What are the character limits for polls and Q&A?

Knowing the character limits in Slido might be useful when creating your polls or submitting a question as a participant.

Here’s the overview of limits in Slido:

General slido limits

Item	Limit
Slido code (hashtag)	3-32 characters
Slido name	Unlimited characters
Displayed slido name in the app header (Participant mode)	Max. 45 characters (depends on screen resolution)
Displayed slido name in the side menu	Max 70 characters (depends on screen resolution)
Polls	100 polls or 100 000 characters per room (or per slido with a single room)
Multiple Rooms	200 rooms
Multiple Rooms Name	Depends on screen resolution
Participant name in the app	64 characters
Logo	32 MB

Polls limits

Item	Limit
Poll question	256 characters
Poll description	256 characters
Survey name	512 characters
Poll session name	255 characters
Multiple-choice poll option	256 characters
Open text poll answer	10 000 characters
Words displayed in a Word Cloud	50 most common answers Depends on a screen resolution - both Present mode and Participant mode
Poll questions per Quiz	100 polls per Quiz

Q&A limits

Item	Limit
Question length	160 characters by default Can be changed to 240 or 300 with Professional plans and higher
Replies	Reflects the question length
Host Replies	1 000 characters
Question Label	32 characters
Question labels per slido	unlimited

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Will the limit for poll question character limit ever be increased? I like to ask polls in class but 256 characters is actually quite restricting.

Hi @Swerdna,

We are not planning to increase this at the moment but you could try adding poll descriptions to have more characters.

While creating your poll, simply select ‘Poll description' on the right-hand side and type in your additional text. This lets you add 256 more characters below the poll question.

Hope this helps :)