Every question shows what it pays before you answer. A head is a person who answers questions on 50heads. Heads get 60% of each answer's price.
Base rates
| Tier | A short pick-one question pays |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | $0.15 |
| Tier 2 | $0.35 |
| Tier 3 · Established | $0.65 |
Why some questions pay more
The price a requester pays, and so your pay, goes up when a question:
- takes longer to read;
- asks for more than one tap, such as ranking or free text;
- includes images or a sound clip;
- is a rush question that needs answers within the hour;
- is targeted at people like you, shown as a boost such as "+25% · matches you".
Is pay the same in every country?
Yes. We pay the same rate everywhere we pay, before currency conversion. The app shows amounts in your currency using the day's rate. See pay rates by country.
Warm-up questions
At Tier 0 you answer warm-up questions. Each pays once, the first time you answer it. Repeating one pays nothing.
What you earn goes into Pending. It becomes Available when you verify your phone.
Accepted answers
You're paid for accepted answers. An answer can be rejected if it fails a check question, arrives too fast to have been read, repeats an answer to the same question, or looks automated. Within a day it shows in your history as Not paid, with the reason. If you think we got it wrong, appeal. A person who was not part of the decision decides within 48 hours.
Each question card in the app also shows roughly what it would pay per hour. That figure is the question's pay divided by the time it usually takes. It is an estimate only. Questions come in bursts, so how much you can earn in an hour depends on how many are waiting. Reading, loading and skipping take time too, so we never count a question as quicker than 15 seconds.