“Celebrating 10 Years of EAGx” by Niki Kesseler

Today marks the 10-year anniversary of EAGx. On April 30, 2016, the very first EAGx events—EAGxBoston and EAGxBerkeley—were held simultaneously. A decade later, it's incredible to reflect on how much this community has grown, both in scale and in depth. Since then, we’ve hosted 67 EAGx events and 18 EA Summits (a format we introduced in 2024), bringing us to 85 events in total—with our 86th happening this weekend (EAGxDC!). Across these, we’ve welcomed over 24,500 attendees in 20 countries and across six continents. A few milestones that stand out: EAGxAustralasia is our longest-running series (6 editions, rotating across cities) EAGxBerlin has been our most frequently hosted city (5 times) Our largest event, EAGxBoston 2022, brought together 935 attendees The portfolio continues to grow: this year alone, we’re planning 10 EAGx events and at least 22 EA Summits EAGxAustralasia 2019 EAGxBerlin 2025 EAGxNordics 2026 The EA Summit format, in particular, has scaled quickly—from 409 attendees across 3 pilot events in 2024 to over 1,700 across 2025–26 already. It's been exciting to see how this complements the EAGx model and opens up new ways for people to engage. But more than the numbers, EAGx has always been about people [...] --- First published: April 30th, 2026 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/EwbuBhQMiNcmaznHq/celebrating-10-years-of-eagx --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.