How to Create a Survey

SurveyMonkey offers a variety of ways to create a great survey.

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1. Create Survey

To create a new survey, click Create Survey from the header menu in your account and choose from the options.

Expand | Collapse Start from scratch Get started with a blank page. You can add questions from the Build menu to build your survey. Copy and paste from a doc

This is a good option if you have questions already written and want to copy and paste them to your survey.

Start from a template

Get a head start by using a template designed by our team of survey experts. Use the search or filters dropdown to browse templates and find the right one for you. If you're on a team, you can also browse your team survey templates. Click on any template to learn more about it and preview its questions.

Build with AI

Build with AI makes it easy and quick to create a survey. You just need to type a prompt that includes your survey goals but excludes sensitive information. With a click of a button, we'll generate a survey for you. You can choose to use it and edit it, re-generate a new survey with an edited prompt, or start over with another survey creation method.

Copy a past survey

You can create a copy of any survey that's already in your account. This way you don't have to start from scratch or modify past surveys that have already collected responses. The survey questions, logic, theme, and other survey design settings are carried over to the copy, but you'll need to create a new collector to send your survey.