Audience Grounding Reference: Data Sources
Audience grounding is study-specific. Minds can use supplied material and public-source context where enabled; researchers should inspect the actual sources, assumptions, and distributions attached to each Audience.
Clients regularly ask which data can sit behind a Minds Audience. This page is a reference list, not a claim that every listed institution is queried for every Audience.
Minds does not maintain a fixed recruited-human panel. Audiences can be created from descriptions, existing Minds, files, links, research notes, and public-source context where enabled. The actual evidence depends on the request, workspace configuration, source access, and researcher review.
How we use these sources
When source research is enabled, Audience creation can use four reviewable steps:
- Search. The research question and audience definition are turned into targeted queries against public web and document sources.
- Extract. Candidate demographic, psychographic, socioeconomic, behavioral, geographic, or firmographic distributions are identified from supplied and accessible material.
- Review. Observed values, requested quotas, and proposed assumptions remain distinct. A source that names a variable without a share may result in an explicitly assumed distribution rather than a falsely attributed number.
- Cite. Grounded distributions retain source context where supported. Researchers should inspect the actual Audience record instead of inferring provenance from this general list.
Because selection is task-specific, a German B2B Audience and a Japanese consumer Audience may use different institutions. Some requests may rely primarily on customer-supplied material; others may not produce a defensible public distribution for every variable.
How sources are prioritized
The previous numeric confidence bands were not a published product guarantee. Use the qualitative hierarchy below as an editorial review aid; source relevance, recency, population fit, methodology, and directness still need to be checked for the specific Study.
| Priority | Typical source type | Review question |
|---|---|---|
| Prefer direct evidence | National statistics, regulators, original datasets, peer-reviewed research | Does it directly measure the target population and variable? |
| Use with context | Research institutes, associations, panel providers, and disclosed industry research | Is the method, field date, sample, and population fit clear? |
| Treat as a lead | Domain publications or commercial summaries that name an original source | Can the primary evidence be inspected and cited instead? |
| Label as an assumption | Researcher-provided targets or proposed distributions without observed shares | Is the value clearly separated from observed evidence? |
Source list
The institutions below are examples of sources that may be relevant, grouped by type. Inclusion does not mean routine use, automatic acceptance, live access, endorsement, or a fixed priority. Sources not listed here may be more appropriate for a particular market or question.
Supranational & multilateral
| Source | Typical coverage |
|---|---|
| Eurostat | EU-wide demographic, labour, income and household statistics |
| OECD Data | Cross-country economic, social and wellbeing indicators |
| UN Statistics Division | Global demographic and development statistics |
| World Bank Open Data | Population, income and development indicators by country |
| IMF Data | Macroeconomic and financial indicators |
| WHO Data | Health prevalence and behaviour statistics |
| ILOSTAT | Labour force, employment and working conditions |
| UNESCO Institute for Statistics | Education participation and attainment |
| EU Open Data Portal | Machine-readable EU public datasets |
| European Commission | Policy reports and sector statistics |
| European Environment Agency | Environmental and sustainability indicators |
| ECDC | European health and disease surveillance |
| EFSA | Food safety and consumption data |
| EMA | European medicines and pharmacovigilance |
Europe — national statistics
| Source | Typical coverage |
|---|---|
| Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) | German census, household and consumption statistics |
| INSEE | French demographic and economic statistics |
| ISTAT | Italian population and household statistics |
| INE Spain | Spanish demographic and living-conditions data |
| Office for National Statistics | UK census, labour and household data |
| CBS Netherlands | Dutch population and consumption statistics |
| Statistics Austria | Austrian demographic and economic data |
| Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) | Swiss population and household statistics |
| Statbel | Belgian demographic statistics |
| SCB Sweden | Swedish population and living-conditions data |
| SSB Norway | Norwegian demographic and income statistics |
| Statistics Finland | Finnish population and consumption data |
| Statistics Denmark | Danish demographic and household statistics |
| Statistics Poland (GUS) | Polish population and labour statistics |
| INE Portugal | Portuguese demographic statistics |
