r/SampleSize Mar 14 '26

Meta Discussion We are looking for moderators to help this subreddit!

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Well hello there! In order to keep this subreddit running, we are pre-emptively looking for moderators to help us answering your inquiries and judging the flagged posts. With these new recruits, we want to prevent a build-up of unfinished moderation actions, in order to keep this subreddit well-moderated and user-friendly.

We are looking for moderators that can show incentive, yet who do understand that significant decisions need to be decided in consensus with the team. It would also be favourable if you have discord, since this is where we gather and potentially discuss matters. For the rest, it does not matter to us if you are an experienced or new moderator.

If you are interested, please reply on this post and tell a bit about about yourself. Naturally, you can also just send a message to me, or the mod team in general.


r/SampleSize Jul 26 '22

Meta Discussion Flair, Title, Demographic and "Everyone" (and Reposts)

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This is a revised repost of our previous announcement from u/V2Blast. More edits, including removing the part about post tags, and swapping it for post flairs.

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All posts must have a proper flair.

In 2022, we eliminated the need for a post tag at the beginning of post titles, and are now requiring post flairs. When posting, you will see nine flairs. The following three also have Repost flairs.

  • Academic is for anything done for academic or educational purposes, including high school classes, college classes, and academic research on behalf of a school.
  • Marketing is for private business interests, market research surveys, and other studies done for commercial research or on behalf of a company.
  • Casual is for surveys done out of idle curiosity, personal projects, or surveys that don't fit in one of these categories. If you're not making a profit off your YouTube channel, this one's the one for you.

The following flairs are posts that will be filtered, to be approved by a moderator.

  • Results is for posting your survey's results after it has concluded. If your survey is still in-progress and you wish to share preliminary results, do not use this tag. Share it with your still-active survey.
  • I Don't Know What I'm Doing And I Need Help is a convoluted title, but it's for anyone who doesn't know something about making a survey or interpreting data for crowd-sourced help.
  • Meta Discussion is for any post relating directly to r/SampleSize. This is primarily used for announcements, such as this one, or for posts from mods that affect subreddit rules going forward.

You cannot post to r/SampleSize without applying a flair.

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All posts need to have a title that describes the topic of their survey.

This is the part of your survey that describes what it's about. The following is an example of an improperly titled post.

  • I need 10 responses!

This does not adequately describe the subject of a survey. We need to know what we're going into, what sort of survey we're about to fill out. If your survey is titled like the following...

  • Ice cream flavors

... That's more appropriate for our sub. Don't be afraid to phrase it something more specific and eye-catching to feed the algorithm though, like...

  • What's your favorite ice cream flavors?

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All survey posts require a demographic in parentheses at the end of a post's title.

The demographic that you include in the post title is the group of people that you would like to have fill out your survey. The demographic must be accurate, which means that if the demographic is listed as "everyone" but the survey has any questions that restrict the possible demographics that can respond to it, then that survey will be removed. See the following section for more details.

Results posts do not require a demographic, but you can include one if you want.

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Posts with a demographic of "All" or "Everyone" must be inclusive.

If you label something as available for "All" then please make sure that every single person that could come across the survey can take it. The easiest way to ensure people can answer your "All" surveys is to not ask demographic questions, but that's certainly not foolproof.

While it is preferable if your survey is inclusive, we understand that not every survey may be. If there are any demographic restrictions, they need to be appropriately labeled. Some possible restrictions that your survey may have:

  • Age (e.g. surveys restricted to those 18 or older, or which have an incomplete list of age categories); per the Reddit user agreement, all users must be 13 or older
  • Nationality (e.g. questions that assume the respondent is from the United States)
  • Race or ethnicity
  • Having an account on a platform (this applies to surveys that ask for users of a certain social media)
  • Sex or gender (e.g. questions with only "male" and "female" answer options)

Reddit is used by people of all ages from around the globe. Regarding sex and gender in particular, keep in mind that intersex and non-binary people exist, and not everybody identifies as either male or female. Whenever asking questions for which you may not be able to provide a comprehensive list of answer options, we recommend including an "other" or open-ended answer option.

