VisualEditor/Data

This page contains what we know about how people use and experience the visual editor (mobile and desktop).

For information about where the the visual editor is and is not available at Wikimedia wikis, visit VisualEditor/Rollouts.

Timeline

2024

2023

2022

VisualEditor on mobile/VE mobile default#A/B test results (A/B test ran at 20 Wikipedias from 1 November 2019 through 26 September 2022)

2021

2020

2019

Section editing on mobile VE AB test

2018

Visual editor on mobile report (2018)

2017

2016

2015

2014

Research:Visual Editor usage (January 2014)

2013

Quantitive experiments

Analyses to synthesize here...

Visual Editor Research Project. See "Previous VE Research Review" section.
VisualEditor on mobile/VE mobile default#A/B test results
- Also see: Mobile VE As Default AB Test, Mobile VE as Default AB Test
T227338: Test visual editor as the default mobile editor on select wikis
Section editing on mobile VE AB test
The percentage of edits people who are new (<100 total edits) make to Wikipedia with the visual editor: https://superset.wikimedia.org/r/455.
The percentage of visual editor edits as a percentage of all Wikipedia Main namespace edits: https://superset.wikimedia.org/r/456
Superset dashboard: https://superset.wikimedia.org/superset/dashboard/101/.
Visual editor on mobile report (2018)

Qualitative feedback

Feedback to synthesize here...

Mobile contribution research report (2019). See slide 66.
Mobile visual editor usability testing report (2018)

About

The visual editor is a rich-text editing interface and platform for MediaWiki.

The project started with the goal of making it easier for people who are new to successfully contribute to Wikimedia projects by offering an editing experience newcomers would intuitively understand.

Over time, as people came to value and expect rich-text editing capabilities, the visual editor began evolving into a platform that now powers a range of experiences that include: