About the Kinsey Scale Test
Answer for attraction you felt, whether or not you acted on it. The same nine situations are asked for adults of your gender and of a different gender, giving both axes equal weight. Skip a situation you cannot judge. Gender openness is separate context. This independent tool uses the historical 0–6 scale as a rough balance of your two attraction scores; it is not an official Kinsey Institute test. The scale cannot fully describe nonbinary, pansexual or changing attraction, and the result does not assign an identity.
How your result is calculated
Each question uses five ordered answers, scored from zero to four. The labels match the question: interest, frequency, comfort or preference. Reverse-keyed items, where present, invert that scale. Each dimension averages its answered items and converts the mean to a 0-100 score. Skipped questions do not count as disagreement, and categories without answers are left unscored. The headline follows the specific rules for this quiz.
The spectrum placement is six times your same-gender attraction score divided by the sum of both attraction scores. Gender-openness questions do not enter this calculation. With insufficient attraction information, no placement is assigned.
Read all 20 questions
- I’ve felt sexually drawn to someone of my own gender.
- I’ve seen someone of my own gender and wanted to kiss them.
- Someone of my own gender has shown up in my sexual fantasies.
- Flirting with someone of my own gender has made me want to sleep with them.
- I’ve found someone of my own gender sexually attractive, not just good-looking.
- I’ve felt sexual chemistry with someone of my own gender in a one-on-one conversation.
- The voice of someone of my own gender has turned me on.
- I’ve wanted to have sex with someone of my own gender, whether or not it happened.
- I’ve wanted a friend of my own gender sexually, not just as a close friend.
- I’ve felt sexually drawn to someone of a different gender.
- I’ve seen someone of a different gender and wanted to kiss them.
- Someone of a different gender has shown up in my sexual fantasies.
- Flirting with someone of a different gender has made me want to sleep with them.
- I’ve found someone of a different gender sexually attractive, not just good-looking.
- I’ve felt sexual chemistry with someone of a different gender in a one-on-one conversation.
- The voice of someone of a different gender has turned me on.
- I’ve wanted to have sex with someone of a different gender, whether or not it happened.
- I’ve wanted a friend of a different gender sexually, not just as a close friend.
- I can be attracted to someone without knowing their gender.
- Who someone is matters more to me than what gender they are.
Your questions, answered.
Is this an official Kinsey Institute test?
No. There is no affiliation or endorsement. This is an independent reflection tool.
What if I do not experience attraction?
If both attraction scores are very low, the quiz reports no clear signal rather than forcing a 0-6 placement.
Can it tell me whether I am gay or bisexual?
No quiz can assign your orientation. The result describes your answers and offers language to explore.
To explore how attraction relates to emotional bonds, or how sexual and romantic attraction differ, try the Asexual Test. The Sex Drive Test focuses on how often desire appears rather than who attracts you.
Reflection and entertainment, not a diagnosis. How our quizzes work. Updated 7 October 2026.