2025Q3 report

Author: TimidRobot

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+# Quantifying the Commons 2025Q3
+
+<!-- Google Custom Search (GCS) Start -->
+
+
+## Google Custom Search (GCS)
+
+
+<!-- Overview Start -->
+
+### Overview
+
+Google Custom Search (GCS) data uses the `totalResults` returned by API for search queries of the legal tool URLs (quoted and using `linkSite` for accuracy), countries codes, and language codes.
+
+**The results indicate there are a total of 29,077,032,773 online works in the commons--documents that are licensed or put in the public domain using a Creative Commons (CC) legal tool.**
+
+Thank you Google for providing the Programable Search Engine: Custom Search JSON API!
+
+
+<!-- Overview End -->
+
+
+<!-- Products totals and percentages Start -->
+
+### Products totals and percentages
+
+![Plots showing Creative Commons (CC) legal tool product totals and percentages.](3-report/gcs_product_totals.png)
+
+Plots showing Creative Commons (CC) legal tool product totals and percentages.
+
+<!-- Products totals and percentages End -->
+
+
+<!-- CC legal tools status Start -->
+
+### CC legal tools status
+
+![Plots showing Creative Commons (CC) legal tool status totals and percentages.](3-report/gcs_tool_status.png)
+
+Plots showing Creative Commons (CC) legal tool status totals and percentages.
+
+<!-- CC legal tools status End -->
+
+
+<!-- Latest CC legal tools Start -->
+
+### Latest CC legal tools
+
+![Plots showing latest Creative Commons (CC) legal tool totals and percentages.](3-report/gcs_status_latest_tools.png)
+
+Plots showing latest Creative Commons (CC) legal tool totals and percentages.
+
+<!-- Latest CC legal tools End -->
+
+
+<!-- Prior CC legal tools Start -->
+
+### Prior CC legal tools
+
+![Plots showing prior Creative Commons (CC) legal tool totals and percentages.](3-report/gcs_status_prior_tools.png)
+
+Plots showing prior Creative Commons (CC) legal tool totals and percentages.
+
+The unit names have been normalized (~~`CC BY-ND-NC`~~ => `CC BY-NC-ND`).
+
+<!-- Prior CC legal tools End -->
+
+
+<!-- Retired CC legal tools Start -->
+
+### Retired CC legal tools
+
+![Plots showing retired Creative Commons (CC) legal tools total and percentages.](3-report/gcs_status_retired_tools.png)
+
+Plots showing retired Creative Commons (CC) legal tools total and percentages.
+
+For more information on retired legal tools, see [Retired Legal Tools - Creative Commons](https://creativecommons.org/retiredlicenses/).
+
+<!-- Retired CC legal tools End -->
+
+
+<!-- Countries with highest usage of latest tools Start -->
+
+### Countries with highest usage of latest tools
+
+![Plots showing countries with the highest useage of the latest Creative Commons (CC) legal tools.](3-report/gcs_countries_highest_usage_latest_tools.png)
+
+Plots showing countries with the highest useage of the latest Creative Commons (CC) legal tools.
+
+The latest tools include Licenses version 4.0 (CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, CC-BY-ND 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0), CC0 1.0, and the Public Domain Mark (PDM 1.0).
+
+The complete data set indicates there are a total of 1,818,599,693 online works using a latest CC legal tool.
+
+<!-- Countries with highest usage of latest tools End -->
+
+
+<!-- Languages with highest usage of latest tools Start -->
+
+### Languages with highest usage of latest tools
+
+![Plots showing languages with the highest useage of the latest Creative Commons (CC) legal tools.](3-report/gcs_languages_highest_usage_latest_tools.png)
+
+Plots showing languages with the highest useage of the latest Creative Commons (CC) legal tools.
+
+The latest tools include Licenses version 4.0 (CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, CC-BY-ND 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0), CC0 1.0, and the Public Domain Mark (PDM 1.0).
+
+The complete data set indicates there are a total of 986,846,413 online works using a latest CC legal tool.
+
+<!-- Languages with highest usage of latest tools End -->
+
+
+<!-- Approved for Free Cultural Works Start -->
+
+### Approved for Free Cultural Works
+
+![Plots showing Approved for Free Cultural Works legal tool usage.](3-report/gcs_free_culture.png)
+
+Plots showing Approved for Free Cultural Works legal tool usage.
+
+[Understanding Free Cultural Works - Creative Commons](https://creativecommons.org/public-domain/freeworks/):
+
+> Using [the Freedom Defined definition of a "Free Cultural Work"], material licensed under CC BY or BY-SA is a free cultural work. (So is anything in the worldwide public domain marked with CC0 or the Public Domain Mark.) CC’s other licenses– BY-NC, BY-ND, BY-NC-SA, and BY-NC-ND–only allow more limited uses, and material under these licenses is not considered a free cultural work.
+
+<!-- Approved for Free Cultural Works End -->
+
+
+<!-- Google Custom Search (GCS) End -->
+
+<!-- Notes Start -->
+
+
+## Notes
+
+
+<!-- Data locations Start -->
+
+### Data locations
+
+This report was generated as part of:
+
+**[creativecommons/quantifying][repo]:** *quantify the size and diversity of the commons--the collection of works that are openly licensed or in the public domain*
+
+The data used to generate this report is available in that repository at the following locations:
+
+ | Resource        | Location |
+ | --------------- | -------- |
+ | Fetched data:   | [`1-fetch/`](1-fetch) |
+ | Processed data: | [`2-process/`](2-process) |
+ | Report data:    | [`3-report/`](3-report) |
+
+[repo]: https://github.com/creativecommons/quantifying
+
+
+<!-- Data locations End -->
+
+
+<!-- Usage Start -->
+
+### Usage
+
+The Creative Commons (CC) icons and logos are for use under the Creative Commons Trademark Policy (see [Policies - Creative Commons][ccpolicies]). **They *aren't* licensed under a Creative Commons license** (also see [Could I use a CC license to share my logo or trademark? - Frequently Asked Questions - Creative Commons][tmfaq]).
+
+[![CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedicationbutton][cc-zero-png]][cc-zero]
+Otherwise, this report (including the plot images) is dedicated to the public domain under the [CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication][cc-zero].
+
+[ccpolicies]: https://creativecommons.org/policies
+[tmfaq]: https://creativecommons.org/faq/#could-i-use-a-cc-license-to-share-my-logo-or-trademark
+[cc-zero-png]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/zero/1.0/88x31.png "CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication button"
+[cc-zero]: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ "Creative Commons — CC0 1.0 Universal"
+
+<!-- Usage End -->
+
+
+<!-- Notes End -->