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Crowdsourcing

Platforms that allow a variety of people to contribute data to a common collection. See also: Participatory Sensing, "an approach to data collection and interpretation in which individuals, acting alone or in groups, use their personal mobile devices and web services to systematically explore interesting aspects of their worlds ranging from health to culture." - IDS UCLA

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citizensignal.site

Citizen Water Signal

Making unsafe tap water visible before it becomes a crisis.

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳
Crowdsourcing, Civic maps
ICE Watch Programs
teenvogue.com/story/ice-watch-programs-immigrants-how-to-start

ICE Watch Programs

This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Crowdsourcing, Mutual aid
Sugestões da população para a Assembleia Nacional Constituinte de 1988
www12.senado.leg.br/noticias/constituicao-dos-sonhos-en

Sugestões da população para a Assembleia Nacional Constituinte de 1988

Learn about the history of the 72,000 letters sent by citizens to the Brazilian Constitutional Convention and how to consult them, and the Sistema de Apoio Informático à Constituinte (SAIC)

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
since 1986
Archives, Constitutions, Crowdsourcing
ICE Rapid Response (ICERR)
icerr.com

ICE Rapid Response (ICERR)

ICERR is community sourced information to help connect you with a rapid response team in your area. If you see ICE call your local Rapid Response team to notify them of any activity you see.

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2026
Crowdsourcing, Mutual aid
Ring Fire Watch feature
watchduty.org/blog/watch-duty-and-ring-new-fire-watch-feature

Ring Fire Watch feature

Partnership with Watch Duty allows Ring owners to get alerts as well as share wildfire imagery with others

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2025
Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Cameras, Crowdsourcing
#semanticClimate
semanticclimate.github.io/p/en

#semanticClimate

Liberating knowledge from climate-related reports

Citizen science, Open knowledge, Crowdsourcing
Habeas Dockets
habeasdockets.org

Habeas Dockets

Enhancing public access to federal habeas corpus case documents restricted under FRCP 5.2(c)

United States of America 🇺🇸
Open justice, Access to laws, Crowdsourcing
America's Essential Data
essentialdata.us

America's Essential Data

America's Essential Data is a collaborative effort dedicated to documenting the value that data produced by the federal government provides for American lives and livelihoods.

Washington, DC
Civic data, Open government data, Crowdsourcing
the Dearly Departed Dataset Graveyard
essentialdata.us/in-memoriam.html

the Dearly Departed Dataset Graveyard

This page memorializes the federal datasets and variables, as well as select data tools, that have been terminated or removed in 2025.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Civic data, Open government data, Crowdsourcing
SlopStop
blog.kagi.com/slopstop

SlopStop

Your collective defense against AI-generated spam and content farms in Kagi Search

since 2025
Artificial Intelligence, Crowdsourcing
Coquí
juntospodemos.life

Coquí

United States of America 🇺🇸
Crowdsourcing
Mapa Polskich Drzew
drzewa-polska.pl

Mapa Polskich Drzew

The "Map of Polish Trees" is a nationwide, social project aimed at creating an inventory of trees growing across Poland.

Poland (Polska) 🇵🇱
Environmental data, Crowdsourcing, Civic maps
trees
Wikipedia
wikipedia.org

Wikipedia

San Francisco
since 2001
Open knowledge, Predecessors & Pioneers, Crowdsourcing
Wikipedia
TikTok Footnotes
newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/rolling-out-tiktok-footnotes-in-the-us

TikTok Footnotes

Footnotes will draw on the collective knowledge of the TikTok community by allowing people to add relevant information to content on our platform.

since 2025
Fight disinformation, Crowdsourcing
TikTok
ni-doroualme.ushahidi.io

NIDOROUALMEwaAFE

Nidoroualmewaafe signifie "Nous avons besoin de l'eau et du bien-être" en arabe local. Notre plateforme numérique se concentre sur l'amélioration de l'accès à l'eau et à l'assainissement en utilisant...

Chad (Tchad) 🇹🇩
Civic maps, Crowdsourcing
ICEBlock
iceblock.app

ICEBlock

ICEBlock is an innovative, completely anonymous crowdsourced platform that allows users to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity with just two taps on their [i]phone.

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2025
Crowdsourcing, Open justice
immigration, Project 2025, apps
Devolutos
devolutos.com

Devolutos

Devolutos is a pro-bono project built by a collective of activists to map Lisbon's empty housing and encourage the government to tax their owners to prompt redevelopment.

