# Anonymous and open to all: The Home Assistant survey dataset

DevFeed: [Anonymous and open to all: The Home Assistant survey dataset](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/anonymous-and-open-to-all-the-home-assistant-survey-dataset-16695.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/home-assistant-survey-dataset/>)

Author: Annika Schulz; Idil Bostan

Published: 2026-08-26T00:00:01Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Home Assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/home-assistant.md>)

Topics: [Home Assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/home-assistant.md>), [dataset](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dataset.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [customization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customization.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [devices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devices.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [smart-home](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smart-home.md>), [survey](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/survey.md>)

## AI overview

This article announces the free publication of anonymized results from Home Assistant's first community survey, conducted in December 2024 and completed by 8,616 respondents. It describes the survey's purpose, anonymization and privacy safeguards, findings about smart-home users, and how the data will support product work and further research.

## Source excerpt

Our why as an organization is clear: to fight for privacy, choice, and sustainability for smart homes, and for every person who lives in one. But who does live in them? In December 2024, we launched the first Home Assistant survey to find out. Our goal was simple: to make Home Assistant more inclusive and approachable by listening directly to the diverse community of people who use it. In the spirit of building in the open, today we're thrilled to announce the anonymized results of that survey are now freely available. In this post, we'll run you through what the survey covered, why and how we're publishing this data, what the data is not (read: identifiable), how we're using this information to improve what we do, and opportunities for further understanding and research.