YouGov Reviews and Features

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KEY FEATURES:

> How YouGov works
> Reward options
> Survey taking experience
> Is YouGov legit?

YouGov is one of the world's leading research companies, with an impressive 6 million members worldwide. They publish a number of syndicated reports, such as the annual Global Survey of Wealth & Affluence, which provide comprehensive market intelligence on a range of industry sectors. The results of their research is frequently featured in the media.

Create a YouGov account in minutes

To join YouGov, simply enter your email address and desired password on the sign up screen on the website. You’ll be sent a verification email containing a code to confirm your email address, then voilà. You’re ready to go.

Start Taking Surveys

YouGov will email you when a new survey becomes available. You can expect to receive 5-7 new opportunities per week and you’ll earn points for each paid survey completed.

Convert Your Points Into Rewards

Once you’ve earned enough points, you’ll be able to convert these into rewards including cash, gift cards and more.

Sign Up Bonus!

Join YouGov online panel and get rewarded for participating in online surveys and focus group opportunities. As a sign up bonus, you will get your first 500 points for creating your account and confirming your e-mail address. You'll earn an additional 2000 points for filling out the very short welcome survey that takes approximately 3 minutes to complete.

Compensation Per Survey

Most online surveys will award between 300-500 points; the longer the survey, generally, the more points that are awarded. 1,400 points equates to $1.00. Reward redemptions are for gift cards but vary from country to country. In the USA, the minimum is 35,000, which equates to a $15 gift card. The first survey available to you after registering is worth 2,000 points, which will help you on your way to obtaining your first reward.

Reward Options

YouGov surveys offers a variety of redemption options for members, and these options vary from country to country. Cash payments awarded via PayPal are a way to earn money in some countries, and gift cards are available in most countries. Retailers include Amazon, Best Buy, Apple, Walmart, and more. YouGov branded merchandise is also available.

• PayPal payments - receive a $25 PayPal payment by redeeming 30,000 points. Receive a $50 payment by exchanging 55,000 points or a $100 payment for 100,000 points.
• Amazon gift cards - receive a $25 Amazon gift card in exchange for 30,000 points. A $50 gift card = 55,000 points, and a $100 Amazon card = 100,000 points.
• Additional rewards - Visa pre-paid cards, bank transfers, additional gift card options and merchandise available on a per-country basis.

Rewards Delivery

Cash rewards are issued within 1-3 working days. Gift card rewards take approximately 2-3 weeks to receive after redemption. Gift cards are physically mailed.

Survey Lengths

The length of each online survey varies, but most are between 5-15 minutes long. Surveys are rarely longer than 20 minutes, as this is considered a maximum. YouGov offers paid surveys quite frequently compared to other similar sites. You will receive an email every time a new survey is available. It can be different from country to country, but on average you can expect 5-7 surveys a week.

A big plus for YouGov is that they almost never send you a link to a survey that you then do not qualify for. If you are screened out, you are likely to be matched with another survey.

Survey Topics

As with any paid survey site, YouGov's survey topics can vary, however most of the time, they frequently about politics, as YouGov's surveys and political polling results are frequently published in the media. Surveys may also be about consumption habits, your social attitudes, what you think of things happening in the news, and so on.

See the Opinions of Others

YouGov offers the chance for you to see what your answers in surveys are used for. About once a month, they send out a newsletter, where they link to some of the national and international stories where their survey results have been featured. You can also find this information on their website if you choose not to receive their newsletters. This gives you the ability to find out where your opinions stand in relation to the greater YouGov surveys community!

Download the YouGov App

YouGov has a mobile surveys app that has been downloaded over one million times and is available on both iOS and Android. Download the app to take paid surveys on the go, check your points balance and to redeem rewards. Stay up to date on the latest survey releases by activating push notifications that will come to your mobile first!

YouGov Lottery

In some countries, YouGov surveys offers a lottery, and you can use your points in exchange for chances to win. The prizes you can win in the lottery can be big!

