Manifold Markets
Free play-money social prediction platform with user-created markets.
- ✓ Beginners who want to learn forecasting without financial risk
- ✓ Anyone who wants to create markets on any topic imaginable
- ✓ UK and international users who want free play-money forecasting without restrictions
- ✗ Serious traders who need deep liquidity on financial or sports markets
- ✗ Anyone who needs instant real-money cashout without restrictions
- ✗ Users who want single-event, precise probability trading rather than parlays
About this operator
Manifold Markets is a free, play-money prediction platform built around user-created markets. Because it uses virtual currency, it operates outside UK gambling and FCA perimeters and is freely accessible to UK forecasters.
Quick facts
| Founded | 2022 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, USA |
| Type | Play-money |
| Settlement | Mana (play-money) |
| Fees | None |
| Min deposit | Free |
| KYC | Email only |
| Volume | N/A (play-money) |
| ✓ Last verified May 2026 | |
Manifold Markets — Scorecard
Editorial ratings based on publicly available data. Your experience may vary.
Manifold Markets — strengths & weaknesses
- ✓ Free to use
- ✓ User-created markets
- ✓ Forecaster community
- ✗ Real-money cashout unavailable in Delaware, Idaho, Michigan, and Washington (US states)
- ✗ Sweepcash cashout has a 5% fee and a 1× play-through requirement
- ✗ No deep liquidity: community markets can be very thin
- ✗ Market resolution depends on the creator: disputes do occur
Real cost: Manifold Markets
Play-money (mana) trading is completely free: no fees at all. For real-money sweepcash, the only cost is a 5% cashout fee when you withdraw: cashing out $100 returns $95. There are no per-trade fees on sweepcash markets.
Getting started: Manifold Markets
- 1 Sign up free at manifold.markets with Google or email, no deposit needed
- 2 Receive M$500 free mana to start trading on any community-created market
- 3 Find markets by topic (politics, AI, sports, science) and buy YES or NO shares
- 4 Opt into sweepcash mode in settings to unlock real-money cashout
FAQ — Manifold Markets
Is Manifold free to use? +
Yes: Manifold is completely free to use with its play-money currency mana (M$). You receive free mana when you sign up and can trade on thousands of community-created markets without any financial risk.
Can I win real money on Manifold? +
Real-money cashout is available in select regions and is not universally accessible. Outside those regions, Manifold is primarily a free forecasting platform using play-money mana, the play-money mode is available to users globally. Check the Manifold website for current availability in your country.
What is mana? +
Mana (M$) is Manifold's play-money currency with no real-money value. You use it to trade on markets created by other users, politics, science, sports, AI, personal challenges, and more. Accurate forecasting earns more mana.
Who creates markets on Manifold? +
Anyone with an account can create a market on any topic. This gives Manifold the widest topic range of any prediction platform, from elections to AI benchmarks to TV show outcomes.
What makes Manifold different? +
Manifold is a free, community-driven forecasting platform with over a million markets on any imaginable topic. It's ideal for learning prediction market mechanics without financial risk, and for exploring niche topics no commercial platform would list.
