How Many Fields Is Too Many on Mobile Form?

1. How many form fields is too many?
2. How many fields can you have in a form?
3. What is the optimal range of form fields?
4. Why do we need to make mobile web forms effective and efficient?

How many form fields is too many?

You have too many form fields.

Know that the best practice is between 3-5 fields. Anything beyond that could negatively impact your conversion rate. In fact, extensive research from Formstack shows that reducing the number of form fields to four or less can increase conversions by up to 160 percent.

How many fields can you have in a form?

There is no limit on the number of fields you can have in a single form. You can put as many as you like.

What is the optimal range of form fields?

Historically, the standard answer has been that 3 is the optimum number of fields you want on your form to maximize your conversion rate. But recent research by Formstack looking at data for more than 650,000 of their customers found that lead gen forms have an average of 11 fields and conversion rate of 17 percent.

Why do we need to make mobile web forms effective and efficient?

Efficiency becomes an important aspect. The longer it takes for users to fill in a mobile form, there is a higher possibility that failures or errors could happen, for instance, drop of connection. In addition, there might be costs involved for mobile data.