| CZSO Czechia | Czech population and household data |
| HCSO Hungary | Hungarian demographic statistics |
| ELSTAT Greece | Greek population and living-conditions data |
| CSO Ireland | Irish census and household statistics |
| TÜİK | Turkish demographic and household statistics |
Americas — national statistics
| Source | Typical coverage |
|---|---|
| US Census Bureau | US population, household and ACS microdata |
| Bureau of Economic Analysis | US income, spending and regional economics |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics | US employment, wages and consumer expenditure |
| National Center for Health Statistics | US health behaviour and prevalence |
| National Center for Education Statistics | US education participation and attainment |
| Statistics Canada | Canadian census and household statistics |
| INEGI | Mexican population and household data |
| IBGE | Brazilian census and consumption statistics |
| INDEC | Argentine demographic statistics |
| DANE | Colombian population and living-conditions data |
| INE Chile | Chilean demographic statistics |
Asia-Pacific — national statistics
| Source | Typical coverage |
|---|---|
| Statistics Bureau of Japan | Japanese census and household statistics |
| KOSTAT | Korean population and household data |
| KOSIS | Korean statistical information service |
| National Bureau of Statistics of China | Chinese population and consumption statistics |
| MoSPI India | Indian household consumption and labour surveys |
| Australian Bureau of Statistics | Australian census and household data |
| Stats NZ | New Zealand demographic statistics |
| Singapore DOS | Singaporean population and household data |
| BPS Indonesia | Indonesian demographic statistics |
Middle East & Africa
| Source | Typical coverage |
|---|---|
| GASTAT Saudi Arabia | Saudi population and household statistics |
| FCSC United Arab Emirates | UAE demographic and economic data |
| CAPMAS Egypt | Egyptian census and household statistics |
| Statistics South Africa | South African demographic statistics |
Central banks & ministries
| Source | Typical coverage |
|---|---|
| European Central Bank | Euro-area household finance and consumption |
| Deutsche Bundesbank | German household wealth and income |
| Bank of England | UK household finance data |
| FRED (St. Louis Fed) | US economic time series |
| Banque de France | French household finance |
| Banca d'Italia | Italian household income and wealth survey |
| Banco de España | Spanish household finance survey |
| Swiss National Bank | Swiss economic and financial data |
| Bank of Japan | Japanese economic and consumption data |
| Bank of Korea | Korean macroeconomic statistics |
| Banco de México | Mexican economic indicators |
| Banco Central do Brasil | Brazilian economic indicators |
| Reserve Bank of Australia | Australian economic data |
| METI Japan | Japanese industry and trade statistics |
| MIC Japan | Japanese communications and household surveys |
| Cabinet Office Japan | Japanese consumer confidence and policy data |
| RIETI | Japanese economic and industry research |
| NITI Aayog | Indian policy and development indicators |
| IPEA | Brazilian applied economic research |
| CONEVAL | Mexican social development measurement |
| Bundesagentur für Arbeit | German labour market statistics |
Health & science agencies
| Source | Typical coverage |
|---|---|
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | US health behaviour and prevalence |
| National Institutes of Health | US biomedical and behavioural research |
| Robert Koch Institute | German public-health surveillance |
| NHS Digital | UK health service statistics |
| ICMR | Indian medical research statistics |
Academic & survey programmes
| Source | Typical coverage |
|---|---|
| Pew Research Center | Attitudinal and social-trend surveys |
| Gallup | Global attitudinal and workplace surveys |
| Eurobarometer | EU public opinion surveys |
| European Social Survey | Cross-national attitudinal survey |
| World Values Survey | Global values and beliefs survey |
| GESIS | German social science data archive |
| SOEP (DIW Berlin) | German socio-economic panel |
| DIW Berlin | German economic research institute |
| ifo Institute | German business and consumer climate |
| IZA | Labour economics research |
| ICPSR | Social science data repository |
| RAND Corporation | Policy and behavioural research |
| Brookings Institution | Economic and social policy research |
| JILPT | Japanese labour policy research |
Industry & association research
| Source | Typical coverage |
|---|---|
| Bitkom | German digital-sector research |
| Statista | Aggregated market data citing primary sources |
| YouGov | Consumer panel and attitudinal data |
| Ipsos | Market and social research |
| Nielsen | Media and consumer measurement |
| GWI | Global consumer survey data |
What this list is not
These are public-source references, not partners, sponsors, or endorsers of Minds. Listing them does not imply a commercial relationship, licence, live integration, routine use, or review of Minds by the named institution. Where a commercial provider publishes useful evidence, source rights and access terms still apply.
