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Survey tools for market researchers — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for survey tools for market researchers, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

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What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

▲ INDisplayr entered the top 10 (#17 → #10)
▼ OUTMicrosoft left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Displayr moved #17 → #10
▼Forsta moved #5 → #8
▲Qualtrics moved #2 → #1
▼QuestionPro moved #1 → #2
▲Google Forms moved #6 → #5
▲Typeform moved #7 → #6
▲Pollfish moved #8 → #7
▼Microsoft moved #10 → #11
▲Displayr +6.3pp (12.5% → 18.8%)
▲Qualtrics +3.5pp (69.4% → 72.9%)
▲Google Forms +3.5pp (31.9% → 35.4%)
▲Typeform +3.5pp (31.9% → 35.4%)
▼Microsoft -3.4pp (22.2% → 18.8%)
▼Alchemer -2.7pp (44.4% → 41.7%)
▲Pollfish +2.7pp (30.6% → 33.3%)
▼Forsta -2.7pp (31.9% → 29.2%)
▲SurveyMonkey +1.4pp (52.8% → 54.2%)

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

▲Google Forms moved #8 → #6
▼LimeSurvey moved #7 → #9
▼Typeform moved #6 → #7
▲Pollfish moved #9 → #8
▼Alchemer -3.8pp (48.2% → 44.4%)
▲Pollfish +3.8pp (26.8% → 30.6%)
▲Google Forms +3.3pp (28.6% → 31.9%)
▼Microsoft -2.8pp (25% → 22.2%)
▲Forsta +1.5pp (30.4% → 31.9%)
▲Typeform +1.5pp (30.4% → 31.9%)
▼LimeSurvey -1.2pp (30.4% → 29.2%)
▼QuestionPro -1pp (73.2% → 72.2%)

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 5 → 5-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲QuestionPro +4.4pp (68.8% → 73.2%)
▲Qualtrics +4pp (65.6% → 69.6%)
▼Forsta -4pp (34.4% → 30.4%)
▼Google Forms -2.7pp (31.3% → 28.6%)
▼Alchemer -1.8pp (50% → 48.2%)
▲Pollfish +1.8pp (25% → 26.8%)

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-5 → 5 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲Typeform moved #8 → #6
▼LimeSurvey moved #5 → #7
▼Pollfish moved #7 → #9
▲Forsta moved #6 → #5
▲Google Forms moved #9 → #8
▲Google Forms +6.3pp (25% → 31.3%)
▼Pollfish -6.3pp (31.3% → 25%)
▼SurveyMonkey -3.2pp (56.3% → 53.1%)
▲Forsta +3.1pp (31.3% → 34.4%)
▲Alchemer +2.1pp (47.9% → 50%)
▲Typeform +2.1pp (29.2% → 31.3%)
▲Microsoft +2.1pp (22.9% → 25%)
▼QuestionPro -2pp (70.8% → 68.8%)
▼LimeSurvey -2pp (33.3% → 31.3%)
▲Qualtrics +1pp (64.6% → 65.6%)

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

▼Pollfish moved #5 → #7
▲LimeSurvey moved #6 → #5
▲Forsta moved #7 → #6
▼Pollfish -4.6pp (35.9% → 31.3%)
▼SurveyMonkey -3.1pp (59.4% → 56.3%)
▼Qualtrics -2.6pp (67.2% → 64.6%)
▲Google Forms +1.6pp (23.4% → 25%)
▼Forsta -1.5pp (32.8% → 31.3%)
▼QuestionPro -1.1pp (71.9% → 70.8%)
▼LimeSurvey -1.1pp (34.4% → 33.3%)
▲Alchemer +1pp (46.9% → 47.9%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲Alchemer +3.8pp (43.1% → 46.9%)
▼SurveyMonkey -1.7pp (61.1% → 59.4%)
▼Pollfish -1.6pp (37.5% → 35.9%)
▼Google Forms -1.6pp (25% → 23.4%)
▲QuestionPro +1.1pp (70.8% → 71.9%)
▲LimeSurvey +1.1pp (33.3% → 34.4%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

▲LimeSurvey moved #7 → #6
▼Forsta moved #6 → #7
▼Pollfish -3.8pp (41.3% → 37.5%)
▼Qualtrics -3.3pp (70% → 66.7%)
▼Typeform -3.3pp (32.5% → 29.2%)
▼SurveyMonkey -2.7pp (63.8% → 61.1%)
▼Microsoft -2.7pp (26.3% → 23.6%)
▼Google Forms -2.5pp (27.5% → 25%)
▼Alchemer -1.9pp (45% → 43.1%)
▼Forsta -1.9pp (33.8% → 31.9%)

