This post lists the best online paid survey sites for United States residents! Join these top US survey panels, take surveys and earn extra money & rewards (cash or gift cards)! They are all legit, free to join and actually pay! Please check back often since we add new survey sites regularly.
Tips: #1. Use a separate email account for signing up survey panels. #2. Set up a free PayPal account; #3. Make sure to confirm your registration (mostly by clicking the links within the confirmation emails sent to you shortly after). 4. Fill out initial profile surveys to receive more relevant survey invitations.
TOP US Paid Online Survey Sites
- SurveySavvy
SurveySavvy members get paid cash (via check) for taking online surveys. They offer members good paying survey opportunities, and also have a double tier referral program where members get paid when their referrals and referrals’ referrals completing surveys . One account per household. Accept 14 and up years old. surveysavvy review - Paid Viewpoint
Paid Viewpoint is a survey panel that pays members cash (via Paypal) and gift cards (amazon & walmart). They generally have short but interesting surveys. Must be at least 13 years old to join. Invite only. paidviewpoint review - Survey Junkie
Survey Junkie pays members cash (via Paypal) or amazon gift cards for completing online surveys. Open to 13+ years old. surveyjunkie review - American Consumer Opinion
American Consumer Opinions members earn points for taking surveys and survey screeners, points are redeemable for cash via check or Paypal. They accept members world wide and 13 and up years old. american consumer opinion review - 5 Surveys
Relatively new survey site. Members earn $5 for every 5 surveys completed. There is no limit in regards to how much you can earn. Rewards are Cash (PayPal) and gift cards. Must be at least 18 years old to join. - Product Report Card
Members get paid cash (through pre-paid visa card) and amazon gift cards for completing online surveys. You get $5.00 for signing up. Must be at least 13 years old to join. product report card review - Mindfield Online
They pay members cash for completing every survey. Paypal minimum cash out is $5. Check threshold is $10. They also have Amazon option minimum $5. Minimum age requirement: 18+. mindfield online review - MyPoints
MyPoints is a great reward sites, but members earn points for taking every survey. Points can be redeemed for cash via Paypal, amazon and other popular store gift cards. They also have paid emails, paid search, cash back shopping and paid offers etc. Very reliable site. 13+ mypoints review - Toluna
Members earn points for completing online surveys and answering sponsored polls. Points can be exchanged for cash (via Paypal or Visa Prepaid card) and various gift cards. Open to 13 and up years old. - YouGov
You earn points for completing surveys, points convert to cash (paid via cash prepaid card), amazon/store gift cards or prize. They offer most political and current event surveys. Minimum age requirement 14 years old. - TellWut Panel
TellWut is a fun online community where members get paid amazon gift cards for taking and creating surveys. Must be at least 13 years old to join. tellwut review - LegerOpinion
Formerly known as Legerweb, LegerOpinion is a great Canadian based online paid survey site, they also accept US residents. Members get paid cash (by check) for every survey completed.Open to 18 and up years old. legeropinion review - Branded Surveys
Members earn points for taking surveys. Points can be redeemed for cash via Paypal and amazon gift cards. Open to USA, Canada, and UK. minimum age requirement is 13 years old. branded surveys review - Swagbucks
Swagbucks is a popular reward site, and they have tons of online surveys even product testing opportunities. You can also do many other activities to earn points and redeem points for cash or gift cards. Must be 13 and older to join. - Pinecone Research
Members get paid cash (via Paypal) and gift cards for completing online surveys and participating in product testing. Must be at least 18 years old to join. product research review - Prime Opinion
Members get paid cash (via Paypal) and gift cards for completing online surveys. They have many online surveys! Must be at least 18 years old to join. - ClearVoice Surveys
Many online surveys, product testing and focus group opportunities. Accept 13+, USA. - Ipsos I-Say
I-Say surveys, operated by Ipsos, members get paid cash or gift cards to take online surveys. One of the top survey sites, lots of online surveys and product testing opportunities. Open to 14 and up years old. i-say review - Unlock Surveys
Formerly Springboard American, Unlock Surveys rewards members cash (PayPal) or gift cards for taking online surveys. You get 500 points ($5) for signing up and becoming a member. 18+ - OpinoCash
Members earn points for completing online surveys, and points can be redeemed for cash (Paypal) and popular gift cards. Must be at least 18 years old to join. - Permission Research
Members earn points redeemable for cash, gift cards and merchandise. Other member benefits include free online disk storage, free games, free software and screen savers. Safe software installation required. - Inbox Dollars
