Chin Rating: Rate My Chin
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How the chin is scored
The chin is one of twelve features scored out of 10 on every face. The model reads how far the chin projects relative to the lips and brow, its height and width against the rest of the lower face, whether it is rounded, squared or pointed, and how it meets the jaw. The jawline and bone structure are scored separately, so the chin score is about the point itself.
Across 17,032 analyses the average chin scores 5.39, below the overall mean of 5.59 — one of the lower feature averages on the board. 10.6% of people score 7 or above. It correlates with the overall rating at 0.96.
One thing worth saying plainly before the data: "weak chin" is a phrase from the internet, not from the model. The score is the model’s estimate of proportion on a face that has eleven other scored features and one composite. A low chin score is information about one part of a face, and it is common.
The chin is a pure discriminator: it rarely wins, but it costs
For every feature we took the 560 faces rated 8 or above overall and the 4,307 rated under 5, and measured what each group averages on that feature. The chin gap is 4.05 points — 8+ faces average 8.48, under-5 faces average 4.43. That is the fourth-largest separation of any individual feature. Only the jawline (4.36), bone structure (4.32) and skin (4.28) split the two groups harder. Facial harmony sits between them in the table below, but it is a composite reading of the whole face rather than a single feature.
| Feature | 8+ faces | Under-5 faces | Gap | Best feature | Worst feature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jawline | 8.89 | 4.53 | 4.36 | 16% | 9.1% |
| Bone structure | 8.9 | 4.58 | 4.32 | 3.2% | 2.6% |
| Skin | 8.33 | 4.05 | 4.28 | 11.8% | 38% |
| Facial harmony | 8.66 | 4.55 | 4.11 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Chin | 8.48 | 4.43 | 4.05 | 0.1% | 8.4% |
| Symmetry | 8.54 | 4.74 | 3.81 | 3.9% | 2.6% |
| Cheeks | 8.25 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 1% | 6.6% |
| Eyes | 8.62 | 5.04 | 3.58 | 20.1% | 0.1% |
| Nose | 8.01 | 4.51 | 3.5 | 0.5% | 9% |
| Lips | 8 | 4.65 | 3.35 | 11.4% | 6.2% |
| Eyebrows | 8.27 | 5.11 | 3.16 | 29.3% | 1.9% |
| Forehead | 7.66 | 4.84 | 2.82 | 2.4% | 15% |
Now read the last two columns on the chin row. The chin is someone's single best feature 0.1% of the time — the lowest figure of any feature in the study, and effectively zero. It is their weakest feature 8.4% of the time. (Best and worst are tie-split, because 44.8% of faces tie for best and 58% tie for worst.)
No other feature has that shape. The eyes (20.1% best, 0.1% worst) and eyebrows (29.3% / 1.9%) are things a face can win on. The chin is not. It separates hard, but only downward: it is a feature you can lose points on and essentially cannot gain a reputation from. The closest comparison is the nose, which is the best feature 0.5% of the time and the worst 9%, but even the nose separates the groups by less (3.5).
Figures use analyses from January 2026 onward (n=17,032), after the Dec 2025 model recalibration. Earlier analyses used a different scale.
One feature moves with effort. This one does not.
The study labels each feature by how much of it is genuinely changeable, and the chin and the cheeks sit on opposite sides of that line. Cheeks are marked "Partly": the bone is fixed but the soft tissue over it is not, so a cheek score really does move with body composition, sleep and hydration. The chin is marked "No". Chin projection is the shape of the bone at the front of the mandible. It finishes growing and then it stays.
We would rather say that once, clearly, than sell you a routine. There is no exercise, tongue position, chewing habit or device that moves it. What does change is everything sitting around the chin, and that is not nothing:
- Submental fat. Soft tissue under the chin blurs the boundary between chin and neck, which makes projection read as shallower than it is. This is the one genuine physical lever, and it is a body composition change rather than a chin change.
- Head position. A chin held slightly forward and a head held level read very differently from a tucked chin. This is not a change to your face; it is a change to what the camera sees, and it is instant.
- Facial hair. A trimmed beard adds apparent length and squareness to the chin, and it is the single most effective cosmetic adjustment available for a recessed chin. It is also completely reversible.
- Posture and neck position. Forward head carriage compresses the space under the jaw and shortens the chin's apparent projection. Standing straight is not a looksmaxxing hack; it is just how the geometry works.
