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.

The number of people saying "Not too bad, not too great, pretty average... so 8" makes me wonder if they understand how numbers work.

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:

way too many 4-5s rating themselves as 7 here.

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

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

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"

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"

People think 0 to 5 is ugly and then 5+ to 10 is the ok to good looks. So they rate themselves in the middle of 5 to 10 which is 7,5. They rate themselves average which is the solid 5, but they think a 5 is an insult. Most of the people who rate themselves a 7 are usually 3~4.

You can think you're a 10 until you are standing next to one.

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

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

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

It's honestly insane that most people consider 7 as average, when in reality less than 10% of the population is a 7 or above in terms of looks.

I'm a 5. Some may find me attractive, some may not. My partner would say I'm a 10.

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.

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

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.

99% of the people there are delusional af

Someone can rate themself a 10, until a real 10 walks in the room.