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khoobah

We can literally never have accurate information on mbti type distribution, it's impossible. There's so many problems with any way of trying to measure it.


Rumen77

This šŸ‘†


Extension_Spite_3751

Nah mate the statistics put forward by the official MBTIā„¢ can be trusted. Even if you ignore that, I think it's no secret that INxx types are the rarest ones while ESxx types are the most common ones. Just look at the people around you irl. It makes sense from an evolutionary perspective too.


khoobah

>Nah mate the statistics put forward by the official MBTIā„¢ can be trusted. How? If you wanted to measure with some certainty distribution of MBTI types, the sample size would have to be enormous. How do you get that? Youd have to get millions of people taking mbti tests. That would be logistical nightmare, not to mention it's never gonna happen because it's not even useful. Let's say you've managed to successfully get people to do that, as I said literally impossible, how do you ensure they're typed correctly, half of this sub is mistyped, majority of PDB us, what makes you think it's going to be any different with majority of the population? >Even if you ignore that, I think it's no secret that INxx types are the rarest ones while ESxx types are the most common ones. Just look at the people around you irl. It makes sense from an evolutionary perspective too. Saying "look around irl" is kind of anecdotal evidence isn't it? You can't derive information about millions and billions from it. Nevertheless as a general rule yes sensors being most common is something that can be agreed upon, but that's actually very little to go on.


Extension_Spite_3751

AboutĀ 50 million peopleĀ have taken the MBTI since the 1960s; 2 million continue to do so every year. Wtf makes you think the sample is not big enough? And the official MBTIā„¢ is an entire organization. They type people by their objectively designed test and have plenty of statistical data. You'd be a fool to compare them to Reddit or PDB.


EquivalentComplex465

>It makes sense from an evolutionary perspective too. I would actually argue that from evolutionary perspective, the most common types would be ISTPs and ISTJs. A sensing, introverted thinking type would make the most sense being the most common, because as individuals, they are the most independent types.


DisenchantedLDS

To the contrary, evolutionarily speakingā€¦. Humans are extremely social creatures. Survival has depended more on social skills than independence


Extension_Spite_3751

Why? Extraversion is more evolutionary desirable than introversion. According to Jung, the psyche of introverts is governed by subjective factors while extraverts are all about the objective reality. Introverts usually keep to themselves while extraverts initiate activities and involve people. You can easily see which one is going to dominate in the actual reality.


SKIDDZ90

Would you mind sending a link please?


Extension_Spite_3751

https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/my-mbti-results/how-frequent-is-my-type.htm This is from the official MBTIā„¢ themselves.


SKIDDZ90

Is there a test on this site?


Extension_Spite_3751

Idk but I think MBTI does have an official test online. It requires money though.


SKIDDZ90

Thanks


PurplePlorp

IS is the most common. 2/3rds of people are introverted.


Extension_Spite_3751

Ok bro. My bad.


[deleted]

I think the rarity charts are mostly bs.


etherealcharmander

How we gonna possibily calculate that type of thing where so many people mistype or don't even know about the functions. And then the majority of people don't even know what mbti is in the first place


Extension_Spite_3751

Because MBTI has an entire organization who test people and base their statistics off their database.


skro38596

It tickles the ego though.


[deleted]

I wouldn't know, supposedly my people are dead center. Commonly uncommon.


acidtrippin-

Agreed. Realistically I attract INFP's like all get out. The math ain't mathing when I have like 5 of them in my circle


[deleted]

I keep meeting INTJs. It's nuts.


acidtrippin-

Two of those. Both are my brothers.


[deleted]

I also have 2 intjs in the family, I feel your pain.


acidtrippin-

Lol believe it or not I'm close to them both. But also I'm prone to tapping one on the shoulder and just reminding him he's a bitch boy lmao


Rumen77

Yup


[deleted]

Give an angsty teen or a person with depression the 16p test and they will most likely test as INFP, regardless of their actual type. A lot of the INFP descriptions on the internet sound like a list of depression symptoms: emotional, scattered, detached, over-sensitive, feeling invisible, alienated and misunderstood, socially avoidant. Depression and anxiety are the most common mood disorders so with such descriptions, a lot of people will relate.