Lisbon
since 2025
Crowdsourcing, Specific campaigns, Advocacy tech
housing
Ripoti Africa
ripoti.africa

Ripoti Africa

RIPOTI is a platform developed by Paradigm Initiative to enable individuals, CSOs, human rights defenders, advocates, activists, and the general public to report and collaboratively address African di...

Lagos
Digital rights, Crowdsourcing, Whistleblowing
corruption, human rights, cyberwar
CEUK scorecards marking tool
github.com/mysociety/ceuk-marking

CEUK scorecards marking tool

This is a tool for crowdsourcing data, initially designed for gathering data about local authority climate actions for https://councilclimatescorecards.uk/

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Crowdsourcing, Research tools
Report algorithmic discrimination!
algorithmwatch.org/en/report-algorithmic-discrimination

Report algorithmic discrimination!

AlgorithmWatch's new campaign seeks to crowdsource reports of algorithmic discrimination. If you've experienced it or know someone who has, you can report it

Berlin
since 2025
Specific campaigns, Advocacy tech, Digital rights
Watch The Med
watchthemed.net/index.php/main

Watch The Med

Watch The Med is an online mapping platform to monitor the deaths and violations of migrants’ rights at the maritime borders of the EU. The WatchTheMed project was initiated as part of the 2012 Boats4...

European Union (EU)
Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Crowdsourcing, Mutual aid
migration, refugees, immigration
Azmeh أزمة
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alsha3b.azmeh&hl=en

Azmeh أزمة

تطبیق "أزمة" ھو تطبیق فلسطیني يعرض حالة الأزمات المرورية التي تفرضھا حواجز الاحتلال

Mapping, Mapping tools, Crowdsourcing
Israel Palestine
disfactory.tw/#map=14.00/120.48504632216294/24.088258816482295

Disfactory

Crowdsourced reporting on Illegal Factories on Farmland in Taiwan

Taipei City, Taiwan
Crowdsourcing, Civic maps, Environmental data
Sustainable cities and communities, g0v
남양유없
isnamyang.nullfull.kr

남양유없

남양 제품인지 확인해보세요

South Korea (Republic of) (Hanguk or Namhan) 🇰🇷
Consumer watchdogging, Watchdogging and transparency, Crowdsourcing
Responsible consumption and production
Jonmat
jonmat.nullfull.kr

Jonmat

Verified restaurant map based on the history of congressional donations (국회의원 후원금사용내역을 기반으로 한 검증된 맛집지도)

Seoul
Crowdsourcing, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
corruption
Sakepedia and Code for SAKE
sakepedia.code4sake.org

Sakepedia and Code for SAKE

Crowdsourced project to collect data on sake and sake breweries from across Japan, integrates lost historical data, and utilizes digital technology to establish stronger connections between producers...

Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵
Civic maps, Crowdsourcing, Economic development
culture
iTaigi
itaigi.tw

iTaigi

部集結群眾編纂的開放台語辭典

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
Crowdsourcing
The Workers' Algorithm Observatory (WAO)
wao.cs.princeton.edu

The Workers' Algorithm Observatory (WAO)

Worker-led audits in the platform economy

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
since 2022
Artificial Intelligence, AI Auditing, Crowdsourcing
labor
neal.fun/internet-roadtrip

Internet Roadtrip

Twitch drives Google Maps

Artistic interventions, Mapping, Games and gamification
政治獻金數位化 (g0v Campaign Finance)
campaign-finance.g0v.ctiml.tw

政治獻金數位化 (g0v Campaign Finance)

Crowdsourced project to digitize campaign finance records and detect corruption

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
Crowdsourcing, Civic data, Watchdogging and transparency
g0v
Deep Submergence Dive location dataset from Bell et al. Sci Advances: How Little We've Seen: A Visual Coverage Estimate of the Deep Seafloor
zenodo.org/records/13948032

Deep Submergence Dive location dataset from Bell et al. Sci Advances: How Little We've Seen: A Visual Coverage Estimate of the Deep Seafloor

The largest dataset of deep seafloor imagery ever assembled, showing "we have visually observed less than 0.001%"

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2025
Environmental data, Crowdsourcing
Life below water
Capitol Riot Map
capitolriotmap.com

Capitol Riot Map

Mapping the networks of the 1,580 individuals who were arrested, charged, or convicted for participating on the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Texas
Crowdsourcing, Open justice, Network visualizations
Project 2025
OONI Probe (app)
ooni.org/post/2025-launch-ooniprobe-multiplatform-app

OONI Probe (app)

OONI Probe is a free and open source tool to help measure internet censorship.

since 2012
Circumvention tech, Digital security and privacy, Crowdsourcing
apps
Lukim Gather
lukimgather.org

Lukim Gather

How do we ensure that community data from Papua New Guinea’s protected areas is reported and heard?

