What the Enneagram test measures
The Enneagram describes nine personality types, each organised around a core motivation — something the type wants most — and the fear that motivation protects against. Where most personality tests describe what you do, the Enneagram is concerned with why. This free Enneagram test scores all nine types and tells you which one your answers point to most strongly. The type names here are our own:
- Type 1, The Straightedge — driven to be good and beyond reproach.
- Type 2, The Devoted — driven to be needed and loved.
- Type 3, The Frontrunner — driven to succeed and be seen as worthwhile.
- Type 4, The Singular — driven to be authentic and find their own identity.
- Type 5, The Conservator — driven to understand and stay capable.
- Type 6, The Sentinel — driven to find security and support.
- Type 7, The Unbound — driven to stay free and avoid pain.
- Type 8, The Bulwark — driven to stay strong and in control of their own life.
- Type 9, The Still Point — driven to keep peace, inside and out.
How the test works
There are 99 statements, eleven for each type, mixed so that consecutive statements belong to different types. The test takes about 12 minutes. You answer each on a five-point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree, and each type is scored from 0 to 100 on the statements that belong to it.
No account is needed. Your answers are scored in your browser and are not sent to us; when you finish, only your top type number is kept, in a cookie on your device, for 30 days.
What your result shows
Your free result names your highest-scoring type with a short description, shows your second-highest as a secondary lean, and ranks all nine scores so you can see how close the race was. An optional full profile, part of a paid purchase, reads your type's core motivation, strengths, growth edge and relationships.
If your top two or three scores are close together, read all of those descriptions. The Enneagram is meant to be recognised rather than assigned, and many people find their type by reading the motivations and noticing which one they would rather not admit to.
Where the Enneagram's evidence stands
The Enneagram comes from a spiritual and self-development tradition, not from academic psychology, and it has far less research behind it than the Big Five or HEXACO. It is best used as a prompt for reflection on what drives you — not as a measurement, a diagnosis, or a basis for decisions about anyone.
If you want a result grounded in published personality research, take our main personality test, which is built on the HEXACO model.
Questions about the Enneagram test
Is this Enneagram test free?
Yes. The test, your top type, your secondary lean and all nine scores are free with no sign-up. Only the longer written profile is paid.
Is the secondary lean the same as a wing?
No. In Enneagram tradition a wing is one of the two types next to yours on the circle. Your secondary lean is simply your second-highest score, which can be any of the other eight types.
Is the Enneagram scientific?
Not in the way the Big Five and HEXACO are. The research on it is limited, and its central claims have not been established. Many people still find its vocabulary for motivation useful for reflection, which is how we recommend using it.
Can my Enneagram type change?
Enneagram tradition holds that your core type stays the same while how you express it changes. On a test, your top type can change between sittings, especially when several scores are close. That usually means those types are all worth reading.