What are some of the things people are afraid of? A recent survey asked morethan 1,000 people what they were afraid of and snakes are number one on the list.According to the survey, 51 percent of people are afraid of them. Next, the surveyfound that 40 percent of people are afraid of speaking in public. Only 11 percent ofpeople said they are afraid of crowds, and just five percent of people are afraid of thedark. Mice, however, were quite high on the list—20 percent of people are afraid ofthem.