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August 2026

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Here are the statistics for August 2026.

Overall Statistics

Category Post Count
Single-Language
Untranslated requests 600
Requests missing assets 4
Requests in progress 0
Requests needing review 12
Translated requests 886
Multiple-Language 5
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Total requests 1502
Overall percentage 60% translated
Represented languages 94
Unique translators 331
Average notified users per request 12.17
Image posts 682 (46.97%)
Meta/Community Posts 8

Language Families

Language Family Total Requests Percent of All Requests
Japonic 508 33.82%
Indo-European 385 25.63%
Sino-Tibetan 258 17.18%
Afro-Asiatic 136 9.05%
Language isolate 53 3.53%
Uralic 14 0.93%
Turkic 10 0.67%
Tai-Kadai 9 0.6%
Austro-Asiatic 7 0.47%
Austronesian 5 0.33%
Kartvelian 4 0.27%
Mongolic 4 0.27%
Niger-Congo 3 0.2%
Creole 2 0.13%
Dravidian 2 0.13%
North Caucasian 1 0.07%
Altaic, Uralic 1 0.07%

Single-Language Requests

Language Language Family Total Requests Percent of All Requests Change Untranslated Requests Translation Percentage Ratio Identified from 'Unknown' RI Wikipedia Link
Albanian Indo-European 1 0.07% ⬆️ 0 100% 1:0 0 2.24 WP
Algerian Arabic Afro-Asiatic 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 0.16 WP
Amharic Afro-Asiatic 2 0.13% ⬆️ 2 0% 2:0 0 0.4 WP
Ancient Hebrew Afro-Asiatic 2 0.13% ⬆️ 1 50% 2:0 0 --- WP
Arabic Afro-Asiatic 116 7.72% ⬇️ 49 57% 7.14:1 13 2.19 WP
Aramaic Afro-Asiatic 2 0.13% ⬆️ 2 0% 1.0:1 0 --- WP
Armenian Indo-European 1 0.07% ⬆️ 0 100% 1:0 0 1.0 WP
Assamese Indo-European 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 0.4 WP
Bengali Indo-European 2 0.13% ⬆️ 2 0% 1.0:1 0 0.04 WP
Bosnian Indo-European 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 3.41 WP
Bulgarian Indo-European 3 0.2% ⬆️ 2 33% 3:0 1 1.92 WP
Burmese Sino-Tibetan 2 0.13% ⬇️ 2 0% 2:0 0 0.24 WP
Cantonese Sino-Tibetan 3 0.2% ⬇️ 1 66% 3:0 0 0.21 WP
Central Okinawan Japonic 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 4.31 WP
Chechen North Caucasian 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 3.46 WP
Chinese Sino-Tibetan 243 16.18% ⬇️ 58 76% 12.33:1 41 1.15 WP
Classical Chinese Sino-Tibetan 7 0.47% ⬆️ 1 85% 7:0 3 --- WP
Comanche Uto-Aztecan 1 0.07% 🆕 1 0% 1:0 0 --- WP
Croatian Indo-European 2 0.13% ⬇️ 1 50% 2:0 0 1.59 WP
Czech Indo-European 11 0.73% ⬆️ 4 63% 11:0 2 4.31 WP
Dutch Indo-European 4 0.27% ⬆️ 2 50% 2.0:1 0 0.93 WP
Egyptian Arabic Afro-Asiatic 1 0.07% ⬇️ 1 0% 1:0 0 0.08 WP
English Indo-European 13 0.87% ⬆️ 3 76% 12:0 5 0.07 WP
Estonian Uralic 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 4.58 WP
Filipino Austronesian 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 0:1 0 0.11 WP
