About

The Innocence Test is a personality quiz popularized on TikTok in 2021 and 2022 in which the testee checks off boxes to discover how innocent they are. It's said to be a modern variation on the Rice Purity Test, which was created in the 1920s. Additionally, Put A Finger Down tests also emerged with the same theme.

Origin

On December 27th, 2020, TikTokers^[1] 50shades_of_grace and ellemn0 posted a video in which they announced the launch of a personality quiz that they created called "The Innocence Test," which was a variation of the older Rice Purity Test^[2] but with modern, Gen Z and Millennial signifiers. Over the course of two years, the video received roughly 6.9 million plays and 1.6 million likes (shown below). On December 29th, 2020, "The Innocence Test" website^[3] was launched.

Spread

After 50shades_of_grace and ellemn0's TikTok went viral in late 2020, other TikTokers posted videos in which they green-screened in front of their results. On December 29th, 2020, TikToker^[4] jichichichi was the first to do so, earning roughly 38,400 plays and 3,300 likes in two years (shown below, left). On January 9th, 2021, TikToker^[5] peelingplums posted their results in a video that received 250,900 views in less than two years (shown below, right).

Related Memes

"Put A Finger Down" Innocence Test

On July 26th, 2020, TikToker^[6] spencer.barbosa posted a "Put A Finger Down" video that she called the "innocent edition," earning roughly 3.4 million plays and 552,800 likes in two years (shown below, left). On December 7th, 2020, TikToker^[7] notlucyboswell posted a similar "Put A Finger Down" video that received roughly 5.4 million plays and 799,500 likes in two years (shown below, right). Going forward, many creators used the sounds^[8][9] from the aforementioned videos to test their innocence.

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