# Site testing: five users

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**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [November 20, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-testing-five-users/74469 "2017-11-20T23:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![outofthebox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/outofthebox/32/83708_2.png) [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-testing-five-users/74469/1 "2017-11-20T23:28:37Z")

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Hi Friends, as you test the usability of your sites, here’s an interesting insight:

> **[Why You Only Need to Test with 5 Users](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/why-you-only-need-to-test-with-5-users/)**
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> Elaborate usability tests are a waste of resources. The best results come from testing no more than 5 users and running as many small tests as you can afford.

It makes the process feel far more manageable to me!

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