Take the free 12 axes political test with 36, 60 or 240 questions. 12Axes maps your views across 12 dimensions and compares them with ideology, country and historical personality profiles. No account required.
Your views. Your own card.
Example political profile 1 of 4Go beyond left and right with twelve percentages and comparisons to reference profiles. Country matches describe modeled profiles, not population averages.
Which political current matches you
Which country reference profile is closest
Which historical figure is your ideological match
Where you fall between left and right
A complete portrait of your convictions
How closely your answers match each reference profile
Each axis measures a different trade-off. Neither end is a better score.
Values show the left pole of each axis, from 0 to 100%. A larger shape is not a better result; this is a model, not a scientific assessment.
A simple, visual political ideology test: answer statements, get percentages across 12 axes, and see where you stand.
Agree or disagree with statements about the economy, the state, civil liberties, values, religion, foreign policy, and technology.
Each statement contributes to one axis. Your answers together form a profile across 12 dimensions.
Receive your closest ideologies, country, political personality, and per-axis results.
Each axis measures a different trade-off. Neither end is a better score.
The result goes beyond left and right to identify centrist, radical, authoritarian, libertarian, and third-position profiles.
A small selection from our model catalog. Read the definition and modeled axes before interpreting a match. These profiles are not population averages or verified psychological measurements.
Explore reference profiles →12Axes, also written as 12 Axes and sometimes searched as “12 axis”, is an educational political test. It compares your answers across twelve dimensions instead of placing every view on a single left–right line.
Yes. All three question sets and the basic results are free, including twelve percentages, ideology matches and a country and personality match. Optional paid reports add explanations and comparisons; you can see your basic result without paying.
It is an educational comparison tool. Twelve separate dimensions reduce single-topic bias, but the result is not a clinical or academic diagnosis.
The short version takes about 5 minutes, the full version about 9 minutes, and the 240-question extreme version about 30 minutes.
Yes. Retake any version and compare how your result changes.
No. The test measures preferences rather than political knowledge.
Each answer contributes to one of twelve axes. Reference profiles are compared on economic equality, security, trade and social progress; the other eight results remain visible separately.
No. It is an educational political test inspired by multi-axis political spectrum models.
Yes. You can choose to save your result and create a link. Anyone with the link can view it.
Yes. The test is designed for phones, tablets, and desktop browsers.
All versions use the same 12 axes and return the result immediately.
12 Axes is independent and free. Read the privacy policy for the data used by sharing and paid reports.