Short answer: Yes, the Nielsen Computer & Mobile Panel is legit. Nielsen pays you points and sweepstakes entries for keeping its app or software on your devices. It’s easy money, but tiny: Nielsen says up to $60 a year in points.
What is the Nielsen Computer & Mobile Panel?
A research panel. You install Nielsen’s app or software, it records general device activity, and you get weekly points plus entries into monthly sweepstakes.
Who’s behind it?
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC. Nielsen says it has been measuring media for over 90 years.
What we see on r/EarnExtraIncome
This one doesn’t get much talk in r/EarnExtraIncome. It’s a set it and forget it app, so people rarely post about it.
Nielsen panel pros and cons
Pros
- Totally passive once installed
- Monthly $10,000 sweepstakes, top prizes $500
- Big, well known company
- Phone and computer both count
Cons
- Small: up to $60 a year in points
- Records the sites you visit
- You need consent from anyone else who uses the device
- Points expire after a year
How much can you make with the Nielsen panel?
Nielsen says up to $60 a year in points, $30 for mobile and $30 for a computer. The same FAQ also says up to $50 a year for mobile, so the numbers don’t quite agree.
The sweepstakes are the upside: $10,000 a month across more than 500 winners.
Who it’s for (and who should skip it)
For people who want something running in the background and don’t mind the tracking.
Skip it on a work computer (you need your employer’s OK) or if sharing browsing data bugs you.
How Nielsen Computer & Mobile Panel scored
2.4/5- Payout speed 20%2.0
- Minimum cash out 15%2.5
- Earning potential 20%1.5
- Cash out options 15%1.5
- Availability 10%3.5
- Tracking and support 10%3.8
- Transparency 10%4.0
Scored from what Nielsen Computer & Mobile Panel publishes on its own site, terms and app store listings. How we rate apps
Final verdict: is the Nielsen panel legit?
Final verdict
2.4/5How we rate
Legit, small but hands off
Real company, real points. Treat it as a bonus, not an earner.
Pair it with an active app like Testerup or Freecash. Nielsen Pulse is Nielsen’s newer phone app.
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Nielsen Computer & Mobile Panel FAQ
Yes. It’s run by The Nielsen Company (US) and pays points and sweepstakes entries for keeping its app or software connected.
Nielsen says up to $60 a year in points, plus entries into a $10,000 monthly sweepstakes.
Nielsen says its software records the URLs you visit, how long you stay and general device activity, but not user IDs or passwords.
The app pays nothing until you complete the registration form on the panel site first.
Yes. Points expire a year after they’re credited, and 6 months of inactivity closes your points account.
For more money try Freecash, or see our Nielsen Pulse review.
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