Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

serena9

Certainly worth joining, I believe there is a waiting list with various degrees of waiting times so worth joining that whilst you decide if it's for you, the studies are interesting and often quite well paid and easy to do but very different to most survey sites, I think that's a good thing! 

Top tip - when you are first accepted take full advantage of the honeymoon period which seems to be about the first 2 weeks, after that the rate at which you receive studies goes up and down but still worth joining.

MollyR

The other thing to bear in mind is that this is unlike regular survey sites.  You must always answer accurately and truthfully, rather than telling them what you think they want to hear (as some people do with other survey sites, so as not to get screened out).  People's academic studies depend on the answers that we give to their questions here!  So long as you do that, you will find that it is well paid and that there are enough - but not too many - studies offered to you.

bcs7

serena9 said:

Certainly worth joining, I believe there is a waiting list with various degrees of waiting times so worth joining that whilst you decide if it's for you, the studies are interesting and often quite well paid and easy to do but very different to most survey sites, I think that's a good thing! 

Top tip - when you are first accepted take full advantage of the honeymoon period which seems to be about the first 2 weeks, after that the rate at which you receive studies goes up and down but still worth joining.

I tried finding information on their site about time and money but it only really gives a rough idea of the per hour rate.

I was wondering how much time each study usually takes and how much the average pay is?

And for those that have been doing it roughly how much time per week/month are you spending and how much are you making in that time?

silvercar

bcs7 said:

serena9 said:

Certainly worth joining, I believe there is a waiting list with various degrees of waiting times so worth joining that whilst you decide if it's for you, the studies are interesting and often quite well paid and easy to do but very different to most survey sites, I think that's a good thing! 

Top tip - when you are first accepted take full advantage of the honeymoon period which seems to be about the first 2 weeks, after that the rate at which you receive studies goes up and down but still worth joining.

I tried finding information on their site about time and money but it only really gives a rough idea of the per hour rate.

I was wondering how much time each study usually takes and how much the average pay is?

And for those that have been doing it roughly how much time per week/month are you spending and how much are you making in that time?

A one minute study could pay as little as 10p, an hour study could pay £6-£9. I just keep a window tab on my laptop open and try to pick studies up when they appear. I make about £70 a month.

Tommo2448

silvercar said:

bcs7 said:

serena9 said:

Certainly worth joining, I believe there is a waiting list with various degrees of waiting times so worth joining that whilst you decide if it's for you, the studies are interesting and often quite well paid and easy to do but very different to most survey sites, I think that's a good thing! 

Top tip - when you are first accepted take full advantage of the honeymoon period which seems to be about the first 2 weeks, after that the rate at which you receive studies goes up and down but still worth joining.

I tried finding information on their site about time and money but it only really gives a rough idea of the per hour rate.

I was wondering how much time each study usually takes and how much the average pay is?

And for those that have been doing it roughly how much time per week/month are you spending and how much are you making in that time?

A one minute study could pay as little as 10p, an hour study could pay £6-£9. I just keep a window tab on my laptop open and try to pick studies up when they appear. I make about £70 a month.

Heartily endorse what others have said about getting onto Prolific.  I have been using the site since (I think) 2019, sometimes in a focused way, sometimes ad-hoc between other online work.  I have earned £1,375 or so overall since then.  I have only been recording it on a monthly basis since November 2022, since then I have earned £765 (maybe 10 hours/month average on Prolific, this represents about half my total surveys activity/earnings).  However, I got a lot of £15/hour studies in Jan-Feb this year (AI chatbot testing), so that inflated the figures.

Bear in mind that how much you earn will depend to some extent on what studies you are offered, which in turn is dependent on your demographic/interests etc, as well as how you do it.  So it is quite hard to be terribly accurate in predicting !    That said, trying to focus on high paying per hour studies clearly is the way to go, if you can, although I also do short cheap ones if they sound interesting.  

Makingabobor2

I have it open most of the day when I am home and try and jump on anything that looks interesting. Bear in mind that some will only have a small number of places left available and you may not get them. I will even do the vey small ones as they only take a minute or 2 and it all adds up. 

bcs7

silvercar said:

A one minute study could pay as little as 10p, an hour study could pay £6-£9. I just keep a window tab on my laptop open and try to pick studies up when they appear. I make about £70 a month.

How much time would you estimate you're spending for that £70?

I have signed up through the waiting list now.

silvercar

bcs7 said:

silvercar said:

A one minute study could pay as little as 10p, an hour study could pay £6-£9. I just keep a window tab on my laptop open and try to pick studies up when they appear. I make about £70 a month.

How much time would you estimate you're spending for that £70?

I have signed up through the waiting list now.

Time on studies I’d guess 7-10 hours, but often they are a few minutes long while I’m also doing other stuff, so it isn’t useful time eg I’m cooking. Yesterday I was in the queue at the post office and had a study pop up for £4.

[Deleted User]

What happens if you go over the £1000 a year limit.  I have earned £800 so far for this year since April.  If I were to earn say £1200 what would happen

elsien

You’d need to complete a tax self assessment form.