Dating is interesting since it is an extremely personal decision which is different for every person. Still, academic research has long found some notable dating preferences at the population level. For example, male income and height is important in straight dating, while youth or perceived attractiveness carries proportionally more weight for women trying to date men.
Despite the importance and prevalence of dating in many of our lives, nobody has synthesized this academic research into an easy-to understand format–until now.
The Dating Net Worth Calculator is a free, research-backed tool that estimates your “market value” in the modern dating market — expressed, only half-seriously, as a dollar figure. It’s important to remember that this calculator uses shadow prices, and the dollar figures are not actually representative of anyone’s worth as a person.
Answer a few quick questions about your age, gender, and other demographic factors, and the calculator returns your “dating net worth”: an at-a-glance read on where you sit in the marketplace of attraction and desirability.
Unlike the usual “hot or not” quizzes, every input is grounded in published studies on attraction, mate preferences, and dating economics, with citations you can check yourself. It’s kind of like a dating stock price, and it’s a playful way to think about a genuinely studied question: what actually drives perceived value in dating, and how do the numbers shift across different traits?
Built as a collaboration between The Studies Show and Unusual Assets. Try the Dating Net Worth Calculator and see where you land.
