How many Ns are in general population ?

[Chloe]

Nice bell curve, it's almost perfect. This thread has as much purpose as the other hundred thousand that have been created. It's at least mildly interesting to see how the people have voted

Exactly. After 10000 stupid&useless threads I guess I deserve one for my own satisfaction.

I usually count as blacks only people who are very black.

Lol, I meant I don't "recognize" some people as Ns "on first sight" if they are low, so there could be more Ns than it seems to me.

Also in this thread there are so many projections; if I ask what do you think how many Ns are there, or say some people are low N so don't seem like Ns - where did I say its better to be N than S?!

 

[Asterion]

I usually count as blacks only people who are very black.

Edit: In addition to my posting a comment as ridiculous as yours,
I'm going to add that I think perhaps only a fraction of those in this forum claiming to be N,
are actually what I would even consider to be the definition of intuitive.

Interesting, what's your definition of intuitive?

 

[Jaguar]

Lol, I meant I don't "recognize" some people as Ns "on first sight" if they are low, so there could be more Ns than it seems to me.

Also in this thread there are so many projections; if I ask what do you think how many Ns are there, or say some people are low N so don't seem like Ns - where did I say its better to be N than S?!

You didn't say N or S is better. That's not the issue here.

Ni is not something you can "recognize" or observe in a person,
anymore than you can observe their hypothalamus.
(Not without an MRI, anyway.)

I think it's pointless to even ask, or claim, what percentage of the population is intuitive.

There is no way of accurately measuring it.

 

[INTJ123]

I think if we tested different age groups, we would come out with different numbers, the younger they are, the higher percentage of intuitives. In children it's about 47% intuitives, in adults it's about 25%.

 

[Speed Gavroche]

US population: Sensors= 73% Intuitives= 27%
French Population: Sensors= 48% Intuitives= 52%

 

[ArchitectofFate]

US is a materialistic country, of course there are more Sensors.

 

[Unique]

IMO the US is a materialistic country. intuitives are less likely to be materialistic so thats why there is less of them

Fixed, despite it still being a pointless troll post.

 

[tinkerbell]

I've seen some online statistics, and I've also run a survey within the UK, the UK was not a pricese but gave roughtly 19% v's the online data of 22%. Basically not very many....

 

[Chloe]

My current opinion is 30%... from which 10% are borderline, and as someone stated... I guess I don't notice Ni easily since I don't use it much....
30% is enough for me I guess.

 

[fragrihug]

Hi guys, Im a newbie. Nice to join this forum.

 

[simulatedworld]

My current opinion is 30%... from which 10% are borderline, and as someone stated... I guess I don't notice Ni easily since I don't use it much....
30% is enough for me I guess.

This is roughly accurate, yeah. Most of my personal experience/things I've read say it's around 1/3.

 

[poppy]

This is probably not the type of question that should be answered with a poll.

Seconded.

The question doesn't make any sense to me. Even "in your experience..." would be more relevant.

It's like saying "In your opinion, how many people own cats?"

 

[simulatedworld]

^ In my opinion, you own six cats.

And by God, I have a right to that opinion, dammit.

 

[poppy]

^ In my opinion, you own six cats.

And by God, I have a right to that opinion, dammit.

Sim, I can't say I blame you for thinking that I'm a crazy cat lady

 

[CzeCze]

I started reading this thread and I thought 'Awww, I feel special!"

And then I read Protean's post with the statistics and I thought 'Awww, I don't feel so special!'

ENFP females are up to 10% of the population? Damn, and yet I still can't recognize "my own type" when I see it!

I do think the idea of statistics differences between nations are interesting. Makes you wonder how personality traits are carried genetically, molded culturally. What gets encouraged and what gets repressed/penalized.

It would be great if there were some kind of definitive questions/signs to determine S vs N in people you meet. It is the hardest trait to determine in people though through pure observation. I think you have to really understand the way a person processes information, comes to decisions, etc. to get a sense of it. I understand what Protean is getting at, though I am not nearly as familiar with this S/N question as she is.

I have an ISTJ bff and it's only because of years of knowing her that when I learned she was an "s" that it made sense to me. Because I knew how she took some things literally and had a tertiary Fi (or is that quand..ary?) and how differently we approached problems and saw things. I knew of these differences before I got into Myers-Briggs and way before she took the test. It was an "a-ha" moment and my point of reference for S-N differences. I also briefly dated an ISFJ and I was joking once and she got annoyed and said, "Don't over think things". That kind of sums up to me the perception of the S/N difference.

But yeah, 25% are N's? Whhhooooo-hooo! I feel special.

And maybe it's because I am ENFP and it's considered an "eccentric/independent" type, but I caught a loooooooot of flak growing up for being "different/strange/weird". Seeing it through a lens of S/N difference though made some of that more understandeable and making it understandable helps deal with it.

And if I also count in all the companies/co workers I've worked at/with where there was a definite mismatch , if I attribute S/N divide to that as well --

Yep, 'N's are rare. Or maybe I'm thinking of 'NP'. Let's say 15%-20% for NP?

 

[simulatedworld]

^ Heh yeah, ENFP is by far the most common N type, especially for females.

Of course, all of us NPs are lame because, even though only 1 in 3 people is an N, something like 7 out of 10 Ns are also Ps.

So it's really NJs who are the special ones.

 

[Oaky]

In this world S is the new awesome.

 

[tinkerbell]

This was taken from online MBTI statistics...

Total Artisans 36%
Entertainer 19%
ESFP 10%
ISFP 9%

Operator 17%
ISTP 9%
ESTP 8%




Total Guardian 43%
Administrator 23%
ESTJ 11%
ISTJ 12%

Conservator 20%
ESFJ 10%
ISFJ 10%




Total Rationalist 10%
Co-ordinators 5%
ENTJ 3%
INTJ 2%

Engineers 5%
ENTP 3%
INTP 3%



Total Idealist 12%
Advocate 8%
ENFP 6%
INFP 2%

Mentor * 4%
ENFJ 3%
INFJ 1%

 

[Eye 'n' Teepee]

I think 20% was the number I heard...

 

[NewEra]

I think there are actually more N's than people think, especially these days. Some say the population is around 25% N, 75% S. I disagree, I think it's more along the lines of 40% N, 60% S, just from the people I've been around. I know I voted lower, but if I truly think about, I would vote 40-45% N.