Inbox Dollars is another good reward site, they offer many good paying online surveys, as well as other ways to earn cash or gift cards. Open to 13+ years old. - TGM Panel
TGM panel is a global survey panel, they have many surveys and pay members cash via PayPal or Amazon gift cards for completing online surveys! - Prize Rebel
Prize Rebel is a great survey panel, they have low cash out threshold and pay fast! They reward members points for taking online surveys. Points can be redeemed for cash (PayPal) or amazon gift cards. Minimum age 16 to join. - Market Agent
Market Agent members earn points for taking surveys. Points can be redeemed for cash via Amazon, PayPal or Skrill. Earn 150 points for registration. Open to US, Canada, UK and many other countries. minimum age requirement is 14 years old. market agent review - Pureprofile
Pureprofile is a very user friendly online survey sites. They provide many interesting and easy to answer surveys, and you can earn cash via Paypal or gift cards such as amazon. Open to 13+ years old. - SayMore
Formerly Univox Community. Members earn points for taking surveys. Points can be redeemed for cash via PayPal and gift cards. Earn 200 points ($2) just for joining! Open to 13+. US, Canada & UK. univox community review - PointClub
PointClub has tons of surveys. Members earn points which are exchangeable for gift cards and cash. Minimum redemption thread hold is 25000 points ($25). - Focus Group by Schlesinger
Formerly known as Inspired Opinion, Focus Group by Schlesinger is the consumer opinion panel launched by Schlesinger Associates. They have many focus groups opportunities as well as “regular” paid surveys. Panel members earn points for taking online surveys and focus groups. Points are redeemable for amazon gift certificates or cash (for focus groups). Accept 18+ years old. - Rakuten Insight
Rakuten Insight is looking for new members for their US survey panel. They pay cash via Paypal or amazon gift cards. Minimum age to join is 16 years old. - OnePoll
Onepoll members earn cash for completing online surveys. Cash are paid through Paypal. New members earn $5 sign up bonus! Must be at least 13 years old to join.
- OpinionSite
Members get paid cash (via check) or amazon gift cards for completing online surveys. Get 50 points even if you disqualify for a survey. Minimum cash out thread $10. Open to 13+. - Executive Advisory Board
This is a panel for business owners or executives, and is ran by Decision Analyst Inc. They pay members cash (check/PayPal) for online surveys and focus groups. - Lifepoints
Formerly known as GlobalTestMarket, members earn points for taking online surveys. Points are redeemable for cash (Paypal), amazon/iTunes and store gift cards or various prizes/merchandises. They offer numerous online surveys as well as product testing and focus group opportunities. One account per mailing address. Accept 14 and up years old. lifepoints review - Technology Board
Technology Board is anther survey panel operated under Decision Analyst. Members earn points that can be redeemed for cash (check) to complete online surveys. You get 5-10 points for trying. 18 years old to join. - Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School Behavioral Research lab pay cash (money orders) or amazon gift certificate for every online survey. Must be at least 18 years old to join. - McCormic Consumer Testing Panel
Members get paid cash or amazon gift cards for participating product testing and online surveys. Must be 18 and older. - Reckner Consumer Opinion Panel
Reckner is a consumer panel that rewards members cash (check) for taking online surveys and participating focus groups and in-home product testings. Must be 18+ to join. - E-Poll
E-Poll survey panel members earn points for taking every survey. Points can be redeemed for cash(via Paypal) or gift cards include amazon gift certificates or prize. One account per household. Open to 13+ years old. e-poll review - MoBrog
MoBrog is a global survey panel powered by PLENDID Research GmbH from Germany. They pay cash through Paypal for completing online surveys. Minimum age to join is 18. They also have a mobile survey app.
Paid Survey Tips & Notes:
#1. You may notice that there aren’t hundreds of survey sites on this list – this is because I only list those legit and good survey sites that legitimate and worth joining. Notice that all survey panels listed here pay members either cash and/or gift cards and/or prizes (in other words, no sweepstakes only survey sites), and many of them have high paying focus groups and product testing opportunities.
#2. I suggest you sign up with all the survey sites listed here or as many as you feel comfortable – because the more survey sites you belong to, the more surveys you will receive.
#3. It is a time consuming process signing up with all the survey panels and fill out detailed panel profiles – I recommend you join all the survey panels and fill out the basic profile first, then go back to each panel and fill out additional and more details panel profiles.
#4. I add legitimate new survey sites whenever I find them. I also review and update this list at least once a month to make sure all survey sites listed here are still active and all links are working.
