{"name":"Which Photo Is Better? What the Score Distribution Means","url":"https://bestpick.online/research/which-photo-is-better","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","methodology":"https://bestpick.online/methodology","dataset":"https://bestpick.online/methodology/data.json","generated_at":"2026-07-14","dataset_start":"August 2025","finding":"BestPick does not publish pairwise win rates. On the 0–100 rubric, 66.0% of dating photos (n=527) and 40.6% of social photos (n=1,484) score below 60, so 'better' is usually the less-weak photo, not a rare 80+.","citation":"BestPick (2026-07-14). Which Photo Is Better? What the Score Distribution Means. https://bestpick.online/research/which-photo-is-better. Dataset: https://bestpick.online/methodology/data.json (CC BY 4.0).","kind":"which_better","query":"which picture is better","sample":{"total_analyses":9547,"scored_analyses":2451,"min_n_to_publish":100},"goal":{"key":null,"label":null,"n":527,"mean":54.5,"median":55,"pct_below_60":66.0,"pct_80_plus":2.7,"criteria_n":347},"social":{"n":1484,"mean":61.7,"median":62,"pct_below_60":40.6,"pct_80_plus":3.2}}