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Question #8·19 August 2026·revealed

Ketchup: fridge or cupboard?

211 people in 10 countries answered on 19 August 2026. 83% said Fridge.

Fridge83.4%
Cupboard16.6%
211
votes on this question
8,342
votes since launch
10
countries
3.7s
median gut time
83%
predicted the majority
22.9
avg split-guess miss, points

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By country

FridgeCupboard
🇺🇸 USA 80
96
Everywhere else 100
7327

By age

FridgeCupboard
25 to 34 62
8416
35 to 44 54
89
Everywhere else 34
91

By profession

FridgeCupboard
Software & IT 46
91
Everywhere else 90
88
Biggest gap: 🇺🇸 USA put the winning answer at 96.3%, against 83.4% worldwide.
Most contrarian country: 🇬🇧 UK. Only 40% sided with the global majority.

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In a wisehumans poll of 211 voters across 10 countries (19 August 2026), 83% chose "Fridge". Source: wisehumans.org/q/ketchup-fridge-or-cupboard

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Method

Self-selected online poll, no accounts: one vote per browser per day, capped per network address to limit repeat voting. Country derived at the network edge; age and profession self-reported from fixed lists. Buckets under 25 votes fold into "Everywhere else"; buckets under 5 are never published. Not weighted, not representative of any population.

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