# Eight in ten believe people generally like them

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/culture/eight-in-ten-believe-people-generally-like-them/

> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

Roughly eight-in-ten Americans (79%) agree that people usually like them, including 18% who strongly agree, according to a May 2026 Verasight survey.

Just 9% disagree, and 12% land in the middle.

## Topline

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: People usually like me.

Eight in ten believe people generally like them.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Moderately agree: 36.6%
- Slightly agree: 24.5%
- Strongly agree: 17.7%
- Neither: 12.2%
- Slightly disagree: 5.4%
- Moderately disagree: 2.2%
- Strongly disagree: 1.4%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-05-11 → 2026-05-11
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: identity
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-3.12](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-3.12)

## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2026-045, fielded May 11-11, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-3.12](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-3.12)