Sometimes the links might not direct you to the desired survey sites, that’s because oftentimes the survey panel membership quotas run out during or at the end of the month. You can come back at the beginning of the month and try to sign up again.
Please feel free to drop me a comment if know any good legit survey panels not listed here or you find any broken links or any survey sites that are “dead” and should be removed from the list, thank you!
I have been taking online surveys for over 10 years. I still think it’s a great way to extra cash online since it’s free, legitimate and quite easy. I hope you find this survey site listing helpful! Pleas share it with family and friends or anyone you know who are interested in earning extra money by taking survey online , and feel free to leave your comments, suggestions or any questions about paid surveys!
Hi Barbara – all the sites (including Pinecone) on this survey list are legitimate, just click the sign up links to join them. good luck!
I am in need of some extra income. I would appreciate any info. on legit. sites to get paid ? for on line surveys. Do you need referrals for these sites. I am a real estate broker and times are slow. This would work perfect for me. Any help would be much appreciated.
[quote name=Mei]Pinecone Research! 😀 :zzz[/quote]Hi, how might I find Pinecone Research?? Do you need a referral??
Would appreciate any info.
[quote name=Barbara]I don’t know about all the other survey companies but I have been with Pinecone Research for years and they are true blue and very honest with their surveys and I’ve tested many, many products and was immediately paid.[/quote] My name is DianeDillard andI’m recovering from lund cancer. I have been scammed in the past, but need to find a legitaiment work at home project.I have no problem working hard and if you can assist me please help. Send all information you have. Thank You D Dillard
Legitimate survey sites never ask for fees. If ever asked a fee, make sure someone you know will vouch for it.
I appreciate it if you guys name the sites that are paying. Thanks a lot… 🙂
[quote name=Mei]Hi,
They might be legit, however, they ask you to provide your credit card information and monitor your spending habit. I am not sure how many people will be comfortable with that.[/quote]
This is one of the DON’TS in surveys. Never give any credit card number. Legits don’t ask you that.
[quote name=Barbara]I don’t know about all the other survey companies but I have been with Pinecone Research for years and they are true blue and very honest with their surveys and I’ve tested many, many products and was immediately paid.[/quote]
Hello!!! Sounds good. Could you let us know how to contact Pinecone? Thanks a lot for your help.
Hi Pearlie,
Most (almost all) of the paid survey/market research companies listed here pay cash or gift certificates. 🙂
Paid surveys is a great way to make extra cash, you can just do it after work at night while watching tv. :cheer:
Hi, I am looking for a way to earn money part-time. I work full time so I needed something where I could be at home with hubby the rest of the time. I want the ones that pay cash/gift cerificates only.
When looking at Henry Will’s “View Point Forum”, 2009-02-17 16:44:02 I googled it with a “.com” & a warning came up for a potential virus site. Please be careful when anyone is unable to provide a link & requests your information instead. (For those of you unaware, your computer may be identified by your email.) Please, don’t let this deter you from this site, it could have been a simple error on Henry’s part too.
Good luck & have fun with the surveys! This site is great!!
[quote name=Nona J]Awesom site!!!
Like Jean M, I too am looking for websites that I wouldn’t be involved in any giveaways or sweepstakes,and that you are paid cash only for each survey.
Your best websites would be greatly apreciated.[/quote]
I don’t know about all the other survey companies but I have been with Pinecone Research for years and they are true blue and very honest with their surveys and I’ve tested many, many products and was immediately paid.
I got this site from my AARP magazine.. Great site, and I’ve signed up for quite a few now so that should keep me busy..
Hello all:
Would you like to join Viewpointforum?
I can hook you up right after you send me your first and last name with full email
to…….kidtravis@bellsouth.net
I am very interested in doing this and your website makes it easy. Valued opinions does NOT pay cash, however. Only gift cards and not a very good variety
love your site. need to make extra money any way that I can
The article was in the AARP magazine. It brought me here as well. Kudow to you for providing such an awesome site!
😉
Hi Aline,
You are welcome! Actually it’s very easy and safe to open a Paypal account. I would suggest you go to paypal.com and take a look. I think there are some survey sites only pay via Paypal.
Hi Maria,
Thank you so much for letting me know this! I am so happy and proud that my site is recommended! Now I have to go hunt down the magazine!!
:zzz
Hi,
I read about mysurvey123.com in my March/April 2009 magazine titled “Earn Extra Money-Fast!”. I am out of work and need any income I can find. Thank you for being so helpful! Maria W.
