How Many Have Trypophobia

In the abovementioned study published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, researchers estimated that 15 percent of adults (18 percent of females and 11 percent of males) experience trypophobia to some degree.

How common is trypophobia?

Trypophobia is not recognized in pyschiatry’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, but it is present in 16 percent of people, according to a new study in Psychological Science, which is the first to address the strange fear.

Do all humans have trypophobia?

“We think that everyone has trypophobic tendencies even though they may not be aware of it,” says Cole. “We found that people who don’t have the phobia still rate trypophobic images as less comfortable to look at than other images.”