Crystal Research
Personality data from assessments people actually took.
Most personality statistics in circulation are decades old and drawn from small samples. These are current, the sample sizes are stated, and every study says what it cannot support.
- 710,453
- DISC assessments completed
- 709,128
- Enneagram assessments completed
- 406,681
- MBTI-style assessments completed
- 25,730
- accuracy ratings given
Which framework feels most accurate
25,730 ratings across six frameworks
Of six personality frameworks, people who rated their results found Strengths and Life Values the most accurate at 4.7 out of 5, and Big Five the least at 4.3.
Who actually takes personality tests
18,407 completed assessments
Among 18,407 people who took an online MBTI-style assessment, 12.8% came out INFP and 1.5% came out ESFP, close to the inverse of the distribution usually quoted for the general population.
DISC type distribution
91,610 completed assessments
Among 91,610 completed DISC assessments, 37.6% came out with a dominant S and 14.5% with a dominant D, making S nearly three times as common as D.
Enneagram type distribution
36,254 completed assessments
Among 36,254 completed Enneagram assessments, Types 1 and 2 were the most common at about 20% each, and Type 9 the rarest at 2.3%.
A note on every figure here
These samples are people who chose to take an online personality test. That is not the general population and the difference is large: introverted and intuitive types take these tests at far higher rates than everyone else. Each study states its population in the first line, and none of them should be cited as population statistics.