By talking with women. According to the majority of them, I'm very average-looking. Fortunately, most women don't really prioritize physical attractiveness -- they tend to value personality-related things instead.
I suspect that’s actually not a good indicator. What people say and how they act are not the same for this.
You may not be in the top 1%, but could still easily be in the top 10% - 20%. If the selection only happens in that range then I could see someone on the lower end of the top 10% being called “average” (if the selectors only consider the top % as the entire range).
For online dating the data doesn’t really agree with the prioritization on personality for initial contact. Though this is still highly variable depending on age and the city you’re in.
