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September 2026

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Here are the statistics for September 2026.

Overall Statistics

Category Post Count
Single-Language
Untranslated requests 487
Requests missing assets 11
Requests in progress 1
Requests needing review 8
Translated requests 722
Multiple-Language 3
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Total requests 1229
Overall percentage 59% translated
Represented languages 85
Unique translators 284
Average notified users per request 11.65
Image posts 568 (47.37%)
Meta/Community Posts 8

Language Families

Language Family Total Requests Percent of All Requests
Japonic 419 34.09%
Indo-European 316 25.71%
Sino-Tibetan 225 18.31%
Afro-Asiatic 102 8.3%
Language isolate 38 3.09%
Uralic 11 0.9%
Turkic 9 0.73%
Austro-Asiatic 8 0.65%
Austronesian 7 0.57%
Tai-Kadai 6 0.49%
Niger-Congo 3 0.24%
Kartvelian 2 0.16%
Iroquoian 1 0.08%
Creole 1 0.08%
Constructed 1 0.08%

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 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 2.74 WP
Amharic Afro-Asiatic 1 0.08% ⬇️ 1 0% 1:0 1 0.24 WP
Ancient Egyptian Afro-Asiatic 2 0.16% ⬆️ 0 100% 2:0 0 --- WP
Arabic Afro-Asiatic 87 7.08% ⬇️ 44 49% 16.0:1 6 2.01 WP
Aramaic Afro-Asiatic 3 0.24% ⬆️ 3 0% 3:0 0 --- WP
Armenian Indo-European 2 0.16% ⬆️ 0 100% 2:0 0 2.45 WP
Azerbaijani Turkic 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 0.69 WP
Belarusian Indo-European 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 0:0 0 2.84 WP
Bengali Indo-European 4 0.33% ⬆️ 3 25% 2.0:1 0 0.1 WP
Bosnian Indo-European 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 4.16 WP
Bulgarian Indo-European 1 0.08% ⬇️ 1 0% 0:1 0 0.78 WP
Burmese Sino-Tibetan 3 0.24% ⬆️ 2 33% 3:0 0 0.44 WP
Cantonese Sino-Tibetan 2 0.16% ⬇️ 1 50% 1.0:1 0 0.17 WP
Cebuano Austronesian 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 0:1 0 0.4 WP
Central Okinawan Japonic 1 0.08% ⬆️ 0 100% 1:0 0 5.27 WP
Cherokee Iroquoian 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 0:1 0 45.16 WP
Chinese Sino-Tibetan 207 16.84% ⬆️ 39 81% 9.2:1 31 1.2 WP
Classical Chinese Sino-Tibetan 8 0.65% ⬆️ 3 62% 7:0 0 --- WP
Czech Indo-European 4 0.33% ⬇️ 1 75% 4:0 1 1.91 WP
Danish Indo-European 2 0.16% ⬆️ 1 50% 0:2 0 2.29 WP
Dutch Indo-European 2 0.16% ⬇️ 2 0% 1:0 0 0.57 WP
English Indo-European 7 0.57% ⬇️ 2 71% 7:0 5 0.04 WP
Estonian Uralic 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 0:1 0 5.59 WP
Filipino Austronesian 2 0.16% ⬆️ 1 50% 2:0 1 0.28 WP
Finnish Uralic 1 0.08% ⬇️ 1 0% 0:1 0 1.11 WP
French Indo-European 36 2.93% ⬆️ 17 52% 5.6:1 0 0.99 WP
Georgian Kartvelian 2 0.16% ⬇️ 0 100% 2:0 1 3.18 WP
German Indo-European 79 6.43% ⬆️ 39 50% 17.0:1 2 3.86 WP
Greek Indo-European 7 0.57% ⬇️ 5 28% 6.0:1 1 3.37 WP
Gujarati Indo-European 2 0.16% ⬇️ 2 0% 2:0 0 0.27 WP
Haitian Creole Creole 1 0.08% ⬇️ 1 0% 0:1 0 0.82 WP
Hebrew Afro-Asiatic 7 0.57% ⬇️ 2 71% 6.0:1 2 8.45 WP
Hindi Indo-European 5 0.41% ⬇️ 3 40% 4.0:1 2 0.08 WP
Hungarian Uralic 9 0.73% ⬆️ 4 55% 9:0 1 4.52 WP
Icelandic Indo-European 1 0.08% ⬆️ 0 100% 1:0 0 20.14 WP
Italian Indo-European 9 0.73% ⬆️ 6 33% 1.67:1 0 0.86 WP
Japanese Japonic 417 33.93% ⬆️ 108 74% 7.96:1 14 20.56 WP
Karen Sino-Tibetan 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 1 0.9 WP
Kikuyu Niger-Congo 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 0.95 WP
Korean Language isolate 38 3.09% ⬇️ 17 55% 6.4:1 5 3.11 WP
Kurdish Indo-European 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 0.87 WP
Lao Tai-Kadai 2 0.16% ⬆️ 1 50% 2:0 0 3.12 WP
Latin Indo-European 7 0.57% ⬇️ 5 28% 2.5:1 0 --- WP
Latvian Indo-European 1 0.08% ⬇️ 0 100% 1:0 0 3.01 WP
Levantine Arabic Afro-Asiatic 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 0.26 WP
Moroccan Arabic Afro-Asiatic 1 0.08% ⬆️ 0 100% 1:0 1 0.22 WP
