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Face Rating From One Photo
Upload a photo and get a face score from 1 to 10, computed from eight measurements: symmetry, golden ratio, facial thirds, fWHR, midface ratio, canthal tilt, jaw and eye spacing. Every reading is drawn on your photo, every band is published below. Runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
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How the score is calculated
Eight readings, eight bands, one weighted sum.
478 landmarks are mapped on the photo and head roll is removed. Each of the eight readings below is taken exactly as its own free tool takes it, then turned into a component from 0 to 1: a full 1 anywhere inside the reference band, and halving for every tolerance step outside it, so a reading just past the edge loses little and one far outside loses most. The components are weighted, summed, and mapped onto 3.0–9.6 with a square-root curve: the first departures from the bands cost the most, a face inside every band reaches 9.6, and nothing about one photo can push a score to 1 or 10.
| Component | Weight | Reference band | How it is read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symmetry | 25% | 92–100 | The symmetry index from the face symmetry test: 100 minus the weighted left–right deviation of eyes, brows, mouth, cheeks, jaw, nose and chin, after head tilt is removed. 92 and above reads as symmetric to most viewers. Outside the band it halves every 10 index points below 92. |
| Golden ratio | 15% | 90–100% match | The overall phi match from the golden ratio calculator: five classical ratios (face length to width, mouth to nose, eye span to mouth and two vertical ratios) against 1.618, averaged. Outside the band it halves every 10 points of match below 90%. |
| Facial thirds | 15% | 30–36% each | Upper (hairline to brow), middle (brow to nose base) and lower (nose base to chin) third as a share of face height. Each third is scored against 30–36% (the lower third up to 37%) and the three are averaged. Outside the band it each third halves every 4 percentage points outside its band. |
| fWHR | 10% | 1.80–2.10 | Cheekbone width divided by the height from the upper eyelid line to the upper lip. Population means sit near 1.9. Outside the band it halves every 0.25 outside the band. |
| Midface ratio | 10% | 0.95–1.15 | Pupil span divided by the height from the pupil line to the upper lip. The band is the typical range on this landmark set. Outside the band it halves every 0.12 outside the band. |
| Canthal tilt | 10% | 0° to +8° | The angle of the line from inner to outer eye corner, averaged over both eyes, positive when the outer corner is higher. Neutral to positive is the reference; a strongly negative or very steep tilt scores lower. Outside the band it halves every 4° outside the band. |
| Jaw | 10% | 108–122° · 0.72–0.84 | Two readings averaged: the angle at the chin between the two jaw corners (108–122° reads defined) and jaw width divided by face width (0.72–0.84 typical). Outside the band it angle halves every 12°, width every 0.08, outside their bands. |
| Eye spacing | 5% | 0.95–1.30× | Inner-corner gap divided by average eye width. The classical rule is one eye width apart; the band is wide because most measured faces sit between 1.0 and 1.3. Outside the band it halves every 0.20 outside the band. |
- 8.0 and up
- Very balanced proportions
- 7.0–7.9
- Balanced proportions
- 6.0–6.9
- Mostly balanced proportions
- Under 6.0
- A few readings sit outside the common bands
What it can and can't tell you
A measured score, not a verdict.
It can tell you which of your proportions sit inside the common bands and which sit outside, by how much, and which ones carry the score. That is useful: most people cannot see their own face as a measurement, and the breakdown names the one or two readings worth looking at.
It cannot tell you how attractive you are. Skin, hair, grooming, expression, posture, lighting and style are not measured here, and in rating studies they move scores by a point or more. Two faces with the same proportions can be rated very differently, and the same face is rated differently on a good day and a bad one. The bands themselves are typical ranges from measured populations and forum conventions, not laws: plenty of well-liked faces sit outside several of them. Use the number as a map of your proportions, then look at what actually moves how you are seen.
How to take the photo
Straight on, eyes level, arm's length.
- Face the camera. Nose pointing at the lens, both ears equally visible. A turned head shortens one side and shifts the midline.
- Keep your head level. Roll is removed before measuring, but past about 7° the landmarks get noisier and the tool shows a note.
- Arm's length or further. A phone close to the face widens the nose and shrinks the jaw. The rear camera from a metre away is best; a friend or a timer works.
- Even light from the front. A window in front of you, no side shadow. Shadows move landmarks on one side.
- Relaxed face, mouth closed, hair off the forehead. The upper third is estimated from the forehead landmarks; a fringe pushes it around. No filters, no beauty mode.
- Compare like with like. Two photos taken the same way can be compared; a selfie and a portrait cannot.
Face rating vs PSL scale
Measured bands, not tier labels.
The PSL scale is a forum convention: raters place a face on a 1 to 8 scale by eye, with named tiers, against their idea of the population. It is a group opinion, and it moves with who is rating. This face rating is a formula: eight measurements against published bands, the same for every photo, with no tiers and no comparison to anyone else. Neither one is the truth about a face. If you want the human side done properly, the Personal Face Report has three independent raters score your photo and shows where they agree.
FAQ
How attractive am I?+
No measurement answers that on its own, and this tool does not try to. It tells you how close your proportions sit to common reference bands, which is one ingredient of how people rate a face. Style, grooming, skin, expression and the photo itself move ratings by a point or more. That is why the Personal Face Report has three independent raters score your face and shows the score next to your best look, rather than a formula alone.
Is this an attractiveness test?+
It is a proportion test. The score says how close eight measurements sit to published reference bands, weighted and mapped onto a 1 to 10 scale. It does not read skin, hair, expression, style or how you carry yourself, and those are a large part of how people actually rate faces. Treat it as a measured starting point, not a verdict.
What is a good face rating?+
On this scale, 7 and above means most readings sit inside their bands, and 8 and above means nearly all do. Most straight-on photos land between 6 and 8. Reaching 9.6, the top of the scale, needs every reading inside its band, which is rare and partly the luck of the photo. Under 6 means a few readings sit outside the common bands; the breakdown names which ones.
Why did my score change between photos?+
Head tilt, a turned head, a wide-angle lens close to the face, an expression, and where the hairline is estimated all shift the landmarks. The tool removes head roll before measuring, but it cannot undo a turned head or lens distortion. Take the photo straight on at arm's length or further, eyes level, face relaxed, and compare only photos taken the same way. A retake often moves the score more than anything else.
Is my photo uploaded?+
No. The face model downloads into your browser and runs there. The photo, the landmarks and the score never leave your device, there is no account, and no server receives the image.
Is this the PSL scale?+
No. PSL is a forum rating with tier labels that raters assign by eye, comparing a face with what they believe the population looks like. This score is computed from measurements against published bands, uses no tier labels, and does not compare you with anyone. Both are opinions of a kind: one is a group of people, the other a formula. The article on the PSL scale explains the difference.
Does the score adjust for men and women?+
No. The same bands apply to everyone. Some readings, jaw angle and fWHR in particular, tend to sit differently by sex, and the score does not correct for that. Read the breakdown rather than the single number if one of those is what pulled it down.
Can I raise my score?+
Some readings are bone and do not move: face width, eye spacing, the angle of the eye corners. Others move with posture, expression, weight and the photo itself: jaw angle, the thirds, symmetry of the mouth and brows. The Personal Face Report separates what is bone from what moves and gives a 30-day plan for the parts that move. It does not promise a number.
Related tools
Face Symmetry Test
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Golden Ratio Face Calculator
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Facial Thirds Test
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fWHR Calculator
Face width-to-height ratio and midface ratio.
Personal Face Report
Three raters, your best look, a 30-day plan. $12.99.
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