AsktheEU.org Statistics

Here you can see how well public bodies have responded to requests on AsktheEU.org and meet the people most actively using it. You can also find statistics about requests over time.

Public Bodies

This section on public body statistics is currently experimental, so there are some caveats that should be borne in mind:

  • The percentages are calculated with respect to the total number of requests, which includes invalid requests; this is a known problem that will be fixed in a later release.
  • The classification of requests (e.g. to say whether they were successful or not) is done manually by users and administrators of the site, which means that they are subject to error.
  • Requests are considered successful if they were classified as either 'Successful' or 'Partially Successful'.
  • Requests are considered overdue if they are in the 'Overdue' or 'Very Overdue' states.
  • The error bars shown are 95% confidence intervals for the hypothesized underlying proportion (i.e. that which you would obtain by making an infinite number of requests through this site to that authority). In other words, the population being sampled is all the current and future requests to the authority through this site, rather than, say, all requests that have been made to the public body by any means.
  • Hidden requests are not counted. Unclassified requests do not count towards the percentages.

These graphs were partly inspired by some statistics that Mark Goodge produced for WhatDoTheyKnow, so thanks are due to him.

Public bodies with the most requests

Public Body Number of requests
Justice and Consumers 191
Health and Food Safety 199
Energy 204
European External Action Service 229
European Border and Coast Guard Agency 231
Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs 269
Council of the European Union 425
Trade 445
European Parliament 554
Secretariat General of the European Commission 980

Public bodies with the most successful requests

Public Body Percentage of total requests
Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs 67
Human Resources and Security 69
Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union 71
European Data Protection Supervisor 71
Research and Innovation 72
Trade 73
European Securities and Markets Authority 75
Informatics 77
The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency 81
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 85

Public bodies with the fewest successful requests

Public Body Percentage of total requests
European Police Office 10
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 17
European Anti-Fraud Office 20
Court of Justice of the European Union 20
Foreign Policy Instruments 23
European Economic and Social Committee 33
Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency 38
Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom 39
Education, Youth, Sport and Culture 40
Competition 41

Public bodies with most overdue requests

Public Body Percentage of requests that are overdue
Education, Youth, Sport and Culture 21
International Cooperation and Development 22
Migration and Home Affairs 24
Secretariat General of the European Commission 25
European Anti-Fraud Office 25
Eurostat 27
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 27
Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency 29
Court of Justice of the European Union 40
European Police Office 56

Public bodies that most frequently replied with "Not Held"

Public Body Percentage of total requests
European Food Safety Authority 19
Budget 20
European Council 20
European External Action Service 21
European Environment Agency 22
Foreign Policy Instruments 23
Education, Youth, Sport and Culture 24
European Court of Auditors 27
Agriculture and Rural Development 27
Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection 32

