This article was co-authored by Rachel McMahon. Rachel McMahon is a personality quiz expert and content creator based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. From 2017 to 2019, Rachel worked on BuzzFeed creating almost 700 personality quizzes gaining hundreds of thousands of views. Her top quiz brought in over 850,000 views and she was the second largest traffic-driver worldwide for BuzzFeed in 2018. She went on to create quiz content for other brands including Zimbio, TicToc by Bloomberg, Lifetherapy, Skin Kick, and Zenger News. For the past 5 years she has worked freelance for Netflix on their social media team and has worked for Disney branded television as well. Rachel has published a quiz book called What Kind of Quiz Are You and has a 6-book quiz series called Let’s Get Quizzical. She has a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Media Studies from Grand Valley State University.
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- Personality quiz expert and content creator Rachel McMahon says the best quizzes are about topics that appeal to a wide range of people. "The less niche [the quiz] is, usually the better," she says.[1]
- Pop culture quizzes, for example, are a great choice according to McMahon. "[They're] very popular among people, especially if you're someone online, like typically you know a lot about pop culture and are potentially seeking that out."[2]
- McMahon's final tip? Be creative. "There are a lot of quizzes out there, so you have to try to make yours stand out in a way."[3]
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