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About

The Open-Source Psychometrics Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz is an online survey to determine which fictional character from the worlds of movies and television the user's personality most closely aligns.

History

According to the development page of the Open-Source Psychometrics Project (OSPP), the earliest update of the "What character are you test?" occurred on April 18th, 2019.[1] However, the test did not go viral until April 2020, nearly one year later.

Features

The test offers users a series of questions, asking them to indicate on a slider which side of a spectrum they resemble. These indicators include "artistic vs. scientific," "indulgent vs. sober," "fast vs. slow," "normal vs. weird" and more.

At the end of the quiz, users are presented with their closes match from a list of 47 fictional universes, including Twin Peaks, The Simpsons, Star Wars, Sex and the City, The Big Bang Theory, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix and more.

According to the OSPP development page:

This test assumes that a character's assumed personality is reflected in the average ratings of individuals. To collect this data a survey was developed. In it, the volunteer respondent rates 30 characters on 1 trait each, randomly drawn from a bank of 30 traits. With enough data, all the individual surveys can be combined into a comprehensive database of assumed personality.

Highlights

On April 2nd, 2020, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling tweeted [2] about the quiz. She tweeted, "I took this quiz https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/characters/
to see which fictional character I'm most like and." In the tweet, she included her results, which revealed her best match was the Harry Potter character Dumbledore. The post received more than 10,000 likes and 730 retweets in less than two days (shown below).

J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling I took this quiz openpsychometrics.org/tests/characte... to see which fictional character l'm most like and The best match between the self assessment you provided and the profile of a fictional character as rated by other people who have taken this survey is the character Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter). 81% match Your traits versus their traits are graphed below (click on points for labels). 10:11 AM · Apr 2, 2020 · Twitter Web App

Within hours of this tweet, the test went viral. Throughout the day, others shared their results on social media (examples below).

That day, several media outlets reported on the quiz, including USA Today,[3] Inverse,[4] Refinery29,[5] Nerdist,[6] Yahoo,[7] Pedestrian TV[8] and more.

Chelsea Rebecca @carebecc I took that bigass fictional characters quiz and I've never felt more blessed or self-assured The best match between the self assessment you provided and the profile of a fictional character as rated by other people who have taken this survey is the character Salvatore Romano (Mad Men). 82% match 7:22 PM · Apr 2, 2020 · Twitter for Android
Ashley Oh O @itsashleyoh i finally took that big character personality quiz everyone was talking about and the top results i got were april ludgate and river tam both said YES very quickly... HMMM i asked allegra and julia and they assessment you provided and the profassessment you provided and the prot is survey is the character April Ludgatis survey is the character River Tam (I DOCUM FOR S INLY GAR 79% match 60% match 7:17 PM · Apr 2, 2020 · TweetDeck
Caroline Darya Framke @carolineframke tired: taking the % character quiz for yourself wired and deeply cursed: taking the character quiz for your ideal partner Full match list 1. Merry Brandybuck (Lord of the Rings): 88% 2. George Weasley. (Harry Potter): 86% 3. Pippin Took (Lord of the Rings): 85% 4. Troy Barnes (Community): 85% 5. Joey Tribbiani (Friends): 84% 6. Pumbaa (The Lion King): 83% 7. Goh Peik Lin (Crazy Rich Asians): 83% 8. Peter Jason Quill (Marvel Cinematic Universe): 82% 9. Stan Rizzo (Mad Men): 82% 10. Hoban Washburne (Firefly + Serenity): 81% 11. Charlie Pace (LOST): 80% 12. Oberyn Martell (Game of Thrones): 79% 13. Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter): 79% 14. Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender): 79% 15. Ty Lee (Avatar: The Last Airbender): 79% 16. Han Solo (Star Wars): 79% 17. Nymphadora Tonks (Harry Potter): 78% 18. Michael Kelso (That 70's Show): 78% 19. Penny (The Big Bang Theory): 78% 20. Simba (The Lion King): 78% 21. Phoebe Buffay (Friends): 77% 22. Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes (LOST): 77% 23. Homer Simpson (The Simpsons): 77% 24. Lady Sybil Crawley. (Downton Abbey): 77% 25. Angel Batista (Dexter): 77% 1:28 PM · Apr 2, 2020 · Twitter Web App

External References

[1] Internet Archive – What character are you test

[2] Twitter – @jk_rowling's Tweet

[3] USA Today – Here's how to do the 'Which Character' personality quiz everyone is taking

[4] Inverse – 'WHICH CHARACTER' PERSONALITY TEST: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRAL QUIZ

[5] Refinery29 – Everyone Is Taking This TV Personality Quiz, But The Answers Are Upsettingly Accurate

[6] Nerdist – Take the Ultimate Pop Culture Personality Quiz

[7] Yahoo – I'm Not a Bad Parent Because I Got Saul From 'Breaking Bad' On That Personality Quiz

[8] Pedestrian TV – This ‘Which Character’ Personality Test Is Going Viral On Twitter So Prepare To Feel Seen

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About

The Open-Source Psychometrics Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz is an online survey to determine which fictional character from the worlds of movies and television the user's personality most closely aligns.