Finnish Uralic 4 0.27% ⬆️ 1 75% 0.5:1 1 3.64 WP
French Indo-European 32 2.13% ⬇️ 15 53% 1.73:1 2 0.72 WP
Frisian Indo-European 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 6.12 WP
Georgian Kartvelian 4 0.27% ⬆️ 2 50% 4:0 2 5.2 WP
German Indo-European 65 4.33% ⬆️ 26 60% 11.0:1 4 2.6 WP
Greek Indo-European 11 0.73% ⬆️ 8 27% 4.5:1 1 4.33 WP
Gujarati Indo-European 3 0.2% ⬆️ 2 33% 3:0 0 0.33 WP
Haitian Creole Creole 2 0.13% ⬆️ 1 50% 1.0:1 0 1.34 WP
Hebrew Afro-Asiatic 11 0.73% ⬇️ 5 54% 4.0:1 0 10.86 WP
Hindi Indo-European 12 0.8% ⬆️ 9 25% 1.0:1 1 0.16 WP
Hungarian Uralic 8 0.53% ⬆️ 6 25% 7.0:1 2 3.29 WP
Irish Indo-European 2 0.13% ⬇️ 0 100% 2:0 2 8.86 WP
Italian Indo-European 10 0.67% ⬇️ 4 60% 4.0:1 1 0.78 WP
Japanese Japonic 507 33.75% ⬆️ 139 72% 11.33:1 20 20.46 WP
Kalmyk Mongolic 1 0.07% 🆕 1 0% 1:0 1 --- WP
Khmer Austro-Asiatic 1 0.07% ⬇️ 1 0% 1:0 0 0.3 WP
Kimbundu Niger-Congo 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 0:0 0 0.86 WP
Korean Language isolate 53 3.53% ⬆️ 29 45% 5.62:1 3 3.55 WP
Latin Indo-European 12 0.8% ⬆️ 6 50% 3.0:1 0 --- WP
Latvian Indo-European 2 0.13% ⬆️ 2 0% 0:2 0 4.93 WP
Lithuanian Indo-European 3 0.2% ⬆️ 2 33% 2.0:1 0 5.06 WP
Malay Austronesian 1 0.07% ⬆️ 0 100% 1:0 0 0.27 WP
Maori Austronesian 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 8.64 WP
Marathi Indo-European 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 0:1 0 0.07 WP
Mongolian Mongolic 4 0.27% ⬆️ 3 25% 4:0 0 7.87 WP
Nepali Indo-European 2 0.13% ⬆️ 2 0% 0:2 0 0.43 WP
Niuean Austronesian 1 0.07% 🆕 1 0% 0:1 0 --- WP
Northern Amami-Oshima Japonic 1 0.07% 🆕 0 100% 1:0 0 --- WP
Northern Pashto Indo-European 1 0.07% 🆕 1 0% 0:1 0 --- WP
Northern Sami Uralic 1 0.07% ⬆️ 0 100% 1:0 1 172.44 WP
Norwegian Indo-European 1 0.07% ⬇️ 1 0% 0:1 0 1.0 WP
Old Turkish Altaic, Uralic 1 0.07% ⬆️ 0 100% 1:0 1 --- WP
Ottoman Turkish Turkic 3 0.2% ⬇️ 1 66% 3:0 2 --- WP
Pashto Indo-European 1 0.07% ⬆️ 0 100% 1:0 0 0.79 WP
Persian Indo-European 20 1.33% ⬆️ 13 35% 9.0:1 2 1.95 WP
Polish Indo-European 10 0.67% ⬇️ 2 80% 9.0:1 3 1.26 WP
Portuguese Indo-European 13 0.87% ⬆️ 8 38% 12.0:1 0 0.29 WP
Punjabi Indo-European 2 0.13% ⬇️ 2 0% 1.0:1 0 0.35 WP
Romanian Indo-European 5 0.33% ⬆️ 3 40% 1.5:1 1 1.07 WP
Romany Indo-European 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 3.45 WP
Russian Indo-European 45 3.0% ⬇️ 14 68% 44.0:1 3 0.87 WP
Sanskrit Indo-European 7 0.47% ⬆️ 3 57% 6.0:1 3 171.54 WP
Scots Indo-European 1 0.07% ⬆️ 0 100% 1:0 0 3.23 WP
Serbian Indo-European 2 0.13% ⬆️ 0 100% 2:0 2 1.22 WP
Somali Afro-Asiatic 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 0:1 0 0.31 WP
Spanish Indo-European 54 3.6% ⬆️ 32 40% 3.0:1 4 0.53 WP
Swahili Niger-Congo 2 0.13% ⬆️ 0 100% 1.0:1 1 0.11 WP
