If you want to make some extra money online for free, one of the easiest ways to do this is by taking paid surveys.
There are, however, MANY survey sites, so it can be difficult to find out which ones are worth joining. That is why I have made a list of the Top 10 paying survey sites for 2026.
I have tested all of these sites thoroughly myself, and all the sites on the list below are legit and FREE to join, and they are great ways to start getting paid for surveys.
I have put the list together based on my tests of hundreds of paid survey sites, and these are the ones I currently see as the best survey sites – and I have been paid by all of them myself, so I know that they actually do pay.
The list below is a general Top 10 and includes sites available in many countries. You can see lists for specific countries here to find the ones that are best for your specific country, or check out below which countries the recommended sites are available for.
Below the list, you can read more about how I decided which survey sites to put on the list.
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The list was last updated in July 2026
#1 – Freecash
Freecash offers a lot of paid surveys and many paid offers at high rates. Also, they regularly have great cash contests, and it has a very low payout threshold, so you can get paid very fast, whether you want to get paid in cash, crypto, or gift cards. You will get a great joining bonus by using the link below.
Reward options: PayPal, crypto, gift cards, Venmo, bank transfer
Available in: More or less all countries (but mainly worth it in Tier 1 countries)
Overall rating: 4.9 out of 5
More info: Read full Freecash review
#2 – TopSurveys
TopSurveys is a very user-friendly survey website and app. It is great at matching you with surveys, so there are not as many disqualifications as on most other sites.
Reward options: PayPal, bank transfer, Venmo, gift cards
Available in: 40+ countries.
Overall rating: 4.8 out of 5
More info: Read full TopSurveys review
#3 – Sproutful
Sproutfukl is one of the newer survey sites, but it is a great choice if you live in the US. It gives high-paying surveys, is easy to use, and has great bonus options for active members.
Reward options: PayPal, Venmo, Visa, gift cards
Available in: USA
Overall rating: 4.8 out of 5
More info: Read full Sproutful review
#4 – HeyCash
HeyCash will give you access to many high-paying surveys, and you can also earn by taking paid offers. You only need to earn $5 to redeem, and you will get paid within minutes after redeeming.
Reward options: PayPal, Venmo, Visa, or gift cards
Available in: 70 countries
Overall rating: 4.7 out of 5
More info: Read full HeyCash review
#5 – PrizeRebel
PrizeRebel offers a lot of daily opportunities to make some extra money. It has many daily survey opportunities, paid tasks, promo codes, free contests, and an offer wall with a lot of different opportunities.
Reward options: PayPal, crypto, gift cards
Available in: More or less all countries.
Overall rating: 4.7 out of 5
More info: Read full PrizeRebel review
#6 – Branded Surveys
Branded Surveys has a lot of paid surveys if you live in the US, UK, or Canada. It also has membership levels, so the more active you are, the more bonuses you will get, which means you can end up getting really high rewards per survey.
Reward options: PayPal, bank transfer, gift cards
Available in: US, UK, Canada
Overall rating: 4.9 out of 5
More info: Read full Branded Surveys review
#7 – Swagbucks
Swagbucks is one of the absolute biggest survey sites with many opportunities. On top of the surveys, you can also get cashback when shopping online, earn by surfing the internet, watching videos, and participating in contests. You will get a $3-$5 joining bonus through the link below (depending on the country).
Reward options: PayPal, Payoneer, AirTM, gift cards.
Available in: More or less all countries, but most options in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and Germany.
Overall rating: 4.7 out of 5
More info: Read full Swagbucks review
#8 – Pawns
Pawns offers many paid surveys, and you can also earn passively from it just by installing it on one or several devices. In addition to this, you can earn by playing games through the mobile app.
Reward options: PayPal, Bitcoin, Payoneer, gift cards
Available in: More or less all countries
Overall rating: 4.7 out of 5
More info: Read full Pawns review
#9 – Opinion Edge
Opinion Edge has improved a lot over the past year, and has now earned a spot on the top 10 sites for the year. It is easy to use, has many surveys, and you can also earn by watching videos and doing other small tasks.
