A lot of people here bring up survey panels, so I figured I’d share my friend’s experience with Nielsen since they’ve been on it for a while.
Nielsen is basically the company that studies what people watch on TV and what they do online. They sell that data to brands and advertisers, which sounds a little “Big Brother,” but they’ve been doing this for decades.
How it works is pretty simple: you install their app on your phone or computer, let it run in the background, and sometimes they’ll send you short surveys. That’s it.
What you get:
They pay about $5-10 a month just for having the app installed. On top of that, you can make a bit more if you do the surveys they send.
It’s not a lot of money, but it’s consistent, and you don’t have to spend much time on it. The trade-off is you are giving them access to your browsing/TV habits, so if that bothers you, it might not be for you.
For my friend, it’s been “set it and forget it” — a small, steady stream of passive income each month.
