Best free trivia websites and quiz sites (2026)
Eight places to play trivia online, compared on the things that matter: cost, ads, a daily quiz, playing with people, whether answers are checked, and apps. We run one of them; the rest is checked against each site's own pages.
| Site | Free | Ads | Daily | Multiplayer | Verified answers | App | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrainPickle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | a daily quiz plus topic quizzes |
| Sporcle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | No | Yes | type-the-answer list quizzes |
| FunTrivia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | — | sheer volume and daily tournaments |
| JetPunk | Yes | — | — | No | No | — | geography and "name all the…" quizzes |
| Trivia Crack | Partly | — | — | Yes | No | Yes | playing friends on your phone |
| Kahoot! | Partly | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | hosting a live quiz for a room |
| TriviaPlaza | Yes | — | — | No | Partly | No | graded, old-school multiple choice |
| Open Trivia DB | Yes | No | No | No | Partly | No | developers who need a question API |
YES / NO / PARTLY AS STATED BY THE SITE · — = NOT STATED OR NOT VERIFIABLE · CHECKED AUG 2026
The sites, one at a time
BrainPickle
a daily quiz plus topic quizzesFree and ad-supported, no paid tier. Ten-question daily that is the same for everyone, thousands of topic quizzes, a quiz maker, 1v1 challenges and group rooms. Every question shows a cited source; the site is installable on a phone and native apps are in progress.
SOURCE · brainpickle.app/about
Sporcle
type-the-answer list quizzesThe biggest name in browser trivia: over a million community-created quizzes and a running counter of billions of plays. Ad-supported with a paid ad-free membership; daily puzzles; Sporcle Live runs hosted pub trivia and there is a Party app. Quizzes are made by users; the site does not describe a central fact-check.
SOURCE · sporcle.com/about
FunTrivia
sheer volume and daily tournamentsRunning since 1995 and claims 2.5 million questions across 160,000 quizzes. Free with ads; Gold membership removes them. Daily and hourly games, a duel mode and tournaments. Quizzes are written by members and curated by volunteer editors ("Editor's Choice").
SOURCE · funtrivia.com
JetPunk
geography and "name all the…" quizzesLaunched 2008; user-created quizzes since 2011 and roughly 613,000 of them, with the Countries of the World quiz played tens of millions of times. Free with an optional Premium membership. Its site blocks automated checks, so ads and app details are unverified here (facts from Wikipedia).
SOURCE · en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetPunk
Trivia Crack
playing friends on your phoneEtermax's 2013 mobile hit; the App Store lists it as free with in-app purchases and a Premium tier. Play against friends and family live or by challenge, six subject categories with mascot characters, plus AI-generated custom quizzes. App-first — a browser is not the main way to play.
SOURCE · apps.apple.com — Trivia Crack
Kahoot!
hosting a live quiz for a roomA game-based learning platform rather than a trivia library: you make a "kahoot" or pick one, show it on a big screen, and players join with a PIN on their phones. Free to sign up (Kahoot! 360 Express); paid plans for schools and business unlock more.
SOURCE · kahoot.com/what-is-kahoot
TriviaPlaza
graded, old-school multiple choiceOne-person site by Peter Meindertsma, online since 2001, with more than 139,000 questions in over 4,600 quizzes that grade you at the end. Strong on pop music by year, movies, geography and science. Plain and fast; single-author, so consistency is high but there is no formal review.
SOURCE · triviaplaza.com/about
Open Trivia DB
developers who need a question APIA free, user-contributed question database with a public API, run by Pixeltail Games and supported by donations. About 5,300 questions marked verified by its moderators. Not a place to play so much as a place to build from if you are making your own game.
SOURCE · opentdb.com
How to pick a quiz website
Want a five-minute daily habit? Pick a site with a fixed daily quiz and a streak — that is what BrainPickle's daily and Sporcle's daily puzzles are for. Want to name all 197 countries against the clock? JetPunk or Sporcle. Want to run a quiz for a room? Kahoot if you like a big screen and PINs; a printable quiz with an answer key if you would rather read questions aloud. Want to play a friend on your phone? Trivia Crack, or a BrainPickle challenge link. Building your own app? Start with the Open Trivia DB API. And on any of them, if an answer looks wrong, look for a source before you argue about it.
Quick answers
- What are the best free trivia websites?
- For browser trivia the big three are Sporcle, FunTrivia and JetPunk, all free with optional paid tiers. BrainPickle is free with no paid tier and adds a daily quiz and cited answers. Kahoot is the pick for hosting a live quiz; Trivia Crack for playing friends on a phone.
- Which quiz sites are like Sporcle?
- JetPunk is the closest (type-the-answer lists, geography-heavy, user-made). FunTrivia and TriviaPlaza are the closest for multiple-choice volume. BrainPickle is closer to a daily-quiz habit than to Sporcle's list format.
- Are online trivia games really free?
- Most are ad-supported and free to play, with a paid membership to remove ads or unlock extras (Sporcle, FunTrivia, JetPunk). Trivia Crack is free with in-app purchases; Kahoot has a free tier and paid plans. BrainPickle has no paid tier at all.
- Which trivia site has verified answers?
- Most sites rely on user-written questions with community reporting. BrainPickle shows a cited source under every question and runs a validator before publishing; Open Trivia DB marks moderator-verified questions; FunTrivia has volunteer editors.