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Prolific: applications, pay and legitimacy (checked 2026-10-03)
Prolific is a paid data-work platform operated by Prolific Academic Ltd. Applications were waitlist when we last checked it on 2026-10-03. Prolific advertises no rate on the pages we verified; no independent pay report is recorded yet.
| Applications | waitlist |
|---|---|
| Work types | rating, other |
| Countries | not verified |
| Payment methods | not verified |
| Legitimacy check | verified |
| Last verified |
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Operated by Prolific Academic Ltd · official site · application page
Quick answers
Are applications open at Prolific?
As of 2026-10-03, Prolific is taking waitlist sign-ups, not applications; the status has read waitlist since 2026-08-19 and is re-checked daily. Apply: https://www.prolific.com/participants
What kind of work does Prolific offer?
Prolific lists rating, other work.
How can I be alerted when Prolific changes application status?
Bikoosh DataWork Watch re-checks Prolific every day. Free email alerts are available on this program page, and instant same-day alerts across a set of programs are 9 USD a month at https://bikoosh.com/datawork/activate.
Pay: claimed vs reported
Platform claims: no rate advertised on the pages we verified - unverified.
Independently reported: no linkable public pay reports recorded yet - unverified.
Legitimacy evidence
- founded 2014 out of Oxford; institutional customers include Google, Stanford, Oxford, and the European Commission (source)
- Trustpilot TrustScore ≈4.5 across thousands of reviews; participants consistently report fast, reliable payouts (source)
- raised $32M (2023) to run AI training/stress-testing on its 120K-participant network - TechCrunch (source)
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| Application status | waitlist |
| Work types | rating & evaluation, other tasks |
| Countries | unverified |
| Languages | unverified |
| Devices | unverified |
| Payment methods | unverified |
| Qualification required | unknown |
| Legitimacy | verified - full verdict page |
See also: the latest monthly DataWork report - open/closed counts and pay changes across every tracked program.
Sources
- https://www.prolific.com/participants - accessed
- https://www.prolific.com/participants - accessed
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Change history
- - added from the program's own page
- - legitimacy review updated
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