SUMMARY RESULTS - Scanlator Community Survey

[Yarnball]

Hey all, the community here was polled earlier this year to conduct a large-scale scanlation community survey and collect some interesting data. The survey asked scanlators things like: Do you use MTL? Why do you scanlate? What software do you use? and a lot more.

Summary results of the survey are now out!

Read on google slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C7qOqWPFTWxykU-fEJcYrfQUN-b1aByvzweak-8cT5Y/

Read on cubari: https://cubari.moe/proxy/gist/cmF3L...MDIwMjIlMjAtJTIwU3VtbWFyeSUyMFJlcG9ydC5qc29u/

Download to read as pdf: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10fJeCbSVkZqVc7s4ee_wnvdOqf10B2st/view?usp=drive_link

Preview:

 

[Manko-sensei]

Now I get to see the final version it looks great, a pleasant reading and quite informative. I still remember some remarks that were made back then, but overall an appreciated study. Where do you plan to share it (besides here)?

 

[Yarnball]

Glad you enjoyed reading! It's been shared to Twitter, Reddit, Tumblr and the manga forums (MU, E-, Dynasty) I could remember off the top of my head. Feel free to share the results anywhere else

 

[luigiymario2]

Alright, I'm not alone in this! I still use Photoshop CS6 to this day! Lmao, before it all went to shit and Adobe began their subscription service.

 

[donlanthirion]

This is amazing! @Yarnball Thank you so much for sharing this with us, and congratulations to all the people involved. =)

I won't make any comments on the actual content because I only skimmed through the material. It is packed with dense data, so I will come back later to read it properly.

It reminded me of the Inside Scanlation project that covered the scanlation scene from late 1990 to 2010. They used a different method of research (probably Narrative Inquiry or Ethnography; they don't say what method was used =P ) and they interviewed scanlation groups.

I believe your data complement that project with new insights into the scanlation community. I will have to re-read it too haha.

Cheers!