- Clinical options. They exist, they are a real medical decision, and they belong in a conversation with a qualified clinician who has seen your face. We are not going to recommend one from a webpage, and you should be suspicious of any site that does.
Getting an accurate chin reading
Chin projection is a three-dimensional property read from a flat photo, which makes it unusually easy to misread in both directions. If you want a number that means something, control the photo.
- Camera at eye level. Shooting from below lengthens and projects the chin; from above it shortens and recedes. The same chin can read two points apart between those two shots.
- Arm's length, not close up. A phone held near the face distorts whatever is nearest the lens. Step back and the proportions come back.
- Head level, chin neutral. Do not push it forward and do not tuck it. Hold your head the way you would while talking to someone.
- Mouth closed, relaxed. A tensed mentalis muscle dimples the chin and changes its outline.
- Take three and use the middle. Chin scores vary between photos. The best one is not your number.
If the chin came back as your weakest feature
It does for 8.4% of people, so you are in ordinary company. Two things are worth holding onto. First, a single feature is one of twelve inputs into a composite — plenty of faces rated well above average have their weakest score here. Second, the chin is not where most of the variation in a face rating lives: skin is someone's worst feature 38% of the time, and skin is the one feature the study marks "Yes". If you are looking for something to act on, that is a better place to spend your attention than a bone you cannot change.
What the chin score does not capture
It does not distinguish a genuinely recessed chin from a chin that photographs badly, and from a flat image it often cannot. It does not know your bite, your airway or anything orthodontic — if you have a functional concern, that is a dentist or maxillofacial question and no photo rating substitutes for one. It does not know how your chin reads in motion, from three-quarters, or to a person standing in front of you.
And it is not the overall score. Only 8.1% of people reach 7 on the composite rating, which is built from all twelve features plus harmony (0.99 correlation with the overall — the tightest of any single measurement). Run the full rating and read the breakdown together. A chin in the fours alongside strong eyes and a strong jawline is a completely different face from a chin in the fours on its own.
Frequently asked questions
What is a weak chin?
In everyday use it means a chin that projects less far forward than the lips and brow, so the lower face slopes back rather than stepping out. Clinically that is called retrogenia or chin recession, and it is a common, ordinary variation rather than a defect. The rating does not use the word "weak" — it scores the chin out of 10 on projection, height, width and how it sits with the jaw. The average is 5.39 across 17,032 analyses.
What is a good chin score?
Above 5.39 is above average, and 10.6% of people reach 7 or higher. For scale, faces rated 8 or above overall average 8.48 on the chin, while faces rated under 5 average 4.43. Most people land in the fives.
Does a weak chin really matter that much?
It matters more than most people expect, and the honest framing is asymmetric. The chin separates 8+ faces from under-5 faces by 4.05 points — the fourth-largest separation of any individual feature. But it is someone's single best feature only 0.1% of the time, the lowest rate of the twelve. A good chin rarely wins anything for you; a poor one costs more than almost any other single feature. That is the whole story of this measurement.
Can you fix a recessed chin?
Not by yourself, and this page will not pretend otherwise. The study marks the chin improvable "No" — the projection of the mandibular symphysis is bone, it is set after growth, and no exercise, tongue posture or routine changes it. What genuinely changes is how it reads: camera angle, head position, weight under the jaw, and facial hair all move a chin score without touching the bone. Surgical and injectable options exist and are a conversation for a qualified clinician, not a website.
Does mewing fix a weak chin?
No. There is no evidence that tongue posture remodels adult jaw or chin bone. What people photograph as a "mewing result" is a change in head position — chin forward, head level — plus whatever weight came off the submental area at the same time. Both are real changes to the photograph. Neither is a change to the chin.
Why does my chin look different in photos?
Because chin projection is read in profile terms from a flat image, and the camera decides how much of it you see. Shooting from below exaggerates the chin; shooting from above shortens it and makes it read as receding. Phone lenses held close distort the nearest feature, which in a selfie is usually the nose and chin. A straight-on photo at arm's length from eye level is the fair reading.
Is a chin the same thing as a jawline?
No, and they are scored separately. The jawline score reads the line from ear to chin against the neck; the chin score reads the projection and shape of the point itself. They often move together — the jawline separates high and low scorers by 4.36 points against the chin's 4.05 — but plenty of faces score well on one and poorly on the other.
Is the chin rating free?
Yes. The chin score comes with the free rating, alongside eleven other feature scores — symmetry among them — and your percentile. You sign in first — Google or Apple, one tap — and it is free.
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