When someone sends you a voice note, what is your honest reaction?
I prefer voice notes37.7%
I like getting them35.9%
I put up with them15.1%
I dread them11.2%
37.7% answered "I prefer voice notes".
How many people actually like voice notes?
Statistics from 1,426 accepted quiz answers*. Updated September 2026. How these statistics work
Asked "When someone sends you a voice note, what is your honest reaction?" on the Sarahah quiz, the most common answer was "I prefer voice notes", chosen by 37.7% of 1,426 people.
Where everyone lands
Low18.1%
Medium38.7%
High43.2%
43.2% of 1,426 people worldwide scored high on the Sarahah Voice notes quiz.
Results by gender
Women
19%
41.8%
39.2%
Men
17.3%
36.2%
46.5%
LowMediumHigh
In Sarahah quiz answers, 46.5% of men scored high, against 39.2% of women.
Results by age group
Under 18
14.8%
34.2%
51%
18-24
15.4%
41.4%
43.1%
25-34
18.7%
38.4%
42.9%
35-44
21.3%
37.3%
41.4%
LowMediumHigh
In Sarahah quiz answers, 51% of the Under 18 group scored high, the highest of any age group, against 41.4% of 35-44.
Question by question
How often do you send one?
Every day40%
A few times a week26.7%
Rarely33.4%
40% answered "Every day".
How long is your typical voice note?
Over three minutes16.7%
More than one minute, up to three21.3%
Thirty seconds to a minute40.1%
Under thirty seconds21.8%
40.1% answered "Thirty seconds to a minute".
How do you listen to them?
Straight away, at normal speed47.8%
Later, at normal speed24.9%
Sped up19.1%
I do not listen to them8.2%
47.8% answered "Straight away, at normal speed".
Have you ever sent one longer than five minutes?
Yes, more than once29%
Yes, once16.5%
No54.5%
54.5% answered "No".
Where do you record them?
Walking outside25.6%
At home56.9%
In the car10.8%
At work6.7%
56.9% answered "At home".
What decides whether you are happy to get one?
Who sent it57.8%
How long it is9.5%
Where I am at the time13.4%
Nothing, I like them all12.6%
Nothing, I dislike them all6.8%
57.8% answered "Who sent it".
Who sends you the most?
Family27%
Close friends47.5%
Work colleagues9%
Group chats6.7%
Nobody sends me any9.8%
47.5% answered "Close friends".
* 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.