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What does Prolific do?
Our platform gives global research organizations access to a poolof 150,000+ carefully recruited and verified participants – people like you! As one of our participants you can contribute to well-paid academic studies, answer industry surveys and perform tasks that will help inform vital research, drive technology development, or help train AIs.
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Why become a participant with Prolific?
Take part in varied, stimulatingand fairly paid studies and tasks
Once you’re approved, you can take part in all kinds of studies, experiments and tasks – from doing games to learn about human behavior, to giving your opinionon the climate crisis, to helping train AIs to express themselves correctly!
Help train an AI chatbot
Teach python coding skills to a student
Get paid for testing an app prototype
Play a 5-day language learning game
Join in when you want
Take part from home, the office, the bath – anywhere! It's totally flexible – the number of studies you participate in is your choice.
Filter the studies
Filter studies by reward, completion time and from newest to oldest.
Choose how you want to get notified
Tailor your notification settings to your preference, and download our chrome extension for instant study notifications.
Withdraw from studies without penalty
Changed your mind? Something suddenly came up? You can exit a study any time you wish, no penalties.
Filter the studies
Filter studies by reward, completion time and from newest to oldest.
Choose how you want to get notified
Tailor your notification settings to your preference, and download our chrome extension for instant study notifications.
Withdraw from studies without penalty
Changed your mind? Something suddenly came up? You can exit a study any time you wish, no penalties.
We look after our participants
Get fair payment – fast
All participants receive a guaranteed minimum of $8 or £6 an hour, with instantcash-outs after your first 4 payments. Some studies even pay hourly rates of $20+ with additional bonuses.
How it works
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Sign up
We are always looking for new participants. All we need is some simple demographic information when you apply.
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Join our waitlist
All new applicants go on our waitlist. This is to ensure that everyone who joins gets a chance to take part in studies and that our pool remains diverse and representative.
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Receive your invite
Once we have space for you you’ll receive an invite to join the platform.
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Complete verification
Once you've joined you'll take part in a 15-minute, 3-step verification process. In it you will: verify your phone number; take part in a short practice study; and upload a document to prove your identity.
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Take part in studies
Once you’re ready, you can view new studies as they appear on our site and apply to take part directly. You will never be automatically screened out of a study.
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Interact with other participants and Prolific employees
Speak with like-minded participants, get advice from your peers, and interact with our employees and support team on our subreddit.
Need help or have more questions?
We offer complete step-by-step guidance and FAQs in our Help Center. If you still can’t find the answer to your question, our support teamis on hand from 9-5pm (UK time) Monday to Friday.
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What our participants are saying
Great to work for - many high quality studies, with very few instances of being screened out. Prolific pays quickly and responds quickly to any support requests. My go-to for earning spare cash.
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Excellent study platform with no time-outs. Filters make it easy to choose which studies you want to do. Thought provoking and fun! Really feel like I am contributing and making a difference!
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Trustworthy, professional company. I received my first payout and the work is interesting!
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I love Prolific. The studies are so interesting and I love that the participants' ideas and answers are used for serious research in most cases.
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I've been completing tasks for a couple of years and it's interesting and rewarding. Unlike survey sites, you don't get screened out because you decide upfront if a study is suitable.
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