Our impact, counted.

Designed.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. These are the real figures from the platform today, not projections. They refresh every few hours, and we add a number whenever we can stand behind it.

The organisation

2017
Founded

As Design Mentors, before there was a platform

9
Years running

Free for every designer, the whole time

79
Volunteers

People who have given their time to build and run Designed

People

20,547
Members

Everyone who has joined Designed.org

10,037
Complete profiles

Members who have finished onboarding

2,031
Mentors

Volunteers approved and listed in the directory

152
Countries

Where our members live

2,514
Cities

From capitals to towns of a few thousand

116
Languages

Spoken across the community

164
Time zones

Someone is always awake

30,786
Topics chosen

Interests and specialisms on member profiles

31,466
Portfolio links

Portfolios and profiles members point to

Mentoring

7,238
Mentor matches

Requests a mentor accepted, since the beginning

19,822
Mentoring emails

Requests, replies and reminders delivered, since the beginning

15
Messages exchanged

Between mentors and mentees, on the platform

Learning and craft

7
Learning paths

Published, free, start any time

47
Modules

Across every published path

36
Paths started

By members, at their own pace

14
Skill labs

Timeboxed exercises with a rubric

1
Work critiqued

Real projects shared for feedback

Community and work

173
Venues

Places our events have been held

3
Event RSVPs

Members marking an event to attend

1,370
Jobs posted

Reviewed before they went live

6
Applications tracked

Job hunts members are running here

1,333
News stories

Shared and voted on by members

27
Story votes

Cast by members on the news feed

4
Story comments

Discussion under the news

81
Communities

Design groups worth joining

212
Podcasts

Curated for designers

Careers

12
Roles mapped

On the career map, with paths to each

38
Skills catalogued

Named, defined and linked to roles

23
Career plans

Built by members toward a target role

Behind the scenes

141
Learning resources

Curated readings, videos and exercises

59,005
Emails delivered

Every request, reply, reminder and digest, since the beginning

6,044
Candidates screened

Stories and events our ingestion reviewed before publishing

42
Feeds monitored

Sources we watch for news and events

3,004
Search documents

Indexed and searchable across the platform

56,313
Links checked

Uptime and link checks our monitor has run

200
Release notes

Published changes, every one written down

7
Releases shipped

Tagged versions of the platform

153
Database tables

The estate this all lives in

78
Taxonomy terms

Roles, skills, tools and industries we name

2
Partner integrations

Active API keys reading the platform

What we count as real progress

Our core metric is a Monthly Meaningful Progressor: a member who, in a given month, completes a learning module or lab, gives or receives real critique, completes a mentor session with a follow-up, publishes a revision or project artifact, or records a job or interview outcome. We do not count logins, page views or registrations as progress on their own, because none of those mean someone actually grew.

What the numbers above are, and are not

Every figure on this page is a count of something a person did or something we published: a member who finished onboarding, a mentor a reviewer approved, a session both people confirmed happened. They are activity, and activity is the floor of impact rather than the proof of it. The progress metric above is the number we hold ourselves to, and we will publish it here once enough of the platform records the events it depends on.

Who these numbers are for

Members deciding whether this is worth their evening, mentors deciding whether their hour will matter, and donors deciding whether to keep the platform free. See Our Donors for who currently does, and Get Involved if you would like to.