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Take this IQ test free online, with instant results. Your score, your percentile and a breakdown by question type appear the moment you finish, with no email and nothing to unlock. It is a free online IQ test of 33 reasoning questions, scored the same way for everyone. Read on for how to check your IQ, what the questions look like, and how to tell whether an online IQ test is real.
Your IQ score, how you did on each kind of question, and an explanation for every question you missed.
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Sample report
After you finish, you can go through every question you missed, with the right answer and why it is right.
A real report for raw scores of 14, 3, 4, 2. The marked stretch on each bar is the typical range for that section, and each small square is one question. Yours is drawn the same way from your own answers.
A set of reasoning problems whose score is placed on a scale where 100 is average. This one has 33 puzzles across four kinds of reasoning, takes most people about 9 minutes, and shows your score the moment you finish.
An IQ score, your percentile, and a breakdown across matrix, series, verbal and numerical questions. It opens on the results page with no email and nothing to unlock.
Satisfying real curiosity, seeing how your reasoning compares, and a first read before a supervised test such as Mensa's. It also makes a fair warm-up for aptitude tests at work.
Diagnose anything or replace a psychologist's assessment. It cannot see creativity, judgement or persistence. Online scores also run higher than supervised ones, so read yours as a position on this test.
Your IQ is a position on a scale where 100 is the middle. To find it, you take a reasoning test scored against that scale, whether you call it an IQ test, an intelligence test or an IQ quiz. Five steps get you the truest reading from this one.
Most people finish in about nine minutes, and there is no time limit. Silence notifications and close other tabs before you start.
Rushing costs more than people expect. In our US data, people who finished in under two minutes averaged about 30 points lower than people who took ten to fifteen.
Twenty of the 33 questions are matrix puzzles. Look for what changes along each row, then check that the same rule holds down each column.
The test runs in 12 languages, and the verbal questions depend on reading them well. If English is not your first language, choose yours from the language menu at the foot of the page.
A second attempt usually scores a little higher, because the questions are familiar by then. Your first calm attempt is the fairest read.
Only an assessment by a psychologist gives a clinical IQ. An online test gives you a well-founded estimate.
Four kinds of reasoning, each question multiple choice with four options. None of it needs specialist knowledge.
There is no time limit. Taking your time helps more than most people expect.
A grid of shapes with one cell missing. You find the rule that runs across the rows and down the columns.
Number and letter sequences, a counting puzzle, and a rate problem built to punish the first obvious answer.
An opposite, a synonym, an analogy, and the word that does not belong with the others.
Everyday data questions: a percentage change, an average and a median, taken from small tables.
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What comes next in the sequence? 3, 7, 13, 21, 31, …
43. The gaps between the numbers grow by two each time (4, 6, 8, 10), so the next gap is 12, and 31 + 12 = 43.
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It is a real reasoning test, built on published research and scored the same way for everyone. It is not a clinical assessment, and it does not pretend to be one. Here is what that means for how accurate your score is.
The 33 questions are built on the International Cognitive Ability Resource (ICAR), an open bank of reasoning items that psychologists developed and published for research. The paper that introduced it is the first source below.
Every question counts the same. Each right answer is worth three points, and 16 or 17 correct out of 33 lands at about 100. Nothing is weighted or curved, and your score is worked out the moment you finish.
Every question is worth the same 3 points, and nothing is weighted or curved. The floor at 55 is the only exception: below it the scale stops rather than continuing down.
It gives a fair estimate of how well you reason through these kinds of puzzles on the day. It cannot diagnose anything, and it cannot see creativity, judgement or persistence. Scores on unsupervised online tests usually run higher than on supervised ones, so read yours as a position on this test.
No online test gives an official IQ. Psychologists give the Wechsler scales or the Stanford-Binet one to one. Mensa accepts its own supervised test or approved earlier results, and says its online challenge will not qualify you. How to qualify for Mensa
Your score, your section breakdown and an explanation of every question you missed are free, with no email and no card. The only thing for sale is an optional certificate and report, paid once. It is not a subscription.
Sources, all checked 1 October 2026
100 is the middle of the scale. Every 15 points is one standard step away from it, so two people in three score between 85 and 115.
The top of the scale, and the range that high-IQ societies such as Mensa look for on a supervised test.
Well above the middle of the scale. On a short test, a few questions either way can move a score in or out of this band.
Above the middle of the scale, and a strong result on these puzzles.
The middle of the scale, where half of all scores on it fall. For everyday life, this range is simply normal.
A little below the middle. On an online test, rushing or reading in a second language can pull a score into this range.
Well below the middle. One short online test says little here, and a calm retake on another day often reads differently.
The bottom of the scale. A result here on a short online test is not a diagnosis. If it worries you, a psychologist can give a full assessment.
Labels are the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV) bands on a scale with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. Every percentile from 55 to 160 is on the IQ scale chart. What a specific score means
Yes. Your score, percentile and section breakdown open on the results page without an email, an account or a card. We earn money from an optional certificate and report. You can ignore both, and nothing in your result is held back to sell them.
About nine minutes for most people, and there is no time limit. Rushing costs more than people expect. In our US data, people who finished in under two minutes averaged about 30 points lower than people who took ten to fifteen.
Anything from 110 up is above average, and 120 puts you ahead of about nine people in ten. The usual Mensa line, 130, is reached by about one person in fifty. For everyday life, anything between 90 and 109 is simply normal. The IQ scale chart has every percentile.
No. MyIQTested is an independent site with no connection to myIQ.com or Cerebrum IQ. Here your score, percentile and breakdown appear without an email or a card, and nothing is charged unless you choose to buy the optional certificate.
Both: half of the first-time takers who tell us their age are under 18. Read a child’s score with care, though. Everyone is scored against the same reference point, so a child’s number is not adjusted for age the way a clinical test is. For school gifted testing, our CogAT practice test is closer to what they will actually sit.
Yes, as often as you like, but expect the number to move. Of 894,632 people who took it twice, 35.1% changed by ten points or more, and very high first scores usually came down. A calm first attempt is the fairer read.
By counting correct answers and placing the count on a scale where 100 is the middle. Here every question is worth three points, and 16 or 17 right out of 33 lands at about 100. The reference point is fixed rather than re-estimated from takers, which is one reason online scores run high. The old formula, mental age divided by real age, only ever worked for children.
Your score is worked out in your browser. Like most sites, we keep anonymous usage records, such as scores, timing and approximate country, and publish only aggregate figures, such as our research pages. You do not need a name or email to take the test. The detail is in the privacy policy.
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