Refer Friends, Earn Money

In some countries, YouGov provides you the opportunity to earn points for every friend you refer to their site using your unique link. Once a friend has signed up and completed 6 surveys on YouGov, you will receive 200 points credited to your account.

If you're an experienced affiliate marketer, you can earn up to $3 per lead if you apply for YouGov's affiliate program.

Share Your Opinions!

The ‘Opinions’ feature of the YouGov surveys website lets you share your opinion on the topics that interest you most. When you do, other members will be able to comment and vote in a poll whether they disagree or agree.

What’s more, you can browse other people’s opinions and respond and vote on them in this polling section.

Is YouGov Legit?

YouGov is absolutely legitimate and has been in business for over 20 years. They run a high-quality online survey panel that conducts thousands of surveys yearly and is frequently featured in the media. The YouGov survey site is legit, not a scam, and is a great and safe way to voice your opinions and participate in quality research.

As with any survey site, member experiences may vary, so before joining, it's advisable to read the YouGov survey reviews below, so that expectations are met.

Eligibility: Available in select countries. Must be age 14+ in USA to join, 16+ in UK to join.

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YouGov Reviews (375)

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February 28, 2018 by Mick from United Kingdom

Good, reliable panel. I often read survey results from YouGov in papers on serious political issues. I just wish they sent me more of these surveys and not trivial and repetitive ones about shopping etc.
Reward is usually 50p per survey. Sometimes 25p, which is too mean for the time and effort required.
Frequency of invitations depend upon your demographic status (my son is 27. He gets a survey almost every day. I am 63 and get maybe one survey every 3 or 4 weeks). They pay promptly when you reach £50.

February 27, 2018 by Carlene from United States

I enjoy doing their surveys. They are consistent, interesting and fun to do.

December 31, 2017 by chris from United Kingdom

Very interesting surveys very well written, only problem is they do not send them very often and you can not get paid until you have earned £50.

December 30, 2017 by Sean from United States

I've been a YouGov panelist for a long time, approx 12 years, at first in the UK and now in the States where I live.

For those in the UK I've found that I've earned around £50 a year. You can only wait for that £50 bank transfer on the UK panel, or use points for entries into their monthly competitions. There are about 550 prizes in total (a mixture of a few big cash prizes and many smaller points prizes) however in 12 years being a panelist, I've never won anything on the sweepstakes - be it points or cash! So I think the likelihood of winning in their competitions is extremely low.

After three months living in the US, I've found a few major differences. First of all, the points value is not easy to understand. 1 point is about 6cents. Which doesn't make a lot of sense. However, they have more options on how to redeem points.The smallest redemption on offer is for 25,000 points ($15 gift card for Amazon) there are a number of other stores as well as a couple of restaurants and cinemas to chose from as well. However, there is no simple 'cash' option, instead only a Visa gift card which comes in $50 & $100 options.

Furthermore, the $50 Visa card, will set you back 7.5-12.5k points more than some other $50 gift cards on offer. In other words, their points system makes no sense at all. With some gift cards costing you less points than others.

Another example is that the $100 Visa gift card costs 100k points, the amazon voucher for $100 is the same value of points. However, a $50 amazon voucher is 55k points (where logic would say it would be 50k!).... The $15 amazon voucher is 25k points .... You do the math, it makes sense to save points up... but the best options are some of the other stores!

Overall, I don't think I would recommend YouGov to those in the USA....It seems it will take a long time to save points up to redeem for a decent reward. Plus, you cannot get cash/paypal... instead just a $100 gift card which I would suggest is the best on offer. Getting to that magic 100k points may take a long time though!

However if you're in the UK it makes a lot more sense to join!

December 28, 2017 by Japheth from Philippines

This site is informative and fun. You can earn money by surveys and also you can read informative articles while your waiting for survey to come. Easy to use and user friendly site. Thumbs up for this site.