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

▲LimeSurvey moved #8 → #7
▼Typeform moved #7 → #8
▲Google Forms moved #10 → #9
▼Microsoft moved #9 → #10
▼SurveyMonkey -4.5pp (68.3% → 63.8%)
▼Alchemer -4pp (49% → 45%)
▼Qualtrics -3.1pp (73.1% → 70%)
▼QuestionPro -2.7pp (74% → 71.3%)
▼Forsta -2.7pp (36.5% → 33.8%)
▲LimeSurvey +2.1pp (31.7% → 33.8%)
▼Typeform -2.1pp (34.6% → 32.5%)
▼Microsoft -1.6pp (27.9% → 26.3%)
▲Google Forms +1.5pp (26% → 27.5%)

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v5-7

#1Qualtrics72.9%
#2QuestionPro72.9%
#3SurveyMonkey54.2%
#4Alchemer41.7%
#5Google Forms35.4%
#6Typeform35.4%
#7Pollfish33.3%
#8Forsta29.2%
#9LimeSurvey29.2%
#10Displayr18.8%

Sep 7, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v5-7

#1QuestionPro72.2%
#2Qualtrics69.4%
#3SurveyMonkey52.8%
#4Alchemer44.4%
#5Forsta31.9%
#6Google Forms31.9%
#7Typeform31.9%
#8Pollfish30.6%
#9LimeSurvey29.2%
#10Microsoft22.2%

Sep 6, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v5-7

#1QuestionPro72.2%
#2Qualtrics69.4%
#3SurveyMonkey52.8%
#4Alchemer44.4%
#5Forsta31.9%
#6Google Forms31.9%
#7Typeform31.9%
#8Pollfish30.6%
#9LimeSurvey29.2%
#10Microsoft22.2%

Sep 5, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v5-7

#1QuestionPro72.2%
#2Qualtrics69.4%
#3SurveyMonkey52.8%
#4Alchemer44.4%
#5Forsta31.9%
#6Google Forms31.9%
#7Typeform31.9%
#8Pollfish30.6%
#9LimeSurvey29.2%
#10Microsoft22.2%

Sep 4, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v5-7

#1QuestionPro72.2%
#2Qualtrics69.4%
#3SurveyMonkey52.8%
#4Alchemer44.4%
#5Forsta31.9%
#6Google Forms31.9%
#7Typeform31.9%
#8Pollfish30.6%
#9LimeSurvey29.2%
#10Microsoft22.2%

Sep 3, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v5-7

#1QuestionPro72.2%
#2Qualtrics69.4%
#3SurveyMonkey52.8%
#4Alchemer44.4%
#5Forsta31.9%
#6Google Forms31.9%
#7Typeform31.9%
#8Pollfish30.6%
#9LimeSurvey29.2%
#10Microsoft22.2%

Sep 2, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v5-7

#1QuestionPro72.2%
#2Qualtrics69.4%
#3SurveyMonkey52.8%
#4Alchemer44.4%
#5Forsta31.9%
#6Google Forms31.9%
#7Typeform31.9%
#8Pollfish30.6%
#9LimeSurvey29.2%
#10Microsoft22.2%

Sep 1, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v5-7

#1QuestionPro73.2%
#2Qualtrics69.6%
#3SurveyMonkey53.6%
#4Alchemer48.2%
#5Forsta30.4%
#6Typeform30.4%
#7LimeSurvey30.4%
#8Google Forms28.6%
#9Pollfish26.8%
#10Microsoft25%

Aug 31, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v5-7

#1QuestionPro73.2%
#2Qualtrics69.6%
#3SurveyMonkey53.6%
#4Alchemer48.2%
#5Forsta30.4%
#6Typeform30.4%
#7LimeSurvey30.4%
#8Google Forms28.6%
#9Pollfish26.8%
#10Microsoft25%

Aug 30, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v5

#1QuestionPro68.8%
#2Qualtrics65.6%
#3SurveyMonkey53.1%
#4Alchemer50%
#5Forsta34.4%
#6Typeform31.3%
#7LimeSurvey31.3%
#8Google Forms31.3%
#9Pollfish25%
#10Microsoft25%

Aug 29, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v5

#1QuestionPro68.8%
#2Qualtrics65.6%
#3SurveyMonkey53.1%
#4Alchemer50%
#5Forsta34.4%
#6Typeform31.3%
#7LimeSurvey31.3%
#8Google Forms31.3%
#9Pollfish25%
#10Microsoft25%

Aug 28, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v5

#1QuestionPro68.8%
#2Qualtrics65.6%
#3SurveyMonkey53.1%
#4Alchemer50%
#5Forsta34.4%
#6Typeform31.3%
#7LimeSurvey31.3%
#8Google Forms31.3%
#9Pollfish25%
#10Microsoft25%

