222 unique groups completed the survey from 50 different countries. There were roughly equal numbers of city groups (78) and university groups (77), with a smaller number of national/regional groups ( 39), joint university/city groups, (12) and other groups (16). The largest proportion of groups are in Europe (37%), followed by US/Canada (29%), the UK (12%), Australasia (7%) and 15% in the rest of the world. The number of new groups founded per year has remained steady since 2015. Nearly 12,000 people interacted with these groups in some fashion in the previous year, lower than in previous years (likely explained by the pandemic).

We surveyed 176 local EA groups, from over 40 different countries, including 66 student groups, 78 city groups and 21 national groups. The number of local groups has rapidly grown, but has begun to plateau. The majority of groups are relatively new, with the median age being 3 years and 43.15% of groups founded in the last 2 years. Local groups are disproportionately made up of students relative to the EA community as a whole, with even city groups being on average 40% students. Overall, 14,392 people engaged with local groups in 2019, 2,124 people regularly attended EA groups’ events, and 1,498 members were reported to be highly engaged with the EA community.