We understand that not every survey is targeted at everyone, and sometimes you may have made an oversight during the creation of the survey and are unable to change it later - and that is fine. We simply ask that you make sure to label your survey appropriately so that people don't waste their time filling out a survey that isn't appropriate for them.

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Reposts must use their appropriate flair, and be made only after 24 hours have passed since the previous post.

If your initial survey post does not gather as many responses as you need, you are welcome to repost your survey as long as you follow our reposting guidelines.

All reposts must their respective post flairs. You are only allowed to repost a survey once your previous post has fallen off the front page, and 24 hours have passed since that post.

If you have trouble reposting your survey due to Reddit identifying it as a duplicate post, do not delete your previous post. Instead, submit the repost as a new text post, and include the survey link in the body of your post.

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If you come across an issue when posting that ends up with your post filtered, do not delete your post.

Reddit changed what happens when posts get deleted by the user, purging it entirely from moderator view. If you delete it and send a modmail asking for help, we cannot see your deleted post and cannot help you troubleshoot. If it was deleted within less than an hour of initial post, then it's likely not archived either, and we won't be able to see exactly what it was.

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If you don't know whether or not you're allowed to post, don't worry- you are.

This is an odd one for a lot of people, however I'm going to clarify this point now.

If you're reading this, and feel a personal need to ask if you're allowed to post on r/SampleSize, don't worry; you're allowed to post. There's nothing barring you, as long as you follow our posting requirements.

If you, however, require permission to send back to an ethics committee, then please use our modmail form to do so. Sending a template would certainly help on our end who to make it out to.

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The above text explains the required parts of a post title. If you want to include additional information, such as survey length or potential rewards (such as an entry into a raffle for a gift card or something) as well, that is fine - but try to avoid overloading the title with unnecessary/irrelevant information. You can always make a text post and include that information in the body of the post if you feel that the survey requires more introduction or explanation beforehand.

Thank you for your time, and have a great day. If you have any questions about our rules, feel free to send a modmail to /r/SampleSize.


r/SampleSize 1h ago

Academic Open to Everyone - Thoughts on the Iran War? Let Me Know! (18+)

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Good afternoon everyone,

I am currently working on a research project involving the Iran War and am hoping for some participants to fill out an anonymous survey. The questions range from general sentiment and opinion of the war to general voter/demographic info.

The survey is tailored towards Americans and domestic sentiment, however international opinion is always welcome as long as you mark so.

Here's the link: https://forms.gle/Cb24D6uJP9mgZGTu7

Thank you so much for considering, have a great day!


r/SampleSize 28m ago

Casual (Repost) [REPOST] Space & Sci-Fi "Feud" Survey! (Everyone, Trekkies, Jedi, 10q)

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Link: https://forms.gle/9FFLwWjUZWKYxzoe8

Space out with a fun survey all about science fiction and space. Can you name any famous robot in sci-fi? What planet in our solar system is the most fascinating? What color lightsaber would YOU have?

The best part? Once enough participants answer, Results will be posted! Make it so!


r/SampleSize 52m ago

Casual Could you help shape our work? Access for Everyone Listening Survey (UK residents)

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Hi everyone, I’m Nicola from A Place for Everyone CIC.

We’ve launched our Access for Everyone Listening Survey. This is our main survey of the year, and what people tell us will directly help shape our future work and projects.

We want to understand what it is really like to live, work and take part in your community—and what makes that easier or more difficult.

Access isn’t only about ramps and steps. It can include communication and information, transport, cost, sensory environments, toilets, seating, opening times, attitudes, feeling safe, and whether people feel welcomed and included.

The survey is for everyone. You don’t need to be disabled or have a particular access need to take part. It is anonymous, does not ask for personal contact details and takes approximately 10–15 minutes.

You can complete it here:

https://www.aplaceforeveryone.co.uk/research/survey.php?slug=access-for-everyone-2026

We would really value hearing from members of this community. Every response will help us understand where barriers exist and what could make our communities more accessible and inclusive.

