I haven’t tried them but thank you for sharing – I will check them out!

I was also surprised that you didn’t have the site Panel Opinion on the list as I have had the most pay outs from them. Have you heard of them?

Thank you for your detailed reviews of the survey sites you use! I’m sure this will be a useful reference for other readers 🙂

I’ve been a member of Yougov for around 5 years and have reached the £50 threshold maybe three times. I find a lot of their surveys tedious and over long. Plus the equivalent points value is 50p, often for around 25 minutes of survey. The plus point is surveys get held for a little bit, so you don’t have to be constantly watching the site or have to jump on the email immediately.

I’ve been a member of Populuslive for around 4 years and find it infuriating to the point I don’t bother any more. They send emails when a survey is available and you have to jump on it right away else your demographic will likely have filled up. Every survey asks the same pre-screening questions (why they don’t use a profile I have no idea) and often you can spend 10 mins before getting screened out. It is also possible to get screened out mid survey after investing time because you bank with the wrong bank or eat the wrong food and have answered honestly. I have earnt the payout about three times (£50 threshold) despite its clunky UI. That said I have fibbed on a lot surveys so I can complete them.

Swagbucks was garbage for surveys. Every survey I did I got screened out, often at the 90-95% point as if to say, we’ve got the data we wanted, we aren’t going to pay!

Thanks for your comment! That is a great thing about Qmee. I agree with the frustration of getting logged out of surveys though. This is one of the reasons I love Prolific – you only see surveys that you are eligible for, and I rarely have any technical problems. There is a higher threshold to cash out but in general all the surveys pay well so you can reach the threshold before too long.

For some other sites that pay fast, take a look at this post: https://www.boostmybudget.com/how-to-make-money-fast/
In particular, I recommend checking out the Lightening Payouts section in Oh My Dosh, but just be careful to cancel any subscriptions you sign up to before the billing period.

Sometimes what frustrates me is when I do a survey on qmee and then get logged out half way through, sometimes i get rewarded 6p for doing half the survey or I get nothing at all. I go on my account each day but sometimes I get no surveys for days which is a downside. I am looking for other survey sites to join but most of them you have to reach a certain amount before cashing out which is very annoying. But I am hoping I can find the right one as joining more survey sites increases of earning just a bit more money.

Prolific is definitely the best UK survey site in my experience! Hope it works well for you!

Thanks for sharing your experience! The Pinecone link is an invitation link but it only works when they are accepting new members but unfortunately that isn’t all the time so sometimes the link breaks 🙁 it is good to know there’s another option to sign up when the invitations aren’t open.