People

Most frequent requesters

Last 28 days

  1. V

    Vincent Harmsen

    Joined in 2015

    12

  2. Profile image for Arun Dohle

    Arun Dohle

    Joined in 2013

    8

  3. N

    Nik Völker, MiningWatch Portugal

    Joined in 2020

    4

  4. V

    Venetia Roxburgh

    Joined in 2020

    4

  5. M

    Marthe Prins

    Joined in 2020

    3

  6. O

    Olivier Hoedeman

    Joined in 2011

    3

  7. L

    Laurent Pech

    Joined in 2018

    2

  8. L

    Laura Tetic

    Joined in 2019

    2

  9. H

    Henrique Palumbo

    Joined in 2020

    2

  10. M

    Myriam Douo

    Joined in 2016

    1

All time

  1. V

    Vicky Cann

    Joined in 2011

    444

  2. P

    Peter

    Joined in 2014

    221

  3. M

    Mathias Schindler

    Joined in 2015

    211

  4. L

    Luisa Izuzquiza

    Joined in 2016

    206

  5. Profile image for Arun Dohle

    Arun Dohle

    Joined in 2013

    181

  6. L

    Lora Verheecke

    Joined in 2015

    166

  7. V

    Vincent Harmsen

    Joined in 2015

    116

  8. M

    Margarida da Silva

    Joined in 2015

    90

  9. Profile image for Helen Darbishire

    Helen Darbishire

    Joined in 2011

    90

  10. O

    Olivier Hoedeman

    Joined in 2011

    81

Most frequent annotators

Last 28 days

  1. Profile image for Arun Dohle

    Arun Dohle

    Joined in 2013

    5

  2. D

    Davidson M

    Joined in 2020

    1

All time

  1. Profile image for Arun Dohle

    Arun Dohle

    Joined in 2013

    248

  2. A

    Abdul Hai

    Joined in 2016

    101

  3. V

    Vicky Cann

    Joined in 2011

    59

  4. Profile image for AsktheEU Admin

    AsktheEU Admin

    Joined in 2011

    37

  5. K

    Klaus Zinser

    Joined in 2014

    29

  6. D

    David Savic

    Joined in 2017

    26

  7. M

    Mike Stabenow

    Joined in 2013

    17

  8. Profile image for Gregorio Abascal Galán

    Gregorio Abascal Galán

    Joined in 2014

    17

  9. Profile image for Andreas Pavlou

    Andreas Pavlou

    Joined in 2011

    15

  10. K

    Kristina Ronnberg

    Joined in 2015

    14

Requests

Hidden

From time to time requests need to be hidden on AsktheEU.org. This can happen for a number of reasons. For example, the request could be about someone’s personal information that shouldn’t be public or the contents could be abusive.

Here you can see how often AsktheEU.org administrators have hidden requests.