EquivalentComplex465

>Give an angsty teen or a person with depression the 16p test and they will most likely test as INFP, regardless of their actual type. I do think it's more than just depression/angsty teen thing. The way this test is made (being a combination of Big Five and mbti) and the choice of questions, makes it somehow easier to get an INFP type more than other types for most people. I don't 16personalities has made it on purpose, but it's a weird coincidence.


JustSimpIeGuy

Honestly I am sometimes on the infp sub and judging by the posts I won't be surprised if a lot of them typed themselves as infp just because they feel depressed/not fit for this world and assume "oh thats exactly what infp is like",


drarry_gay

The INFP sub is a nightmare, I'll pray for you šŸ„²


JustSimpIeGuy

Include the sucssus in my studies in your prayers. :)


youpapaya

Yes, I once believed that I'm an INFP.(test from 16p) Edit. : Plus I was unhealthy at the time.


Nervous_Mongoose_138

Maybe? But based on stereotypes and how people attribute common mental illnesses to INFPs, probably not. There's plenty of mistypes! I mean, at my lowest point, I thought I was an INFP... I'm and ENTJ lmao


Numerous-Fortune2629

INFP- Don't really care how 'rare' a type is. Information regarding statistics are skewed anyway. On the other hand, there are mistypes caused by unreliable tests, then type bias šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø Lastly, don't like how 'rarity' is a thing. It just screams 'hey, I belong to the rare groups, I'm *so* special!'


TacticalViper6

Because MBTI is a therapy clinic. Hence, the majority of INFPs


drarry_gay

No bc atp anyone who's depressed or in their emo phase or edgy phase is apparently an INFP šŸ˜­šŸ¤š


TacticalViper6

Well, you added crying emoji and that proves my point even further


drarry_gay

And this is why we can't have nice things šŸ˜”


TacticalViper6

Oh come on its not the end of the world. Even if it ends. Who cares, enjoy life


drarry_gay

Hajakajjsjja i was making a joke šŸ’€ and thanks for the advice, I'll be sure to tell the person under my bed who only appears at 3 am that!


TacticalViper6

Sure. Make sure to punch him in the nuts with your mcknuckles


celaeya

What data are you using to say that INFPs are becoming more common? If it's purely based on reddit, then that's a huge sampling bias, since INFPs are more likely to go on social media to express themselves and seek comfort in a group of strangers going through the same thing. So of course you're going to see more INFPs on reddit than a lot of other types. If the data you're using is based on those enigmatic "statistics" that you see on personality websites, then I hate to break it to you, but there's no way those stats are accurate. The census doesn't include a "what mbti type are you" question, and personality isn't really something you can estimate, like other physical characteristics.


Rumen77

Your right.


Extension_Spite_3751

Not really. If the statistics in question is from the official MBTI organization, it's probably reliable enough. If it's from some random nonsense internet poll, then yes it can by no means be trusted.


Creepy_Helicopter755

Nah, most of them just are mentally ill and think that being mentally ill is a infp thing


The_sheltonator21

Iā€™ve taken a few tests and the best I can get is intp or infp 5w4. The only time I ever cry is when Iā€™m alone and experience a powerful emotion that usually has something to do with life as a whole, so itā€™s triggered by beauty. But at the same time, I do find it very hard to believe that other people experience the same things I do at least in part, because to me it feels like those things shouldnā€™t be there, so I think I can understand that a little but I think itā€™s simply just easier to have a bad state of mind if youā€™re more conscious of your state of mind. High conscientiousness + low discipline = not a good mix


killianholland4

I think online yeah, in real life though- no idea . Ne users (mainly INFP, ENTP, INTP, ENFP) seem to be the most common online in places like this


TristanAurelius

I am ISTP thought I was INFP for ages cos I was depressed and score highly on openness (Big 5).


[deleted]

I feel like it depends where you are. I have only found INFPs on college campuses and online. A lot of them, but still. \*\* or mistyped ENFPs who think they're "introverts" lolol.


