China’s SBTI Personality Test, an Absurd MBTI Parody, Goes Viral on Social Media
A new online personality quiz known as SBTI has surged in popularity across Chinese platforms since April 9, drawing millions of users who share screenshots of results featuring blunt, self-mocking labels such as DEAD, DRUNK, CTRL and SEXY.
The test, which stands for Silly Big Personality Test or similar variations including Silly Behavioral Type Indicator, presents users with roughly 30 questions that score responses across 15 dimensions grouped into five broader categories: self-awareness, emotion, attitude, action drive and social style.
Results map to one of 27 distinct four-letter personality types, each paired with a short, irreverent description and a radar chart showing performance on those dimensions.
Unlike the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator it parodies, SBTI makes no claim to scientific validity and positions itself explicitly as entertainment.
Bilibili content creator QuRouErChuan, known online as 蛆肉儿串儿 with UID 417038183, built the original quiz as a casual project.
The creator has stated that the quiz was made for entertainment, that she is not a psychology professional, and that the current version is only an early one.
It reportedly began as an attempt to nudge a friend toward quitting drinking by steering answers toward a “drunkard” outcome, complete with hidden branches and special triggers that add to the chaotic feel.
On April 9, the quiz exploded. A related Bilibili video drew more than 2 million views within a day, searches for “sbti” on the WeChat Index reached 40.85 million, and discussions across social platforms surpassed 20 million.
The original site quickly overloaded and went down under the traffic surge, prompting multiple mirror versions and English-language ports to appear almost immediately on domains such as sbti.ai, sbti.dev and sbti-test.org.
Users repost plain screenshots rather than relying on any built-in share feature, which has accelerated the spread on WeChat, Xiaohongshu, Douyin and beyond.
The types themselves lean heavily on Chinese internet slang and everyday absurdities: examples include THAN-K for the grateful type, MALO for a monkey-like chaotic vibe, ATM-er for someone who gives away resources, and OJBK for those who simply do not care.
Descriptions poke fun at habits ranging from emotional detachment to over-control or burnout, resonating with a generation that often turns to ironic self-labeling amid job-market pressures and self-optimization fatigue.
English versions of the test have begun circulating more widely in the past few days, exposing the format to international audiences who encounter the same 30-question flow and 27 outcomes.
Several ports now include direct comparisons to MBTI types for users familiar with the older system.
The rapid adoption underscores how quickly a lightweight, screenshot-friendly quiz can move from a single Bilibili account to a cross-platform phenomenon, driven entirely by voluntary sharing and collective recognition of the results.