Thank you 💜
Nicola
A Place for Everyone CIC


r/SampleSize 6h ago

Academic Space Exploration Survey Responses Needed (No Criteria)

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Hey all!

I need as many responses for my space exploration based essay for an EPQ as I can get. It will take literally 2 minutes. Any and all responses appreciated! It's 9 multiple choice and 3 open ended questions. No target demographic. Thanks again!

Survey link: https://forms.gle/vHhswk1Yn47CnXj8A


r/SampleSize 7m ago

Academic When you keep putting off a task, what actually helps you start? (everyone)

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Hi! I’m working on a personal product/UX project exploring task initiation and avoidance — specifically those completely ordinary tasks (replying to an email, making an appointment, filling out a form, cleaning something) that somehow feel disproportionately hard to start.

I’m trying to understand what actually happens in those moments: what makes a task feel heavier, what helps people come back to it, and whether the usual productivity-app stuff actually helps or just adds more pressure.

I’ve put together 6 quick questions, mostly multiple choice, and it should take around 2–3 minutes. You don’t need to use a productivity app or have any particular diagnosis to answer.

I’m especially interested in honest answers that disagree with my assumptions, so there are genuinely no “right” responses here.

Questionnaire link

Thank you! :)


r/SampleSize 13m ago

Casual [Casual] How many prehistoric animals have you actually heard of? (Everyone)

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I'm building a daily guessing game like wordle about prehistoric animals as a university project. It picks one animal a day and you try to work out what it is.

After a few weeks of staring at my own list I've completely lost the ability to tell what's famous and what's obscure. Everything on it looks normal to me now, which is a problem. I ran the whole thing against Wikipedia pageview counts to cut the most obscure entries and it helped, but yesterday's answer was Tuojiangosaurus, and I had to look it up myself.... I wrote the list 😭

So this is 234 names grouped into sections, and all you do is tick the ones that mean nothing to you. Takes about three minutes.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME! No matter if you've never had any interest about dinosaurs or if you are an archeologist. I want to make the game acessible for everyone so every answer helps!

There are no right answers, nothing to sign up for, and I'm not selling anything.

Results go straight into fixing the list, so if a name gets ticked by most people it's coming out.

LINK: https://forms.gle/KDQQ425jBdJMJMbB6


r/SampleSize 33m ago

Academic 1-Minute Survey on News & International Images (non-Muslim US residents. No age criteria)

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This academic study explores how international media coverage influences public perceptions of the Middle East among non-Muslim individuals currently residing in the United States.

If you do not meet these criteria, the survey will end automatically after this section. This is solely to ensure the study focuses on its specific target population and is in no way intended to exclude or discriminate against anyone. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!


r/SampleSize 52m ago

Academic Student Researcher Wants Participants for Study (All 18+)

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Hi Everyone,

I'm Dimitrios, and I'm currently conducting a study on the perceptions of AI being included in music. I am a student researcher who really wants data before the Fall. If you could fill out my interest form, I will send you the study right away. Thank you so much! Your identity will be transferred to the study anonymously. https://forms.gle/WLYVraV8jiSTNNhq5


r/SampleSize 1h ago

Academic (Repost) [Academic] Social Judgments and Decision-Making (18+, ~10 minutes)

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 Hello! I am a doctoral student in Educational Psychology at Washington State University conducting a research study on how people evaluate social situations and make decisions.

To participate, you must be 18 years of age or older. The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.

Participation is voluntary, anonymous, and there is no compensation for participating.

Survey link: https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a9O56SLCctlu6Ee  

Thank you for your time and consideration!


r/SampleSize 1h ago

Casual Existence Before Life? — Anonymous survey about unusual experiences and memories (18+)

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I'm running a personal, informal crowdsourcing project exploring unusual experiences, memories and dreams that some people interpret as an awareness of their existence before conception or between lives.

You don't need to have had an experience like this to take part. People who haven't experienced anything of this kind are also welcome to complete the survey — "no" answers are useful too.