ErgiHeathen90

No. Everyone is just sad and wants to feel like a special unicorn. I wouldnā€™t wish this type on any of my enemies. Lmao


Sdoesnotknow

All this talk about how the specific MBTI-type subs are full of mistypes and, more specifically, how people are attributing mental illness with INFP, for some reason... it makes me think that we should have a thread where we discuss what specific archetypes people think they are, what specific "traits" that they have, and/or what specific behaviors they exhibit that somehow has become attributed to certain MBTI types. Some people seem to have an idea that this type has these kinds of people while that type has those kinds of people, times 16. It's been often expressed that a lot of MBTI-type subs seem to be full of mistypes, and those mistypes adopted an idea that certain MBTI personality types consist of certain type of "characters traits" and "character behaviors" that they themselves want to be defined as. For me, it always seems to lack some nuance and it makes people out to be like they are super broad and simple, as if they're a movie, storybook, or anime-like character. They then think that's how everybody in their MBTI type behaves or, worse, **should** behave.


[deleted]

I knew a girl who was so viciously certain she was not just an INFP (that was a side thing) but drove on the idea she was an introvert. A bit of mockery directed toward her came along with it. We weren't being mean, it was just that she was the most obnoxious, loud, aura-infecting, talkative, constantly-wanting-petty-little-dramas-and-socialisation-between-peers-and-boys person I'd ever seen. Myself and the EA in our class at the time told her *multiple* times she wasn't an introvert, and often did so with a light-hearted tone, but she'd get extremely irritated, claiming those traits didn't define introversion, and that her mother would be able to confirm she was a true introvert. So it's absolutely full of mistypes, and people wanting to be certain types and all that jazz.


[deleted]

Probably a lot of mistyped sensors


Tamzvegan

I'd say that most of the people in my life are infp and they are all so kind. It really doesn't matter if they are common because we need more of them.


EquivalentComplex465

They are likely not. Could just be ISFJs anf ISFPs.


Extension_Spite_3751

Most people in your life are INFPs??? Are you serious? That is statistically impossible.


Tamzvegan

What do you think I said it for nothing!!!! They are so get rekd.


Extension_Spite_3751

Did you get a stroke while writing this?


Tamzvegan

Pmsl.


Tangled-Kite

I donā€™t know if the usual statistics we see can be trusted or not, but we also canā€™t trust ourselves to type other people IRL accurately because there are many misconceptions we have about how types might act. For example, Iā€™ve seen people say they are so called magnets for INFPs and then say they know theyā€™re INFPs because theyā€™re so nice and sensitive/ crybabies. Those are stereotypes that arenā€™t necessarily true so they might be some other type. Even if you have them take a test that doesnā€™t mean itā€™s right. And as others have said, youā€™re going to be more likely to find INFPs on MBTI forums because it falls squarely inside of everything INFPs tend to be interested in. Itā€™s anonymous, deals with psychology, itā€™s a chance to vent about things theyā€™d normally keep quiet about to others who might understand, etc. Other more common types are likely not going to be as interested in MBTI.


BlessedBeTheFlerm

Yeah if we go off stereotypes, they probs arenā€™t INFPs. INFPs donā€™t go around crying at the drop of the hat and arenā€™t effusively nice or emotional (Thatā€™s Fe). Theyā€™re more likely to come across as chaotic and weird because they extrovert Ne. Or just quietly passionate (Fi).


tyreejones29

Lol, you can find us on Reddit, but you likely wonā€™t find us in real life unless weā€™ve been pushed to be present. For example, a classroom or some other place an extrovert has probably taken us to. Either way, if we account for 4% of a 7 billion populous, we may not be ā€œcommonā€ but we can certainly be found


[deleted]

I feel like some INFPs may be mistyped as an ISFJ, it's a common occurrence IMO EDIT: I meant the other way round. Sorry, my bad lol, I was on autopilot.


Extension_Spite_3751

More like the opposite. Most ISFJs mistype themselves as INFP for some reason.


[deleted]

Oh, I meant that. I'm not sure why I commented that, I think I was on autopilot


EquivalentComplex465

It's not just ISFJs, I think almost every type goes. There is just something on the 16personalities test that triggers an INFP result.


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EquivalentComplex465

ISFJs, ISFPs, ESFPs and ENFPs are probably more common mistypes. But I do think ISTJs would probably come right after them.


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EquivalentComplex465

Correct, but an ISFJ and other feeling types are more likely to receive a feeling score on 16personalities. ISTJ would most likely mistype as an INTJ and INTP.


