How results work

One vote per person

Each poll accepts one vote per signed-in account, or per device for people who are not signed in. This is enforced by the database, not only by the website. Signing in after voting does not give you a second vote.

All votes and verified votes

We show two numbers. All votes counts every accepted vote. Verified votes counts votes from signed-in accounts with a confirmed email or phone, cast from a network that is not flooding the poll. Brands and researchers usually look at verified votes.

Stopping fake votes

• Rate limits per device, per account and per network.
• IP addresses are stored only as salted hashes, so we can spot clusters without keeping your address.
• Automatic alerts for sudden spikes, network clusters and floods from a single referring website. A moderator reviews each alert and can discount suspicious votes; discounted votes are removed from results.
• Business owners and their team cannot vote on their own listing.

Breakdowns by city, age and gender

These come from people who chose to share them, either in their profile or after voting. Segments with fewer than 30 votes are marked as small samples. Monthly reports that make claims about India are weighted to census age and region splits, and say so.

AI summaries

“Why people picked” summaries are written by AI from the reasons and comments on that poll, are labelled “AI summary”, and link back to the discussion. AI never votes and never predicts election outcomes.

Money and results

Payments buy tools and visibility, never votes. Sponsored and boosted polls are labelled. Affiliate “Check price” links are disclosed and never change the order of options or the results.

Politics and elections

Politics polls ask about policies and public issues only, never who will win. Polls tagged to a state freeze, with results hidden, during the 48-hour silence period before polling ends (Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act) and during notified exit-poll ban windows (Section 126A).