Week starting Request hide events
2011-09-26 0
2011-10-03 0
2011-10-10 0
2011-10-17 0
2011-10-24 0
2011-10-31 0
2011-11-07 0
2011-11-14 0
2011-11-21 0
2011-11-28 0
2011-12-05 0
2011-12-12 0
2011-12-19 0
2011-12-26 0
2012-01-02 0
2012-01-09 0
2012-01-16 0
2012-01-23 0
2012-01-30 0
2012-02-06 0
2012-02-13 0
2012-02-20 0
2012-02-27 0
2012-03-05 0
2012-03-12 0
2012-03-19 0
2012-03-26 0
2012-04-02 0
2012-04-09 0
2012-04-16 0
2012-04-23 0
2012-04-30 0
2012-05-07 0
2012-05-14 0
2012-05-21 0
2012-05-28 0
2012-06-04 0
2012-06-11 0
2012-06-18 0
2012-06-25 0
2012-07-02 0
2012-07-09 0
2012-07-16 0
2012-07-23 0
2012-07-30 0
2012-08-06 0
2012-08-13 0
2012-08-20 0
2012-08-27 0
2012-09-03 0
2012-09-10 0
2012-09-17 0
2012-09-24 0
2012-10-01 0
2012-10-08 0
2012-10-15 0
2012-10-22 0
2012-10-29 0
2012-11-05 0
2012-11-12 1
2012-11-19 0
2012-11-26 0
2012-12-03 0
2012-12-10 0
2012-12-17 0
2012-12-24 0
2012-12-31 0
2013-01-07 0
2013-01-14 0
2013-01-21 0
2013-01-28 0
2013-02-04 0
2013-02-11 0
2013-02-18 0
2013-02-25 0
2013-03-04 0
2013-03-11 0
2013-03-18 0
2013-03-25 0
2013-04-01 1
2013-04-08 0
2013-04-15 0
2013-04-22 0
2013-04-29 0
2013-05-06 0
2013-05-13 0
2013-05-20 0
2013-05-27 0
2013-06-03 0
2013-06-10 0
2013-06-17 0
2013-06-24 0
2013-07-01 0
2013-07-08 0
2013-07-15 0
2013-07-22 0
2013-07-29 0
2013-08-05 0
2013-08-12 0
2013-08-19 0
2013-08-26 0
2013-09-02 0
2013-09-09 0
2013-09-16 0
2013-09-23 0
2013-09-30 0
2013-10-07 0
2013-10-14 0
2013-10-21 0
2013-10-28 0
2013-11-04 0
2013-11-11 0
2013-11-18 0
2013-11-25 0
2013-12-02 0
2013-12-09 0
2013-12-16 0
2013-12-23 1
2013-12-30 0
2014-01-06 0
2014-01-13 0
2014-01-20 0
2014-01-27 0
2014-02-03 0
2014-02-10 0
2014-02-17 0
2014-02-24 0
2014-03-03 0
2014-03-10 0
2014-03-17 0
2014-03-24 0
2014-03-31 0
2014-04-07 0
2014-04-14 0
2014-04-21 0
2014-04-28 0
2014-05-05 0
2014-05-12 0
2014-05-19 0
2014-05-26 0
2014-06-02 0
2014-06-09 0
2014-06-16 0
2014-06-23 0
2014-06-30 0
2014-07-07 0
2014-07-14 0
2014-07-21 0
2014-07-28 0
2014-08-04 0
2014-08-11 0
2014-08-18 0
2014-08-25 0
2014-09-01 0
2014-09-08 0
2014-09-15 0
2014-09-22 0
2014-09-29 0
2014-10-06 0
2014-10-13 0
2014-10-20 0
2014-10-27 0
2014-11-03 0
2014-11-10 0
2014-11-17 0
2014-11-24 0
2014-12-01 0
2014-12-08 0
2014-12-15 0
2014-12-22 0
2014-12-29 0
2015-01-05 0
2015-01-12 0
2015-01-19 0
2015-01-26 0
2015-02-02 0
2015-02-09 0
2015-02-16 0
2015-02-23 0
2015-03-02 0
2015-03-09 0
2015-03-16 0
2015-03-23 0
2015-03-30 0
2015-04-06 0
2015-04-13 0
2015-04-20 0
2015-04-27 0
2015-05-04 1
2015-05-11 0
2015-05-18 0
2015-05-25 0
2015-06-01 0
2015-06-08 0
2015-06-15 0
2015-06-22 0
2015-06-29 0
2015-07-06 0
2015-07-13 0
2015-07-20 0
2015-07-27 0
2015-08-03 0
2015-08-10 0
2015-08-17 0
2015-08-24 0
2015-08-31 0
2015-09-07 0
2015-09-14 0
2015-09-21 0
2015-09-28 0
2015-10-05 0
2015-10-12 0
2015-10-19 0
2015-10-26 4
2015-11-02 0
2015-11-09 0
2015-11-16 0
2015-11-23 0
2015-11-30 0
2015-12-07 0
2015-12-14 0
2015-12-21 0
2015-12-28 0
2016-01-04 0
2016-01-11 0
2016-01-18 0
2016-01-25 0
2016-02-01 0
2016-02-08 8
2016-02-15 0
2016-02-22 1
2016-02-29 10
2016-03-07 0
2016-03-14 1