Reward options: PayPal, gift cards
Available in: 35+ countries
Overall rating: 4.7 out of 5
More info: Read full Opinion Edge review
#10 – Prime Opinion
Prime Opinion is a user-friendly survey site, and it has become one of my favorite survey sites. It is easy to use, offers many surveys, and gives great rewards for your time.
Reward options: PayPal, Venmo, bank transfer, gift cards
Available in: 70+ countries
Overall rating: 4.7 out of 5
More info: Read full Prime Opinion review
Why I made a Top 10 list
After you have seen my list of the best survey sites, I just want to clarify how I have made this list as there are so many to choose from.
I have tested all the sites thoroughly myself, and not only tested the sites on the top 10 list. I have tested MANY more sites, and I am continuously testing new ones. In fact, I have tested hundreds of paid survey sites and Get-Paid-To sites over the last 8-9 years.
You can find reviews of all the sites I have tested on this website.
I decided to make a list of the best sites to make it easy for you to get started with getting paid from online surveys, by showing which sites I have found to be the best and why.
I will, however, recommend that you also read the reviews of the survey sites, as I have a lot of advice and tips for the different sites in these reviews. By reading them, you will get more information, and it will be easier for you to choose the sites that are right for you – the ones that are the best for me might not necessarily be the best for you.
There can be certain things that make a survey site very good in, for example, one country but not very attractive in another. I have done my best to put this kind of information in the reviews and in the descriptions of the survey sites.
The list above is a list of the overall best survey sites. One thing that is very important to understand is that the exact sites that are best for you depend a lot on the country you live in. That is why I have also created lists with the best sites for specific countries you can check out to find the ones that are best in YOUR specific country.
How do I decide what sites make it to the top 10?
You might be wondering how I made a Top 10 when there are hundreds of survey sites out there. I must admit that I have not been able to test every single survey site there is, but I have tested a lot, and I will continue to test as many as possible. I will, therefore, also continuously update the list above.
Just the past year, there have been quite a few changes on this top 10 list as new survey sites have been launched that now deserve a spot on the list, and others no longer have the same quality they used to have and have, therefore, lost a spot.
When testing survey sites, I look at how much money it is possible to make in relation to the time spent, how often they have available surveys, how easy it is to use, how they pay (PayPal, crypto, vouchers, gifts, etc.), and more. The ratings above are given based on these parameters when I compare a certain site to survey sites in general. All this, put together, leads to my Top 10.
Some sites, I have also decided not even to try to sign up for now, as they are easy to spot as being a scam. Some of these you will be able to find scam warnings about in the review section.
There are, for example, sites that want you to pay a large amount of money to get access to surveys (in general, I would advise not to join a site that charges you for access to surveys). I have written a general article about how you can avoid these survey scams, so you know what to consider before joining a survey site and how to spot the ones that you should stay away from.
If you have other experiences, disagree with, or agree with the list, please feel free to leave a comment below. It would be great to hear about your experiences as well.
Also, if you have any suggestions for a site you think belongs on the list and have a suggestion for a site you would like me to review or ask for my opinion about, feel free to leave a comment below, and I will get back to you asap.
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Let me know if you have any questions Emerure.
Mikael
Hi Mikael, Good day!I’m currently based in Dubai,U.A.E, which sites can you recommend me? Thank you so much.
Hi Kris,
Some good sites on the list above that are available in U.A.E are ClixSense, PrizeRebel, Toluna, Superpay.me, and GrabPoints.
Depending on how many you want to join and how much time you have, I would first of all recommend to check out the first three I mention, and if you want more opportunities also check out the last two I mention.
Hope this helps and let me know, if you have more questions.
Mikael
please am in Nigeria,which survey site do you think is best for me
Hi Alex,
A few good sites that are available in Nigeria are ClixSense, Hiving Surveys, Superpay.me, Toluna, and Triaba.
Hope this help and let me know if you have other questions.
Mikael
Hi Mikael. Which site will you recommend for us here in the Philippines?
Hi John,
I have created a list of the best sites in Phillippines you can check out.
Mikael
Just an update, mindfield online, I never heard from you too much on it, but I did notice that on the front page stuff dated only to 2017, and after trying them I screened outta every survey and was almost all the way thru them, kinda disappointed.
