75 questions · hand-curated
75 first-conversation questions for strangers
The first 30 seconds of a random voice chat decide whether it lasts 30 seconds or 30 minutes. These questions get past 'hi, how are you' fast — without being weird or invasive.
Skip the small talk
- 1.What time is it where you are, and what's a normal day for you?
- 2.What part of the world are you calling from?
- 3.What's the most interesting thing about where you are?
- 4.What were you doing five minutes before you started this call?
- 5.What's something you're working on right now?
- 6.What's something you're looking forward to this week?
- 7.What's been on your mind today?
- 8.What made you decide to talk to a stranger right now?
- 9.What's the best thing that's happened to you today?
- 10.What's a weird thing about your week?
- 11.Are you indoor or outdoor right now? What can you see?
- 12.What's something you've been thinking about a lot lately?
- 13.What show or video have you watched too much of recently?
- 14.What's playing in the background where you are?
- 15.What's the next thing you'll do after this call?
Get to know them
- 16.What's your local time zone? Is this an early call or a late one for you?
- 17.What's something most people don't know about where you live?
- 18.What's a word in your language that English doesn't have?
- 19.What's a normal weekend look like for you?
- 20.What's something you're really into right now?
- 21.What's the kindest thing a stranger ever did for you?
- 22.What's something you've gotten better at this year?
- 23.What's a hobby that took you by surprise?
- 24.What did you want to do for a living when you were 10?
- 25.What do you actually do now?
- 26.What's something you do every day that you genuinely love?
- 27.What's a podcast or YouTube channel you'd recommend?
- 28.What's the most-played song on your phone this month?
- 29.What's a movie you'd defend with your life?
- 30.What's a meal that always makes you happy?
- 31.Are you closer to your family or your friends right now?
- 32.What's your favorite city you've been to?
- 33.Where would you go if you could be anywhere right now?
- 34.What's the longest you've ever been awake?
- 35.What's the best surprise you've ever had?
If it's flowing
- 36.What's something you've changed your mind about recently?
- 37.What's the best advice you've ignored?
- 38.What's a tiny daily ritual you love?
- 39.What's a small thing you'd never give up?
- 40.What's something everyone seems to love that you don't get?
- 41.What's an underrated thing about being your age?
- 42.What's a question you've been sitting with?
- 43.What's a small thing that consistently makes you happy?
- 44.What's a tiny worry that won't leave you alone?
- 45.What's the best gift you've ever given?
- 46.What's a moment from this year you'd want to remember?
- 47.What's a hard thing you're glad you went through?
- 48.What does a good day look like for you?
- 49.What's a fear you've outgrown?
- 50.What's a fear you're still working on?
- 51.What's the most you've ever changed in a year?
- 52.What's something you're proud of that nobody knows?
- 53.What's a piece of advice you'd give a younger you?
- 54.What's the best thing about being where you are in life right now?
- 55.What's something you'd love to learn if you had a year off?
- 56.What's a quiet skill you're still proud of?
- 57.What's something that's surprised you about adulthood?
- 58.What's something you used to want that you don't anymore?
- 59.What's something you want now that you wouldn't have a year ago?
- 60.What's a moment you felt completely yourself?
- 61.What's a song that has hit you differently over time?
- 62.What's a person from your past you think about a lot?
- 63.What's a piece of art you keep coming back to?
- 64.What's a sentence someone said to you that stuck?
- 65.What's a small thing that's changed your life?
- 66.What's the best decision you've made in the last year?
- 67.What would you tell a stranger about yourself if you only had a minute?
- 68.What's a question you wish someone would ask you?
- 69.What's the most you've ever laughed in one conversation?
- 70.What's a kind thing about you that you don't usually show?
- 71.What's something you've never told anyone?
- 72.What's the best thing about this conversation so far?
- 73.What's a sentence that perfectly describes your year so far?
- 74.What's a question we should have asked but didn't?
- 75.What's the best way to end this call?
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