2016-03-21 6
2016-03-28 0
2016-04-04 0
2016-04-11 0
2016-04-18 0
2016-04-25 0
2016-05-02 0
2016-05-09 1
2016-05-16 0
2016-05-23 0
2016-05-30 0
2016-06-06 0
2016-06-13 0
2016-06-20 0
2016-06-27 0
2016-07-04 0
2016-07-11 0
2016-07-18 4
2016-07-25 0
2016-08-01 16
2016-08-08 11
2016-08-15 2
2016-08-22 0
2016-08-29 0
2016-09-05 0
2016-09-12 0
2016-09-19 0
2016-09-26 0
2016-10-03 0
2016-10-10 0
2016-10-17 1
2016-10-24 0
2016-10-31 0
2016-11-07 0
2016-11-14 0
2016-11-21 0
2016-11-28 0
2016-12-05 0
2016-12-12 0
2016-12-19 36
2016-12-26 0
2017-01-02 12
2017-01-09 0
2017-01-16 0
2017-01-23 2
2017-01-30 0
2017-02-06 0
2017-02-13 0
2017-02-20 4
2017-02-27 0
2017-03-06 0
2017-03-13 0
2017-03-20 0
2017-03-27 0
2017-04-03 0
2017-04-10 1
2017-04-17 0
2017-04-24 0
2017-05-01 1
2017-05-08 0
2017-05-15 0
2017-05-22 0
2017-05-29 1
2017-06-05 8
2017-06-12 1
2017-06-19 0
2017-06-26 0
2017-07-03 0
2017-07-10 1
2017-07-17 0
2017-07-24 4
2017-07-31 1
2017-08-07 1
2017-08-14 0
2017-08-21 0
2017-08-28 0
2017-09-04 3
2017-09-11 0
2017-09-18 0
2017-09-25 1
2017-10-02 0
2017-10-09 0
2017-10-16 0
2017-10-23 0
2017-10-30 0
2017-11-06 0
2017-11-13 0
2017-11-20 0
2017-11-27 0
2017-12-04 0
2017-12-11 0
2017-12-18 0
2017-12-25 27
2018-01-01 0
2018-01-08 0
2018-01-15 0
2018-01-22 0
2018-01-29 0
2018-02-05 0
2018-02-12 0
2018-02-19 0
2018-02-26 0
2018-03-05 0
2018-03-12 0
2018-03-19 0
2018-03-26 0
2018-04-02 12
2018-04-09 0
2018-04-16 1
2018-04-23 0
2018-04-30 0
2018-05-07 1
2018-05-14 0
2018-05-21 0
2018-05-28 0
2018-06-04 1
2018-06-11 0
2018-06-18 0
2018-06-25 0
2018-07-02 0
2018-07-09 0
2018-07-16 0
2018-07-23 3
2018-07-30 4
2018-08-06 0
2018-08-13 0
2018-08-20 2
2018-08-27 3
2018-09-03 0
2018-09-10 0
2018-09-17 0
2018-09-24 0
2018-10-01 0
2018-10-08 0
2018-10-15 0
2018-10-22 0
2018-10-29 0
2018-11-05 0
2018-11-12 0
2018-11-19 0
2018-11-26 0
2018-12-03 0
2018-12-10 0
2018-12-17 0
2018-12-24 0
2018-12-31 0
2019-01-07 0
2019-01-14 0
2019-01-21 0
2019-01-28 0
2019-02-04 1
2019-02-11 0
2019-02-18 0
2019-02-25 0
2019-03-04 0
2019-03-11 0
2019-03-18 0
2019-03-25 0
2019-04-01 0
2019-04-08 0
2019-04-15 0
2019-04-22 15
2019-04-29 0
2019-05-06 0
2019-05-13 0
2019-05-20 0
2019-05-27 0
2019-06-03 0
2019-06-10 0
2019-06-17 0
2019-06-24 2
2019-07-01 41
2019-07-08 1
2019-07-15 1
2019-07-22 0
2019-07-29 0
2019-08-05 0
2019-08-12 0
2019-08-19 0
2019-08-26 1
2019-09-02 0
2019-09-09 0
2019-09-16 0
2019-09-23 0
2019-09-30 0
2019-10-07 0
2019-10-14 0
2019-10-21 0
2019-10-28 1
2019-11-04 2
2019-11-11 0
2019-11-18 5
2019-11-25 1
2019-12-02 0
2019-12-09 0
2019-12-16 0
2019-12-23 0
2019-12-30 0
2020-01-06 0
2020-01-13 0
2020-01-20 0
2020-01-27 0
2020-02-03 0
2020-02-10 0
2020-02-17 0
2020-02-24 0
2020-03-02 0
2020-03-09 0
2020-03-16 0
2020-03-23 0
2020-03-30 0
2020-04-06 0
2020-04-13 0
2020-04-20 0
2020-04-27 0
2020-05-04 0
2020-05-11 0
2020-05-18 0
2020-05-25 0
2020-06-01 0
2020-06-08 0
2020-06-15 0
2020-06-22 0
2020-06-29 0
2020-07-06 0
2020-07-13 0
2020-07-20 0
2020-07-27 0
2020-08-03 0
2020-08-10 0
2020-08-17 0
2020-08-24 5
2020-08-31 0
2020-09-07 3
2020-09-14 0
2020-09-21 0
2020-09-28 0