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Is a 148 IQ Good? What the Score Means

A 148 IQ is far above the average of 100. Only about 1 in 1,500 people score this high or higher. Clinical reports would call 148 Extremely High in WISC-V wording and Very Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.

Percentile
99.93
How rare
1 in 1,500 score 148 or higher
WISC-V wording
Extremely High
Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
Very Superior
Distance from 100
3.20 SD above
On an SD 16 test
about 151
On an SD 24 test
about 177
Our test's usual range here
our test cannot show this score
Where 148 sits on the IQ curveA bell curve with a marker at 148. The shaded area to the left is the share of people who score lower; 148 is at the 99.93rd percentile.70100130148

What does a 148 IQ mean?

A score of 148 is 3.20 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 148 is 48 points away.

148 is 18 points above the start of the top band, which begins at 130 and has no upper end. About 2.5 in 100 people score anywhere in the top band that holds 148.

What percentile is an IQ of 148?

A score of 148 is at the 99.93rd percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 148, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 153 is at the 99.98th percentile. Five points lower, 143 is at the 99.79th percentile. Across those ten points around 148, the percentile moves by 0.19.

How rare is an IQ of 148?

About 1 in 1,500 people score 148 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 69 would score 148 or higher.

For each person who scores exactly 148, about 167 people score exactly 100. These figures for 148 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.

What would 148 be on other tests?

Not every test would print 148 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 148 is about 151. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 177. 148, 151 and 177 all mean the same percentile.

Is 148 a good IQ score?

The scale does not grade the person behind a 148; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 148 is far above the average of 100. What a 148 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 148 describes some kinds of reasoning on one test, on one day, and leaves out a great deal that matters, such as effort, knowledge and character.

Is 148 enough for Mensa?

Only if the 148 comes from a supervised test that Mensa accepts. American Mensa accepts scores at or above the 98th percentile, and 148 is at the 99.93rd percentile. On the Wechsler scales the line is a full-scale IQ of 130, so 148 is 18 points above it. A 148 from an unsupervised internet test, ours included, is not accepted. Our Mensa IQ test guide explains the supervised routes to showing a 148.

Is 148 a genius IQ?

No test or psychology dictionary calls 148 a genius score, or defines one at all. The often quoted 140 goes back to a long-term study that selected children scoring above 140; by that line, 148 is 8 points over it. What a person with a 148 achieves depends on far more than a test number, as what IQ is considered genius explains.

Can any test measure a score of 148?

Every test has a ceiling, a highest score it can give, and few tests are built to measure as high as 148. The WISC-V full-scale score, for example, runs from 40 to 160, so 148 sits near its top. On our own test the range gets wider on the way toward 148: about 24 points wide at 100 and about 28 points wide at 140. Our page on the highest IQ score explains why scores like 148 are hard to pin down.

What does an online result of 148 mean?

Our test cannot show a 148. A perfect score currently shows about 140, and a test of 30 questions runs out of hard questions long before 148. Results above 145 show as “145 or higher”. Our methodology shows how the range is made.

An unsupervised online 148 may also run a little high: a large review found a gap of about 3 IQ points. Taking the same kind of test again usually raises a score like 148 a little, mostly on the first retakes. Our guide are IQ tests accurate covers this in depth.

To see where your own result falls next to 148, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.

Scores near 148

  • 146 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 99.89th percentile.
  • 147 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 99.91st percentile.
  • 149 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 99.95th percentile.
  • 150 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 99.96th percentile.

Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 148, in the score explorer.

FAQ

What percentile is 148 IQ?

A score of 148 is at the 99.93rd percentile. That means about 99.93 percent of people score lower.

Is 148 IQ genius?

No test defines genius, so no test calls 148 genius. 148 is in the top band of the scale. Only about 1 in 1,500 people score this high or higher.

How many people have an IQ of 148?

On a whole-number scale, about 0.016 percent of people score exactly 148. About 1 in 1,500 people score 148 or higher.

Can an online test show 148?

Not reliably for 148. Our test shows anything above 145 as “145 or higher”, and a perfect score currently shows about 140.