Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method for social polling. The method comprises accepting input of a poll comprising a query and a plurality of responses to the query and obtaining a listing of contacts from a social network. The method further comprising accepting a selection of a subset of the contacts with whom to share the poll and sharing the poll by transmitting the poll to mobile devices associated with the subset. The method further comprising receiving responses to the poll, the responses input via the mobile devices and aggregating the responses into poll results including a profile of and poll response for each respondent in the subset.