japnese survey blog v1 by E-STAT · Pull Request #9660 · open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io

E-STAT · 2026-04-15T13:47:18Z

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This PR contains the report of the OpenTelemetry Janapese Survey. This survey aims to understand the current state of OpenTelemetry awareness, adoption barriers, and community preferences within the Japanese developer ecosystem to develop targeted strategies that increase OTel usage and engagement.

Adoption rates: Understand the level of OpenTelemetry adoption in Japan (tools, services, maturity).
Identify desired community events: Learn what types of events (workshops, meetups, webinars, conferences) resonate with Japanese developers.
Map information sources: Discover where Japanese practitioners currently find OpenTelemetry-related knowledge (docs, blogs, social media, communities).

Details of the planning and analysis draft can be found on this Google Doc

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ArthurSens

Great read :)

Co-authored-by: Arthur Silva Sens <arthursens2005@gmail.com>

tiffany76

Hi @E-STAT! Thanks very much for the post! I made some suggestions, mostly to make the headings comply with our style guide.

We'll aim to get this ready for publication on April 28.

tiffany76 · 2026-04-16T21:08:33Z

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+This report presents findings from the OpenTelemetry Japanese Community Survey, conducted to understand the current landscape of OTel awareness, adoption, and community engagement among developers and engineers in Japan. The survey targeted practitioners across roles such as development, SRE, DevOps, and Platform Engineering, distributed through CNCF community channels and Japanese social platforms like X (formerly Twitter), [Qiita](https://qiita.com/), and Zenn. The goal was to develop data-driven strategies that can meaningfully grow OTel usage and engagement within Japan's tech ecosystem.
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+## Key Takeaways


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## Key Takeaways

## Key takeaways

tiffany76 · 2026-04-16T21:13:35Z

+- 86% of respondents attend conferences, yet only 25% attended KubeCon Japan 2025, signalling significant untapped reach for future editions.
+- Twitter/X is the second most used information channel (83%), yet OpenTelemetry has no presence there nor in the popular local social platforms Zenn or Qiita. If we want to engage with the Japanese audience, we should consider addressing this.
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+## Demographics and Background


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## Demographics and Background

## Demographics and background

tiffany76 · 2026-04-16T21:16:02Z

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+title: OpenTelemetry Japanese Community Survey
+linkTitle: OTel Japanese Survey
+date: 2026-04-15


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tiffany76 · 2026-04-16T21:16:09Z

+issue: 8985
+sig: End User
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+cSpell:ignore: Parker Yoshifumi YAMAGUCHI  Kiripolsky Owojori  


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tiffany76 · 2026-04-16T21:17:37Z

+## OpenTelemetry Adoption
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+### OTel Adoption Maturity


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## OpenTelemetry Adoption

### OTel Adoption Maturity

## OpenTelemetry adoption

### OTel adoption maturity

tiffany76 · 2026-04-16T21:24:32Z

+## IT Community and Events
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+### Event Type Preferences


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## IT Community and Events

### Event Type Preferences

## IT community and events

### Event type preferences

tiffany76 · 2026-04-16T21:25:12Z

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+![image12](event-types.png)
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+### Events Attended


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### Events Attended

### Events attended

tiffany76 · 2026-04-16T21:27:59Z

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+### Events Attended
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+General IT **conferences** dominate attendance at 86%, which reflects Japan's active conference culture. KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2025, hands-on workshops, and technical deep dives each attracted 25% of respondents. Networking events (17%) and beginner tutorials (9%) are lower. If 86% of Japanese attend conferences, and just about 25% attended the previous (first-ever) KubeCon, that leaves room for lots of potential attendees for future events, and this makes us ask further questions: **what proportion of KubeCon absentees prefer virtual events?** As shown in the graph below, we found no relationship between the event choice and missing KubeCon. **Therefore, we suggest future KubeCon events to explore better ways to reach the Japanese community.**


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General IT **conferences** dominate attendance at 86%, which reflects Japan's active conference culture. KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2025, hands-on workshops, and technical deep dives each attracted 25% of respondents. Networking events (17%) and beginner tutorials (9%) are lower. If 86% of Japanese attend conferences, and just about 25% attended the previous (first-ever) KubeCon, that leaves room for lots of potential attendees for future events, and this makes us ask further questions: **what proportion of KubeCon absentees prefer virtual events?** As shown in the graph below, we found no relationship between the event choice and missing KubeCon. **Therefore, we suggest future KubeCon events to explore better ways to reach the Japanese community.**

General IT **conferences** dominate attendance at 86%, which reflects Japan's active conference culture. KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2025, hands-on workshops, and technical deep dives each attracted 25% of respondents. Networking events (17%) and beginner tutorials (9%) are lower. If 86% of respondents attend conferences, and just about 25% attended the previous (first-ever) KubeCon, that leaves room for lots of potential attendees for future events, and this makes us ask a further question: **What proportion of KubeCon absentees prefer virtual events?** As shown in the graph below, we found no relationship between the event choice and missing KubeCon. **Therefore, we suggest future KubeCon events to explore better ways to reach the Japanese community.**

tiffany76 · 2026-04-16T21:28:29Z

+![image12](events-attended.png)
+![image13](events-table.png)
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+## Information Sources


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## Information Sources

## Information sources

tiffany76 · 2026-04-16T21:29:52Z

+The survey paints a picture of a community that is **mature and engaged**. Most respondents already use OTel in production, broadly recommend it, and actively participate in the tech community through conferences and online platforms. The key opportunities lie in expanding reach beyond Kanto over time, focusing on current events in the Kanto region, nurturing the 25% still in evaluation, growing Japanese-language documentation, calling for social reach for the Japanese, and running hybrid events that serve both the in-person and virtual segments of the community.
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The survey paints a picture of a community that is **mature and engaged**. Most respondents already use OTel in production, broadly recommend it, and actively participate in the tech community through conferences and online platforms. The key opportunities lie in expanding reach beyond Kanto over time, focusing on current events in the Kanto region, nurturing the 25% still in evaluation, growing Japanese-language documentation, calling for social reach for the Japanese, and running hybrid events that serve both the in-person and virtual segments of the community.

