What Is the MyType Quiz? How It Went Viral and What It Measures

Imagine eight portraits on your screen. A wide smile catches your eye. Then you pick someone with a quieter expression, followed by someone whose look you find hard to describe. Do that a few more times and a quiz can show you which visual styles you kept choosing.

That’s the idea behind the MyType Quiz, a picture-based quiz about first impressions. The original MyType at mytype.fyi spread in November 2026 as people posted their results on X. Our MyType Quiz is an independent, six-round version. Both start with a simple question: which faces catch your eye? Original MyType · Try our MyType Quiz

An example grid assembled from our portrait library. A live run draws its own set of images.

What happens when you take the MyType Quiz?

In the original MyType, you choose which group of faces to view, then tap the AI-generated portraits you find attractive. Each grid starts with 12 faces. When you tap one, a new portrait takes its place. Later grids mix faces the model expects you to like with others that help it refine its guess. The original recommends around 20 grids, or roughly 10 minutes. How the original MyType works

The original report’s distinctive feature is its comparison with other users. It highlights faces you and the crowd tend to agree on, popular faces you tend to pass over, and overlooked faces you’re drawn to. It also shows celebrity examples the model thinks fit your preferences. That gives the result a conversation starter: What do I keep picking that my friends might skip? Original MyType report

How did MyType go viral?

The public record points to an early playable site in late October, a widely shared X result in early November, and reposts that brought the quiz to new communities. Here are the milestones we can trace as of November 10, 2026.

Selected public milestones. The timeline tracks posts and availability. Search volume and referral traffic are separate questions.

October 26–27: An early playable version

J. Sanilac, who says he helped beta-test MyType, introduced the project in his October 26 journal. He credited Matthew Fisher with building it and described how it drew on his earlier writing about differences in face preferences. The following day, he clarified that the formal launch had been pushed back and that the site was already usable. Fisher is also named as founder on the original site. Sanilac’s October journal entries · MyType’s founder profile

November 6–8: A personal result becomes the invitation

On November 6, Razib Khan posted a link to his MyType result on X. An archived snapshot showed about 3.3 million views. The preview gave readers his type and invited them to find their own. Quote posts and replies showed other people trying the quiz and discussing what it gave them. On November 8, another user, @selladorre, posted their own results and drew roughly 100,000 views in a separate archived snapshot. These are snapshots of post views, which are distinct from quiz completions. Khan’s X post · Archived view count · November 8 result post

November 9: The format reaches a Russian-language Telegram channel

A Russian-language Telegram channel posted the original site, explained the face-picking mechanic, and invited readers to share their results in the comments. Here the same pattern shows up on another platform: a short explanation, a link people can act on immediately, and a place to compare what came back. Telegram post archive

Why the result was easy to pass along

A friend’s result gives you something to react to before you’ve played. You might recognize their usual taste, disagree with the label, or wonder what yours would say. Once you take the test, you have your own result to post or send. The format makes the next step obvious: see a result → try the quiz → share your result.

That loop also offers a plausible explanation for the search term mytype quiz. Someone who sees a screenshot without a clickable link may search the name to find the test. The public posts establish that results circulated on X and that the original link appeared on Telegram. They leave the first viral post, the search peak, and each platform’s share of visits open.

How our six-round MyType Quiz works

We built our version around a quick run and a result you can check against your own picks. There are 210 fictional adult portraits in the library. A standard run shows 48 of them across six rounds. Every visual style appears eight times during those rounds, so each has the same chance to show up in your picks.

1. Choose Women, Men, or Both. The mixed option shows four portraits from each group per standard round.
2. Pick any faces that catch your eye. Tap again to undo a choice, go back to review a round, or skip if nobody stands out.
3. Read your result. The report shows how many portraits you picked out of the number you saw for each style. It also includes up to three portraits you actually selected.
4. Save the card or keep going. Download a PNG or try two bonus rounds for more examples. Your picks and progress stay in your browser, and you can play without signing up or uploading a selfie.

A card exported from a six-round test run. It shows three of the portraits we picked, our selection counts for the leading styles, and the quiz address.

What does the MyType Quiz actually measure?

It measures which pictures you chose from the set you saw. In our version, each portrait belongs to one of six visual styles. The quiz compares your selection rates and looks for a leading style that shows up in more than one round. If you choose several warm, open-looking portraits across the session, you might get The Warm Spark. If your choices are spread across styles, you might get An Eye for Variety. A run with very few picks can return Still Exploring.

