The 0 to 10 scale
Every score on RateMyFaceAI uses the same 0 to 10 scale, where 5 is an average face. The scale is not linear: each step up is rarer than the one before. Going from 5 to 6 is common; reaching 8 is exceptional. The badge under each score shows where it sits in the population.
| Score | Percentile | Rarity |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Top 0.001% | About 1 in 400,000 |
| 8 | Top 0.2% | About 1 in 600 |
| 7 | Top 5.7% | About 1 in 20 |
| 6 | Top 29% | About 1 in 3 |
| 5 | Top 50% | Average |
| 4 | Bottom 29% | |
| 3 | Bottom 5.7% |
So a 6 is a good result, and a 7 puts you in roughly the top 1 in 20. For comparison, see where celebrities land on the same scale.
How one ratio is scored
Each ratio has an ideal range, taken from published aesthetic research and adjusted for your sex and background. Inside the range, the ratio scores 10. Outside it, the score falls the further the value is from the range, slowly at first and then faster. Each ratio's detail view shows your value, the ideal range and the score, and draws the measurement on your photo.
One very poor ratio can only cost one ratio's worth. It cannot drag the whole score down on its own, so a single misplaced point does limited damage.
Front, side and overall scores
Your front score combines the front ratios and your side score combines the side ratios. Each ratio counts according to its weight, since some proportions matter more than others. Your overall harmony score is 62% front and 38% side.
Strengths and areas to improve
- Biggest strengths are the ratios that sit inside, or closest to, their ideal range.
- Areas to improve are the ratios costing you the most. The number beside each is how many points it takes off your overall score, so it tells you what fixing it would be worth. Each is tagged severe (scores below 4), moderate (below 7) or minor.
Before you act on an area to improve, check the points it is drawn between. A misplaced point often shows up here first. See Why is my score inaccurate?
The four pillars
Attractiveness is not one number, so the report splits into four pillars, each on the same 0 to 10 scale. All four are calculated from your landmark points (and, for hair, from your front photo in your browser). Nothing is judged by a person or a separate AI rating model. Harmony comes with every plan (partly on Free); angularity, dimorphism and features come with the Full plan.
Harmony
Proportion and balance: 68 ratios and angles across the front and side of the face, each scored against its ideal range as described above. Every ratio has its own page explaining what it measures, where its ideal range comes from, and how celebrities score on it. See all harmony measurements.
Angularity
How defined the bone structure reads, from soft to sharp. It combines four signals: cheekbone width prominence, jaw angle and taper, chin definition, and submental definition (the line under the chin into the neck). The submental line carries the most weight.
Dimorphism
Where each region of your face sits on a spectrum from feminine (0) to masculine (10). The signals are jaw, neck, brow ridge, eyebrow thickness, nose, lips, eyes, hairline, face shape and hair length. Jaw, neck, brow ridge and eyebrow thickness carry the most weight, because the research shows they differ most between the sexes. Read the number against your own sex: a high reading is strongly masculine, a low one strongly feminine. See every dimorphism signal explained.
The neck signal depends on the neck points, which you place by hand. Place them carefully or the reading is only an estimate.
Features
Individual features that sit outside the ratios: eye protrusion, scleral show (white visible below the iris), droopy eyelids, upper eyelid exposure, nasal bridge width and depth, nasal tip shape, dorsal hump, and asymmetry across the cheekbones, ears, eyes, brows, jaw, mouth, nose and temples.
Skin, wrinkles, under-eye darkness, hair quality and brow density cannot be measured from landmark points. The report lists them as "Not measured" and leaves them out of the score rather than guessing.
What the scores are, and are not
The measurements are plain geometry, and the same points always give the same scores. The ideal ranges come from published research on facial proportion. They describe balance, not your worth, and they are not medical advice. Treat a score as a repeatable guide to your proportions, not a verdict on you.