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 195
Energy 217
Health and Food Safety 218
European External Action Service 233
European Border and Coast Guard Agency 254
Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs 305
Council of the European Union 447
Trade 453
European Parliament 582
Secretariat General of the European Commission 1061

Public bodies with the most successful requests

Public Body Percentage of total requests
Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs 68
European Securities and Markets Authority 70
Human Resources and Security 70
Research and Innovation 71
European Data Protection Supervisor 71
Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union 71
Trade 73
Informatics 78
The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency 78
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 80

Public bodies with the fewest successful requests

Public Body Percentage of total requests
European Police Office 10
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 17
Court of Justice of the European Union 20
European Anti-Fraud Office 21
Foreign Policy Instruments 24
Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized enterprises 24
Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency 35
European Economic and Social Committee 35
Education, Youth, Sport and Culture 37
Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom 39

Public bodies with most overdue requests

Public Body Percentage of requests that are overdue
International Cooperation and Development 21
European Anti-Fraud Office 23
Secretariat General of the European Commission 23
Taxation and Customs Union 24
Migration and Home Affairs 25
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 27
Eurostat 28
Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency 30
Court of Justice of the European Union 39
European Police Office 56

Public bodies that most frequently replied with "Not Held"

Public Body Percentage of total requests
European Council 19
European Food Safety Authority 19
European External Action Service 21
European Environment Agency 22
European Investment Bank 23
Education, Youth, Sport and Culture 23
Foreign Policy Instruments 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. N

    Nik Völker, MiningWatch Portugal

    Joined in 2020

    6

  2. L

    Lora Verheecke

    Joined in 2015

    3

  3. B

    Ben Youriev

    Joined in 2017

    3

  4. V

    Venetia Roxburgh

    Joined in 2020

    2

  5. R

    Rachel Hanna

    Joined in 2019

    2

  6. H

    Hans Wetzels

    Joined in 2016

    2

  7. T

    Thomas Spekschoor

    Joined in 2018

    2

  8. J

    Jose Molina

    Joined in 2018

    2

  9. D

    Davide Giovannelli

    Joined in 2019

    2

  10. S

    Sergio Pérez Sangiao

    Joined in 2018

    2

All time

  1. V

    Vicky Cann

    Joined in 2011

    464

  2. P

    Peter

    Joined in 2014

    239

  3. M

    Mathias Schindler

    Joined in 2015

    211

  4. L

    Luisa Izuzquiza

    Joined in 2016

    206

  5. L

    Lora Verheecke

    Joined in 2015

    182

  6. Profile image for Arun Dohle

    Arun Dohle

    Joined in 2013

    181

  7. V

    Vincent Harmsen

    Joined in 2015

    117

  8. M

    Margarida da Silva

    Joined in 2015

    94

  9. Profile image for Helen Darbishire

    Helen Darbishire

    Joined in 2011

    90

  10. O

    Olivier Hoedeman

    Joined in 2011

    87

Most frequent annotators

Last 28 days

  1. E

    Emilio

    Joined in 2015

    2

  2. N

    Nicole Maes

    Joined in 2020

    2

  3. O

    Olivier Hoedeman

    Joined in 2011

    1

  4. X

    xavier dutoit

    Joined in 2014

    1

  5. N

    Nik Völker, MiningWatch Portugal

    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

    36

  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
2020-10-05 0
2020-10-12 0
2020-10-19 0
2020-10-26 0
2020-11-02 0
2020-11-09 0
2020-11-16 0
2020-11-23 0
2020-11-30 0
2020-12-07 0
2020-12-14 0
2020-12-21 0
2020-12-28 0
2021-01-04 2
2021-01-11 0
2021-01-18 0
2021-01-25 1