Lip Rating: Rate My Lips
Upload one photo and get your lips scored out of 10, alongside eleven other feature scores. Then see the finding nobody selling filler will tell you: across 17,032 real analyses, the lips track your overall rating more loosely than any other main feature. Free — one tap to sign in.
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How the lips are scored
The lips are one of twelve features the model scores out of 10 on every face. It reads the ratio between the upper and lower lip, the definition of the vermilion border, the width of the mouth relative to the nose and the face, the shape of the cupid's bow, and how the mouth sits between nose and chin. Volume is one input among several, not the measurement — which is why a thin mouth in good proportion outscores a full mouth that is not.
Across 17,032 analyses the average lip score is 5.65 — above the overall face mean of 5.59, and one of only 5 features that manage that. 16.4% of people score 7 or above on the lips, against 7.7% on the nose. On the raw numbers, lips are one of the easier features to do well on.
Lips move your overall rating less than almost anything else
Here is the cut that earns this page: every feature ranked by how tightly it tracks the overall rating, from loosest to tightest, with the 8+ versus under-5 separation beside it. Lips sit at the bottom end of both columns.
| Feature | Correlation | Mean | 8+ faces | Under-5 faces | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skin | 0.87 | 5.3 | 8.33 | 4.05 | 4.28 |
| Lips | 0.9 | 5.65 | 8 | 4.65 | 3.35 |
| Eyebrows | 0.9 | 5.94 | 8.27 | 5.11 | 3.16 |
| Jawline | 0.92 | 5.59 | 8.89 | 4.53 | 4.36 |
| Forehead | 0.93 | 5.39 | 7.66 | 4.84 | 2.82 |
| Symmetry | 0.95 | 5.62 | 8.54 | 4.74 | 3.81 |
| Eyes | 0.95 | 5.97 | 8.62 | 5.04 | 3.58 |
| Bone structure | 0.96 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 4.58 | 4.32 |
| Chin | 0.96 | 5.39 | 8.48 | 4.43 | 4.05 |
| Cheeks | 0.96 | 5.42 | 8.25 | 4.5 | 3.75 |
| Nose | 0.97 | 5.36 | 8.01 | 4.51 | 3.5 |
| Facial harmony | 0.99 | 5.58 | 8.66 | 4.55 | 4.11 |
Lips correlate with the overall rating at 0.9, level with eyebrows and above only skin (0.87). At the other end, facial harmony sits at 0.99 and the nose at 0.97. And the separation between the two groups is narrow: faces rated 8+ average 8 on the lips, faces rated under 5 average 4.65 — a gap of 3.35 points, the 3rd-smallest of the twelve, with only the forehead (2.82) and eyebrows (3.16) below it.
Read that as a ceiling and a floor at once. An 8 on the lips is what the best-rated faces in the dataset average — you cannot buy much more than that, because there is not much more up there. And a 4.65 is what the lowest-rated faces average, which is barely a point below the population mean of 5.65. Low lip scores are not what low overall scores are made of.
Figures use analyses from January 2026 onward (n=17,032), after the Dec 2025 model recalibration. Earlier analyses used a different scale.
The nose and the lips are opposite problems
Put the two rows side by side and they argue against each other, which is why we gave them separate pages.
| Lips | Nose | |
|---|---|---|
| Average score | 5.65 | 5.36 |
| Share scoring 7+ | 16.4% | 7.7% |
| Correlation with overall | 0.9 | 0.97 |
| 8+ vs under-5 gap | 3.35 | 3.5 |
| Someone's best feature | 11.4% | 0.5% |
| Someone's worst feature | 6.2% | 9% |
| Changeable? | Partly | No |
The nose scores lower (5.36), is far harder to score 7 on (7.7% against 16.4%), tracks the overall rating tightly at 0.97, and cannot be changed at all. The lips score higher, are easier to do well on, are named as someone's best feature 11.4% of the time against the nose's 0.5%, and are the loosest link to the overall rating in the study.
