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How many people should I choose for my poll audience?
How many people should I choose for my poll audience?

When building your first poll, it may seem like you should choose a large sample size, but we suggest starting with 50.

Updated over a week ago

Here's the backstory.

Over the years we’ve tested many sample sizes - from very few to hundreds - and found that having a panel size of 50 consistently yielded good, high-quality feedback. Having a group of 50 people is the best balance for price, quick turnaround on answers and a non-skewed audience, especially for iterative testing. Our users run an average of 3-5 polls per creative asset (packaging, product design, listing photos, book cover art, etc) when performing their market research.

Goal

15 responses

50-100 responses

200-500 responses

Fitting in limited budgets

X

Quickly direction workflows

X

Resolving internal disputes

X

Iteration on designs

X

Meeting short deadlines

X

Confirming assumptions

X

Establishing baselines

X

Discovering target markets

X

Running higher-powered studies

X

If you’ve run your polls with 50 respondents and decide you want more, you can always add additional respondents to your poll by completing the steps that can be found on this help doc.

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