# Prolific (بروليفيك)

> Prolific is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-07-28.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Prolific Academic](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/prolific-academic.md)
- Categories: Rewards & Survey Work, Academic Resources
- Official site: https://www.prolific.com
- Community votes: 4
- Last updated: 2026-07-28
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/prolific

## About

Online research platform where universities and companies recruit vetted participants for paid academic and market research studies.

## Activity summary

Restricted for users in Syria. Community testing in July 2026 found the site loads normally, but selecting Syria as a country of residence blocks account registration.

## Progress timeline

- 2026-07-28 — Investigated (Community Updates). A community member reported Prolific restricted in Syria. Testing confirmed the site loads normally, but selecting Syria as country of residence during registration returns a message that Prolific is unavailable there, blocking account creation. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/a74saz0hz4bshlsm8bjz5tv2/yb1w8vi8y9ajjnk5zc05f7oa-screenshot-2026-07-28-205936.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/prolific?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/prolific/timeline-entries?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/prolific
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/prolific.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/prolific.md