Mysurvey was my favorite, but now the make paypal 2 weeks to deliver and wasnt aware even egift cards are 5 to 10 business days. They owe me for several surveys and are taking very long to respond and giving me bogus replys when they do. Not sure whats going on.
Not sure if you know but Globaltest market is changing names, they haven’t announced it yet, it’s in the works.
What do you think about Surveyclub, and Rewardsurvey? happened to run across them? Mercury magazines is legit, i receive some good magazines. well thank you for all your information, and I want to give back anything I hear or see to you…take care. darlene
Thank you so much for the update and for the info Darlene. I really appreciate it.
I was not aware that GlobalTestMarket is changing its name. Can I ask where you got that info? Would be great to know more about.
I actually just recently did a review of Survey Club. In my opinion, it is a waste of time as it is not a real survey site. You cannot earn on the site but you just get a small superficial list of other survey sites you can join.
I have not tested Rewardsurvey and Mercury Magazines yet. Will write them on the list of sites to check out. Thanks for the tip.
Mikael
It came in an email….heres part of it. You asked for change, we’ve listened. The time has come to reveal that we are changing from GlobalTestMarket to LifePoints, our new home. okay if I here other things, I will be glad to pass it on to you, and you do the same for me please. ty, happy holidays.
Thanks Darlene. I knew they had an app called LifePoints but so far I only think it has been an app. Interesting if they change the name of the whole platform. Thanks for the update. will keep an eye out for changes on the website.
Mikael
Okay so its final, Global Test market is now Life points. Another site i found is Mindpay…anything on this one? Okay, well keep in touch.
Thanks for the update Darlene. As far as I have been told, it is only for the US GlobalTestMarket is changing its name and it will still be available in many other countries.
Mindspay is on the list of sites I want to check out soon. Just have not had the time yet. So at the moment, I cannot say much about it.
Mikael
Hi again Darlene,
I have now had time to join and test Mindspay. I will be writing and publishing a full review about it within the next couple of weeks.
But just wanted to give you a quick update since you asked about it – it is NOT a site I would recommend.
It is not a real survey site. It just offers you to sign up for other sites after you join. What I especially do not like is that they make it look like you can actually take surveys on the site, but they are just sneding you to other sites where you then have to sign up to actually take surveys.
In my opinion, it is a waste of time. Anyways, I will soon be posting the full details – just wanted to let you know I have looked more into it now.
great, ty, not gonna waste anymore time on them. thanks again.
You are welcome Darlene
Sorry, meant to ask you, originally i inquired about Mindfield, not to be confused with Mindspay. I havent done any surveys only opened account , but not sure i remember you speaking about a review of them or not. ok ty. You know me, always questioning these sites. lol. okay. ty again.
Good that you are always questioning the sites – there are many that are a waste of time.
Have not reviewed Mindsfield yet so cannot say much about it yet. Will try to test it and do a review of it is the nearest future.
Mikael
hey mikael, by the way, Mysurvey still has not given my points for those 2 diaries, keep telling me, be patient, sending end of this week, blah blah blah,.. Im still doing surveys and keeping eye on my payments, etc.
Good that there are at least replying now. Hope they will pay you soon.
Mikael
what do you think of surveytime , hives, valued opinions?
I have a review of Valued Opinion where you can read about my opinion about that site. If you mean Hiving, I also have a Hiving review.
Have not tried Surveytime yet, but it is on the list of sites I will test asap.
Mikael
listen to this – I know this has gotta be a scam. I received a check for 1925.00. It says to email saying I received and text them saying received. I email them and said I have no idea who they are and Im not cashing check. Comes from elitelligence research inc letterhead, but does not have that name on check…check has a persons name and a logo TD bank…I know its a scam, just wonder how they have got my home address.
Definitely sounds like a scam. I have heard stories before about people getting into trouble for cashing checks like that. If I were you I would not bother to even try to be more in contact with them or maybe even try to talk to a police fraud department about this and make them aware.
A home address is fairly easy to get as most of us are registered in phone registers and more. So, in theory, they can just start sending out to random people like email spammers/scammers do. If they send enough, there will be some that will fall for it.
Good you were aware and did not try to cash the check.
Mikael