Pollfish / Prolific

Prolific is a platform that participants can use to contribute to well-paid academic studies, answer industry surveys and perform tasks that help inform vital research, drive technology development, or help train AIs. Prolific believes that everyone's time is valuable and asks researchers to reward participants with at least £6.00/$8.00 per hour. Prolific pays out in Sterling GBP and pays its panelists via PayPal. Prolific is the highest-paying survey panel tested, with average hourly earnings of $12.50 after 90 days of daily use. The platform provides a structured way for researchers to access quality participants while ensuring fair compensation for participants' time and engagement. Pollfish, meanwhile, delivers polls directly to users of 140,000+ mobile apps and websites, where people can participate in short surveys instead of viewing advertisements. Pollfish does not use panels of survey respondents and can reach 250 million people in 160 countries who speak 51 languages.