“Wave 2 of Pulse: Awareness and perceptions of Effective Altruism” by Jamie E, David_Moss
This report is the first in a sequence reporting the results of Wave 2 of the Pulse project by Rethink Priorities (RP). Pulse is a large-scale survey of US adults aimed at tracking and understanding public attitudes towards effective giving and multiple impactful cause areas over time. Wave 2 of Pulse was fielded between February and April of 2025 with ~5600 respondents[1]. Results from our first wave of Pulse, fielded from July-August of 2024, can be found here, with the forum sequence version here. This part of the Wave 2 sequence focuses on awareness of Effective Altruism (EA) and a range of related public figures and organizations, as well as attitudes towards EA. Findings at a glance Survey features: Wave 2 of Rethink Priorities’ Pulse project surveyed ~5,600 US adults between February–April 2025, following up on Wave 1 (July–August 2024). Results were poststratified to be representative of [...] ---Outline:(00:58) Findings at a glance(04:25) Awareness of Effective Altruism(04:29) Population-level estimation(06:56) Demographic subgroup estimates(09:45) Attitudes towards Effective Altruism(09:49) Attitudes among those who have already heard of EA(11:25) Attitudes among those who have not heard of EA(16:10) Awareness of EA-related terms, organizations, and people(16:16) Terms(18:08) Organizations(21:11) People --- First published: August 22nd, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Ypb6s6zwFiEKBiL3G/wave-2-of-pulse-awareness-and-perceptions-of-effective --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.