@Metallurgist, at the moment, there isn’t a single public page that shows a full live ranking of all images in one place. If you’re looking for an overview, the scrutineers do maintain an internal tally page, but during voting the process is designed so that users view results per image rather than as a global ranking. This helps keep voting focused on individual evaluation instead of leaderboard dynamics. Regards, ZI Jony(Talk)05:29, 23 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
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I am pleased to announce the winners for this year's Picture of the Year contest:
First place: The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023, leaving widespread destruction in the Rimal area. Attribution: WAFA (Q2915969) / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Second place: Baby cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) sleeping at Cape cross, Namibia. Attribution: Giles Laurent / CC-BY-SA 4.0
Third place: A gigantic jet photographed from the International Space Station by astronaut Nichole Ayers. Attribution: public domain
In the second round, we had a significant jump in both the number of users voting and total votes, with 13,979 votes cast by 3,509 users, compared to 7,403 votes by 2,837 last year. A massive thank you to everyone who helped to make the contest a success this year! Ingenuity (talk) 03:50, 3 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for reporting this. We have noted the concern and will review the voting patterns and related account activity further before determining whether any action is necessary. Regards, ZI Jony(Talk)10:39, 12 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
I hope that next year politics will not influence the voting. Otherwise, I would be happy to see a nomination of a photo of HAMAS militants drinking tea within their tunnels. Anyway, I shall never participate as a voter. By the way, quite a mediocre-quality photo by any standards. (P.S. Congratulations! Yalla, yalla!) --Wolverène (talk) 08:57, 4 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
On the opposite, I find it great that voters were not dissuaded by the subject, or by the sad feeling the image could convey. Sadly, we live in a world full of violence, and requesting that this should not be seen on the best images is like burying one's head in the sand. Yann (talk) 20:33, 9 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Pretty discouraging seeing Commons being so heavily politics affected. The image itself is very underwhelming visually relative to competition. Tomer T (talk) 20:30, 10 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
I agree with the first comment. All photographs in, let's say, Top 20 are of very high quality standards, except the first one wich is pretty poor (overexposed, grain..). One will say I can only blame myself, I mistaken POTY for a photography competition while it is just a poll on the hottest political topic. Will not see me next year, Desman31 (talk) 08:15, 11 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
I get why the result would be disappointing for folks who expect it to be a competition focused on photography -- choosing the winner based on being the best picture, rather than choosing the most important event even if the technical quality of the photo isn't as high. That said, technically it is picture of the year, not photograph of the year, and that's going to mean different things to different people. It seems reasonable to assume many will interpret "picture of the year" as not about aesthetics, technical quality, composition, etc. but about choosing an image that represents "the year". That makes a pretty good case for photojournalism. IMO the best thing that could come out of this result is that it motivates more people to document important events, share them on Commons, and nominate their best at FPC. As a reminder, this contest is based on all images promoted at FPC, so if you think the quality of one or more wasn't up to snuff, participating more at FPC is going to be a better option than just voicing disapproval. — Rhododendritestalk | 14:42, 12 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Even for the same topic, there are way more quality photos out there. This is just a phone photo without even an attempt at a special composition.
I am also disappointed of the low quality level of the winner pictures. I think this is a reflection of the low aesthetic sense of younger people and an intention of transform Wikipedia on what it is not, i.e. an instrument to spread political ideas. Too many Wikipedia contributors do not understand what an encyclopaedia really is and the immense value of neutral spreading of knowledge. --Ensahequ (talk) 15:14, 23 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
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