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Most popular or rejected characters

As part of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, this website has had volunteers rate 2,125 characters on a 100 point scale from "popular" to "rejected". This page lists the 25 characters whose average ratings were the farthest to either side. Because the scale is bipolar, it is reversable. For example, a rating of 1/100 for "popular" is the same as 100/100 for "rejected". See the documentation for more information about how these ratings were collected.

Most popular characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
198.012Haley Dunphy (Modern Family)
297.118Vincent Chase (Entourage)
397.014Rachel Green (Friends)
496.718Andrew Clark (The Breakfast Club)
596.737Maddy Perez (Euphoria)
696.336Troy Bolton (High School Musical)
795.511Jadzia Dax (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
895.411Don Lockwood (Singin' in the Rain)
995.210Jules (Superbad)
1094.716Derek Shepherd (Grey's Anatomy)
1194.412Captain Hammer (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
1294.254Jennifer Check (Jennifer's Body)
1393.922Tanya Chesham-Leigh (Mamma Mia!)
1493.810Jackie Burkhart (That 70's Show)
1593.815Astrid Leong-Teo (Crazy Rich Asians)
1693.511Curt Vaughan (The Cabin in the Woods)
1793.414Joan Holloway (Mad Men)
1893.416Aaron Samuels (Mean Girls)
1993.318C.J. Parker (Baywatch)
2093.19Donna Meagle (Parks and Recreation)
2193.124Blair Waldorf (Gossip Girl)
2292.712Mark (The Room)
2392.610Viktor Krum (Harry Potter)
2492.515Ragnar Lothbrok (Vikings)
2592.19Michael Kelso (That 70's Show)

Most rejected characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
197.813Jonah Ryan (Veep)
297.130Martha Scott (Baby Reindeer)
397.113Gollum (Lord of the Rings)
495.918Misty (Yellowjackets)
595.315Jerry Gergich (Parks and Recreation)
694.919Allison Reynolds (The Breakfast Club)
794.913Connor Roy (Succession)
894.820Dr. Horrible (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
993.919The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)
1093.820Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
1193.88Alan Harper (Two and Half Men)
1293.731Hester Prynne (The Scarlet Letter)
1393.3124James (The End of the F***ing World)
1492.710Cyril Figgis (Archer)
1592.617Howard Payne (Speed)
1692.515Pierce Hawthorne (Community)
1792.124Milhouse Van Houten (The Simpsons)
1892.011Moaning Myrtle (Harry Potter)
1991.912Viktor (Arcane)
2091.911Petunia Dursley (Harry Potter)
2191.980Larry Harvey (American Horror Story: Season 1)
2291.713Norman Bates (Psycho)
2391.712Elisa Esposito (The Shape of Water)
2491.528Morty Smith (Rick and Morty)
2591.414Stuart Bloom (The Big Bang Theory)

Similar features

The survey has 525 different descriptive scales that the characters can be rated on. This list is the 10 other scales that that have the highest correlation with popular<--->rejected when aggregated at the character level.

  1. charming (not awkward) (r=0.74)
  2. comfortable (not awkward) (r=0.69)
  3. 😏 (not 😬) (r=0.6)
  4. charmer (not buffoon) (r=0.58)
  5. enchanting (not disturbing) (r=0.57)
  6. rhythmic (not stuttering) (r=0.56)
  7. social (not reclusive) (r=0.56)
  8. stylish (not slovenly) (r=0.56)
  9. attractive (not repulsive) (r=0.55)
  10. insider (not outsider) (r=0.54)

Notes

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