How to Publish a Survey on SurveyMonkey

Quick summary

This guide walks you through the full process of creating and publishing a survey on SurveyMonkey, from using the AI-powered survey builder to selecting a collector and sharing your survey link. By the end, your survey will be live and ready to collect responses from any audience.

Steps

1. Click Create Survey in the top right corner of the SurveyMonkey dashboard after logging in.
2. Choose a survey creation option from the available starting points.
3. Select a prompt from the provided choices to guide the AI in building your survey.
4. Click the airplane icon to send your prompt and proceed to survey generation.
5. Review the automatically generated survey and click Continue to make edits.
6. Give your survey a clear, descriptive survey title so respondents understand its purpose.
7. Navigate to the Build tab in the survey builder to review and edit your questions.
8. Click the Options tab to customize your survey settings.
9. Click Preview to see how the survey will appear and function for respondents before publishing.
10. Click Next to move to the response collection setup after finalizing your survey design.
11. Choose a collector to determine how you will gather responses from your audience.
12. Generate a survey link and distribute it via email, social media, or website embed.
13. Go to the Analyze Results tab to view charts, summaries, and individual responses once replies are collected.
14. Confirm your distribution method and share the survey — it is now published and live to collect responses.