Thank for including how a site pays (check, money order [yes I saw one], or PayPal). This information will make it easier for me choose which sites I want to sign up with since I don’t have a PayPal account and have no idea how it works. 🙂
Bottom line: Better safe than sorry. 🙂
:zzz Thank you very much for the effort of putting this valuable info together. I truly appreciate it. I am a participant to many of these sites, but its good to know which ones to avoid.
Just found your site and this is an impressive list. Just wanted to say that on the American Consumer Opinions, #4, that you can accumulate a balance and request a cashout now rather than the automatic check being sent after completing a survey.
thanks for the list
😀 Thanks so much, I signed up for tons that I didn’t know about.
Awesom site!!!
Like Jean M, I too am looking for websites that I wouldn’t be involved in any giveaways or sweepstakes,and that you are paid cash only for each survey.
Your best websites would be greatly apreciated.
Hello, I was a member of ELQ Research and I changed my e-mail address. Now I can’t find anyway to let them know it’s changed. Any ideas? Thank you for your time. Ramona
HI, has anyone heard about the survey site awsurveys.com???
How do I join Pine Cone research? Last time I checked seems like I ned to get a referral to join. 😕
Great site! Thank you for putting all of this together. Found a lot of good(well hopefully good for me=) sites that I haven’t seen before. 🙂
Pinecone Research! 😀 :zzz
hey waddup which pays the fastest 🙂
Hi,
They might be legit, however, they ask you to provide your credit card information and monitor your spending habit. I am not sure how many people will be comfortable with that.
Is ConsumerSay panel legitimate??
Love your site and also the additional reviews that your provided.
Just to let people know the “Test and Vote” site say that they do not give rewards to people in the united states yet.So who knows if they ever will 🙁
Hi Cynthia,
Thanks for your comment.
Regarding mysurvey.com, I think I have it on the list, it is actually #3 on the list. 🙂
Thanks for feedback and welcome!
I noticed you dont hv http://www.mysurvey.com on ur site. they are legit. i rcvd a ck which took 6 day to get. it took me 4 wks to earn those points. I probably could hv earned more but I was busy with my other site. Plus MySurvey.com was Shown on TV as the top 10 Legit Paying Free website. Just wanted to shared the wealth…LOL Thx for the world of information.. From Phx AZ
Hi Angela,
Thank you very much for the kind the commment and sharing your experience with Vindale Research.
Best wishes,
Hi Little d, you are welcome!
Hi Angela,
You are right. Majority of the free survey offers from Crash Crate and Quizpoints are not real paid survey sites in my opinion – they are emial harvesting sites that use your email address (and other personal info you provide to them) to send you spam emails or mails.
One thing you can do to figure this out is check Privacy Policy, and you will know what I mean.
Thanks for askingthe questions! – It’s a good question.
🙂
Hi Kristy,
Thank you for passing this along.
However, Technology Board is a panel run by the same company (Decision Analyst) who run ACOP(American Consumer Opinion). I have been paid by them and I am certain they are legit.
Sorry but I think their security certificate probably is not a stole one, it might be just expired.
Of course it’s up to you/your husband to decide to sign up or not.
Some very good IT panels I suggest your husband sign up (all on my list)
SurveySavvy
Tech Panel (run by Lightspeed)
Tech Say (run by GlobalTestMarket)
Best regards,
also you can contact me via email :zzz
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I am really confused.
I am looking for a site that I can sign up for free and I wouldn’t be involved in any giveaways/sweepstakes. and that you are 100 % sure that they pay you for each survey, asking for the best website you’ve ever used. Thank you so much 🙂
Thanks for all the great survey sites! Most of them pay very well considering the little you have to do to earn the funds. :zzz
Hi,
I believe Surveyhead is legit, even though I just joined and have not been paid yet. I used to do LOT of surveys for GoZing, and have always been paid! So I am very confident (almost certain) I will get paid by surveyhead. I am aware that they are converting focusline members. If you join them now(via my site here), you will get sign up $5.00 too.
Thanks for your comment and I am glad you like my site. Hope to talk to you again!
Do you know if the site surveyhead.com is legitimate? They are the original owners of GoZing (which I know is legit), and are converting focusline.com members over. They offer $5 for signup. Because the site is new, I am a little leary of them.
This site is very well put together. The top 20 on your list are my favorites! I have found quite a few here I didn’t know about, and others I have wanted to try. Thanks so much for the information, Mei!
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the url. and Yes, that is AMP Survey. I have heard about this site. I am not introducing them because I was concerned about their privacy policy, and last night I checked them again and I think you won’t get paid, they just give you a entry for sweepstakes. And AMP Survey indeed is run by OTX Research.
