Enneagram 2026
While fixing SEO issues on old posts, I stumbled upon my Enneagram results from 2013 and did a fresh one to compare.
Enneagrams are Bullshit
These weird personality type tests seem mostly based on how our bosses might make use of us. What carrots and sticks to use on us. But people love personality tests. As long as we’re aware of the dubious perspectives they’re coming from and don’t try to change our lives to embody the test results we want then they’re harmless.
Personality tests, horoscopes, and the like in general are just fun things to play with sometimes. I view the results the same way I do a tarot reading: a fun reflection on where my head’s currently at.
Anyways, on with the fun.
My 2026 Enneagram Test
I used these Enneagram Tests because it was high in my search results and seemed fairly specialized. Not an endorsement so much as a disclosure.
Truity 👎
This one deceptively tells you it’s free but then gates everything except your top two results behind a pay wall after you spent time filling it out.
Personality Path 👎👎
This one has different wording for the questions, which changed how I answered some. They do the same thing where they paywall the detailed results, but at least have a prettier interface. They don’t give any hint of what other stats were beyond the top one, which defeats the point a bit.
The Art of Growth
This one is better. It gives full details for free, and the questions are a little easier to answer. That said, the results diverged significantly from all my other tests, which makes me skeptical of its method. I also don’t really understand their scoring.
Eclectic Energies 👍 (the Best Enneagram Personality Test)
Free, comprehensive, and the questions are asked in simpler ways that’re easier to answer. This is the one I’d recommend to others.
It measures on a scale from 0-10 instead of counting responses from 0-21 like the others. I think it’s because it stops asking redundant questions you’ll likely answer the same way you did on a previous page, and I dig it. It also doesn’t do any analysis, which is great because you can find it easily elsewhere.
Reddit mentioned this site looking like it’s from 1998 as a negative thing, but I love it and find those sites to often feel more trustworthy these days.
Comparison
My 2013 results from some website I don’t recall:
My Enneagram Comparison Chart
| Type | 2013 | 2026 EE | 2026 AoG | 2026 Truity | 2026 PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Perfectionist | 21 | 6.2 (13) ⬇️ | 40 (16) ⬇️ | 17 ⬇️ | ? |
| 2 Helper | 15 | 9.9 (20) ⬆️ | 25 (10) ⬇️ | 18 ⬆️ | 20 ⬆️ |
| 3 Achiever | 5 | 3.5 (7) ⬆️ | 30 (12) ⬆️⬆️ | 10 ⬆️⬆️ | ? |
| 4 Individualist | 17 | 8.2 (17) 🟰 | 30 (12) ⬇️ | 19 ⬆️ | ? |
| 5 Investigator | 13 | ? | 40 (16) ⬆️ | 12 ⬇️ | ? |
| 6 Loyalist | 4 | 8.9 (18) ⬆️⬆️ | 50 (20) ⬆️⬆️ | 17 ⬆️⬆️ | ? |
| 7 Enthusiast | 16 | 8.8 (18) ⬆️ | 35 (14) ⬇️ | 12 ⬇️ | ? |
| 8 Challenger | 17 | ? | 50 (20) ⬆️ | 19 ⬆️ | ? |
| 9 Peacemaker | 13 | ? | 20 (8) ⬇️ | 6 ⬇️⬇️ | ? |
Comparisons by Rank
| Rank | 2013 | 2026 EE | 2026 AoG | 2026 Truity | 2026 PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Perfectionist | 2 Helper | 6 Loyalist 8 Challenger | 4 Individualist 8 Challenger | 2 Helper |
| 2 | 4 Individualist 8 Challenger | 6 Loyalist | 1 Perfectionist 5 Investigator | 2 Helper | |
| 3 | 7 Enthusiast | 7 Enthusiast | 7 Enthusiast | 1 Perfectionist 6 Loyalist | |
| 4 | 2 Helper | 4 Individualist | 3 Achiever 4 Individualist | 5 Investigator 7 Enthusiast | |
| 5 | 5 Investigator 9 Peacemaker | 1 Perfectionist | 2 Helper | 3 Achiever | |
| 6 | 3 Achiever | 3 Achiever | 9 Peacemaker | 9 Peacemaker | |
| 7 | 6 Loyalist |
Enneagram Type Reference
- Enneagram Type Explanations — Wikipedia
Analysis
After just reading all the types and before testing, I placed myself in:
- Helper (2)
- Individualist (4)
- Challenger (8)
- Perfectionist (1)
- Enthusiast (7)
- Loyalist (6)
- Achiever (3)
- Investigator (5)
- Peacemaker (9)
After seeing my results, my opinions haven’t really changed.
