Free socionics test
86 questions, no sign-up, scored two ways
§1 What you get
A socionics type test owes you two things: which of the sixteen types you are, and how sure that is.
- Your type, as a three-letter code, with the four-letter socionics alias and the ≈MBTI equivalent beside it.
- The margin on every figure — how far ahead your type finished, what came second, and how close the two were.
- Both readings: classical Model A and Gulenko's Model G, scored from the same answers. Where they disagree, the page says so and by how much, instead of picking one.
- All sixteen intertype relations ranked for your type — who is easy, who is work, who not to force — each one its own page.
- A report by email, free. It is a link.
You can see a sample socionics test result before you answer anything.
§2 Why 86 questions
Most free socionics tests ask somewhere between twelve and forty-four questions. This one asks 86, and the reason is arithmetic rather than thoroughness for its own sake. Every answer is scored twice — once under Model A, once under Model G — and both results are published with the margin between the leading type and the runner-up. A margin built out of twenty answers swings by double figures when one of them is a coin flip. A margin built out of 86 does not.
82 of the items are rated and 4 are written and optional; nothing is scored from the written 4 unless you export the run for a human rater. The item bank and every weight are published, so you can check what any single answer did — read the marking scheme.
Some people call this a sociotype test and some call it a socionics quiz. It is the same instrument under either name, and it is the one the rest of the site is built on.
§3 Time
About thirty-five minutes for the full test, about eight to ten for the MBTI conversion. Leaving the test discards your progress.
§4 Questions people ask
Is this socionics test free?
Yes. All 86 items, the scoring and the result are free, and there is no sign-up. The report is free too — it is a link. Nothing is held back behind a payment, because there is nothing here to pay for.
How long does it take?
About thirty-five minutes for the full test: 82 rated items, plus 4 written ones you can skip. The MBTI conversion is closer to eight minutes — about twenty questions, chosen for your four letters. Finish in one sitting or start again.
How is this different from a 12- or 44-question socionics quiz?
Length buys margins. Every answer here is scored twice — once under classical Model A, once under Gulenko's Model G — and both readings are reported with the gap between the leading type and the runner-up. A short socionics quiz can name a type. It cannot show you how thin the call was, and a lot of the calls are thin.
Can I start from my MBTI type?
Yes. The MBTI conversion opens two or three socionics candidates from your four letters and asks about twenty questions that separate them.
Is socionics the same as MBTI?
No. MBTI sorts you with four letters; socionics places all eight information elements into eight fixed positions, and the position decides how each one behaves in you. The equivalences between the two are contested — the j and p letters flip for introverts — so every one on this site carries ≈ and an asterisk. Socionics vs MBTI sets out the differences type by type.
What is a "dual"?
Your dual is the type whose strengths sit where yours are thinnest, and whose thin places you cover without noticing. The claim is narrow: duality makes life easier, not more interesting, and it says nothing about whether you will like each other. The basics of socionics covers where the sixteen relations come from.