Aug 27, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v5

#1QuestionPro68.8%
#2Qualtrics65.6%
#3SurveyMonkey53.1%
#4Alchemer50%
#5Forsta34.4%
#6Typeform31.3%
#7LimeSurvey31.3%
#8Google Forms31.3%
#9Pollfish25%
#10Microsoft25%

Aug 26, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-5

#1QuestionPro70.8%
#2Qualtrics64.6%
#3SurveyMonkey56.3%
#4Alchemer47.9%
#5LimeSurvey33.3%
#6Forsta31.3%
#7Pollfish31.3%
#8Typeform29.2%
#9Google Forms25%
#10Microsoft22.9%

Aug 25, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-5

#1QuestionPro70.8%
#2Qualtrics64.6%
#3SurveyMonkey56.3%
#4Alchemer47.9%
#5LimeSurvey33.3%
#6Forsta31.3%
#7Pollfish31.3%
#8Typeform29.2%
#9Google Forms25%
#10Microsoft22.9%

Aug 24, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-5

#1QuestionPro70.8%
#2Qualtrics64.6%
#3SurveyMonkey56.3%
#4Alchemer47.9%
#5LimeSurvey33.3%
#6Forsta31.3%
#7Pollfish31.3%
#8Typeform29.2%
#9Google Forms25%
#10Microsoft22.9%

Aug 23, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-5

#1QuestionPro70.8%
#2Qualtrics64.6%
#3SurveyMonkey56.3%
#4Alchemer47.9%
#5LimeSurvey33.3%
#6Forsta31.3%
#7Pollfish31.3%
#8Typeform29.2%
#9Google Forms25%
#10Microsoft22.9%

Aug 22, 202664 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-5

#1QuestionPro71.9%
#2Qualtrics67.2%
#3SurveyMonkey59.4%
#4Alchemer46.9%
#5Pollfish35.9%
#6LimeSurvey34.4%
#7Forsta32.8%
#8Typeform29.7%
#9Google Forms23.4%
#10Microsoft23.4%

Aug 21, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-5

#1QuestionPro70.8%
#2Qualtrics66.7%
#3SurveyMonkey61.1%
#4Alchemer43.1%
#5Pollfish37.5%
#6LimeSurvey33.3%
#7Forsta31.9%
#8Typeform29.2%
#9Google Forms25%
#10Microsoft23.6%

Aug 20, 202680 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-5

#1QuestionPro71.3%
#2Qualtrics70%
#3SurveyMonkey63.8%
#4Alchemer45%
#5Pollfish41.3%
#6Forsta33.8%
#7LimeSurvey33.8%
#8Typeform32.5%
#9Google Forms27.5%
#10Microsoft26.3%

Aug 19, 202680 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-5

#1QuestionPro71.3%
#2Qualtrics70%
#3SurveyMonkey63.8%
#4Alchemer45%
#5Pollfish41.3%
#6Forsta33.8%
#7LimeSurvey33.8%
#8Typeform32.5%
#9Google Forms27.5%
#10Microsoft26.3%

Aug 18, 2026104 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-5

#1QuestionPro74%
#2Qualtrics73.1%
#3SurveyMonkey68.3%
#4Alchemer49%
#5Pollfish40.4%
#6Forsta36.5%
#7Typeform34.6%
#8LimeSurvey31.7%
#9Microsoft27.9%
#10Google Forms26%

Aug 17, 2026104 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-5

#1QuestionPro74%
#2Qualtrics73.1%
#3SurveyMonkey68.3%
#4Alchemer49%
#5Pollfish40.4%
#6Forsta36.5%
#7Typeform34.6%
#8LimeSurvey31.7%
#9Microsoft27.9%
#10Google Forms26%

Aug 16, 2026104 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4-5

#1QuestionPro74%
#2Qualtrics73.1%
#3SurveyMonkey68.3%
#4Alchemer49%
#5Pollfish40.4%
#6Forsta36.5%
#7Typeform34.6%
#8LimeSurvey31.7%
#9Microsoft27.9%
#10Google Forms26%

Aug 15, 2026104 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4-5

#1QuestionPro74%
#2Qualtrics73.1%
#3SurveyMonkey68.3%
#4Alchemer49%
#5Pollfish40.4%
#6Forsta36.5%
#7Typeform34.6%
#8LimeSurvey31.7%
#9Microsoft27.9%
#10Google Forms26%

Aug 14, 2026104 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4-5

#1QuestionPro74%
#2Qualtrics73.1%
#3SurveyMonkey68.3%
#4Alchemer49%
#5Pollfish40.4%
#6Forsta36.5%
#7Typeform34.6%
#8LimeSurvey31.7%
#9Microsoft27.9%
#10Google Forms26%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/survey-tools-for-market-researchers/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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