PSL Scale: The 0–8 Chart and Tiers Explained
The PSL scale is an informal 0 to 8 scale for rating facial aesthetics, with about 4 as the middle of the population. It splits into seven tiers, from Sub3 to True Adam or True Eve. Below is the full chart, what each tier means, and how to find your own place on it.
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The PSL scale chart
The PSL scale chart divides the range from 0 to 8 into seven tiers. Higher tiers are rarer: the top two cover only a small fraction of one percent of people. The neutral name is what we show first, and the community names are the ones you will see on forums.
| PSL | Neutral name | Male / female | What it means | Roughly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 – 2 | Very low range | Sub3 / Sub3 | Far below the typical range on most measured features. | bottom 3% |
| 2 – 3.5 | Below average | LTN / LTB | Below the typical range; several features sit away from the ideal bands. | about 3–25% |
| 3.5 – 5 | Average | MTN / MTB | The middle of the population. Most people land here. | about 25–70% |
| 5 – 6 | Above average | HTN / HTB | Clearly above the middle, with most features in or near the ideal bands. | about 70–93% |
| 6 – 6.5 | Very attractive | Chadlite / Stacylite | Strong across nearly every measure. | about 93–97% |
| 6.5 – 7.75 | Exceptional | Chad / Stacy | Top-percent range; rare in the general population. | about 97–99.9% |
| 7.75 – 8 | Near-ideal | True Adam / True Eve | The extreme end of the scale; almost no one scores here. | top 0.1% |
How to find your place on the PSL scale
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Find your score
Run the free PSL rating with a front-facing photo to get a number between 0 and 8.
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Match it to a tier
Look up the number in the chart below. The neutral tier name is shown first, the community name second.
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Check the measurements behind it
Open the full measurement table on your result to see which proportions pulled the score up or down.
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Treat it as a range
Take a second photo in better light. If the two disagree, trust the overlap, not either single number.
Where the PSL scale comes from
The PSL scale grew out of online looksmaxxing forums, where members wanted a shared vocabulary to compare faces. Nobody designed it as a study. The tiers were agreed informally, the percentiles are repeated estimates, and different communities draw the lines in slightly different places. That is why you will see the same face called a 5.5 on one site and a 6 on another.
What makes the scale usable is that it is anchored to features people can actually measure: symmetry, facial thirds, eye spacing and tilt, jaw width and angle, and midface proportions. This site rates those directly and publishes the ideal bands in how the PSL rating works.
PSL scale vs a 1–10 attractiveness scale
The PSL scale is not a 1 to 10 scale with different labels. A 1 to 10 scale is usually read with 5 or 6 as typical, while PSL puts typical at about 4 and stretches the top end so that 7 and 8 describe extremely rare faces. Converting between them is guesswork, so compare scores only on the same scale.
- PSL 4 is a typical face, not a low score.
- PSL 5 to 6 is clearly above average.
- PSL 6.5 and up is the top few percent and rarely seen outside professional modelling.
What the PSL scale cannot tell you
A PSL score describes facial structure in a photograph. It does not capture expression, charisma, grooming, style or the way a person moves, which shape how attractive someone seems in real life far more than a few millimetres of proportion. Use the scale as a curious look at your measurements, not as a verdict. If you want the plain-language meaning of each result, read what a PSL score means, or see how the PSL scale works for women.
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