Facts · Facts & sources
4 sourced facts about surveys, polls and public-opinion research institutions, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answerover 400,000 students
The GSS has become a staple teaching dataset in statistics and social-science classrooms.
Source: NORC at the University of Chicago (2022) gss.norc.org
Answer3.5 million addresses a year
That makes it the largest ongoing household survey the Census Bureau runs, alongside the once-a-decade full census.
Source: Wikipedia, American Community Survey (2023) en.wikipedia.org
Answer2,045 members
AAPOR sets professional standards and ethics guidelines for public-opinion researchers.
Source: Wikipedia, AAPOR (2025) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 6 billion respondents
That's nearly one response for every person on Earth, accumulated over two decades of the platform's use.
Source: SurveyMonkey (2019) surveymonkey.com