Sources
Every statistic about stroke, aphasia and therapy on this website comes from one of these published sources. The counts of exercises, languages and areas of practice come from the app itself.
World Stroke Organization — Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2025
About 94 million people live after a stroke; about 12 million strokes happen each year.
Open source: World Stroke Organization — Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2025StrokEngine — Aphasia
About 1 in 3 stroke survivors has aphasia.
Open source: StrokEngine — AphasiaRELEASE Collaborators, Stroke, 2022
20–50 hours of therapy is linked to the best gains; typical services offer 60–90 minutes a week.
Open source: RELEASE Collaborators, Stroke, 2022ESO guideline on aphasia rehabilitation, 2025
At least 20 hours of language therapy over at least 4 days a week.
Open source: ESO guideline on aphasia rehabilitation, 2025Big CACTUS, Lancet Neurology, 2019
Computer practice for finding words in long-term aphasia.
Open source: Big CACTUS, Lancet Neurology, 2019Big CACTUS adherence study, Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
28 hours of software practice versus 3.8 hours of usual care over six months.
Open source: Big CACTUS adherence study, Frontiers in Neurology, 2020FCET2EC, Lancet, 2017
Intensive speech and language therapy in long-term aphasia.
Open source: FCET2EC, Lancet, 2017Stroke Association — Accessible information guidelines
Aphasia-friendly information principles used on this site.
Open source: Stroke Association — Accessible information guidelinesVisual Capitalist, 2025 — most spoken languages
Speaker counts for English, Hindi and Arabic.
Open source: Visual Capitalist, 2025 — most spoken languages