What is your phone on right now?
Dark mode, always70.1%
Dark at night, light in the day12.3%
Light mode, always17.6%
70.1% answered "Dark mode, always".
How many people use dark mode?
Statistics from 3,507 accepted quiz answers*. Updated October 2026. How these statistics work
Asked "What is your phone on right now?" on the Sarahah quiz, the most common answer was "Dark mode, always", chosen by 70.1% of 3,507 people.
Where everyone lands
Low15%
Medium28.5%
High56.6%
56.6% of 3,507 people worldwide scored high on the Sarahah Dark mode quiz.
Results by gender
Women
18.3%
32.8%
48.9%
Men
12.6%
25.4%
62.1%
LowMediumHigh
In Sarahah quiz answers, 62.1% of men scored high, against 48.9% of women.
Results by age group
Under 18
23.3%
69%
18-24
11.4%
28.3%
60.3%
25-34
15.4%
30.6%
54%
35-44
25.3%
24.8%
49.9%
45-54
22.6%
41.9%
35.5%
LowMediumHigh
In Sarahah quiz answers, 69% of the Under 18 group scored high, the highest of any age group, against 35.5% of 45-54.
Question by question
And your laptop or computer?
Dark46.3%
Mixed, depends on the app14.8%
Light15.6%
I do not use one23.2%
46.3% answered "Dark".
How many of your phone apps do you keep in dark mode?
All of them57.5%
Most of them16.9%
A few10.9%
None14.7%
57.5% answered "All of them".
Your phone wallpaper?
Black or very dark29.5%
Dark-ish31.5%
Bright or colourful39%
39% answered "Bright or colourful".
Is your brightness usually below halfway?
Almost always46.3%
Often31.9%
Rarely13.6%
Never8.2%
46.3% answered "Almost always".
Why do you use the screen settings you use?
Easier on the eyes54.1%
It looks better21.3%
Battery10.7%
I have never thought about it13.9%
54.1% answered "Easier on the eyes".
How many home screen pages do you have?
One36.6%
Two or three35.2%
Four or more19.2%
I just search for apps9%
36.6% answered "One".
Notification badges on your apps?
Zero, I clear them all43.7%
A few34.9%
Hundreds11.7%
I turned badges off9.8%
43.7% answered "Zero, I clear them all".
* Everyone here chose to take the quiz, and no answers are weighted to match a real population. Each question counts only the people who answered it, so a question some people skipped rests on a smaller group than the total above.
Statistics by country
Only countries with at least 50 eligible answers of their own appear here.