Calculate your fWHR — the biometric ratio linked to perceived dominance, leadership, and facial attractiveness. Upload your photo for an instant measurement.
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fWHR, or facial width-to-height ratio, compares how wide your face is with how tall your upper face is:
fWHR = cheekbone width ÷ upper face height
Cheekbone width (also called bizygomatic width) is the distance between the widest points of your cheekbones. Upper face height is the distance from your brows to your upper lip. A higher fWHR means a relatively wide, short face; a lower fWHR means a narrower, longer one.
fWHR has become one of the most talked-about facial measurements because psychologists have spent the last two decades studying how it relates to how people are perceived — especially how dominant, aggressive or trustworthy a face looks. In looksmaxxing communities, a high fWHR is often seen as a marker of a masculine, "dominant" face.
This free fWHR calculator measures your facial width-to-height ratio from a single photo.
The calculator runs Google's MediaPipe Face Mesh in your browser — your photo isn't uploaded — and places 478 landmarks on your face. It measures:
Your fWHR is the first divided by the second. The calculator also shows a second ratio — cheekbone width compared with your full face height from forehead to chin — for context.
| fWHR | Result |
|---|---|
| Above 2.2 | Wide, dominant face |
| 1.8–2.2 | Balanced proportions |
| 1.4–1.8 | Narrow, elongated face |
| Below 1.4 | Very narrow face |
The score out of 100 is highest around an fWHR of 2.0 and falls the further you move from it in either direction, so both very wide and very narrow faces score lower.
The key takeaway: fWHR is a real, measurable proportion that influences first impressions, but the effects found in research are small and averaged across many people. It doesn't determine anyone's personality.
It depends on the face and who's looking. A high fWHR gives a broad, strong look that many associate with masculinity, which is why it's prized in looksmaxxing circles. But very wide faces can also read as less approachable, and attractiveness research generally finds that balanced, typical proportions do well. That's why this calculator scores the middle of the range — around 2.0 — highest, rather than rewarding the widest faces.
fWHR is sensitive to head angle and camera distance:
Your fWHR is set by your cheekbones and the vertical structure of your midface, so it doesn't change much. Body fat can change how wide your face looks, and facial hair changes the lower face but not the brow-to-lip height this ratio uses. Surgical options for the cheekbones or midface exist but are major procedures and not something to pursue for a single ratio.
fWHR stands for facial width-to-height ratio: the width of your face at the cheekbones divided by the height of your upper face, from brows to upper lip. Higher values mean a wider, shorter face.
Measure the distance between the widest points of your cheekbones, then the distance from your brows to your upper lip, and divide the first by the second. This calculator measures both from a photo automatically.
There's no single "good" value, but this calculator classes 1.8–2.2 as balanced and scores around 2.0 highest. Above 2.2 is a wide face, often described as dominant.
On this calculator, an fWHR above 2.2 is high. High-fWHR faces are broad relative to their upper face height and are often perceived as more dominant.
Research has found a small link between higher fWHR and both actual and perceived aggression, mostly in men. The effect is weak and averaged across many people, so it says very little about any individual.
fWHR can be measured on anyone. Research disagrees on whether it really differs between men and women, and much of the research on dominance and aggression focuses on men.
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