This simple survey will tell you how left-handed you are and give you an overall score you can compare to the thousands of others who have taken the test.
You can see our analysis of the test results so far here.
So go ahead and tick the options for which hand you use for various things and see how you rate overall…
How left handed are you?
We all have our own view of whether we are left-handed or not and, ultimately, that is the the test - if you consider yourself to be left-handed then you are! That said, most people are mixed in their handedness and it is rare for people to do everything with just one hand or side of their body. Our test below will show which side you use for various tasks and how consistent you are in the use of your hands. It will also give you give you an overall score out of 100 for your level of left-handedness and you can see how you compare to other people. To get the overall score, we have weighted the various factors so, for example, writing left-handed gets a far higher weighting in the overall score than which way you hold a bat two-handed (see this page for more information on how we did this).
Only three things doing with the right hand/foot (writing, cutting, kicking) and just a 68-percent-lefty – what a pity 😉
But I am a dyed-in-the-wool left-hander, re-educated as a child. Your test doesn’t consider that …
Happy Left-Handers’ Day!
I am 72 and consider myself left-handed. In Primary School my knuckles were hit when I tried to write lefty. As a result my handwriting varies from OK to illegible. I can however, write left-handed BACKWARDS and when viewed in a mirror is an exact copy of my right-handed writing. I play golf/cricket as a righty, use righty scissors in my left, play tennis lefty, kick/throw/catch a ball and use all tools as a lefty. I am an architect using a righty T-square (nobody told me you could get lefty squares) – draft using left but do hand-lettering using my right. I use left for operating tools. My lefty test showed 60-90% lefty which is explained by the above aberrations. So sad that schools 50-60 years ago thought leftys needed help to be rightys.
I have a problem with the question about the clasping of hands behind your back. the Military trains personnel to a specific way of clasping the hands when at parade rest, so that question does not apply to a lot of people, because law enforcement are also trained to place the hands the same way military do. You really are NOT thinking of ALL aspects of how people do things, and why. which is why I HATE tests such as this one and all other ‘quick’ tests. don’t particularly like full tests of what a person is/or not. Everyone is an individual human being and should be viewed as such- an individual. I became a member mainly because it IS HARD to find left-handed or non specific handed products and since I am mainly lefthanded, I need particular things to be left oriented for my comfort and safety.
people usually pick up telephones with the opposite hand so that their writing hand is free. Only recently due to cell-phones do people now usually “listen” with the dominant hand.
for land lines they will still pick up with the non-writing hand. Which therefore means that your ‘hearing’ question is BAD! how about using ‘ear-bud’ instead? also most people do not know how to or even use a bat! what? are these questions aimed for children not everyone? I do not think you truly think these “tests” out fully. I’m ashamed and am thinking of ending my membership if only ‘dumb’ people are doing these “newsletter’s”
I am seriously left handed and helps to explain why I began to stutter badly in 1st grade when the teacher forced to me to practice printing right handed. My grandmother put a stop to that and my speech returned to normal.
I’m 85% leftie. I would have no idea how to hold a cricket bat! I use a baseball bat in the left handed way when I must (can’t play worth beans.) I golf left handed. I wear my watch on my left arm. When writing with my left hand, I turn the page as if I were right handed (long story). I eat and brush my hair & teeth left handed.
63% Proud to be lefty, I use my right hand to do some things I just can’t do with my left one, like using scissors but I was taught that way since the kindergarten, I’m just glad nobody ever tried to force me to use my right hand instead.
Happy Left Handers Day, Lefties Rule!!
Yaaaah! 96% left-handed and PROUD of it!
We’re going to change the world one left step at a time.
Love the site, keep up the good work.
what is all the fuss about lefthanded scissors , secateurs , knives etc ? both me and my wife are lefthanded and on many occasion have discussed this subject and neither of us can think of any instance in our lives {except golf clubs}where using ordinary items has ever caused either of us any issues .
is this peculiar to us two or has any other lefties out there just naturally learned to use everyday items without question?
95% but I can still use right hand easily I’ve got used to both the test is preference really