Perfectionism
The reduction in this type makes sense. In 2013, I was quite anxious. I planned a big wedding, got married, and was dealing with the emotional drop after all that intensity went back to normal. I was burning out at work — still succeeding for the moment, but at great cost to my health. And grappling with the beginnings of my non-binary identity.
I’m still detail-oriented and critical, but I’ve toned it down a lot. I have more experience working with and managing teams. My social life is a far bigger part of my life than my work. I’ve worked toward not sweating the small stuff, and feel I’m better for it.
Helper (People Pleasing)
I’m still an acts of service girl. Giving and caring come naturally to me and bring me great satisfaction. I’ve worked to decouple my need for thanks, validation, and reciprocation from how I express love, and it’s been a big help. Now I love freely, on my terms, and the ways people react don’t change my methods. I confidently express positive feelings about others because it’s who I am. It doesn’t seek any particular response.
Challenger & Individualist
These two features are linked for me. I know my values. I’m flexible in how I act on them in the real world, but my core is well-worn and consistent after 42 years. I have no issue with confrontation. I’ve mostly made my peace with rejection and rejecting others I’m incompatible with. These aspects of my personality haven’t changed much in the last decade.
Enthusiast
I want to nurture this part of myself more. Many of my hobbies and creative mediums have fallen away since college. I’d love to delve deeper into my hobbies and crafts, but my priorities never seem to allow it. My watch list for movies is so long these days because having two hours to sit and immerse myself in a film feels like such a big ask.
I suspect it’s a time issue. When I investigate how I use my time, it’s full of stuff I really value: socializing, quiet hangout time, going out for events, self care. All of it is important. I even layer multiples over each other sometimes by combining social time with chores. The only thing I wish I could shrink was how much time I spend working and dealing with mundane bureaucracies. (Hello tax season!) And everyone wishes for that.
Investigator
I’m curious, impatient, and easily bored. I have a thirst for personal growth and fear of stagnation. Because of this, I think the Investigator will always be part of the picture for me. The tests putting this in the middle fairly consistently makes sense.
Loyalist
I’ve had a blog draft in the works for a decade called Fuck Loyalty. I don’t value loyalty as a concept. It feels too much like allegiance or blind faith. I prefer integrity: communicating what I’m doing, and doing what I promise. It’s not about some social tie, it’s about my own self respect.
But loyalty means different things to different people. These quizzes conflate it with other ideas. For example, I’ve never cheated on anyone so I’m loyal in the fidelity sense of the word. I’ve held up my commitments and don’t shy away from making them generally. So this value placing higher on some of these tests makes sense.
Achiever
Adults expected me to be an achiever since I was very young. I was constantly reminded of “my potential” and how I wasn’t working hard enough to reach it. It’s a big part of my trauma around my school years and I’ve worked hard to reduce the insecurities and internalized ableism it caused.
Is it a chicken or egg thing? Have I failed at achieving what others wanted for me because I don’t have the right personality for it? Or has my history of failure created an aversion to attempting achievement, thus fulfilling its own prophecy? I have no idea. It’s one of those things I see inspire passion in others but does absolutely nothing for me emotionally. Nothing positive at least.
I’m not competitive, though I tried to act like it for a long time. I don’t have killer instinct to fight over accolades or resources. I’m just not interested, so of course I test low for it.
Peacekeeper
Being a peacekeeper means losing. It means placating others even when you know another path is right. It means sacrificing a part of yourself. I’m perfectly capable of moderating conversations toward mutual understanding, but I don’t consider that keeping peace. It’s more like translation and optimizing a conversation’s productivity. I don’t value short term peace over long term sustainable peace. Sustainable peace is about having hard conversations and resolving conflict. Not running away from it.
This one is rightfully near the bottom of all my tests.