In the card above, we picked five of the eight polished portraits, compared with two of the eight warm portraits and two of the eight understated portraits. The polished picks recurred across rounds and led the other styles, so the result was The Modern Classic. You can see which choices supported that label by looking at the counts and the three portraits on the card.

A style label describes a whole portrait

Imagine you repeatedly pick photos that combine a natural smile, curly hair, and a casual outfit. Each tap applies to the whole image. The quiz can tell you that you kept picking a certain look from this set. Pinpointing which detail drove the choice would require a different test that varies those details separately.

The image library matters for the same reason. A different set might give you more examples of a look you like, or show a familiar style with different expressions or clothing. Your result is best read as a snapshot of what caught your eye in this session. A change on a second run gives you a chance to compare the pictures and the counts behind both labels.

In-person chemistry is a different question

A portrait gives you a visual first impression. Meeting someone also gives you their voice, timing, humor, and a chance to see how the conversation feels on both sides. In a 2017 speed-dating study, researchers could predict some broad tendencies, such as who was generally more interested or more often desired, but struggled to predict the specific attraction between two people from information collected before they met. That study examined a different question from this quiz. It helps explain why a report about portrait choices has a narrower scope than a prediction about a date. Joel, Eastwick, and Finkel’s speed-dating study

MyType Quiz FAQ

Is this the MyType test I saw on X?

The November posts discussed above link to the original mytype.fyi, whose report includes comparisons with other users. Our independent quiz at mytypequiz.org uses its own set of AI portraits and summarizes your choices across six visual styles. If you’re trying to match a friend’s result, check which site they used first. Original MyType · Our six-round quiz

What should I do if I like everyone in a round, or nobody?

Select every portrait that catches your eye, even if that means all eight. Tap a selected portrait again to undo it. If none stand out, skip the round. Those images still count as seen, with zero picks for that round. You can also go back and change your choices before opening the report.

How many portraits will I see, and what changes with Both?

Every standard run has six rounds of eight portraits, for 48 in total. Choose Women or Men to see one group, or Both for four portraits from each group per round. In Both, you get one combined style report based on all your picks. If you want to look at your preferences for each group separately, take one run with Women and another with Men.

What does a result like “5 out of 8” mean?

It means you picked five of the eight portraits you saw in that style. Say you chose 5 of 8 warm portraits and 2 of 8 polished portraits. That gives you a higher selection rate for warm portraits in this run. The numbers describe your own picks. Comparing them with another person’s counts is an informal comparison of two sessions.

How does the quiz decide between a named type and “An Eye for Variety”?

A named type requires at least four picks overall. You also need to choose the leading style in at least two rounds, and it needs a clear lead over the runner-up after the quiz adjusts for how often each style appeared and how often you picked faces overall. With fewer than four picks, you get Still Exploring. If you make enough picks but the leading style is too close to another or concentrated in one round, you get An Eye for Variety.

Why do some portraits on my card look different from the type name?

The card shows up to three faces you actually chose. For a named type, it puts picks from the leading style first. If there are fewer than three of those, it can fill the remaining space with your picks from other styles. Two people can both get The Warm Spark and still share very different portraits.

What happens if I take the two bonus rounds or start over?

Bonus rounds keep your original choices and add new portraits, bringing the total to 60 for Women or Men and 64 for Both. The report recalculates using all eight rounds, so a close result can change. Start over draws a new set from the same library. If your type changes, compare the style counts and the faces you picked to see where the two runs differ.

Can I close the tab and finish later?

Your picks and progress are saved in the browser you used. Reopen the quiz in the same browser and profile to resume. A different device or browser profile starts fresh, and clearing the site’s browser data removes the saved run.

What exactly goes into the image I share?

The PNG includes your result name, up to three portraits you picked, how many faces you picked and saw, how many rounds you completed, and up to three styles you selected with their counts. The bottom corner shows mytypequiz.org. Copy caption copies your result name and a link to the quiz homepage. Friends can take their own test from that link and compare cards with you.

Can the quiz tell me why I liked a face?

It can show that you repeatedly chose a look, such as relaxed expressions paired with casual styling. Each tap is for the whole image, so the report can’t separate the effect of the expression from the outfit, hair, or other details. Use the pictures and counts to explore what caught your attention. A conversation or date is where you get to learn how you feel about the person.

If you’re curious, take the six-round MyType Quiz and look through the example faces before you read too much into the title. Which choices feel familiar, and which ones surprise you?