Measurement of dispersed modality at different spatial locations is performed in a 1000 ml borosilicate beaker at various dispersed volume fractions in both W/O and O/W system. It is found that mean chord length at different spatial locations shows a similar distribution in both W/O and O/W dispersion that the closer to impeller the smaller the mean chord length. Further, in dilute W/O dispersion (3%), results show that both number counts and mean chord length of droplets at impeller region are smaller than other locations; however, it gradually turns to be larger at higher dispersed fraction (20%). For O/W dispersion, it is found that number counts of small droplets in region around impeller become smaller than other locations with the addition of dispersed oil phase (10%). Flow characteristic measured by 2D angle-resolved particle image velocimetry in pure oil/water phase is employed to further explain the deviation. Besides, the critical dispersed fraction affecting the dispersed modality at different spatial location is discussed. (C) 2017 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.