WordPress, the Unknown User, and the Need for Research

WordPress core development is guided by the idea that any solutions incorporated into core should be done so with the aim of benefiting at least 80% of WordPress users. In this recent post, WordPress leader  Morten Rand-Hendriksen points out that we know little about who those users are! Check out his compelling case for the creation of a research focused WordPress trust that would give us some actual data about our community.