History

According to the development page of the Open-Source Psychometrics Project (OSPP), the earliest update of the "What character are you test?" occurred on April 18th, 2019.[1] However, the test did not go viral until April 2020, nearly one year later.

Features

The test offers users a series of questions, asking them to indicate on a slider which side of a spectrum they resemble. These indicators include "artistic vs. scientific," "indulgent vs. sober," "fast vs. slow," "normal vs. weird" and more.

At the end of the quiz, users are presented with their closes match from a list of 47 fictional universes, including Twin Peaks, The Simpsons, Star Wars, Sex and the City, The Big Bang Theory, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix and more.

According to the OSPP development page:

This test assumes that a character's assumed personality is reflected in the average ratings of individuals. To collect this data a survey was developed. In it, the volunteer respondent rates 30 characters on 1 trait each, randomly drawn from a bank of 30 traits. With enough data, all the individual surveys can be combined into a comprehensive database of assumed personality.

Highlights

On April 2nd, 2020, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling tweeted [2] about the quiz. She tweeted, "I took this quiz https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/characters/
to see which fictional character I'm most like and." In the tweet, she included her results, which revealed her best match was the Harry Potter character Dumbledore. The post received more than 10,000 likes and 730 retweets in less than two days (shown below).


J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling I took this quiz openpsychometrics.org/tests/characte... to see which fictional character l'm most like and The best match between the self assessment you provided and the profile of a fictional character as rated by other people who have taken this survey is the character Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter). 81% match Your traits versus their traits are graphed below (click on points for labels). 10:11 AM · Apr 2, 2020 · Twitter Web App

Within hours of this tweet, the test went viral. Throughout the day, others shared their results on social media (examples below).

That day, several media outlets reported on the quiz, including USA Today,[3] Inverse,[4] Refinery29,[5] Nerdist,[6] Yahoo,[7] Pedestrian TV[8] and more.


Chelsea Rebecca @carebecc I took that bigass fictional characters quiz and I've never felt more blessed or self-assured The best match between the self assessment you provided and the profile of a fictional character as rated by other people who have taken this survey is the character Salvatore Romano (Mad Men). 82% match 7:22 PM · Apr 2, 2020 · Twitter for Android Ashley Oh O @itsashleyoh i finally took that big character personality quiz everyone was talking about and the top results i got were april ludgate and river tam both said YES very quickly... HMMM i asked allegra and julia and they assessment you provided and the profassessment you provided and the prot is survey is the character April Ludgatis survey is the character River Tam (I DOCUM FOR S INLY GAR 79% match 60% match 7:17 PM · Apr 2, 2020 · TweetDeck Caroline Darya Framke @carolineframke tired: taking the % character quiz for yourself wired and deeply cursed: taking the character quiz for your ideal partner Full match list 1. Merry Brandybuck (Lord of the Rings): 88% 2. George Weasley. (Harry Potter): 86% 3. Pippin Took (Lord of the Rings): 85% 4. Troy Barnes (Community): 85% 5. Joey Tribbiani (Friends): 84% 6. Pumbaa (The Lion King): 83% 7. Goh Peik Lin (Crazy Rich Asians): 83% 8. Peter Jason Quill (Marvel Cinematic Universe): 82% 9. Stan Rizzo (Mad Men): 82% 10. Hoban Washburne (Firefly + Serenity): 81% 11. Charlie Pace (LOST): 80% 12. Oberyn Martell (Game of Thrones): 79% 13. Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter): 79% 14. Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender): 79% 15. Ty Lee (Avatar: The Last Airbender): 79% 16. Han Solo (Star Wars): 79% 17. Nymphadora Tonks (Harry Potter): 78% 18. Michael Kelso (That 70's Show): 78% 19. Penny (The Big Bang Theory): 78% 20. Simba (The Lion King): 78% 21. Phoebe Buffay (Friends): 77% 22. Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes (LOST): 77% 23. Homer Simpson (The Simpsons): 77% 24. Lady Sybil Crawley. (Downton Abbey): 77% 25. Angel Batista (Dexter): 77% 1:28 PM · Apr 2, 2020 · Twitter Web App

External References

[1] Internet Archive – What character are you test

[2] Twitter – @jk_rowling's Tweet

[3] USA Today – Here's how to do the 'Which Character' personality quiz everyone is taking

[4] Inverse – 'WHICH CHARACTER' PERSONALITY TEST: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRAL QUIZ

[5] Refinery29 – Everyone Is Taking This TV Personality Quiz, But The Answers Are Upsettingly Accurate

[6] Nerdist – Take the Ultimate Pop Culture Personality Quiz

[7] Yahoo – I'm Not a Bad Parent Because I Got Saul From 'Breaking Bad' On That Personality Quiz

[8] Pedestrian TV – This ‘Which Character’ Personality Test Is Going Viral On Twitter So Prepare To Feel Seen

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