Prolific

What is Prolific?

Prolific is a trusted crowdsourcing platform designed to help researchers and AI developers collect high-quality human data quickly and efficiently. With a global pool of over 200,000 vetted and engaged participants, Prolific supports diverse study designs, including surveys, behavioral experiments, and AI training tasks. The platform emphasizes data accuracy through rigorous participant verification and quality assurance processes, while offering seamless integration with popular research tools and APIs. Prolific enables researchers to launch studies in minutes and gather responses within hours, facilitating rapid insights and scalable data annotation projects.

Key Features

• Large Verified Participant Pool

  Access over 200,000 active, bank-grade identity verified participants worldwide for diverse and niche research needs.

• Fast and Reliable Data Collection

  Launch studies quickly and collect high-quality responses typically within 2 hours, accelerating research timelines.

• Advanced Study Design Tools

  Use Taskflow to manage complex multi-condition studies with automatic participant allocation and real-time condition balancing.

• Robust Quality Assurance

  Employ multi-layered quality checks including manual reviews, algorithmic monitoring, and participant performance tracking.

• Seamless Integration

  Integrate effortlessly with common survey and experiment platforms or use Prolific’s API for custom workflows.

• Ethical Participant Compensation

  Ensure fair pay aligned with minimum wage standards, fostering participant engagement and data integrity.

Use Cases

• Academic Research : Recruit targeted participants for psychological, behavioral, and social science studies with reliable, high-quality data.
• AI and Machine Learning Training : Collect and annotate multimodal datasets including text, audio, image, and video to train and evaluate AI models.
• Market Research : Gather consumer insights rapidly from diverse demographics to inform product development and marketing strategies.
• Behavioral Experiments : Conduct complex experimental designs with balanced condition allocation and real-time participant management.
• Data Annotation Projects : Scale annotation workflows efficiently with access to skilled taskers vetted for expertise and quality.

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