About the test
Introvert or extrovert
Twenty-four statements from a public personality inventory show where you fall between introvert and extrovert, and which sides of extraversion are strongest in you.
Questionnaire / instrument: IPIP-NEO-120 Extraversion
The test at a glance
- Price
- Free, including results
- Registration
- No account required
- Length
- 24 statements
- Time
- About 4 minutes
- Format
- Self-report · five response options
- Your report
- Your placement and six facets
The six facets
Extraversion is made up of six narrower traits, with four statements each:
Friendliness
Making contact easily and feeling at ease with other people.
Gregariousness
Enjoying crowds, parties and the company of many people.
Assertiveness
Taking charge, speaking up and leading others.
Activity level
Keeping a high pace and filling your time with things to do.
Excitement seeking
Being drawn to adventure, thrills and some risk.
Cheerfulness
Feeling joy and high spirits and seeing the bright side.
What your results show
Your report is available straight after the last statement. You can preview an example before starting.
- Whether your answers fall on the introvert, ambivert or extrovert part of the scale, with a score from 0 to 100.
- Your score on each of the six facets, with a short description.
- Tips that fit your result, and common misunderstandings about introverts and extroverts.
What does it measure?
Where you fall between introvert and extrovert, and your score on six facets of extraversion: friendliness, gregariousness, assertiveness, activity level, excitement seeking and cheerfulness.
Where does it come from?
The 24 statements are the extraversion part of the IPIP-NEO-120, a public-domain personality inventory published by John A. Johnson in 2014. It measures the same trait as the Extraversion domain of our Big Five test.
How is the result calculated?
Answers are scored from 1 to 5, with negatively worded statements reversed, and shown as a score from 0 to 100. Introvert, ambivert and extrovert are our own names for the lower, middle and upper parts of the answer scale. The facet scores are calculated the same way from four statements each.
What can the result tell you?
This test has no norms here, so it cannot show how you compare with others. It is a self-report, the three labels are simplified parts of a continuous scale, and each facet is based on only four statements. It does not measure shyness, social anxiety or any other health condition.
Languages and adaptations
The statements use the same translations as our IPIP-NEO test. Some are published translations and others are our own AI-assisted translations that have not been independently validated. Our explanations and result commentary are written for this website.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between an introvert and an extrovert?
Extroverts tend to seek out people and activity and feel energised by them. Introverts tend to prefer calm and smaller groups. Most people have some of both, so researchers treat it as one continuous scale.
What is an ambivert?
An ambivert is someone near the middle of the scale. The word is not a separate type in research, but it is a useful description, as many people fall in this range.
Is being introverted the same as being shy?
No. Shyness is about fear of how others judge you, while introversion is about what you prefer. An introvert can be confident and an extrovert can be shy.
Can you change from introvert to extrovert?
Personality is fairly stable, but it can shift somewhat over the years, and people can act differently from one situation to the next. Your score can also vary a little from one time to the next.
How does this differ from the Big Five test?
This test covers only extraversion, using the same statements as the Big Five test. The Big Five test also measures four other traits and gives a broader picture of your personality.
Are my answers anonymous?
Answers are stored without your name or contact details, and you can delete your result later.
License and reuse
Public domainIPIP places its items and scales in the public domain. They may be used, copied, adapted and translated for commercial and non-commercial purposes without a fee or separate permission.
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Sources and further reading
Extraversion domain of the IPIP-NEO-120. Johnson, J. A. (2014). Measuring thirty facets of the Five Factor Model with a 120-item public domain inventory: Development of the IPIP-NEO-120. Journal of Research in Personality, 51, 78-89.