and the marginal impact of our work, update our team's [...] ---Outline:(00:25) Overview(01:36) Some Forum usage data, for context(02:57) Demographic reweighting(05:02) Results(05:05) In the last year, which of the following have you done on the EA Forum?(05:13) Are you significantly engaged in any of the following cause areas or fields of work?(05:23) What proportion of the time you spend on the EA Forum do you think is useful?(06:17) How likely are you to recommend the EA Forum to someone getting interested in EA or an EA cause area?(06:37) In the past 12 months, how useful was the EA Forum to you as a general source of information on the EA Community?(07:21) In the past 12 months, how useful was the EA Forum as a source of information on specific cause areas or topics that are important to you?(07:54) In the past 12 months, how much has content or discussion on the EA Forum significantly changed your thinking on topic areas you consider important?(08:43) In the past 12 months, how has the EA Forum affected your likelihood of staying engaged with EA?(09:33) In the last year, did the EA Forum lead to any of the following career related changes for you?(10:29) In the last year, how was posting or commenting valuable to you?(10:43) A selection from free responsesThe original text contained 5 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. The original text contained 10 images which were described by AI. --- First published: July 26th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/6hxMxCf3zcmfjtKeK/data-from-the-2023-ea-forum-user-survey --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.