Strawpoll.com

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Strawpoll.com is a poll-making site, similar to the late Strawpoll.me but still alive (and supports more advanced poll questions).

Strawpoll.com
URL https://strawpoll.com
Status Online!
Archiving status Not saved yet
Archiving type Unknown
IRC channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint)


Technical details

Very little XHR is used - most poll data is stored in the page source code.

Example image poll: https://strawpoll.com/polls/ajnENKeY9gW

Example multiple choice poll: https://strawpoll.com/polls/3RnYpK1wDye

Example meeting poll: https://strawpoll.com/polls/Q0Zp4lqJVZM

Comment endpoint (pagination, includes total in JSON response): https://api.strawpoll.com/v3/polls/$ID/comments?page=1&limit=10 where $ID is the poll ID

Statistics

From the homepage:

500k+ users

6.5M+ polls

190M+ votes

Vital Signs

Seems stable, has existed for a while. Unclear how they get money. Appears to call Google Ads (judging from the XHR requests), but it's not clear if the ads are actually shown. (I have AdNauseum turned on and would rather not turn it off, even temporarily.)