Delivering the highest quality data since 2014

Prolific sets quality standards for online research and data collection. Get reliable human feedback for your projects, every time.

Trusted by over 3,000 world-renowned organizations

Yale
AI2
Stanford
Google

Independent research consistently shows Prolific delivers the highest quality data

While other companies chase scale or speed at any cost, we've always known that nothing matters more than data integrity.
How we deliver this

Introducing Protocol: our multi-layer quality system

Quality participants over quantity
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Quality participants over quantity

While competitors prioritise millions of participants over quality, Prolific is highly selective. We invite only 13% of applicants from our waitlist based on demand. After 50+ rigorous quality and identity checks, just 55% pass and can start studies and tasks.

Continuous fraud detection
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Continuous fraud detection

Unlike other platforms, the checks don't stop. Ad hoc identity confirmation checks ensure no fraud, bots, or shared accounts. Our machine learning algorithms detect suspicious patterns across the pool, and our full-time quality team responds.

In-study quality controls
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In-study quality assurance

Our proprietary authenticity checks detect AI-generated responses with 98.7% precision. Exceptionally fast submissions are automatically flagged and replaced.

Performance-based quality controls
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Performance-based controls

Top-performing participants earn priority access to studies, and poor performers are excluded. Use our quality and skills-based targeting options to filter to high performers.

Motivated and engaged participants
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Motivated, engaged participants

Our industry-leading reward structure and policies have built a loyal participant community that delivers thoughtful responses and strong retention for ongoing projects.

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