Are you considering switching to a menstrual cup? If so, our Menstrual Cup Quiz can help you find the best cup for your body and lifestyle. The Cup Quiz is short, easy to take, and will give you personalized recommendations based on your answers!
Launched in 2016, our innovative menstrual cup quiz is the first of its kind and an industry maker that set the standard for menstrual cup education! It was developed with more than a decade of experience by working hand-in-hand with industry disruptors and thought leaders.
The Cup Quiz continues to be thoughtfully updated with new brands and the experiences and feedback from our incredible community. Answer a few questions, and you’ll be matched with a selection of cups best suited for your unique body, period experience, lifestyle, and other needs.
The Menstrual Cup Quiz
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What To Know Before You Get Started
We’ve combined our extensive menstrual cup knowledge with our Menstrual Cup Comparison Chart to create the original and most accurate menstrual cup quiz (we know, we’ve polled!) to help point you to the best menstrual cup for your body, age, history, activity level, and more. Our goal is to help you find a cup that will work for your needs the first time!
We invite you to take this easy-to-use quiz, even if you’re a cup user, but especially if you aren’t! We have included questions to address the most common complaints about period cups in the hopes that the answers will lead you to a better cup for you.
Before you take the quiz, please keep a few things in mind:
- I am not a doctor. This quiz was designed by advocates with decades of combined experience as cup users and people who have had to navigate menstruation for at least twice that. It was also developed with the consideration of countless hours spent talking with others, listening to their feedback, and learning from their experiences. This quiz was informed and designed by experience at its core. It is a sharing of peer experiences and is not medical advice.
- For the best, most accurate results, answer each question to the best of your ability and based on averages. For example, if you have one heavy day with the rest being light, I suggest selecting a medium or average flow rather than basing that answer on your heaviest or lightest day. Answering based on the more extreme portions of your period will likely result in reduced accuracy and a less-than-ideal cup. Please also remember that it’s normal to empty your period cup more often on heavier days.
- We can help! If you take the quiz and only receive a suggestion for a cup you use or have used and don’t love, join our Facebook community, and we can collectively help you troubleshoot! Our menstrual cup quiz works for most people, but bodies are complex! We have a lot of tricks up our sleeves — some we even use ourselves to make our own cups leakproof, and we would love to help you make your cup work.
What is the best menstrual cup for you?
I am often asked what the “best menstrual cup” is, and the inconvenient truth is that it is all about what works for your body and your lifestyle. I wish it were as simple as telling you my favorite cup or asking a friend what works for them, but that’s just not the case.
I may be biased, but I believe we have the best menstrual cup quiz. Our quiz was thoughtfully designed to make choosing a cup as easy as possible by giving you the confidence of knowing that the cup you’re choosing was selected based on your body, period, wants, and needs.
My best advice is to start by taking the quiz and answering each question to the best of your ability. Each answer is carefully weighted in order to calculate what cup will work best for your needs. Once completed, you will be presented with 3 to 6 cups that are similar and solely based on your answers. You can confidently choose any cup listed or fine-tune your decision by comparing your results on the menstrual cup chart or comparison tool.
If you have questions or need additional support and encouragement, join the Put A Cup In It Community on Facebook to get experiences and feedback from nearly 100k menstruators who have been right where you are.
Additional Helpful Resources:
- Looking for The Disc Quiz?
- Menstrual Cup FAQ
- Menstrual Cup Comparison Chart (With Visual Comparison Tool)
- Video: How to Measure Your Cervix
- Video: Cup Folding Techniques
- Video: Cups for Heavy Flow
- Video: How to Find Your Goldilocks Cup
- Video: 4 Tips for Perfecting the Fit of Your Cup
- Video: How to Pick Your Size
- Video: How to Insert
- Video: How to Remove
- Video: Troubleshooting Cup Leaks
Last but not least, I am always open to suggestions for future edits based on your experiences. Please feel free to drop me your thoughts by emailing me at amanda@putacupinit.com
The menstrual cup quiz, along with all of our other resources, are projects that I care deeply about. They have helped countless people find their ideal period cup (and other period products) and successfully switch from Day 1. They have also helped current users improve their experience by pairing them with a cup or product better suited for their needs and anatomy.
While we have affiliate relationships with most brands featured, it does not impact what cups and brands are included in your results. Each product is selected based on how well it fits strict criteria for fit, quality, and accessibility. If you decide to purchase using one of our links, we may receive a small percentage, and we thank you!
277 Responses
Hi, thank you for doing this!