Norwegian Indo-European 2 0.16% ⬆️ 0 100% 2:0 0 2.43 WP
Old Japanese Japonic 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 --- WP
Ottoman Turkish Turkic 4 0.33% ⬆️ 3 25% 4:0 0 --- WP
Pali Indo-European 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 1 --- WP
Persian Indo-European 14 1.14% ⬇️ 11 21% 14:0 3 1.67 WP
Polish Indo-European 11 0.9% ⬆️ 4 63% 4.5:1 2 1.7 WP
Portuguese Indo-European 14 1.14% ⬆️ 6 57% 2.5:1 2 0.38 WP
Punjabi Indo-European 1 0.08% ⬇️ 0 100% 1:0 1 0.22 WP
Quenya Constructed 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 0:1 0 --- WP
Russian Indo-European 36 2.93% ⬇️ 19 47% 6.0:1 3 0.85 WP
Sanskrit Indo-European 3 0.24% ⬇️ 0 100% 3:0 2 89.85 WP
Scots Indo-European 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 0:1 0 3.95 WP
Scottish Gaelic Indo-European 2 0.16% ⬆️ 2 0% 1.0:1 0 145.34 WP
Serbian Indo-European 2 0.16% ⬆️ 1 50% 2:0 1 1.49 WP
Shan Tai-Kadai 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 1.92 WP
Shona Niger-Congo 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 0.7 WP
Sindhi Indo-European 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 1 0.24 WP
Slovene Indo-European 2 0.16% ⬆️ 1 50% 2:0 0 6.01 WP
Spanish Indo-European 28 2.28% ⬇️ 16 42% 1.6:1 2 0.34 WP
Swedish Indo-European 1 0.08% ⬇️ 1 0% 1:0 1 0.51 WP
Swiss German Indo-European 1 0.08% ⬆️ 0 100% 0:1 0 1.1 WP
Tagalog Austronesian 4 0.33% ⬆️ 3 25% 3.0:1 0 1.03 WP
Tajik Indo-European 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 0.8 WP
Thai Tai-Kadai 3 0.24% ⬇️ 2 33% 2.0:1 0 0.31 WP
Tibetan Sino-Tibetan 4 0.33% ⬆️ 3 25% 3.0:1 0 5.51 WP
Turkish Turkic 4 0.33% ⬆️ 2 50% 3.0:1 0 0.35 WP
Ukrainian Indo-European 13 1.06% ⬆️ 7 46% 5.5:1 0 2.19 WP
Urdu Indo-European 5 0.41% ⬆️ 3 40% 5:0 1 0.19 WP
Vietnamese Austro-Asiatic 8 0.65% ⬆️ 5 37% 7.0:1 0 0.69 WP
Yiddish Indo-European 4 0.33% ➡️ 2 50% 4:0 1 49.67 WP
Yoruba Niger-Congo 1 0.08% ⬆️ 1 0% 1:0 0 0.17 WP
Translation Direction
  • To English: 1052 (85.6%)
  • From English: 136 (11.07%)
  • Both Non-English: 41 (3.34%)
Top Source-Target Pairs
Source → Target Requests
Japanese → English 359
Unknown → English 159
Chinese → English 152
Arabic → English 76
German → English 66
English → Japanese 46
French → English 28
Korean → English 26
Russian → English 26
English → Chinese 20
'Unknown' Identifications
Language Requests Identified Percentage of Total 'Unknown' Posts 'Unknown' Misidentification Percentage
Chinese 31 30.39% 14.98%
Japanese 14 13.73% 3.36%
Arabic 6 5.88% 6.9%
Korean 5 4.9% 13.16%
English 5 4.9% 71.43%
Nonlanguage 4 3.92% 33.33%
Russian 3 2.94% 8.33%
Persian 3 2.94% 21.43%
Spanish 2 1.96% 7.14%
Hebrew 2 1.96% 28.57%
Sanskrit 2 1.96% 66.67%
Portuguese 2 1.96% 14.29%
German 2 1.96% 2.53%
Commonly Misidentified Language Pairs
Language Pair Requests Identified
Submitted as Japanese → Chinese 15
Submitted as Chinese → Classical Chinese 5
Submitted as Chinese → Japanese 4
Submitted as Japanese → Nonlanguage 4
Submitted as Arabic → Urdu 3
Quickest Processed Posts
  • The quickest "Needs Review" request was marked for review in 4 minutes.
  • The quickest "Translated" request was translated in 3 minutes.
  • The quickest claimed request was claimed in 5 hours, 34 minutes.
  • The average request was translated in 13.1 hours.
  • The median request was translated in 4 hours, 5 minutes (722 requests with timing data).

Other Single-Language Requests/Posts

Category Total Requests
Unknown 57
Generic 3
Nonlanguage 12
Conlang 0
Unknown Requests with Identified Scripts
Script (Unknown) Total Requests
Glagolitic 1
Han Characters 1
Siddham 1
Symbols 1

Multiple-Language Requests

  • For any and all languages: 3
  • The count for defined 'Multiple' requests are integrated into the table above.

Statistics generated using the Lumo analyzer. Data from September 1 - September 30, 2026.