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Personal value statistics: Fame

Fame appeared in the ranked ten of 2.7% of the 2,131,634 assessments completed since 2020, which makes it the 62nd most frequently ranked of the 62 core values.

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At a glance, 2020 to 2026

Appearance rateof assessments rank it in their ten. 62nd of 62 values.
2.7%
First placeof assessments put it first. 60th of 62 on this measure.
0.2%
Top threeof assessments put it in the top three. 21% of those who rank it.
0.6%
Average positionis its mean position, out of ten, where it is ranked at all.
6.2

In the overall ranking fame sits just below Popularity (2.9%).

How the Popularity of Fame Has Changed

In 2020 fame appeared in 2.4% of assessments and ranked 61st. In 2026 so far it appeared in 3.3% and ranked 62nd, a rise of 0.9 percentage points.

Pick a measure, and read it by year or month by month. A month holds a few thousand assessments, so it moves more than a year does. The gaps are months the archive has no data for.

Fame, year by year

Each rank is among the 62 values that year, by appearance rate. The arrow is its move from the year before.

Fame by year: assessments, appearance rate and rank, first place, top three and average position
YearAssessmentsAppearance rateRankFirst placeTop threeAverage position
202084,3782.4%61st0.1%0.5%6.3
2021224,0962.5%61st0.1%0.5%6.2
2022179,2712.8%62nd▼10.2%0.6%6.1
2023397,2492.6%62nd0.1%0.6%6.2
2024460,2442.6%62nd0.1%0.5%6.2
2025449,2332.6%62nd0.1%0.5%6.3
2026 so far337,1633.3%62nd0.2%0.7%6.3

2020 holds 6 months of data and 2022 holds 7 months of data, so their figures cover part of the year. 2026 covers January to October 2026.

Fame by Country

Of the 26 countries with enough assessments to publish, participants in Vietnam rank fame most often, at 5.8%, and those in South Africa least often, at 1.3%.

Country is recorded for the assessments from December 2025 to October 2026, so this section reads those 300,899 assessments and compares each country with all of them.

Where fame is ranked most often

3.0% of participants rank fame in their top ten, from 5.8% in Vietnam to 1.3% in Brazil. Tap or hover a country to see its top values.

  • 1–2%
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  • 3–4%
  • 4–4%
  • 4–5%
  • 5–6%
  • too few assessments
Appearance rate of fame by country, December 2025 to October 2026
CountryAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Vietnam
5.8%
+2.858th of 62
India
4.9%
+1.961st of 62
Italy
4.8%
+1.860th of 62
Malaysia
4.5%
+1.561st of 62
Egypt
4.0%
+1.061st of 62
Hong Kong SAR China
3.5%
+0.561st of 62
Mexico
3.4%
+0.461st of 62
Saudi Arabia
3.3%
+0.362nd of 62
New Zealand
3.3%
+0.361st of 62
United States
3.2%
+0.262nd of 62
Singapore
3.1%
+0.162nd of 62
Canada
3.0%
+0.062nd of 62
United Arab Emirates
3.0%
−0.061st of 62
Australia
2.7%
−0.362nd of 62
Ireland
2.5%
−0.562nd of 62
Poland
2.3%
−0.762nd of 62
Germany
2.2%
−0.862nd of 62
Switzerland
2.0%
−1.062nd of 62
Romania
1.9%
−1.162nd of 62
Indonesia
1.8%
−1.262nd of 62
France
1.8%
−1.262nd of 62
Netherlands
1.6%
−1.462nd of 62
United Kingdom
1.5%
−1.562nd of 62
Philippines
1.5%
−1.562nd of 62
Brazil
1.3%
−1.762nd of 62
South Africa
1.3%
−1.762nd of 62

Every assessment with a known country, 3.0%

Fame by Age

Fame is ranked less often with age, from 6.0% of assessments among participants under 18 to 4.2% among those 65 and over, about 1.0 points per band.

Age is an optional question after the ranking, so this section reads the 75,449 assessments from December 2025 to October 2026 whose participants gave one. A difference between bands mixes what changes as people age with what differs between generations.

Appearance rate of fame by age band, December 2025 to October 2026
AgeAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Under 18
6.0%
+3.356th of 62
18–24
2.8%
+0.162nd of 62
25–34
1.6%
−1.062nd of 62
35–44
1.1%
−1.662nd of 62
45–54
0.9%
−1.862nd of 62
55–64
0.7%
−2.062nd of 62
65 and over
4.2%
+1.561st of 62

Everyone who gave an age, 2.7%

Fame by Gender

Men rank fame more often than women, by 1.7 percentage points.

Gender is optional too, asked beside age, so this section reads the 73,168 assessments from December 2025 to October 2026 whose participants gave one. “Prefer not to say” is counted in no group.

Appearance rate of fame by gender, December 2025 to October 2026
GenderAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Women
2.0%
−0.762nd of 62
Men
3.7%
+1.062nd of 62
Non-binary
4.3%
+1.657th of 62

Everyone who gave a gender, 2.7%

About These Figures

Every figure on this page is a share of completed assessments on Personalvalu.es, read from the same aggregates as the Global Values Research. The appearance rate is how often fame is among a participant's ten most important values. It is not a score, and a difference between groups describes the participants in them without explaining it.

How the aggregates are built, and why some countries and groups are left out, is set out in the methodology. Month-by-month figures for every value are in the monthly archive.

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