Triple Nine Society

Triple Nine Society
Formation1978
FounderRichard Canty, Ronald Hoeflin, Kevin Langdon, Ronald Penner, Edgar Van Vleck
TypeHigh IQ society
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Membership 1,900
Official language
English
Regent
Steve Condie
Websitetriplenine.org

The Triple Nine Society (TNS) is an international high-IQ society for adults whose score on a standardized test demonstrates an IQ at or above the 99.9th percentile of the human population. The society recognizes scores from over 20 intelligence and academic aptitude tests. TNS was founded in 1978, and, as of 2025, reports a member base of over 1,900 people in 53 US jurisdictions and 39 countries. Since 2010, the organization has been a non-profit 501(c)(7) organization incorporated in Virginia, USA.