Mei, here is the url:
http://www.ampario.com/content/
this might be the amp survey that you mentioned, im not sure…
Hi Jeff,
Are you talking about amp survey? Can you give me the url of the site? Thanks!
Ampario – have you heard of this company Mei? i did a few of their suveys and took me to an OTX survey…..just wondering if they pay anything
Hi Diane,
You don’t need to worry if you sign up with legit market research and survey sites. Yes they use your address for sending checks..The only time they call you is for phone interview or screening for focus groups. 🙂
Hi, great site. Thank you.
I’m paranoid about giving my address and phone number. They only use these to send checks right?
Hi Mike,
All the survey sites on this list are legit. I usually add reviews and ratings once get paid by them, that’s why you don’t see all of them have reviews, yet. 🙂
are all the surveys on this list legit non-scam sites? or just the ones with the ratings? Thanks.
Hi Sidney,
That’s really cool!! Congrats and have fun!!! :zzz
Hey, Mei, I just qualified for my first focus group! I never qualify for those things! 😀
Hi Anonym,
Thank you so much for your help! I just corrected the link. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! 😀
Hi again! One more thing! The American Consumer Review is linked to 20/20 rather than its correct review. Hope that helps! Once again, thanks for the GREAT resource! =)
Hi Anonym,
Thanks for the heads up! I just corrected the broken link!
Thanks for the kind comment too!
Hello there! Just so you know, your quizpoints link is linked to the wrong site. 🙂
Also, GREAT site!
Hi Laure,
I went to the site but seems the site is down at this moment. I will take a look later.
However, based on information you provide, I would suggest NOT register/pay them the fee. I am pretty sure that they are just another “membership” site that charge you for a list of paid survey sites (and possible junk spam and scam sites).
6 fig a year? No kidding! :zzz
Do you have an information of homesurveyworkers.com? The fee is 2.95b plus another 1x fee of 39.95. They promise $10 or $20 a survey with a potential of 8 a day for 6 figs a year.
I am going thru your list of free sign ups and have registered with a dozen. Has anyone had success with paying this webistes fees and getting much back in return.
Hi Michael,
I am glad you find what you are looking for. Good luck with the surveys!
Hi, Great site ,Im from Australia and have been looking for a site like this for two weeks,thanks very much for all the sites, hope I can now keep up with the surveys…….regards
Hi Stacey,
You are welcome and thanks for the compliment!
Best regards,
Hi,
I just love this site!! It is very helpful. Thanks so much!
Hi Markus,
Thanks so much for sharing the info! I just sign up with them!
Will add it to the survey list!
Thanks again!!
hi
i participated in two surveys @ http://vlab.uib.no
really like what these guys are doing. got paid US$ 6.- last time!
greets
m
You are welcome mark!
Yes, I love hunting down the good new survey sites! 😀
this site has been pretty helpful thanks keep adding new surveys sites as they come along your doing great 😀
Hi Lynn,
You are welcome! I am glad it’s helpful.:-)
Regarding tiktik cash, I would NOT sign up with them and would NOT recommend them to anyone at all! They have a high payout requirement of $100. That is definitely a red flag.
I think you are probably right, they are just another Panda.
Best regards!
Hi,
Thanks for this site! It is sooo helpful.
Do you know anything about tiktik? I can’t figure out if they are a scam or not. They remind me of Panda. Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Hi;
I noticed Cash Crate and Quizpoints have many survey companies that you can sign up for as free offers. Some of them you do not have listed anywhere. Is that because they are not worth signing up for? Just wondering since I use your sight as a judgement tool on whether a company will be a good survey site or not.
I just wanted to let you know that when my husband( an IT professional) went to sign up for the TechnologyBoard it stated that its certificate was a stolen one. So it is an illegal website. I just thought I would pass that along.
Thanks Love this site has helpped! 😉
Hi;
Your site has been so great! I have been using it to sign up and learn about different sites beforehand. I just wanted to share an expereince. I was asked by a survey site to sign up for Vindale Research and I would get cash credited to my account for completeing the free offer. I did this. My experience with Vindale has been poor. They send you surveys to earn money but you have to buy/sign up for a product and evaluate it -all of mine indicated a credit card was required. Then if you do so they give you money –most of the time very little over the cost of obtaining the product/service. It seems like a scam to get people to purchase items they would not otherwise purchase. Plus afterwards you have to go back and cancel services or future shipments of the product in order to not continue the billing -a time consuming pain to do. Hope this saves others from wasted time with this site.