A new study has named Travis Kelce as the most mathematically attractive of Taylor Swift’s current and former partners, using the Golden Ratio to assess facial symmetry and proportions.
The research, conducted by crypto-focused website Bitz, analysed 11 of Swift’s confirmed high-profile relationships and measured how closely each individual’s facial features align with the Golden Ratio, a mathematical formula often associated with beauty, balance and harmony.
According to the findings, Kelce achieved the highest overall score at 82.70%, placing him ahead of actor Joe Alwyn and actor Tom Hiddleston in the ranking. The study arrives amid ongoing public interest in Swift’s relationship with the Kansas City Chiefs star, with reports continuing to speculate about the couple’s future.
The Golden Ratio, represented by the figure φ = 1.618, has long been used in art, architecture and facial analysis. Faces that align more closely with its proportions are often regarded as aesthetically balanced. Researchers ranked each participant based on how closely their facial measurements matched the ideal ratio, expressing the results as percentage scores.
Kelce led the ranking with 82.70%, making him the highest-scoring partner included in the study. Researchers found that he achieved the strongest results across most facial measurements examined, although Joe Alwyn recorded the highest score for the eye-to-mouth ratio.
Alwyn placed second overall with a score of 80.11%. The British actor, who was in a relationship with Swift for six years, finished only a short distance behind Kelce, making the top two positions among the closest results in the ranking.
Tom Hiddleston secured third place with a score of 77.11%. The actor, who briefly dated Swift in 2016, achieved 90.17% of the ideal eye-to-mouth ratio, placing him second in that specific category behind Alwyn.
John Mayer ranked fourth with a score of 73.33%. According to the study, the strongest aspect of Mayer’s facial proportions was his philtrum-to-nose ratio, which reached 88.33% of the ideal measurement.
Connor Kennedy completed the top five with a score of 72.69%, narrowly ahead of Matty Healy, who ranked sixth at 72.10%. Healy was Swift’s most recent relationship before she began dating Kelce.
Actor Taylor Lautner placed seventh with a score of 70.61%, while musician and producer Calvin Harris followed in eighth position at 70.41%.
Jake Gyllenhaal ranked ninth overall, scoring 69.57%. Former One Direction member Harry Styles came tenth with a score of 69.27%, despite remaining one of Swift’s most widely discussed former partners.
Joe Jonas finished at the bottom of the ranking with a score of 68.20%. While the Jonas Brothers singer received the lowest score among the group, his result still exceeded the average benchmark cited by the study.
The full ranking placed Travis Kelce first, followed by Joe Alwyn, Tom Hiddleston, John Mayer, Connor Kennedy, Matty Healy, Taylor Lautner, Calvin Harris, Jake Gyllenhaal, Harry Styles and Joe Jonas.
Researchers noted that every individual included in the study scored significantly above the average Golden Ratio result of 62.5%, suggesting all of Swift’s high-profile partners ranked above what the analysis considers a typical attractiveness benchmark.
Commenting on the findings, Gabriele Asaro, Head of Research at Bitz, said:
“The long-awaited wedding between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce is right around the corner, and this data highlights which of Swift’s most high-profile partners are really the most attractive according to science. What’s very interesting is that every single partner on the list is far above the average result for the golden ratio, which is 62.5%, so even Joe Jonas and Harry Styles, who rank towards the bottom, are still well above the average beauty standard.”
The study highlights the continued fascination with celebrity relationships and the growing use of data-driven methods to explore perceptions of attractiveness. While beauty remains subjective, the Golden Ratio continues to be used as a popular framework for analysing facial symmetry and proportion.
