2025 was a year of significant growth for the DPG ecosystem. With over 220 DPGs verified and the DPGA reaching 50 members, the ecosystem reached a new scale—demonstrating that shared, open approaches can remain resilient and effective even as geopolitical uncertainty, funding pressures, and digital divides intensify.

Amid this rapidly shifting global landscape, the DPG ecosystem showed that collaboration remains not only possible, but powerful. The 2025 State of the DPG Ecosystem Report captures this momentum, offering both a celebration of progress and a forward-looking view of how DPGs can help sustain pace and impact.

Over the past year, the Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat, Members, and DPG product owners worked side by side to strengthen the foundations of the ecosystem and advance collective action. From advancing the Calls for Collaborative Action, to deepening cooperation through initiatives such as the 50-in-5 campaign, and the DPG4DPI and upcoming DPGs for Climate Actions Collections, 2025 demonstrated what coordinated, open approaches can achieve. These efforts were visible not only through DPG adoption and implementations but also on global stages—from the UN General Assembly and the Internet Governance Forum to COP30—where DPGs featured prominently in discussions on digital transformation, climate action, and digital public infrastructure.

The report is also an invitation. In the lead-up to its publication, all activities on the DPGA Roadmap were updated or renewed, offering the most current view of how members are advancing digital public goods worldwide. As a result, the report provides a timely snapshot of major initiatives underway, recent achievements, and emerging priorities—making it a valuable entry point for anyone looking to understand where the ecosystem is headed and where collaboration opportunities lie.

This year’s report also features eight DPG Spotlights. These spotlights bring the ecosystem to life, illustrating how open, reusable solutions are being adapted and deployed in real-world contexts to address pressing challenges and the conditions needed for DPGs to thrive.

While there is much to celebrate, the report also outlines the significant work that remains. Sustaining and scaling DPGs will require deeper cooperation, new financing and governance models, and continued commitment across sectors. It will also require clearer identification of where DPGs can play a decisive role in emerging and evolving areas—such as AI and the need to move beyond today’s social media platforms toward truly social technologies that serve the public interest. Looking ahead to 2026, the message is both simple and urgent: progress depends on working together, building on shared foundations, and keeping collaboration at the centre of digital transformation efforts.

The 2025 State of the DPG Ecosystem Report is both a reflection on a pivotal year and a call to engage more closely in the one to come. Read the report to understand the progress made, the work still to be done, and how collaboration can continue to shape the future of digital public goods.