Past-life memories on their own aren't the focus, although they can be included where they form part of a broader experience involving awareness of existence before conception or between lives.

I'm interested in what similarities and differences appear across people's experiences. I'm not trying to prove or disprove any particular spiritual or paranormal explanation, and experiences that don't match commonly reported themes are just as useful as those that do.

The survey is anonymous, open to adults aged 18+ worldwide, and usually takes around 5–15 minutes.

Join the Survey Here


r/SampleSize 10h ago

Academic (Urgent!) Need 20 more participants to complete a dissertation on psychological theory (18+, no other criteria)

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Hello all. I only need ~20 more participants for my dissertation on the theory of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). The survey should take no longer than 20 minutes and you will be doing me a tremendous help. If you have an active study, please share and I will complete it ASAP.

Thank you!

https://stjohns.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_03pBiXwWgzKJTnw


r/SampleSize 1h ago

Academic (Repost) Parents of teens (13–18): How do TikTok/Shorts, sleep, and focus overlap? (10-15 min survey)

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Hi! I’m a Ph.D. candidate in School & Health Services Psychology at Stephen F. Austin State University. For my dissertation, I’m looking into how short-form video content (TikTok, Reels, Shorts), sleep patterns, and attention/hyperactivity overlap in teenagers and how parent characteristics play into it.

Who can participate?

  • U.S. residents
  • Parent or legal guardian of a teen aged 13–18
  • Your teen does NOT need an ADHD diagnosis to participate! Parents of teens with or without attention/hyperactivity challenges are welcome.

Study Details:

  • One-time online survey
  • 10–15 minutes
  • 100% anonymous and voluntary

👉 Take the survey here: https://sfasu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3EO7IpJcwDQSHKC

Thank you so much for your time and for helping further research on adolescent mental health and digital media use!


r/SampleSize 1h ago

Academic URGENT: Can you spare 2–3 minutes? I need 300 respondents ASAP for a media trust survey! Swap link in comments 🤝 (Everyone)

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Hi everyone! I'm conducting a research study on how much people actually trust modern media and news sources.

​I’m especially interested in understanding overall perceptions of credibility—things like spotty reporting, fake news, bias, social media vs. traditional news outlets, and how you decide what information is reliable today.

​🌍 Anyone from any country can participate

​👥 Open to all age groups and backgrounds

​⏰ Takes about 2–3 minutes

​🤝 Survey swaps welcome!

​Please answer based on your actual opinions and habits. There are no right or wrong answers, and all responses are completely anonymous.

​I’ll gladly complete your survey in return! Just comment “done” + your survey link after submitting, and I’ll get right to it. 😊

​Thank you so much! Every genuine response helps me reach my 300-participant goal. ❤️


r/SampleSize 1h ago

Academic Swiss Graphic Design — 3 Questions (academic)

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Hi! I'm a graphic design student writing my thesis on how people perceive Swiss graphic design. If you have 2 minutes, I'd really appreciate your honest take: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSygNvwtpZ_0nixa0waeTMzeSpe1zbaGwoGqpETHVF66fDww/viewform?usp=dialog


r/SampleSize 1h ago

I don't know what I'm doing and I need help [AskIndia] We are building a low-cost all-natural paper strips to detect spoiled food in India. Need 2 minutes of your input! (India)

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Hi everyone,

We are a team of students competing in Eureka Junior 2026, working on a solution to tackle food waste and food safety in Indian households.

Did you know nearly 40% of food in India is wasted, often simply because consumers or local vendors aren't 100% sure if packaged meat, fish, or fresh produce is still fresh?

To solve this, we are developing Sure Fresh—a cheap, eco-friendly indicator paper strip infused with natural plant pigments (like red cabbage - anthocyanin). The paper strip changes color the moment it senses spoilage gases inside a package, giving shoppers instant visual confidence before buying or cooking.

We are currently validating our problem statement and need real feedback from primary shoppers, households and even students across India.

