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4 sourced facts about the market research and survey industry, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.

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The basics

About how many countries does the research firm Ipsos operate in?

Answer87 countries

Ipsos is one of the world's largest market research and polling companies.

Source: Wikipedia (Ipsos) (2025) en.wikipedia.org

Going deeper

By 2018, the typical U.S. telephone survey response rate had fallen to about what level?

Answerabout 6%

Response rates had held near 9% for years before slipping further, pushing pollsters toward online panels.

Source: Pew Research Center (2018) pewresearch.org

Nielsen's newly accredited 'Big Data + Panel' TV measurement system covers about how many U.S. households?

Answerabout 45 million

It also draws on data from roughly 75 million connected devices, replacing Nielsen's older panel-only approach.

Source: Wikipedia (Nielsen ratings) (2025) en.wikipedia.org

Expert level

Outside of in-app prompts, what's a typical completion-rate benchmark for general mobile surveys?

Answerabout 1-3%

General mobile surveys sent via web or email convert far worse than surveys embedded directly in an app.

Source: Alchemer (2016) alchemer.com

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