At the moment, only a limited number of new accounts have a mentor assigned to them at English Wikipedia.
At the moment, 100,000 new accounts are created at English Wikipedia each month. If we follow the rule of one mentor for each batch of 500 new accounts, then 200 mentors are needed.
Stats: https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org/contributing/new-registered-users/normal|table|1-year|~total|monthly
**Status**
As of Nov 14, 2022, 83 mentors [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ManageMentors | have signed-up ]]. Only 10% of newcomers have access to a mentor.
As of Feb 17, 2023, 90 mentors [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ManageMentors | have signed-up ]]. Only 10% of newcomers have access to a mentor.
As of May 2, 2023, 157 mentors [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ManageMentors | have signed-up ]]. Only 10% of newcomers have access to a mentor.
As of July 11, 2023, 159 mentors [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ManageMentors | have signed-up ]]. Only 25% of newcomers have access to a mentor.
**Previous discussions**:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Growth_Team_features/Archive_5
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Adopt-a-user#Calling_all_Adopters:_Growth_Team_Features_needs_mentors!