If you could win a Nobel Prize, which would you most like to win?

If you could win a Nobel Prize, which would you most like to win? Published on October 7, 2020 → Survey conducted on October 7, 2020 on 5882 U.S. adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Nobel Prize in Literature

12%

Nobel Prize in Physics

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Nobel Peace Prize

28%

Don’t know

15%

N/A – I would not want to win a Nobel Prize

21%

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Nobel Prize in Literature

12%

Nobel Prize in Physics

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Nobel Peace Prize

28%

Don’t know

15%

N/A – I would not want to win a Nobel Prize

21%

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