The survey paints a picture of a community that is **mature and engaged**. Most respondents already use OTel in production, broadly recommend it, and actively participate in the tech community through conferences and online platforms. The key opportunities lie in:

- Expanding reach beyond Kanto over time

- Focusing on current events in the Kanto region

- Nurturing the 25% still in evaluation

- Growing Japanese-language documentation

- Calling for social reach for the Japanese

- Running hybrid events that serve both the in-person and virtual segments of the community

AndrejKiri

Amazing job @E-STAT! I am so glad you pushed this work through the finish line and it is going to be published soon. 🎉

I am leaving just a few minor comments related to the charts. No blockers, just stuff that would make the post look more professional. 💪

AndrejKiri · 2026-04-17T10:48:00Z

Capital C in company size.

Same width of columns (cell B2 wouldn't need to go over two lines)

Space after OCB

1000+ could be better

AndrejKiri · 2026-04-17T10:49:18Z

I think this would look a bit better if it bars were ordered from highest to lowest.

AndrejKiri · 2026-04-17T10:51:09Z

1000+ for consistency with the table, if you decide to do this.

Better crop. There is a lot of white space on the right side. Also there is something at the bottom, that shouldn't be there.

AndrejKiri · 2026-04-17T10:54:58Z

In this table, name of the first column is variable name, in the first table it is a normal words. I think it would be good to make it consistent. My preference would be words.

- preferred_event_type + Preferred event type

Also, name of the columns are bold in other tables. It would make sense to do it here as well.

AndrejKiri · 2026-04-17T10:57:58Z

In other charts, you have titles in bold. It would make it look better if this is consistent.

AndrejKiri · 2026-04-17T11:02:24Z

Right border line in A1 cell is different than others. Would make sense to change this.

The order of rows is not 100% clear to me. I think it could be ordered from highest to lowest in the Used in productio environement column

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		This report presents findings from the OpenTelemetry Japanese Community Survey, conducted to understand the current landscape of OTel awareness, adoption, and community engagement among developers and engineers in Japan. The survey targeted practitioners across roles such as development, SRE, DevOps, and Platform Engineering, distributed through CNCF community channels and Japanese social platforms like X (formerly Twitter), [Qiita](https://qiita.com/), and Zenn. The goal was to develop data-driven strategies that can meaningfully grow OTel usage and engagement within Japan's tech ecosystem.

		## Key Takeaways

	## Demographics and Background
	## Demographics and background

	cSpell:ignore: Parker Yoshifumi YAMAGUCHI Kiripolsky Owojori
	sig: End User
	cSpell:ignore: Parker Yoshifumi YAMAGUCHI Kiripolsky Owojori


		### Events Attended

		General IT conferences dominate attendance at 86%, which reflects Japan's active conference culture. KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2025, hands-on workshops, and technical deep dives each attracted 25% of respondents. Networking events (17%) and beginner tutorials (9%) are lower. If 86% of Japanese attend conferences, and just about 25% attended the previous (first-ever) KubeCon, that leaves room for lots of potential attendees for future events, and this makes us ask further questions: what proportion of KubeCon absentees prefer virtual events? As shown in the graph below, we found no relationship between the event choice and missing KubeCon. Therefore, we suggest future KubeCon events to explore better ways to reach the Japanese community.

		The survey paints a picture of a community that is mature and engaged. Most respondents already use OTel in production, broadly recommend it, and actively participate in the tech community through conferences and online platforms. The key opportunities lie in expanding reach beyond Kanto over time, focusing on current events in the Kanto region, nurturing the 25% still in evaluation, growing Japanese-language documentation, calling for social reach for the Japanese, and running hybrid events that serve both the in-person and virtual segments of the community.

-The survey paints a picture of a community that is **mature and engaged**. Most respondents already use OTel in production, broadly recommend it, and actively participate in the tech community through conferences and online platforms. The key opportunities lie in expanding reach beyond Kanto over time, focusing on current events in the Kanto region, nurturing the 25% still in evaluation, growing Japanese-language documentation, calling for social reach for the Japanese, and running hybrid events that serve both the in-person and virtual segments of the community.
+The survey paints a picture of a community that is **mature and engaged**. Most respondents already use OTel in production, broadly recommend it, and actively participate in the tech community through conferences and online platforms. The key opportunities lie in:
+- Expanding reach beyond Kanto over time
+- Focusing on current events in the Kanto region
+- Nurturing the 25% still in evaluation
+- Growing Japanese-language documentation
+- Calling for social reach for the Japanese
+- Running hybrid events that serve both the in-person and virtual segments of the community

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