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Most Americans' sense of their own attractiveness shifts day to day

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Three-quarters of Americans (75%) say their sense of how attractive they are varies at least slightly from day to day, including 8% who say it varies extremely, according to a May 2026 Verasight survey.

The most common single answer is that it varies somewhat (28%), while a quarter (25%) say their attractiveness is always the same. Smaller shares say it varies slightly (23%) or quite a bit (15%).

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Most Americans' sense of their own attractiveness shifts day to day.

Does your sense of how attractive you think you are fluctuate from day to day?

  • My attractiveness varies somewhat day to day 28.3%
  • Not at all, my attractiveness is always the same 25.4%
  • My attractiveness varies slightly day to day 22.9%
  • My attractiveness varies quite a bit day to day 15.4%
  • My attractiveness varies extremely day to day 8.1%

2026 · base n 474 · +/- 4.8%

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Methodology

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2026-05-11 → 2026-05-11
Base (unweighted)
474
Margin of error
+/- 4.8%
Module
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Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2026-045, fielded May 11-11, 2026, N=474 US adults age 18+, +/- 4.8%.

https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
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