Essential Profiles

1. Portrait of an INTP by PersonalityPage.com

This has been the first result when you Google “INTP” for a long time, and there is good reason for it. The profile is simple, easy to read, a good length, and covers the basics pretty thoroughly.

2. An INTP Profile by INTP.org

While somewhat lengthy and hard to read, this profile is very detailed and specific – great if you’re really trying to delve into the technical side of the INTP profile. Most of the descriptions use the Myers-Briggs lingo, if you’re not familiar with it you might find yourself quitting before you’re halfway through. If you do know it, however, it’s a fantastic article!

3. INTP: The Architect by Personality Desk

This personality profile is like the Cliff Notes overview: touching briefly on most areas in a clear concise manner and letting you know the very basics of what you want to know.

4. INTP Profile by Joe Butt

The TypeLogic profile is reminiscent of the INTP.org listing, but shorter and easier to read. If you’re looking to just dip your toes into the technical side and start getting used to the MBTI lingo, this is a great start.

5. INTP – Wikipedia

The Wikipedia has a nice little “Characteristics” section, and otherwise goes over the skeleton of what being an INTP is, focusing mostly on explaining the Myers-Briggs typing structure. In fact, our first post was about the Wikipedia entry for INTPs.

Specialized Profiles

6. Costrin’s Omni-Ultimate INTP Profile

This is from a thread on Typology Central by the user Costrin, who wrote a fairly accurate humorous profile of the INTP. It is my personal favorite and a must read!

7. INTP Profile – Team Technology

Great for understanding and working with an INTP, and if you are the INTP perhaps you can get an insight to the weak areas you can focus on strengthening. It even has specific lists on those things!

Forums and Communities

8. INTP Central

I’ve never gotten the hang of this site, however, for those of you more forum savvy you may feel right at home. I’ve noticed there is plenty of activity, lots of new posts are always going up. They have a chat room as well! There are nearly 5,000 active members on the forums.

9. INTP Forum.com

As you might expect from the name, this is a forum for INTPs. They have about 425 active members, and their boards seem pretty active! If you’re more into the smaller online communities you may feel more at home here than at INTP Central.

10. INTP Forum at Personality Cafe

This is actually a sub-forum on Personality Cafe’s large forum boards. The INTP section doesn’t appear to be completely dead, however at first glance it doesn’t appear to be as lively as the threads at the other 2 forums mentioned here. The exact number of active users are unknown, but there have 5,000 registered members (note: registered, not necessarily active) for the entire Personality Cafe forum.