26 polls whose answer changes by country.

Ask any of these and the result is a map, not a number. Copy one, or use them as a shape for your own question.

What makes one work: the answer has to differ between countries rather than inside them. “Is a hot dog a sandwich” is a great argument and a flat map, because every country splits down the middle in the same way.

Money, and what it buys

The same salary is a different life in different places, and everybody knows it about their own country and guesses about everyone else’s.

Could you afford to buy a home where you live?
NoOnly with helpYes
The gap between two countries here is wider than the gap between two people in either of them.
Is eating out a treat, or a normal Tuesday?
A treatNormal
One line that says more about a country’s cost of living than a chart of it would.
Do you still carry cash?
AlwaysSometimesNever
Sweden and Korea against Germany and Japan, and neither side finds the other reasonable.
Do you tip?
AlwaysSometimesNever
Three honest answers and three continents. The argument every traveller has had, with a map attached.
How much worse has your weekly shop got this year?
A rating colours each country by the score most people there gave, so you see where it bit hardest.

Work

Every country thinks its own working week is the normal one.

Office, home, or somewhere in between?
OfficeHomeSplit
Return-to-office went differently in every market, and this is the only chart that shows where.
Is a four-day week realistic where you work?
YesNot a chance
Optimism has a geography, and it is not the one people expect.
An email at 9pm. Normal, or rude?
NormalRude
France and Germany against most of the English-speaking world, and both sides are certain.
Do you take all of your holiday?
All of itSomeBarely any
The answer that most reliably surprises whoever asked it.

How people live

Habits nobody thinks are habits, because everyone around them does the same thing.

Shoes on or off in the house?
OffOn
Neither side believes the other exists in the numbers it does. The cleanest split on this page.
Do you shower in the morning or at night?
MorningNight
Brazil and Japan disagree with most of Europe, and it is not close.
Windows open in winter?
Every dayNever
A German habit with a name, and a map that shows exactly how far it travels.
Sparkling or still?
SparklingStill
Germany and Italy against Britain and America. A border you can taste.
What time is dinner?
Before 77 to 9After 9
Spain is its own colour and knows it. The rest of the map is the interesting part.

Manners

The rules people follow without being taught them, and are quietly appalled to find are local.

Is it rude to turn up ten minutes late?
YesNot at all
Two countries can both be certain and both be opposite. That is the map worth posting.
Someone bumps into you. Who says sorry?
I doThey doNobody does
The British answer is famous. The rest of the map is not, which is the point.
Phones on the table at dinner?
FineAbsolutely not
Age explains some of this and country explains more, which is the surprise.
Do you queue?
AlwaysIf I have to
Everybody believes their own country is the polite one.

Technology

The same product lands differently in each market, and the difference is not what people assume.

Support: a person, or an AI that answers instantly?
The decision brands are making this year. Germany and Japan are at opposite ends of it.
Do you pay with your phone?
AlwaysSometimesNever
A map of who has already decided and who has not been asked.
Self-checkout, or a person?
Self-checkoutA person
Convenience and courtesy pull in opposite directions, and countries pick different sides.
How do you write today’s date?
01/0202/012026-02-01
One country against the rest of the world, drawn as one country against the rest of the world.

For whoever is asking

The polls that are about you rather than about the world.

Where do you actually watch me?
YouTubeTikTokInstagram
The one thing no platform dashboard can tell you, because each of them only knows about itself.
How was this episode?
Each country coloured by the score most people there gave it, so you see where it landed and where it did not.
Did this convince you?
Not at allCompletely
Not every answer is a yes or a no. A lean between two poles catches the shades in between.
Which city should I film in next?
LisbonSeoulMexico City
A trip chosen by the people who will watch it, and a map of who is asking loudest.

Pick one and ask it tonight.

One question, one link, and a map of how the people who answered it split.

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