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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 employees does the global research firm Ipsos have?

Answerabout 20,000

Large survey and polling firms like Ipsos employ armies of researchers, statisticians and interviewers worldwide.

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

Going deeper

On average, what share of people who see a survey inside a mobile app actually complete it?

Answerabout 13%

In-app surveys shown to people already using an app tend to perform far better than surveys sent through a mobile browser.

Source: Alchemer (2016) alchemer.com

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

About how much of that global market research revenue comes from the United States alone?

Answerabout $48 billion

The U.S. remains the single largest national market for market research, well ahead of the U.K.'s roughly $9 billion.

Source: Wikipedia (Market research) (2025) en.wikipedia.org

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