Williamsburg, VA
Environmental data, Crowdsourcing, Evaluate impact
biodiversity, animals, apps
Identifying Terminated USAID Programs
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJjsKf6YTz9IPxlpZ-rYTO5xUyK8uaIefy-05aGo_HNTurkg/viewform

Identifying Terminated USAID Programs

This form is to help quickly identify what activities were terminated in the February 25 Armageddon at USAID.

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2025
Crowdsourcing, Celebrating public service and public servants
Project 2025
Wiki Education
wikiedu.org

Wiki Education

Wiki Education engages students and academics to improve Wikipedia

Chico, California
Open knowledge, Academia, Crowdsourcing
Wikipedia, students
Watch Duty
watchduty.org

Watch Duty

Watch Duty, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.

Santa Rosa, California
Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Crowdsourcing, Service alerts
fires, floods, apps
Unanimous AI
unanimous.ai

Unanimous AI

Unanimous AI develops Swarm® & Swarm AI® technology that amplifies human intelligence, empowering groups to optimize their collective knowledge, wisdom, and intuition by forming real-time AI systems [...

San Francisco
since 2014
Artificial Intelligence, Engagement tech, Collective intelligence
Google Maps
maps.google.com

Google Maps

Google's mapping platform

Mountain View, CA
Crowdsourcing, Mapping, Mapping platforms
commercial, Google
Crowdvocate
crowdvocate.org

Crowdvocate

Write for the causes you care about, and predict which points will prove most powerful. On Crowdvocate you can help create campaigns that change minds – and win real money while you're at it.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Crowdsourcing, Advocacy tech, Evidence-driven campaigning
EveryDoor
every-door.app

EveryDoor

EveryDoor is an OpenStreetMap editor for POIs and entrances.

Open knowledge, Crowdsourcing, Mapping
MapSwipe
mapswipe.org/en/index.html

MapSwipe

Swipe and tap. Put communities on the map. Help humanitarians find and help vulnerable people.

since 2015
Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Games and gamification, Crowdsourcing
Field Tasking Manager (FieldTM)
fmtm.hotosm.org

Field Tasking Manager (FieldTM)

FIeldTM allows for coordinating field mapping activities in Open Mapping campaigns. While there are existing field mapping applications, there is a lack of efficient tools to coordinate these activiti...

since 2022
Mapping, Mapping tools, Crowdsourcing
OpenStreetMap, humanitarian
StreetComplete
streetcomplete.app

StreetComplete

This app finds missing map data in your vicinity and displays it on a map as quests. Solve each quest by visiting the location on-site and answering a simple question to update the map.

Mapping, Mapping tools, Crowdsourcing
opendronemap.org

Mapillary

Access street-level imagery and map data from all over the world. Fill in the gaps by capturing coverage yourself.

Mapping tools, Crowdsourcing
SketchMapTool
sketch-map-tool.heigit.org

SketchMapTool

The Sketch Map Tool is an easy-to-use tool for participatory sketch mapping through offline collection, digitization and georeferencing of local spatial knowledge. The tool has a variety of applicatio...

Mapping, Mapping tools, Crowdsourcing
Mapeo
docs.mapeo.app

Mapeo

Mapeo is a free, easy-to-use, open source set of tools for collecting and mapping information. Mapeo was built by Digital Democracy with and for earth defenders to easily document environmental & huma...

Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Games and gamification, Crowdsourcing
MapRoulette
maproulette.org

MapRoulette

MapRoulette has dozens of mapping Challenges that are created by experienced mappers. Each Challenge is about improving OSM in one very specific way

Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Games and gamification, Crowdsourcing
Smart Reporting and Referral (SmartRR)
smartrrapp.org

Smart Reporting and Referral (SmartRR)

SmartRR is a virtual one stop shop for Gender Based Violence and Sexual Reproductive Health. We are committed to creating a safer, more supportive world for survivors and adolescent girls.

Nigeria 🇳🇬
Crowdsourcing
Gender Equality, Online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV), women
Weibo Community Notes feature (社区“附注”功能上)
weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404930349917667993

Weibo Community Notes feature (社区“附注”功能上)

Like X and YouTube, China's Weibo platform instituted community notes annotations to fight disinformation on the platform.

China (Zhong Guo) 🇨🇳
since 2023
Crowdsourcing, Fight disinformation, Civic features
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