Annoying Sounds: Take the Survey! Rate these annoying sounds, and compare your answers with results from previous surveys rating awful sounds.

Take the Annoying Sounds survey! Listed below are 30 sounds that have been identified as annoying, from polls taken around the world. Which sounds bother you the most? Rate each one from 0 to 5 according to how much it annoys, disturbs, or distresses you to hear it. A rating of 5 is extremely annoying, meaning that you find the sound almost unbearable. For this survey, we're not measuring how big a problem these noises cause in your day-to-day life; just the annoyance factor of the sound itself. Ask yourself: When you hear this sound, how annoying is it? After you fill in your answers, you'll see results from past surveys.



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fields (labelled below in red) have been filled in Survey: Annoying Sounds Please note that all fields followed by an asterisk must be filled in. Cat caterwauling ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Door creaking on its hinges ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Car alarm or house alarm ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Musical instruments played out of tune ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Low-frequency thumping beats of music ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Faucet dripping ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Door slamming ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Dental drill ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Person snoring ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Brakes squealing ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Mosquito or other insect buzzing ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Nails on a chalkboard ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Person chewing or smacking gum ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Birds chirping ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Person clipping nails ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Electronic beeping sounds ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Car horn honking ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Garbage collection truck ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Knife grinding on a plate ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Person blowing nose or sniffing ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Loud exhaust pipes ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Sounds of construction work ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Low-flying airplane ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Piped-in music ("elevator music") ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Rooster crowing ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Child screaming or baby crying ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Chair scraping on the floor ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Dog barking or yapping ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Lawn mower or leaf blower ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying Total silence ---Select--- 0 - Not annoying at all 1 - Slightly annoying 2 - Mildly annoying 3 - Moderately annoying 4 - Very annoying 5 - Extremely annoying If the most extremely annoying sound you can think of is not on the list above, enter it here: Your age: Your sex: Male Female Other Country: ---Select--- United States United Kingdom Canada Australia -------------- Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribadi North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Federated States of Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Montenegro Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and The Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu US Minor Outlying Islands Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam US Virgin Islands Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Yugoslavia (former) Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe Other Data use authorization* I am at least 16 years of age. 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