Experience Diaries
Recruit verified participants to document experiences over time. Then send them to your research tools via integrations to track product usage, daily routines, or behavioral patterns through text, photo, or video entries.
FOR DIARY STUDIES
Recruit participants for longitudinal research
Recruit verified participants for diary studies on-demand from our panel of 4M+ verified consumers and professionals across 150 countries.
- First qualified match in 15 minutes
- B2B & consumer participants
- <1% fraud rate
Social Media Manager × Lawyer × Doctor × Nurse × Architect × Engineer × Social Worker × Marketer × Teacher × Consultant ×
Manager × CEO × Market Researcher × Designer × Software Developer × Chief Operating Officer × Entrepreneur × Project Manager × Professor ×
Analyst × Marketing Manager × Banker × Photographer × Researcher × Sales Representative × HR Assistant × Data Scientist × Journalist × Graphic Designer ×
Customer Support Representative × Client Success × Dancer × Actor/Model × Accountant × Financial Analyst × Recruiter × Therapist × Dentist × Real Estate Agent ×
Trusted by the world's best research teams
Participants for every type of diary study
One panel, ready for every longitudinal method. Find quality participants for experience tracking, journey mapping, behavioral studies, and beyond. It's never been simpler to hear from the same participants more than once.
Customer Journey Mapping
Find participants to record their journey through processes, purchases, or life events. Capture authentic moments and decision points as they happen in real-time across days or weeks. We'll handle paying participants at the end of the research study.
Longitudinal Behavior Studies
Source participants for extended behavioral research. Study habit formation, product adoption, or long-term patterns through scheduled diary prompts over weeks or months. Ultra-flexible to fit your research needs.
From targeting participants to paying them, manage it all in one place
Respondent handles the full workflow for running diary studies so participants can record entries over time while you track engagement and completion.
Step 1
Match
Tell us who you need. We'll find verified participants from our global panel of 4M+ people willing to commit to multi-day studies.
Step 2
Screen & Sign NDA
Build a custom screener with skip logic and disqualifiers to zero in on great-fit participants who can commit to your timeline.
Step 3
Schedule
Review verified profiles and screener responses, pick your participants, and share study instructions and schedules.
Step 4
Research
Participants complete diary entries over days or weeks following your directions and schedule. Track engagement throughout the study period.
Step 5
Pay
Mark diary study as complete once all entries are submitted and we'll handle paying out incentives for their time commitment.
“We tested out a few platforms and quickly realized that Respondent was getting us good people fast. That's frankly all we need.”
John Whaley, Director, Research and Testing - Instrument
100% PROPRIETARY PANEL
Source committed participants for longitudinal research
We've built and verified our panel for studies that require reliable, repeat participation over days or weeks.
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Hyper-targeted recruiting
Filter by job title, skills, industry, experience level, demographics, and many more attributes to reach exactly who you need.
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Custom screening
Build screeners with qualifying and disqualifying questions plus skip logic. Preview before launching to ensure you're recruiting the right people.
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Verified profiles
All participants are verified by phone number and, for professional studies, by work email.
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Participant quality guaranteed
Only pay for completed diary studies with participants that represent themselves accurately and follow through on commitments. Our fraud rate is always below 1%.
SCREENING AND SELECTION
Screen and hand-pick the right participants
Our screener builder and participant profiles give you full control over who joins your longitudinal study.
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Smart screener questions
Use a range of qualifying, disqualifying, and open-ended questions with skip logic to filter any audience.
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Researcher selects participants
You have the final say. Review screener responses, check verified profiles, and pick the participants that best fit your study and demonstrate commitment capability.
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Participation history
See every panelist's study history and completion rate, making it clear you're recruiting participants who follow through on multi-day commitments.
Try Respondent for your next diary study
Researchers typically get matched with their first participant in 15 minutes
Integrations
From diary platforms to incentive payouts, Respondent handles the logistics so you can focus on longitudinal insights.
Email Visibility
Participants opt-in to share their email address. Track diary completion across platforms by matching emails with diary entries and submissions throughout the study period.
Multi-Day Tracking
Monitor participant engagement throughout the study period. See who's submitting entries on schedule and who may need reminders to stay on track with diary prompts.
Automated Payouts
Set your incentive amount upfront. Mark diary studies as complete once all entries are submitted and we'll pay participants via Tremendous. No chasing invoices or managing separate payments.
PARTICIPANT QUALITY
Preventing fraud is our top priority
We take advanced measures to keep fraudulent participants out of our panel and your research projects.
4M+
Verified participants
< 1%
Reported fraud
4.9/5
Average participant rating
> 95%
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Customer Success Stories
Rated 4.6 from 400+ reviews on G2.com
Katie Henslee
Consultant, Deloitte
What I love about Respondent is that I can publish a study on Sunday at 2pm and within three hours, I've got 40 candidates.
Taylor Jennings
Lead UX Researcher - Chili Piper
Respondent helps me easily find the exactly-right participants for my projects. Further, it works for any type of research project with any kind of participant.
Jacqueline Jordan
GVP, Research at Huge
The participants have been who they say they are, we can verify them, and they're super responsive. Respondent has helped us do better research and be better researchers.
Find your first research participant in 15 minutes
Respondent is the fastest way to recruit, screen, and pay research participants - all in the same place
