What is your phone on right now?
Dark mode, always70.4%
Dark at night, light in the day12.2%
Light mode, always17.4%
70.4% answered "Dark mode, always".
How many people use dark mode?
Statistics from 2,176 accepted quiz answers*. Updated September 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 70.4% of 2,176 people.
Where everyone lands
Low14.7%
Medium27.6%
High57.7%
57.7% of 2,176 people worldwide scored high on the Sarahah Dark mode quiz.
Results by gender
Women
18.1%
32.3%
49.7%
Men
12.3%
24.3%
63.4%
LowMediumHigh
In Sarahah quiz answers, 63.4% of men scored high, against 49.7% of women.
Results by age group
Under 18
23%
71.5%
18-24
11.2%
26.2%
62.5%
25-34
15.1%
30.7%
54.3%
35-44
24.7%
23.4%
51.9%
LowMediumHigh
In Sarahah quiz answers, 71.5% of the Under 18 group scored high, the highest of any age group, against 51.9% of 35-44.
Question by question
And your laptop or computer?
Dark47.2%
Mixed, depends on the app14.9%
Light15.7%
I do not use one22.3%
47.2% answered "Dark".
How many of your phone apps do you keep in dark mode?
All of them57.7%
Most of them17.1%
A few10.4%
None14.8%
57.7% answered "All of them".
Your phone wallpaper?
Black or very dark29.3%
Dark-ish32.3%
Bright or colourful38.4%
38.4% answered "Bright or colourful".
Is your brightness usually below halfway?
Almost always46.7%
Often31.5%
Rarely13.8%
Never8%
46.7% answered "Almost always".
Why do you use the screen settings you use?
Easier on the eyes54.5%
It looks better21%
Battery10.8%
I have never thought about it13.7%
54.5% answered "Easier on the eyes".
How many home screen pages do you have?
One36.1%
Two or three36.1%
Four or more18.6%
I just search for apps9.1%
36.1% answered "One".
Notification badges on your apps?
Zero, I clear them all43.9%
A few34.6%
Hundreds11.7%
I turned badges off9.8%
43.9% 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.