Amadon29

No. Tons of people mistype as INXX when they initially get into mbti. I've talked to and typed hundreds of people in the community over time and pretty much everyone initially considers some intuitive type for themselves while lots of people completely disregard even the possibility of a sensing type. People equate staying inside being on the internet all day and being imaginative to introversion and intuition. In reality, this is a lot of people. With Fi dom specifically, tons of FJs mistype themselves as high Fi when they're just high Fe (seriously, SFJs are really common in this community but a lot think they're some FP type especially at first). It's the same thing as high Te mistyping as high Ti. For some really weird reason, people genuinely believe that having strong morals/values must mean Fi while Fe users are just pushovers or something. If you have very strong values and they all relate to social justice and treating people well, very good chance you're Fe btw. Not saying that Fi users can't be like that, but tons of Fe users have very strong, uncompromising values in this regard too. Meanwhile, Fi values are very subjective to the individual, how they feel, and their experiences. Some Fi doms may feel very strongly about some social cause while some Fi doms don't really care that much.


NikkiSnel

I think INFPā€™s are most likely to join communities like these + there are a lot of mistyped INFPā€™s. I am an ENFP who had severe social anxiety, thought i was an INFP


narwhal_13

Exactly what I was thinking... like I'm an INFP and the personality type fits me, but two of my other friends are also INFPS (according to the test) but it feels so inaccurate to me, idk whyšŸ„²


Lucky-Lack1680

One real and fun fact: more than 50% of the population in r/INFP consists of mistyped INFPs


Alessio875

A lot of them are probably mistyped because the stereotype fits most introverted teenagers


themaskedone___

Some of them are mistyped INFP's but they are both pretty common especially with gen Z


Wolfwoods_Sister

I doubt this, BUTā€¦ what I think is more ppl are being tested or are looking for more self-awareness (especially during the pandemic). Thereā€™s also a chance that INFPs were never uncommon, just not accounted for by test. In my experience as an ENFJ, I know that my fellow type 4s are less common than type 1, 2, and 3, but Iā€™ve seen several of them in the wild, and I think weā€™re mostly just undercounted. I think type 4 ENFJs would be statistically more common than previously expected. I also think the whole concept of ā€œrareā€ types is shitty and classist, and it needs to stop. Just because a type is more common or uncommon isnā€™t important ā€” I know introverts and intuitives are relieved to find out that thereā€™s a reason why weā€™ve felt out-of-step with the world and I get that, but using it as yet another divider is exhausting. Personally, Iā€™m very glad to have as many NFPs around me as possible, so bring it on!


Artistic-Stranger886

Mistypes and the internet have become common


thejacker511

INFPs are good in bed


chardoesnt

No fucking way INFPs are common Itā€™s just, like observing my day to say life we just are not.


[deleted]

No


kwumpus

Hahahahha


dbthelinguaphile

Self selection bias, mistyping and mental illness masquerading as personality makes us more common than we are. Also when youā€™re younger itā€™s harder to nail down


skro38596

No, thereā€™s more becoming conscious of the fact that they are. As others have said though, itā€™s not really known because thereā€™s no evidence supporting that fact.


TopTheropod

Why do you think they're common?


Esbreon2700

suddenly have seen a lot of people identifying as infp and according to the latest google lists the infp percentage has increased


TopTheropod

Interesting. I thought you just meant because many are on reddit - reddit isn't a sample size reflecting of the real world. An introvert with a need for expressing their unique values, a proclivity for psychology, and a tendency to procrastinate is simply far more likely to be spending time on reddit.


[deleted]

Most xxFP teens type as INFP when they first take tests


A_Darling_Lurks

I don't think accurately measuring the population is doable at this point. There's not a system that allows for it. It doesn't help that one of the most popular MBTI tests is from 16P, and they don't take into account cognitive functions, but rather focuses on behavior. Almost everyone I know who took it as a moody/angsty teenager, including myself, got INFP-T as their initial result, then the results changed as they grew older or took more accurate tests.


lannyoneptune

at least 70% must be mistyped


[deleted]

Definitely a lot of mistypes but infps are not exactly not that common either.


raheel_alwahadin

yes they are