I can’t reach my cervix with my pointer finger and I took your quiz three times as I used three different cups so far (Moon Cup, 15 years ago, leaked, pressure on uretra, stem to be cut completely; Lily Cup, stem to be cut completely, more confy, leaked and didn’t open easily, eventually I lost it; Lily Cup Compact, pretty confy but too tiny, leaks and it’s almost full in less than two hours).
Now, I guess I am an ergonomical, no rim, no stem type, but your quiz keeps on suggesting the shapes I don’t feel good for me.
Between the options, your quiz should maybe mention something like ” the stem pinches me everywhere” and “the pressure on the uretra” statement should have more weight, as it makes the cup veeery unconfortable to the point that you stop using it. I may be wrong, but I felt that was due to the rim, as with the Lily cup that was ok, and the Lily Compact it’s so tiny to be confy despite its stem and rim (yet leaks and has not enough capacity).
I just bought the Fun Cup, I’ll get them next week and I hope it will be the one for me… I’m quite close to pre-menopause, at this pace I’ll no longer need it before I found the perfect one for me!
I’m new to the world of menstrual cups, I’ve solved the quiz, but still I’m not sure which cup to get. I’ve tried Lily Cup One, and it’s too soft for me, I have difficulty opening it and making the seal. I’m 36 years old, never give birth, my cervix is about 45mm, I have regular bleeding, and I’m rather active person – I workout 4-5 times a week, mostly cardio and strentgh combination type of workouts. My quiz result is Meluna Sport, but after cheking some of reviews, I think it would be too firm for me as a newbie. Please suggest me cup that is firm enough for easy opening and sports activities but also easy to handle for a begginer. Thank you.
Amazing post but I think it lacks some more information. Also my cup is the small but very good cup of diva.
I am an aerialist in search of the perfect cup for a very active person. I’ve never used a cup before and am feeling very overwhelmed by the options. (im in my mid 30s)
Hi! So I have the Diva Cup model 2 and I don’t know if anyone else has this issue or if it is just me… I can fill the cup withing 8 hours, literally fill it to the point where I start leaking…. Should I contact my OBGYN do you think or yeah idk.
Hello. Im a first time cup user in her late 30s with no children. I have been attempting to use the Flex cup in large for 4 months now. I purchased it bc I liked the idea of the suction breaking when the tab is pulled. However, the suction is so unreal that the whole cup folds in on its self (the stopper on pull rings pulls all the way through the base) making super hard and horribly uncomfortable to get out the rest of the way!!! I’ve tried reaching the bottom of the cup so I don’t have to use the pull stem for the whole extraction, but I can’t reach it or it’s too slippery. Should I try a softer or shorter cup?? Help, it’s so scary and uncomfortable when my cup collapses in!
I wish the quiz asked questions about prolapse…I can barely get a tampon in as I’m working through some prolapse issues. I have not purchased a cup because I assume I will not be able to get it positioned correctly. When I use a tampon now it leaks so I know it’s not properly placed. Please add more information for people with prolapse…it’s very common.
I’ve had 2 vaginal births and am 31 yo so naturally I purchased the lunette size 2 but it is too long even when I already cut part of the stem, I sometimes (only sometimes) have trouble getting it to unfold and each period I have trouble the first and second time I put it in, I push it in but it kinda feels like it’s instantly rejected and wants to come out, after taking this quiz it suggests lunette size 2 so I have to assume this test is pure crap.
Anybody been through this?, I love my lunette but have trouble with the aforementioned details… should I purchase lunette size 1?
Also even during the heaviest days of my period I don’t even fill it halfway in 12-14 hours
Help!! So, I’m a first time user and have taken this quiz about 30 times. lol I bought a LUNA Large because on day 2 and 3, I bleed crazy heavy. Yesterday, I was changing it every 45 minutes-2 hours. Half the time, I’m alternately catching blood and/or leaking. Half the time it falls down. Even the times when I can’t feel it, I still leak and when I check, the cup is filled halfway. Is it user error that will get better as I get more skilled at insertion or should I try a different cup? I do have mild incontinence, if that helps and a mid-high cervix. I’m 42 and have had kids. Any help would be appreciated. I’m going on a cruise next month and of course, will be on my period during! I’d like to get something that works before I’m out of the country.
Hi,
I’m having difficulties accessing the quiz and it’s not due to cookies.
Please can someone help? I’ve tried on mobiles, tablets, pcs, but still no joy.
Am I missing something?
Thanks
If it’s not loading and java and cookies are both enabled that is weird- do you have pop-up blogers or any aggressive ad blockers installed maybe?