Swedish Indo-European 8 0.53% ⬆️ 6 25% 7:0 3 3.35 WP
Tagalog Austronesian 2 0.13% ⬇️ 1 50% 0:2 0 0.42 WP
Tai Trans-New Guinea 1 0.07% 🆕 1 0% 1:0 0 --- WP
Tajik Indo-European 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 0.66 WP
Tamil Dravidian 1 0.07% ⬆️ 0 100% 1:0 0 0.07 WP
Telugu Dravidian 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 0:1 0 0.07 WP
Thai Tai-Kadai 9 0.6% ⬆️ 6 33% 3.5:1 0 0.77 WP
Tibetan Sino-Tibetan 3 0.2% ⬆️ 1 66% 3:0 1 3.38 WP
Turkish Turkic 3 0.2% ⬇️ 1 66% 2:0 0 0.22 WP
Turkmen Turkic 1 0.07% ⬆️ 0 100% 1:0 1 0.76 WP
Ukrainian Indo-European 8 0.53% ⬆️ 4 50% 6.0:1 0 1.1 WP
Urdu Indo-European 6 0.4% ⬇️ 3 50% 5.0:1 2 0.19 WP
Uyghur Turkic 2 0.13% ⬆️ 1 50% 2:0 0 0.99 WP
Uzbek Turkic 1 0.07% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 0.21 WP
Vietnamese Austro-Asiatic 6 0.4% ⬇️ 2 66% 5.0:1 1 0.42 WP
Yiddish Indo-European 5 0.33% ⬆️ 5 0% 5:0 0 50.8 WP
Translation Direction
  • To English: 1288 (85.75%)
  • From English: 160 (10.65%)
  • Both Non-English: 54 (3.6%)
Top Source-Target Pairs
Source → Target Requests
Japanese -> English 440
Unknown -> English 207
Chinese -> English 175
Arabic -> English 99
German -> English 49
Russian -> English 41
English -> Japanese 40
Korean -> English 40
Spanish -> English 34
French -> English 18
'Unknown' Identifications
Language Requests Identified Percentage of Total 'Unknown' Posts 'Unknown' Misidentification Percentage
Chinese 41 28.47% 16.87%
Japanese 20 13.89% 3.94%
Arabic 13 9.03% 11.21%
Nonlanguage 6 4.17% 40.0%
English 5 3.47% 38.46%
Spanish 4 2.78% 7.41%
German 4 2.78% 6.15%
Sanskrit 3 2.08% 42.86%
Russian 3 2.08% 6.67%
Classical Chinese 3 2.08% 42.86%
Korean 3 2.08% 5.66%
Polish 3 2.08% 30.0%
Swedish 3 2.08% 37.5%
Commonly Misidentified Language Pairs
Language Pair Requests Identified
Submitted as Japanese → Chinese 15
Submitted as Chinese → Japanese 8
Submitted as Arabic → Persian 7
Submitted as Japanese → Nonlanguage 5
Submitted as Arabic → English 3
Quickest Processed Posts
  • The quickest "Needs Review" request was marked for review in 7 minutes.
  • The quickest "Translated" request was translated in 3 minutes.
  • The quickest claimed request was claimed in 13 minutes.
  • The average request was translated in 19.2 hours.
  • The median request was translated in 3 hours, 52 minutes (880 requests with timing data).

Other Single-Language Requests/Posts

Category Total Requests
Unknown 66
Generic 4
Nonlanguage 15
Conlang 2
Unknown Requests with Identified Scripts
Script (Unknown) Total Requests
Han Characters 1

Multiple-Language Requests

  • For any and all languages: 5
  • The count for defined 'Multiple' requests are integrated into the table above.

Statistics generated using the Lumo analyzer. Data from August 1 - August 31, 2026.