Note the 44.8% and 58% caveat that runs through the whole study: 44.8% of faces tie for their best feature and 58% tie for their worst, so "best feature" means being in a group at the top rather than standing alone. That is a reason to read these shares as tendencies, not verdicts.
The practical version
If your lips came back low, it is the least expensive place on your face for a low number to be. If your nose came back low, that is the most common result in the dataset and it is fixed — which is a different kind of reassurance, and we set it out on the nose page.
What actually changes a lip score
The study labels the lips "Partly" changeable, and unlike most features the changeable part is condition rather than structure.
- Hydration and repair. Chapped, flaking lips blur the vermilion border, and the border is a large part of what is being scored. This is the closest thing to a free point on this feature, and it takes about a week.
- A neutral, relaxed mouth in the photo. Smiling stretches the lips thinner; pressing them together flattens the shape. Both lower the reading on a mouth that has not changed.
- Colour contrast. Lips that read clearly against the surrounding skin measure as better-defined. This is a photographic effect, and it is a real one.
- Lip exercises and suction devices — no. Suction causes temporary swelling, which is not shape, and it bruises. There is no exercise that changes lip volume.
- Filler — real, and the lowest-leverage spend on the face. It genuinely changes the measurement. It also changes the feature that correlates with the overall rating at 0.9 and separates high from low scorers by 3.35 points, on which the best-rated faces in 17,032 analyses average 8. If the goal is the overall number, skin — the weakest feature for 38% of people, and the one marked "Yes" — moves it further for nothing.
For scale: 8.1% of people reach a 7 on the overall rating at all, and 16.4% reach it on their lips. Whatever is holding your overall score where it is, it is statistically unlikely to be your mouth.
Frequently asked questions
Do lips affect attractiveness?
Less than almost anything else on the face. Lips correlate with the overall rating at 0.9 across 17,032 analyses — tied with eyebrows at the bottom of the ranking, with only skin (0.87) lower. They also separate faces rated 8+ from faces rated under 5 by just 3.35 points, where the jawline separates them by 4.36. Lips matter, but they are the cheapest place on the face to be average.
What is a good lip score?
The average is 5.65 out of 10 — one of only 5 features scoring above the overall face mean of 5.59. 16.4% of people reach 7 or above on the lips, more than double the 7.7% who manage it on the nose. If you scored in the fives, you are average on a feature where average is comfortably above the face's own average.
Are my lips too thin?
Thinness on its own is not what is scored. The model reads the balance between the upper and lower lip, the definition of the vermilion border, the width of the mouth against the face, and how the mouth sits with the nose and chin. Thin lips in proportion score better than full lips out of proportion. And the ceiling here is low for everyone: even faces rated 8+ overall only average 8 on the lips, the lowest high-scorer figure of any feature — the nose (8.01) is the only one close.
Why did I score higher on lips than on my other features?
Because most people do. Lips are somebody's best feature 11.4% of the time and their worst only 6.2% of the time — one of the few features that comes out ahead more often than behind. Bear in mind that 44.8% of faces tie for their best feature, so "best" here means one of a group, not a standout.
Can I improve my lip score?
Partly — the study labels the lips "Partly". What genuinely changes the reading is condition rather than shape: hydration, a lack of chapping and flaking, and an even border all photograph as a better-defined mouth. Colour contrast helps in a photo too. Filler changes the actual measurement, but given lips correlate with the overall rating at only 0.9, it is the intervention with the least leverage on the number of anything you could spend money on.
Do lips matter more than the nose?
They correlate with the overall rating much less: 0.9 for lips against 0.97 for the nose. But that cuts the reassuring way. A low nose score sits on a feature that tracks the whole face tightly and cannot be changed without surgery; a low lip score sits on the loosest feature in the study. The nose is the one people are most likely to be wrong about; the lips are the one that costs least when the number is low.
Why do my lips score differently in different photos?
Expression and hydration, mostly. A neutral, closed, relaxed mouth is what the score is designed to read; a slight smile stretches the lips thinner and a pressed mouth flattens the border. Take the photo with your mouth at rest, and take three if you want a range rather than a single reading.
Is the lip rating free?
Yes. The lip 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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