The 16 types
All about the Myers-Briggs® types
Sixteen types, four pairs of preferences. Find out what each one means.
- ISTJresponsible realist
- ISFJpractical helper
- INFJinsightful visionary
- INTJconceptual planner
- ISTPlogical pragmatist
- ISFPversatile supporter
- INFPthoughtful idealist
- INTPobjective analyst
- ESTPenergetic problem solver
- ESFPenthusiastic improvisor
- ENFPimaginative motivator
- ENTPenterprising explorer
- ESTJefficient organizer
- ESFJsupportive contributor
- ENFJcompassionate facilitator
- ENTJdecisive strategist
The MBTI® assessment gives you insights into what makes you you. Get to know your MBTI type and you get a head start in self-awareness that’s practical and actionable.
How many MBTI types are there?
The MBTI assessment helps people understand their innate personality preferences through different personality types. There are 16 MBTI types altogether, and each one has four letters.
What do the preferences mean?
Your type comes from four pairs of preferences. In each pair, one side comes more naturally to you. Neither is better; they are different ways of doing the same essential things.
How you get your energy
E or I
Extraversion or Introversion
Where you focus your attention and get your energy: the outer world of people and activity, or your inner world of ideas and reflection.
How you take in information
S or N
Sensing or Intuition
How you take in information: through what is real and concrete, or through patterns, meanings and possibilities.
How you make decisions
T or F
Thinking or Feeling
How you make decisions: by logic and objective analysis, or by what matters to you and to the people involved.
How you approach the outside world
J or P
Judging or Perceiving
How you deal with the world around you: planned and settled, or open and flexible.
Put the four together and you have one of sixteen types. Each has its own page above: an overview, strengths and weaknesses, careers and relationships.
What's the difference between the types?
That’s exactly what our 16 MBTI type pages show you!
Check any type—including your own, if you think you already know it—and you’ll see:
- Two-word descriptions of every type—like ‘Efficient Organizer’ (ESTJ), ‘Thoughtful Idealist’ (INFP), and so on.
- At-a-glance overviews, facts, and statistics.
- Words that best describe that type.
- Deeper information on the strengths, likely careers, and relationship style of each type.
Take a look, dig around. Get a feel for how this kind of information can help your self-development journey.
And remember...
…these type pages and overviews are just the beginning of better understanding yourself, seeing similarities and differences in others, and reaching your potential when it comes to personal development backed by science.
To go further, take the MBTI assessment here.
Learn your type, get personalized feedback—and uncover even more insights about yourself and others.
Your next step
Take the official MBTI® assessment.
There’s no better time to invest in yourself.