What people ask before they take the survey: what you get, who can see it, what it costs, and how the network works.
Resonance starts with a free survey: 134 short statements about how you see the world, which take about fifteen minutes. You get a free personal report that compares you with thousands of other people who have taken it. You can invite your connections, so each of them gets a report too. You can also set up a profile in the Resonance network, which matches you with the people you're most likely to get along with. The network is live in beta: matches are real, and some features are still rolling out. Resonance was created by UCLA psychology professor Matthew Lieberman.
No. Resonance is for friendship first: the people you'd want to eat lunch with, work with, or talk to for three hours. There's no swiping and nothing romantic about it. Organizations that set up their own community can use it for any purpose, including dating, but the main network matches you with people you're likely to click with.
Nothing for the vast majority of users. The survey is free, your report is free, inviting people is free, and a profile in the network is free. Organizations pay to set up closed communities (for their first-year students, say), but virtually everything else is available for free.
Resonance was co-founded by Matthew Lieberman, a UCLA Professor of Psychology who has studied the social brain for more than 25 years. The way compatibility is measured comes out of that research. There's more on The Science and About.
Compatibility is computed across your whole profile — all twelve dimensions of perception — and similarity on some of them counts for far more than similarity on others. Some differences are complementary: they're part of what makes two people resonate, not something the matching has to look past. Two people who fit well are rarely two copies of each other. In fact, two people with the same exact profile would not have a particularly high compatibility score with themselves. They would be in the 78th percentile, which might sound high. But we never give matches below the 90th percentile and usually above the 95th. Put another way, in a group of 1000 people, over 200 of them would be more compatible with you.
About fifteen minutes, and you take it once. It's 134 short statements about how you see and experience the world: what you notice first, how you read a situation, and what matters to you. It isn't a quiz, and there are no right answers. Your progress saves as you go, so you can finish in one sitting or come back later.
One tip that makes a real difference: don't overthink it. Some people go back and forth on a single statement ("I do this sometimes, but do I do it more than other people?"). We've found that the faster you go with your gut, the better your matches are.
Please don't. Honest answers are the strategy. Your report and your matches are based on your answers. If you answer as the person you think you should be, you get a report about that person, and matches for them instead of you.
Your scores on twelve dimensions of perception, compared with thousands of people who answered the same statements. It covers your perceptual type, your strongest dimensions, your less common trait combinations, and the kinds of people you tend to get along with.
It's ready a few minutes after you finish. You can read it in your browser, get a copy by email, or save it as a PDF. It's yours to keep.
No. You can take the survey and read your report without one. You need an account to set up your network profile, invite people, and get back to your report later. Create it on the account page with the same email address you used for the survey. That's how we link your report to your account.
Your report opens in your browser as soon as it's ready, so first check the tab you had open. If you asked for a copy by email and it hasn't arrived after a few minutes:
Still nothing? Email support@resonance.info and we'll get it to you.
Check spam and Promotions, mark it "not spam," then click the link from your inbox, not from the spam folder. The link works for 24 hours. If it expires or you can't find it, the account page has a "send it again" button.
We send the invitation for you, with your name on it, and replies go straight to you. The person you invite gets their own free report, just like yours.
If you both say yes, you each see the other's report, plus a joint report about the two of you: where you're alike, where you differ, and what that tends to mean in practice. If either of you says no, nothing is shared.
Then nothing happens. They get one invitation from you, and there's no joint report. Your own report stays the same.
Yes. Invitations are optional. You don't have to invite anyone to get your report or your profile. Most people invite someone anyway, because they want the joint report.
It's where you have a profile and get matched with the people you're most compatible with, near you and elsewhere. Every match comes with a reason.
Organizations can have private communities in it, with their own groups for a class, a team, first-year students or an event. It's all opt-in: taking the survey doesn't put you in the network, and no one can see you there unless you join.
Take the survey, then create your account with the same email address you used for it. That's how we link your report to your account. Your survey answers give us your lenses. Choose three to show, add a few interests, and you've joined the Resonance network.
Most people will never need it. If you choose to pay for premium, what you get is more granular control over the geographic areas your matches come from — narrowing them to the places you would actually travel to meet somebody. It does not give you more matches, and it does not give them to you faster. Nothing about who the network thinks you should meet is for sale.
No. The network never shows scores, percentages, rankings or other numbers. Matching uses your full twelve-dimension profile, but what you see is a short description: what you two share, how your differences fit together, and why we matched you.
When you join your class on Resonance, you’re placed in a study pod with about three classmates you’re likely to click with. Your pod gets its own chat for notes and files, help finding a time to meet, and reminders before exams.
Everyone in the class is placed automatically, so nobody has to take a first step, and you can leave your pod in one tap. The pod’s file area is for notes and study guides, not graded work, and you can report any file to us.
No, and taking the survey doesn't sign you up for it. The survey and the report work on their own. Joining is a separate step, and so is everything after it: showing your profile, saying hello to a match, and joining a community.
We use them for two things only: your report and your matches. They're never sold or shared with third parties, and no other member or organization ever sees your answers. That's a commitment from the founder.
You, and anyone you send it to. Your report has its own private link, and anyone with that link can read it, so share it only if you want to. The one other case is an invitation you both accepted. Then you each see the other's report, because you both said yes.
Your profile (your name, your photo and what you wrote) and, when you're matched with someone, a description of how you two fit together. They never see your survey answers or a score, and they see your report only if you send it.
Yes. Delete your account yourself from your Account page. Deletion is immediate in the live system, and your data is deleted from our backups within 30 days. If you would rather ask a person, email support@resonance.info with the subject "Account Deletion" and the address on the account in the body. The full terms are in the Privacy Policy.
Yes. Organizations can have a private community with only their members, plus groups for classes, teams, first-year students or a single conference session. Members take the same survey and get the same free report as everyone else. The organization never sees anyone's individual results.
It's free for early partners. Tell us what you're trying to build on the Resonance for organizations page. Matt reads every request himself.
Email support@resonance.info. Tell us what you were doing and what happened, and we'll fix it. If you joined through a school, company or group, the person who runs it can also contact us directly.
Ready when you are. The survey is free, it takes about fifteen minutes, and your report is ready when you finish. Start the survey →