**Definition:**
Out of the logged-in users who made at least one edit in the previous month, the number who also edited during the current month. This includes all edits (including edits to content, talk, and other namespaces) whether or not the edits have been reverted.
([[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_and_Decision_Science/Data_glossary#Contributor_metrics | data glossary ]])
**Measurement plan: **
[[ https://docs.google.com/document/d/12dMcyfT5sTgoAWtIYTEhH3tIWfiki94gUj1mzIFgJqo/edit?tab=t.p81dayfrou3w#heading=h.aajwckzc3kix | Retained Editors - Decision Brief: Developing Metrics along our Online Contributor Pipeline ]]
**Data Source:**
Does the data exist?
Yes: [[ https://datahub.wikimedia.org/dataset/urn:li:dataset:(urn:li:dataPlatform:hive,wmf_contributors.editor_month,PROD)/Schema?is_lineage_mode=false&schemaFilter= | editor_month ]] ( which is sourced from [[ https://datahub.wikimedia.org/dataset/urn:li:dataset:(urn:li:dataPlatform:hive,wmf.mediawiki_history,PROD)/Schema?is_lineage_mode=false&schemaFilter= | wmf.mediawiki_history ]] )
**Baseline:**
89.3k ([[ https://superset.wikimedia.org/superset/explore/p/0lNXR7GRbD4/ | source ]])
(Average of April 2025 to March 2026)
**Target:**
107k (20% increase) by July 2027
Error (if applicable):
N/A
**Automated Dashboard:**
[[ https://superset.wikimedia.org/superset/dashboard/684/?native_filters_key=MsHGjJ7GHObubP1YUr5Q4VmfkB2EtwphYaoAyDjhLy4HzO8HQQW1Y7ZhOOrTyGel | Contributors Metrics ]] dashboard
[[ https://superset.wikimedia.org/superset/dashboard/p/d7VvNNDlv1X/ | Objective Level metrics dashboard ]]
**Test Kitchen Status:**
N/A
=== Notes
A weekly update to this number [[ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s5UEa00ZELQ-5a7XcjpOlLoO91N_Zw3G5pFpsAG0NIk/edit?tab=t.0 | was discussed ]] and decided against. This is fundamentally a monthly metric.