Census Weekly came from a simple idea — people have things to say, but no good place to say them anonymously, consistently, and in a way that actually means something.

I wanted to build a system that makes it easy to check in with a community every week. Five minutes. No usernames, no pressure, just real responses from real people. Each week’s answers get analyzed with AI and turned into a snapshot of how that group is feeling, thinking, and changing over time. You can see trends, shifts, outliers — all in one place. It’s a living record of sentiment.

The goal isn’t to go deep into individual stories. It’s to understand the collective pulse. Whether it’s a school, a workplace, a team, or an online community, I think we need better ways to listen. Not just to the loudest voices, but to the full picture.

I called it Census because I liked the idea of it being structured and recurring — like a habit, not a one-off. And Weekly because that’s what makes it powerful. Not just the answers, but how they change.

This isn’t about data for the sake of data. It’s about making the invisible visible. Giving people a low-friction way to speak, and giving communities a clear way to respond. I think that matters.