Survey / feedback requests subject lines

10 examples

1. 1.Two questions — 30 seconds
2. 2.Two questions about your trial experience
3. 3.30 seconds: what's missing from {{product}}?
4. 4.If you have 90 seconds — quick survey
5. 5.What would make you stay?
6. 6.Need your brain for 10 minutes
7. 7.One question, one sentence reply
8. 8.Honest read on whether this is working?
9. 9.What didn't we do for you?
10. 10.Two questions before you go

What makes these work

Survey-request subjects work best when they're specific about the time commitment and the topic. 'Two questions — 30 seconds' beats 'We'd love your feedback!' by a wide margin. Naming the topic in the subject pre-commits the recipient to what they'll be answering ('Two questions about your trial experience') and lifts completion rates. Avoid 'Help us improve' framing — it shifts the work onto the recipient with no specific scope. The strongest patterns are bounded ('30 seconds'), specific (named topic), and honest about what comes next ('30 seconds — we'll share the aggregated answers next week').

Templates that use these patterns