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Prompt Template Statistics
What a well-built prompt template looks like, measured across the PromptItIn library.
PromptItIn team
Updated
Sample: 215 prompt templates
Key findings
- Writing is the largest category: 9.3% of 215 prompts in the library.
- The median prompt template is 396 words long.
- Health & Wellness prompts are the longest, with a median of 575 words.
- 24.2% of templates open with a role, such as “You are…” or “Act as…”.
- 91.6% of templates name the output format they expect.
- 54.9% of templates set an explicit length, such as a word or sentence count.
- 12.1% of templates break the task into numbered steps.
Templates by category
| Category | Templates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Writing | 20 | 9.3% |
| Research | 20 | 9.3% |
| Career | 20 | 9.3% |
| Creative | 20 | 9.3% |
| Business | 20 | 9.3% |
| Education | 20 | 9.3% |
| Coding | 19 | 8.8% |
| Marketing | 19 | 8.8% |
| Social | 15 | 7% |
| Finance | 10 | 4.7% |
| Health & Wellness | 10 | 4.7% |
| Images | 10 | 4.7% |
| Videos | 10 | 4.7% |
| SEO | 2 | 0.9% |
How often each prompt element appears
| Element | Templates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sets a role (“You are…”, “Act as…”) | 52 | 24.2% |
| Has fill-in fields ([…] or {{…}}) | 215 | 100% |
| Names an output format (table, bullets, JSON…) | 197 | 91.6% |
| Sets a length limit | 118 | 54.9% |
| Uses numbered steps | 26 | 12.1% |
Median length by category
| Category | Templates | Median words |
|---|---|---|
| Writing | 20 | 363 |
| Research | 20 | 487 |
| Career | 20 | 384 |
| Creative | 20 | 461 |
| Business | 20 | 370 |
| Education | 20 | 463 |
| Coding | 19 | 361 |
| Marketing | 19 | 417 |
| Social | 15 | 368 |
| Finance | 10 | 506 |
| Health & Wellness | 10 | 575 |
| Images | 10 | 124 |
| Videos | 10 | 150 |
| SEO | 2 | 364 |
Methodology
- Source: all 215 published templates in the PromptItIn prompt library (promptitin.com/prompts).
- Length is counted in words of the full prompt text, split on spaces.
- Structure is detected in the prompt text with simple patterns (for example “You are” or “Act as” for a role, [brackets] for fill-in fields), so counts are close but not exact.
- Numbers update automatically when the library changes.
We count prompts; we never read or publish what anyone wrote. Groups smaller than 20 are merged or left out.
How to cite
PromptItIn (2026). Prompt Template Statistics. https://promptitin.com/research/prompt-template-statistics
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