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Question #9·20 August 2026·revealed

One goes public forever: your search history, or your bank balance?

184 people answered on 20 August 2026. 85% said My bank balance.

My search history14.7%
My bank balance85.3%

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184
votes on this question
8
published country breakdowns
76%
of 153 predictors called the winner
24.3
avg split-guess miss, points

By country

My search historyMy bank balance
🇺🇸 USA 79
86
Everywhere else 70
1783

By age

My search historyMy bank balance
25 to 34 58
90
35 to 44 50
2080
Everywhere else 26
89

By profession

My search historyMy bank balance
Software & IT 45
1684
Everywhere else 79
1784

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In a wisehumans poll of 184 voters (20 August 2026), 85% chose "My bank balance". Source: wisehumans.org/q/one-goes-public-forever-your-search-history-or-your

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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.