APNIC’s 2026 Survey: 11 Languages, 363 Non-English Replies

APNIC’s 11-Language Survey Had 363 Non-English Replies. Bengali and Indonesian Took 52%.

Why it matters

APNIC made its 2026 community survey available in 11 languages. The answer mix tells a sharper story than the language menu: non-English replies edged up by 16, their share of all responses fell, and Bengali plus Indonesian supplied just over half of them.

Daniel Kade2 November 2026 at 01:14 UTCReading Time 2 minLast update: 2 November 2026

Conceptual editorial illustration of the gap between the number of survey languages offered and the mix of responses received.

Summary

APNIC recorded 363 non-English responses in 2026, up from 347 in 2024; total valid responses rose from 1,173 to 1,385.
Bengali and Indonesian accounted for 29% and 23% of non-English replies in 2026, against 26% and 14% in 2024.

What does an 11-language survey measure: the number of doors APNIC opened, or who walked through each one? Its 2026 report gives a useful answer, and it is less flattering to the headline count than a language menu suggests.

APNIC says the questionnaire was available in 11 languages. The survey ran from 1 to 28 June and logged 1,385 valid responses. Its language table records 363 answers in languages other than English. That is 16 more non-English responses than in 2024, when the report counted 347. Yet the full response pool grew by 212, from 1,173 to 1,385. As a result, non-English answers fell from about 29.6% of the total to 26.2%.

Inside that smaller share, the mix changed. Bengali made up 29% of non-English responses and Indonesian 23% in 2026. Their published shares add to 52%. In 2024 the same two entries were 26% and 14%, or 40% together. The report rounds the language percentages to whole numbers, so those totals are sums of rounded figures.

The movement is not “more languages, more non-English participation.” It is a larger survey with a slightly larger number of non-English answers, a lower non-English share, and a stronger concentration in two language channels. Each statement describes a different denominator. Confusing them turns a useful survey record into a victory lap.

The public tables separately classify respondents by relationship to APNIC, APNIC sub-region and economy grouping. They do not cross-tab those characteristics against response language. That missing cross-tab would show whether the language mix shifted across participant groups or mainly within them.

APNIC’s survey page says findings inform future planning; its 2026 report and data tables are the evidence behind the counts. The survey announcement also reports 363 non-English completions. These are inputs to a plan, not the plan itself.