How you can help (Takes < 2 minutes):

Please take a moment to fill out our quick, anonymous survey. Your responses will directly shape our product development and presentation for the competition.

👉 Survey Link: https://forms.gle/hWNeT6scC1GtdkSy7

Why your input matters:

  • Helps us understand how households currently handle food spoilage.
  • Determines if consumers and local vendors would adopt color-changing freshness indicators.
  • Validates an affordable, non-electronic alternative to keep food safe.

Thank you so much for supporting student innovators! We’d also love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or personal frustrations with food freshness in the comments below.


r/SampleSize 2h ago

Academic [Academic] How Class 9 & 10 Students Choose Their Stream (3 min, all genders 14-16)

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Anonymous, academic use only: no personal data collected. Full data statement is in the form.

Hi! I'm a design student researching how class 9-10 students decide their stream (Science/Commerce/Arts).
I'm in URGENT need of at least 15 respondents within 10 hours!!

This is anonymous and takes JUST about a minute.

https://forms.gle/YPDuLcpAY3gR1bh26

Thank you so much for helping!


r/SampleSize 2h ago

Academic [Academic] How Class 9 & 10 Students Choose Their Stream (3 min, all genders 14-16)

1 Upvotes

Anonymous, academic use only: no personal data collected (not even email! Full data statement is in the form.

Hi! I'm a design student researching how class 9-10 students decide their stream (Science/Commerce/Arts). This is anonymous and just takes about a minute.

https://forms.gle/YPDuLcpAY3gR1bh26

Thank you so much for helping!


r/SampleSize 2h ago

Casual [Survey] Do you actually follow through on your goals, or do you self-sabotage like the rest of us? For 13-25 year-olds (3 min) Spoiler

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r/SampleSize 3h ago

Academic (Repost) Student Research: Interview Preparation (Students)

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Hi everyone! I'm a student conducting research for a college application project about how students actually prepare for interviews.

I'm looking for students who have had a university, scholarship, internship, or job interview within the past 12 months.

The survey takes about 5 minutes and asks about how you prepared, what resources you used, how you practiced, and what difficulties you experienced.

I'm researching actual behavior and experiences rather than asking people whether they would use a hypothetical product.

Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6aNyd2QRlCY7wejGWqnZPe0ZHbtsRDWAoCc1WGAVSNZdvsA/viewform?usp=header

Thank you for participating. Your responses will help me understand the problem before deciding what, if anything, should be built.


r/SampleSize 7h ago

Casual (Repost) Can you help with a quick gift card survey? (casual)

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I’m working on a small research project and I could really use some responses.

It’s about how people actually use and manage gift cards and prepaid gift cards. If you’ve received or used one within the past year, I would love your input.

It takes about 1 minutes, and I’m not asking for any card numbers, PINs, or financial information.

Here’s the Survey Link

Thank you and I really appreciate it 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽


r/SampleSize 3h ago

Academic Student Research: Scholarship Application Experience (Students)

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Hi everyone! I'm a student conducting research for a college application project about how students actually manage scholarship applications.

I'm looking for students who are currently applying for scholarships or have applied within the past year.

The survey takes about 5 minutes and asks about your actual experience finding scholarships, tracking deadlines, organizing documents, and managing applications.

I'm interested in what students actually do, including problems and frustrations, rather than asking whether they would use a hypothetical product.

Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7TO9nO5MTPJfQtfbxCUZCk2WtjoE6HjQIXsNrKsNEuA38WQ/viewform?usp=header

Thank you to anyone who participates. Your responses will help me understand the problem before deciding what, if anything, should be built.


r/SampleSize 3h ago

Marketing Experiences and Challenges Working with Delivery and Gig Apps (Delivery and Gig App Workers)

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I'm conducting a short independent survey about the experiences and challenges of people who work with delivery and gig apps such as DoorDash, Amazon Flex, Uber, and Instacart.

The survey is anonymous and takes about 8 minutes.

I'm interested in learning directly from gig workers about their day-to-day experience.

https://tally.so/r/7R7D5L

Thank you to anyone willing to share their experience.