7 chronotypes

Professor Till Roenneberg, a leading researcher on chronobiology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, has mapped the circadian rhythms of more than 300,000 people (Roenneberg, 2012). The distribution of circadian rhythms (chronotypes) ranges from people rising extremely early (early chronotypes) to people going to bed extremely late (late chronotypes), just as human beings range from very tall to very short.

  • Extreme early chronotypes: 1.2 %
  • Moderate early chronotypes: 5.9 %
  • Light early chronotypes: 22.2 %
  • Intermediate chronotypes: 29.8 %
  • Light late chronotypes: 21 %
  • Moderate late chronotypes: 11.7%
  • Extreme late chronotypes: 8.2%