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PSL Score Test
Upload a photo and get a PSL score from 1 to 8 with your tier name. The score is measured, not guessed by a rater: eight proportions (symmetry, golden ratio, thirds, fWHR, midface, canthal tilt, jaw and eye spacing) drawn on your photo and converted to the PSL scale.
Drop a photo, paste one, or choose a file
Straight-on, whole face visible, even light. JPG, PNG or WebP.
Runs in your browser. Your photo is never uploaded.
How it is measured
One measured score, put on the PSL scale.
The tool first computes the same 1–10 face score as the face rating tool: eight readings, each scored against a published reference band, weighted and summed. That score is then placed on the PSL scale with three anchors: the lowest score a photo can get is PSL 1, a typical straight-on photo (6.8 / 10) is PSL 4, the forum's average, and the top of the scale is PSL 7. PSL 8 is treated on the forums as out of reach, and the tool never gives it.
- PSL 6.5 and up
- Chad / Stacy: every reading inside or close to its band.
- 5.5 – 6.4
- Chadlite / Stacylite.
- 4.5 – 5.4
- HTN / HTB: high-tier normie or becky.
- 3.5 – 4.4
- MTN / MTB: the middle of the scale, where most photos land.
- Under 3.5
- LTN / LTB: several readings outside their bands.
What's normal
PSL scale and 1–10 scale side by side
The conversion the tool uses. Forum raters do not agree on one table; this is the one applied here, every time, so the same photo always gets the same PSL.
- 1.0
- Face score (1–10): 3.0
- Tier: LTN / LTB
- 3.0
- Face score (1–10): 5.5
- Tier: LTN / LTB
- 4.0
- Face score (1–10): 6.8
- Tier: MTN / MTB
- 5.0
- Face score (1–10): 7.7
- Tier: HTN / HTB
- 6.0
- Face score (1–10): 8.7
- Tier: Chadlite / Stacylite
- 7.0
- Face score (1–10): 9.6
- Tier: Chad / Stacy
Tier names are forum slang, shown because people search for them. They describe a number, not a person.
Sources
What this is based on.
The measurement and its reference ranges come from published research. Studies use different methods and populations, so compare your number with the range shown on this page rather than with other tools.
- 1.
Langlois JH, Kalakanis L, Rubenstein AJ, et al. (2000). Maxims or myths of beauty? A meta-analytic and theoretical review. Psychological Bulletin. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.126.3.390
Meta-analysis: people largely agree on who is attractive, across ages and cultures.
- 2.
Langlois JH, Roggman LA (1990). Attractive faces are only average. Psychological Science. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.1990.tb00079.x
Averaged composite faces were rated more attractive than most individual faces.
- 3.
Perrett DI, May KA, Yoshikawa S (1994). Facial shape and judgements of female attractiveness. Nature. doi:10.1038/368239a0
The most attractive faces were not simply average, so averageness is only part of the picture.
- 4.
Rhodes G (2006). The evolutionary psychology of facial beauty. Annual Review of Psychology. PubMed 16318594
Review of the main factors in facial attractiveness: averageness, symmetry and sex-typical features.
- 5.
Kartynnik Y, Ablavatski A, Grishchenko I, Grundmann M (2019). Real-time facial surface geometry from monocular video on mobile GPUs. arXiv. arXiv:1907.06724
The face-mesh model that places the 468 surface landmarks this tool measures from.
- 6.
Ablavatski A, Vakunov A, Grishchenko I, et al. (2020). Real-time pupil tracking from monocular video for digital puppetry. arXiv. arXiv:2006.11341
The iris model that adds 10 eye landmarks (478 in total), used for pupil-based reference lines.
Our own data: how much each reading moves when the same face is photographed again is published on the methodology page. How we choose sources.
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FAQ
What is a PSL score?+
PSL is a 1–8 attractiveness scale from looksmaxxing forums, named after the sites that popularised it. Raters place a face on it by eye, with 4 as average. This tool gives a measured version: the number comes from proportions on your photo, so it does not depend on who is rating.
What is a good PSL score?+
4 is average on the scale, and most straight-on photos land between 3.5 and 5. Above 5.5 is rare. A higher number means more of your measured proportions sit inside their reference bands; it says nothing about style, skin, hair or how you come across.
What do LTN, MTN, HTN, Chadlite and Chad mean?+
Low-, mid- and high-tier normie, then Chadlite and Chad, are the men's tier names; the women's equivalents are LTB, MTB, HTB, Stacylite and Stacy. The tool shows both, switchable, because people search for both.
Why is my PSL different from what a forum gave me?+
Forum ratings are opinions and change with the raters, the photo and the mood of the thread. This score is computed from measurements, so the same photo gets the same score every time, and a different photo of the same face can differ when the pose or lens changes.
Can I raise my PSL?+
Some readings are bone and do not move: face width, eye spacing, eye corner angle. Others move with the photo and with you: head tilt, expression, jaw angle in the photo, weight. The breakdown shows which reading pulled the number down.
Is my photo uploaded?+
No. The face model runs in your browser. The photo and the score never leave your device.
One reading here.
Nineteen in the app.
A controlled scan, every reading against its ideal band, bone vs trainable, a plan, and a 3D model on Face ID iPhones.