Imposter Syndrome Statistics for Leaders: Benchmark
This benchmark publishes once at least 30 leaders have completed the test in the current window. Until then the count is shown as below the reporting floor and no figures are published.
Once a cut reaches 30 completions, this page shows, rounded to the nearest 5 percent, what leaders who took the test answered: the level distribution, the share whose Feeling versus Record gap is 20 or more (the record stronger than the feeling share), the share with a negative gap of 20 or more (the confidence ahead of the record share), the most common lowest dimension, and the share who answered item 12 (someone I tell) at the worst end.
Cuts by role level, region, device class and referrer type appear only when each cut passes 30. This is not clinical data and the test is not a diagnostic instrument.
Current edition
Fewer than 30 leaders in this cut. Nothing is published below the floor, and on this instrument nothing is published without rounding. Next refresh: 2026-10-12.
Collection started on 2026-09-22. This page is rewritten when a refresh runs; the change log below carries every edition.
What this page will report
So that no cut is chosen after seeing the data, here is what is published when n reaches 30, and nothing else:
- Level distribution (share of completions in each band)
- Record stronger share
- Confidence ahead share
- Lowest dimension
- Item12 worst end share
- Role level
- Region
- Device class
- Referrer type
The floor rule
No cut is published with fewer than 30 completions. Where a cut falls below the floor, the chapter is published with the count and no figures. The floor is set before the edition and never lowered. Completions are counted, not people: the capture is anonymous and cookieless, so a returning visitor is not identifiable and is not de-duplicated. Ad blockers drop some events, so every count is a floor. The full rules are on the methodology page.
Change log
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | Page created with the tool. Collection begins. No figures published; n below floor. |
Take the tool
Every completion of the Imposter Syndrome Test for Leaders joins this sample anonymously. More free tools are at the tools shelf.
The four results
Every completed run lands on one of these pages, with your own scores drawn from the link the tool gives you. Each one is readable without taking the tool.
- OvershadowedThe doubt is loud and it is running things.
- Second GuessingThe doubt is present, not in charge, and expensive.
- Finding FootingYou have doubt and a record, and the record mostly wins.
- GroundedThe feeling is quiet and the record is in view.
The other statistics pages
Every open tool on this site publishes its own statistics page under the same floor rule:
- One on One Meeting Statistics: Leader Benchmark
- AI Leader Readiness Benchmark by Role and Region
- 360 Feedback Statistics: Self vs Team Gap
- Communication Style Statistics: Leader Benchmark
- Conflict Style Statistics: Leader Benchmark
- Core Values Statistics: What Leaders Rank First
- Leader Burnout Statistics: Readings and Levels
- Leadership Team Meeting Cost Statistics
- Management Style Statistics: Manager Benchmark
- Psychological Safety Statistics: Leader Benchmark
- Span of Control Statistics: Real Spans by Role