How to Create a Poll
Adding Your Poll Question
Click into the input box labeled "Enter your poll". As you type your poll question, you'll see a live preview of how your poll will look.
Adding a Picture or Video to Your Poll
You'll notice an "Add Picture" option below the input box labeled "Enter your poll". This lets you add an image that will appear below your poll question. We also support YouTube links—if you add a YouTube link, the video will be embedded below the poll question.
Adding Your Poll Choices
Once you've added your poll question, click on the next line labeled "Enter your choice" and type in the choices for your poll. You can add more choices by clicking "+ Add Choice", or if you fill in all three choices, a new choice line will appear automatically.
You can add up to 150 choices!
Allowing Multiple Choice Selection
By default, polls only allow participants to select one choice. If you want to allow participants to select more than one choice, check the box labeled "Allow selecting more than one choice".
Voting Security
- Unlimited
- Allows unlimited voting from any participant.
- Cookie-Based
- Allows one vote per browser using cookies.
- IP-Specific (default)
- Restricts voting to one vote per IP address.
- Social Authentication (Google, Facebook, Reddit, Twitch)
- Requires users to log in to their account before casting a vote.
To learn more about voting security and how votes are stored, read our article on voting security.
- Requires users to log in to their account before casting a vote.
Sharing the Poll
Once you've entered your question and choices, click the "Create Poll!" button. This creates the poll and takes you to the poll voting page. You'll see a unique link above the poll that you can send to participants. There are also social share buttons on the right side of the poll for sharing on Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms.
More Settings
- Spam Prevention (CAPTCHA)
- Enables a CAPTCHA that participants must complete before casting a vote. This helps prevent spam and vote manipulation.
- Hide Results Until Poll Ends
- Hides the poll results until a specified end date. By default, polls show results after a user votes. With this option enabled, voters see a countdown page showing when results will be announced.
- Poll End Date
- Setting an end date locks the poll from further votes once the deadline passes. If you don't set an end date, the poll remains open indefinitely.
Note: An end date is optional by default but required if you enable "Hide results until poll ends".
- Setting an end date locks the poll from further votes once the deadline passes. If you don't set an end date, the poll remains open indefinitely.
If you have problems creating a poll or have questions, please contact us.