A slim majority haven't sent a party invitation in the past year
Core finding
Fewer than half of Americans (46%) say they've used any platform in the past 12 months to send invitations for an event they organized; the other 54% haven't sent invitations for a party in that span, according to a Verasight survey conducted March 6-16, 2026.
Text message or iMessage is the most-used platform at 21%, followed by physical invites by hand or by mail (7%), Facebook Messenger (7%) and email (6%). Relatively few reach for event management platforms like Partiful or Evite (3%), another social media platform (1%) or WhatsApp (1%).
Topline distribution
A slim majority haven't sent a party invitation in the past year.
In the past 12 months, which of the following platforms have you used to send an invitation/invite guests to an event you organized (birthday, baby shower, retirement party etc)?
n = 1,000 · Mar 6–16, 2026 · MoE ±3.5%
Methodology
Full 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 | Mar 6–16, 2026 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.5% |
| Module | Module 5: Health, Community, & Personal Values |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044
In the past 12 months, which of the following platforms have you used to send an invitation/invite guests to an event you organized (birthday, baby shower, retirement party etc)?
- verasight-quirks-2025.tiiny.co
In the past 12 months have you used any of the following to send an invitation for an event you organized?
Cite this question
Verasight Client Omnibus Survey #2026-044, fielded March 6-16, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.