# SurveyMonkey

> SurveyMonkey is an online survey and forms platform that lets anyone - from a teacher polling a class to a Fortune 500 research team - build a questionnaire, send it out, and read the results without hiring a statistician. Founded in 1999, it turned the boring act of asking questions into a self-serve web product, and today serves more than 300,000 organizations and millions of active users worldwide. After a stint as a public company named Momentive and a failed sale to Zendesk, it was taken private by Symphony Technology Group in 2023 for about $1.5 billion and returned to the SurveyMonkey name that most of the internet never stopped using.

- **Founded:** 1999
- **Headquarters:** San Mateo, California, United States
- **Founders:** Ryan Finley (Co-founder), Chris Finley (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~1,300 employees
- **Products:** Online Survey Builder, Build with AI, SurveyMonkey Audience, SurveyMonkey Apply, Enterprise
- **Notable:** Became a generic verb for online surveys - 'let me SurveyMonkey that' - a rare level of brand recognition., Bootstrapped from 1999 to reported eight-figure revenue before taking outside investment in 2009., IPO on Nasdaq in 2018 under the ticker SVMK.

## Products & services

- **Online Survey Builder** — Drag-and-drop survey creation with 400+ templates, dozens of question types, logic, branching, A/B testing and multi-channel distribution via email, web link, SMS and QR code.
- **Build with AI** — AI survey generation that turns a one-line prompt into a full survey, recommends questions, and flags biased or error-prone wording before you send.
- **SurveyMonkey Audience** — On-demand global research panel of 335M+ people for buying targeted survey respondents and running market research in hours instead of weeks.
- **SurveyMonkey Apply** — Application and review management platform used for grants, scholarships, fellowships and awards programs.
- **Enterprise** — Team plans with admin controls, SSO, HIPAA-enabled features, integrations and governance for large organizations running feedback programs at scale.
- **Research Hub / Research Assistant** — A centralized feedback workspace with an AI chat that answers questions using your own survey data.
- **Integrations** — Connections to Salesforce, Microsoft Teams, Slack, HubSpot, Zoom, Marketo, Tableau and more to route feedback into existing workflows.

## Achievements

- Became a generic verb for online surveys - 'let me SurveyMonkey that' - a rare level of brand recognition.
- Bootstrapped from 1999 to reported eight-figure revenue before taking outside investment in 2009.
- IPO on Nasdaq in 2018 under the ticker SVMK.
- Grew a global research panel (Audience) to 335M+ people.
- Serves more than 300,000 organizations, including a large share of the Fortune 500.
- Cumulatively powered billions of survey questions answered on the platform.

## Latest updates

- **2023-05** — Symphony Technology Group completed its ~$1.5 billion all-cash acquisition of Momentive Global, taking the company private.
- **2023-06** — The company rebranded from Momentive back to SurveyMonkey and named Eric Johnson CEO, succeeding Zander Lurie.
- **2024** — Expanded AI features including Build with AI survey generation and a Research Assistant chat over customers' own feedback data.
- **2025** — Appointed new executives including a Chief Financial Officer and Chief Product Officer as it operates as a private company.

## Links

- Website: https://www.surveymonkey.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/surveymonkey/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SurveyMonkey
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SurveyMonkey
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/surveymonkey/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SurveyMonkey/

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Last updated: 2026-08-08