30 People Rate Their Own Attractiveness From 1 - 10 | Social Experiment

It's very interesting how people see it as an insult to be considered averagely attractive and think it's humble to call yourself a 7 or even higher.

People's perception of a "5" is so low despite it being bang on average. If asked a little differently, I feel like most folks who call themselves a 7 would agree they're realistically only "average"

Confident people don't need to self rate them a 10 to feel good, they'll be realistic and be fine with it

People unironically rate themselves 10/10, I get that confidence is good, but come on.. there's a difference between confidence and delusion :face-pink-tears:

the issue is the people are answering a different question than what they're being asked. they're being asked "where do you think you statistically belong on a scale from 0 to 10" and they're answering "how do you feel about your body image on a scale from 0 to 10" basically there is a validity issue in your sociological research because you are measuring something else than what you think you are. the research is, in my opinion, invalid. maybe the findings could be used to explore how people mix up the two

Asking people what they rate their own attractiveness is more of a social and psychological question than it is an objective beauty standard question.

When I was a child I noticed that when we got a new kid in class they looked weird to me but after a few weeks they looked normal like the others. I guess I experienced exposure effect and it was much stronger when I was so young because I haven’t seen many faces before.

I'm curious how the results would change if you rephrased the question as "how do you believe others would rate you" instead of "how would you rate yourself"

Interesting how often 7 is said, for most people it seems as if 7 perfectly encapsules "I look good but not perfect" which I believe is a really common thought most people have regarding their looks. It does not make any sense mathematically for everybody to be a 7, but it all falls down on how you define "good but not perfect". Everybody wants to be above average as well, which might contribute to the trend towards 7.

I don't think people willing to speak in front of a camera are "regular" people. They are obviously more confident than when you ask in the streets.

I found quite a few of those people pretty unattractive and im surprised they rated themselves this high

"not too good not too bad... 8" being an 8 is basically being essentially perfect wth

Average is 5 btw, a lot of people always rate themselves as 7 but what they don’t understand is that’s ABOVE AVERAGE

Huge issue with this social experiment being how the question was asked - the fact that so many of them are bringing up confidence and personal anecdotes shows that they’re not trying to rate themselves realistically in a logical distribution. They’re answering about how they feel about themselves, which is a totally different question than “how attractive do you think you are objectively respective to the rest of the world”

The people that call themselves a 10 and then say "Gotta be confident" are literally the most insecure people you're ever gonna meet. And also that's not confidence that's straight up delusion.

For me it’s the question. Rating how attractive you are to yourself is not the same as thinking you’re a 10 generally.

Being a 3 and rate yourself 10 because you feel like a 10 is delusion, being a 3 and fully own it and happy being a 3 is confidence

EVERYTIME I HAVE TO RATE MYSELF I REMEMBER HENRY CAVILL EXIST, AND IM NOWHERE OVER 5 LOL.

..the people that said “10” , know damn well, that they are not…it’s ok to be average…u dont appear “confident” when u inflate ur rating, u seem to be insincere/delusional/etc…

I think you need to keep in mind that there's a vast difference between how people actually perceive themselves, and what they'll say if asked. Many of them are giving an answer that will "save face" because they feel like attraction equates value, hence giving yourself a "bad" grade would reflect poorly on your worth and your perceived self-confidence. Also, the question needs to be precise : "how do you think others would rate you" will not get the same answer as "how do you rate yourself". You can literally see these people answering based on their self-confidence, personnality, ego etc instead of social standards for beauty.