Key Findings for September 2023
September’s top values look like a comfort-first playlist: Health (46.8%) and Family (43.5%) lead, with Trust (39.6%) and Peace (36.2%) close behind. The whole top 10 is tightly clustered (about 26.4%–46.8%), suggesting broad consensus rather than a polarized “winner-takes-all” vibe. Notably, Respect (31.1%) and Pleasure (30.9%) are essentially tied, hinting at a month where people want both good manners and a good time.
Ranking drama? Barely any. Respect edges past Pleasure for 7th and Friendship climbs into 10th, while everything else holds its positions, which is a story in itself: preferences look stable and predictable, more like a settled routine than a shifting trend cycle.
The priorities read as practical and relationship-centered. Financial stability (35.5%) sits in the upper half, reinforcing a “take care of basics first” mindset, while Love (32.4%), Freedom (28.7%), and Friendship (26.4%) round it out as social fuel.
Seasonally, September’s back-to-work/back-to-school energy likely boosts health, stability, and trust—less reinvention, more getting life organized.
How September fits into 2023, in the Global Values Research
Total Tests
50,882
in this month
🔥 Most Popular
Health
23,808 appearances
⭐ Best Ranking
Religion
Avg rank: 3.55
🥇 Most #1 Rankings
Family
6868 times first place
Health
▶Family
▶Trust
▶Peace
▶Financial stability
▶Love
▶Respect
▶Pleasure
▶Freedom
▶Friendship
▶Security
▶Loyalty
▶Growth
▶Honesty
▶Discipline
▶Wealth
▶Success
▶Control
▶Certainty
▶Creativity
▶Authenticity
▶Accountability
▶Curiosity
▶Compassion
▶Ethics
▶Helpfulness
▶Adventure
▶Privacy
▶Wisdom
▶Independence
▶Appreciation
▶Job security
▶Meaningful work
▶Intelligence
▶Challenge
▶Justice
▶Equality
▶Religion
▶Courage
▶Excitement
▶Passion
▶Acceptance
▶Commitment
▶Inner harmony
▶Determination
▶Ambition
▶Tolerance
▶Forgiveness
▶Teamwork
▶Spirituality
▶Beauty
▶Uniqueness
▶Competence
▶Tradition
▶Excellence
▶Variety
▶Reputation
▶Influence
▶Contribution
▶Fame
▶Authority
▶Popularity
▶| Rank | Value ▲▼ | Avg Rank ▲▼ | 🥇 Top 1 ▲▼ | 🥉 Top 3 ▲▼ | Appearance Rate ▲▼ | 📈 Trend (MoM) ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
▶ 1 | Health | 3.87 | 10.5% | 25.4% | 46.8% | ▼−0.5% |
▶ 2 | Family | 3.57 | 13.5% | 25.9% | 43.5% | ▲+1.1% |
▶ 3 | Trust | 5.01 | 3.9% | 13.5% | 39.6% | ▲+1.8% |
▶ 4 | Peace | 4.80 | 4.4% | 14.3% | 36.2% | ▲+0.2% |
▶ 5 | Financial stability | 4.73 | 3.8% | 13.5% | 35.5% | ▲+2.5% |
▶ 6 | Love | 4.72 | 4.4% | 13.0% | 32.4% | ▲+2.3% |
▶ 7 ▲+1 | Respect | 5.58 | 1.9% | 7.9% | 31.1% | ▲+4.4% |
▶ 8 ▼−1 | Pleasure | 5.19 | 2.6% | 9.9% | 30.9% | ▲+3.1% |
▶ 9 | Freedom | 6.49 | 2.9% | 6.5% | 28.7% | ▼−2.1% |
▶ 10 ▲+1 | Friendship | 5.56 | 1.8% | 7.4% | 26.4% | ▲+4.9% |
▶ 11 ▼−1 | Security | 4.77 | 3.1% | 10.0% | 25.0% | ▼−1.9% |
▶ 12 | Loyalty | 5.54 | 1.9% | 6.7% | 24.2% | ▲+3.9% |
▶ 13 | Growth | 5.66 | 1.8% | 5.8% | 22.1% | ▼−2.6% |
