# A slim majority haven't sent a party invitation in the past year

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/health/a-slim-majority-havent-sent-a-party-invitation-in-the-past-year/

> Indexed question in Health.

## Reading

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

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)?

A slim majority haven't sent a party invitation in the past year.

- N/A I haven't sent invitations for a party in past 12 months: 53.6%
- Text message / iMessage: 20.7%
- Physical invites by hand or by mail: 7.5%
- Facebook Messenger: 6.7%
- Email: 5.8%
- Event management platform (Partiful, Paperless Post, Evite etc): 3.1%
- Other social media platform: 1.4%
- WhatsApp: 1.3%

## 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: 2026-03-06 → 2026-03-16
- 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

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-5-23](https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-5-23)
- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-quirks-2025.tiiny.co#use-of-event-invitation-platforms](https://verasight-quirks-2025.tiiny.co#use-of-event-invitation-platforms)

## Citation

Verasight Client Omnibus Survey #2026-044, fielded March 6-16, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-5-23](https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-5-23)