2025 Report

State of UX Research Democratization

We surveyed 301 UX Research and Research Operations pros about the current state of democratization. This report shares what we learned: the good, the bad, and everything in between.

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74.1%
of survey respondents support democratizing the execution of UX research studies
95.0%
of survey respondents support democratizing internal access to UX research repositories
50.6%
of survey respondents support democratizing the synthesis of research findings via manual analysis (no AI)
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of survey respondents believe democratizing the execution of UX research studies will have a positive impact on the future of the UX research industry
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of respondents believe democratizing the execution of UX research studies will have a positive impact on the future of their organization/business