--- title: Cat's Personality: Test Helps Determine Feline Traits description: Now, there's a test to help determine how to label different cat personality types canonical: https://time.com/4264948/cat-personality-test/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-18T20:55:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:02:46.556Z article:section: Science og:title: Cat's Personality: Test Helps Determine Feline Traits og:description: What type do you have? og:url: https://time.com/4264948/cat-personality-test/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb255e603f9e2e7a3/69888bacf887dc91a7e951d1/cat-personality-photo.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: cat personality test og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cat's Personality: Test Helps Determine Feline Traits twitter:description: What type do you have? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb255e603f9e2e7a3/69888bacf887dc91a7e951d1/cat-personality-photo.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Now There's a Personality Test for Your Cat  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Mar 18, 2016 8:55 PM UTC  This picture taken on March 11, 2016 shows a cat at the cat cafe Envi-Cafe, in Brno, One of the few cat cafes in Brno was established at the end of 2015\. / AFP / Radek Mica (Photo credit should read RADEK MICA/AFP/Getty Images) This picture taken on March 11, 2016 shows a cat at the cat cafe Envi-Cafe, in Brno, One of the few cat cafes in Brno was established at the end of 2015\. / AFP / Radek Mica (Photo credit should read RADEK MICA/AFP/Getty Images)Radek Mica—AFP/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Mar 18, 2016 8:55 PM UTC Cat lovers can probably sense that their feline friends have distinct personalities. Now there’s a test to help determine how to label different personality types. And early results show cats are much like us, according to a _Washington Post_ [report](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/03/18/your-cat-is-a-lot-deeper-than-you-think/?tid=sm%5Ffb). The owners of 2,800 cats in Australia and New Zealand took the personality test on behalf of their pets. Researchers used the results to identify five common personality traits: skittishness, outgoingness, dominance, spontaneity and friendliness. The study was conducted by [researchers](http://www.discoverycircle.org.au/about-us/) at the University of South Australia. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4264948/cat-personality-test/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4264948/cat-personality-test/"},"headline":"Now There's a Personality Test for Your Cat","datePublished":"2016-03-18T20:55:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:02:46.556Z","description":"Turns out they're kind of like us","url":"https://time.com/4264948/cat-personality-test/","keywords":["animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb255e603f9e2e7a3/69888bacf887dc91a7e951d1/cat-personality-photo.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb255e603f9e2e7a3/69888bacf887dc91a7e951d1/cat-personality-photo.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"cat personality test","caption":"cat personality test","creditText":"Radek Mica—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/animals/","name":"animals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4264948/cat-personality-test/","name":"Now There's a Personality Test for Your Cat"}}]}] ```