▶ 14 | Honesty | 5.84 | 1.1% | 4.8% | 21.1% | ▼−0.6% |
▶ 15 | Discipline | 5.04 | 2.1% | 7.3% | 20.8% | ▲+3.0% |
▶ 16 | Wealth | 4.90 | 2.5% | 7.6% | 20.1% | ▲+2.0% |
▶ 17 ▲+1 | Success | 5.70 | 1.6% | 5.1% | 19.2% | ▲+4.9% |
▶ 18 ▲+3 | Control | 5.15 | 2.2% | 6.9% | 19.2% | ▲+6.2% |
▶ 19 | Certainty | 5.00 | 2.4% | 6.9% | 18.4% | ▲+0.6% |
▶ 20 | Creativity | 5.93 | 1.2% | 4.2% | 18.1% | ▼−0.3% |
▶ 21 ▼−4 | Authenticity | 5.42 | 1.4% | 4.9% | 17.5% | ▼−9.4% |
▶ 22 ▲+1 | Accountability | 5.71 | 0.9% | 4.0% | 16.7% | ▼−1.7% |
▶ 23 ▼−1 | Curiosity | 6.11 | 0.9% | 3.3% | 16.5% | ▼−6.0% |
▶ 24 | Compassion | 5.71 | 1.1% | 4.1% | 15.8% | ▼−3.2% |
▶ 25 | Ethics | 6.27 | 1.3% | 3.7% | 15.7% | ▼−2.9% |
▶ 26 ▲+1 | Helpfulness | 7.17 | 0.8% | 2.3% | 15.5% | ▲+1.7% |
▶ 27 ▲+4 | Adventure | 5.86 | 0.9% | 3.4% | 15.2% | ▲+5.8% |
▶ 28 | Privacy | 6.07 | 0.7% | 3.0% | 15.2% | ▲+1.3% |
▶ 29 ▼−3 | Wisdom | 5.81 | 1.1% | 3.8% | 14.6% | ▼−5.6% |
▶ 30 | Independence | 6.19 | 0.8% | 2.9% | 14.1% | ▼−3.0% |
▶ 31 ▲+1 | Appreciation | 6.25 | 0.6% | 2.4% | 13.9% | ▼−0.7% |
▶ 32 ▲+2 | Job security | 5.41 | 0.8% | 3.7% | 13.6% | ▲+1.5% |
▶ 33 ▼−4 | Meaningful work | 6.36 | 0.9% | 2.8% | 13.4% | ▼−8.3% |
▶ 34 ▼−1 | Intelligence | 6.32 | 0.7% | 2.5% | 13.1% | ▼−1.7% |
▶ 35 | Challenge | 6.00 | 0.6% | 2.9% | 13.1% | ▲+0.4% |
▶ 36 | Justice | 6.18 | 0.9% | 3.0% | 13.0% | ▼−0.1% |
▶ 37 | Equality | 5.72 | 1.4% | 3.8% | 12.9% | ▼−0.8% |
▶ 38 | Religion | 3.55 | 4.6% | 7.2% | 11.7% | ▼−0.5% |
▶ 39 ▲+1 | Courage | 6.23 | 0.5% | 2.0% | 11.2% | ▲+0.7% |
▶ 40 ▲+2 | Excitement | 6.40 | 0.4% | 1.9% | 11.2% | ▲+3.6% |
▶ 41 ▲+3 | Passion | 6.25 | 0.7% | 2.1% | 10.8% | ▲+0.9% |
▶ 42 ▼−1 | Acceptance | 6.45 | 0.4% | 1.7% | 10.7% | ▼−1.2% |
▶ 43 ▲+2 | Commitment | 7.12 | 0.4% | 1.4% | 10.3% | ▲+0.8% |
▶ 44 ▼−5 | Inner harmony | 5.47 | 1.3% | 3.3% | 10.3% | ▼−12.9% |
▶ 45 ▲+1 | Determination | 6.22 | 0.5% | 2.0% | 10.2% | ▲+1.5% |
▶ 46 ▲+1 | Ambition | 6.33 | 0.7% | 2.0% | 10.1% | ▲+6.6% |
▶ 47 ▼−4 | Tolerance | 6.79 | 0.5% | 1.7% | 10.1% | ▼−6.1% |
▶ 48 ▲+1 | Forgiveness | 6.10 | 0.5% | 1.9% | 9.3% | ▲+1.3% |
▶ 49 ▼−1 | Teamwork | 6.96 | 0.4% | 1.2% | 9.1% | ▼−2.6% |
▶ 50 | Spirituality | 5.57 | 0.9% | 2.4% | 7.4% | ▼−6.1% |
▶ 51 | Beauty | 6.36 | 0.4% | 1.3% | 6.8% | ▲+2.2% |
▶ 52 ▲+2 | Uniqueness | 6.28 | 0.3% | 1.1% | 6.1% | ▲+2.7% |
▶ 53 ▼−1 | Competence | 6.75 | 0.2% | 0.9% | 6.1% | ▼−8.7% |
▶ 54 ▲+5 | Tradition | 6.13 | 0.3% | 1.2% | 5.6% | ▲+11.2% |
▶ 55 ▼−2 | Excellence | 6.26 | 0.3% | 1.1% | 5.5% | ▼−8.4% |
▶ 56 ▼−1 | Variety | 6.64 | 0.1% | 0.8% | 5.4% | ▲+0.2% |
▶ 57 ▼−1 | Reputation | 6.68 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 5.0% | ▼−2.2% |
▶ 58 | Influence | 6.63 | 0.1% | 0.7% | 4.7% | ▼−6.3% |
▶ 59 ▼−2 | Contribution | 6.92 | 0.2% | 0.6% | 4.6% | ▼−9.1% |
▶ 60 ▲+1 | Fame | 6.12 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 3.0% | ▲+0.0% |
▶ 61 ▼−1 | Authority | 6.51 | 0.1% | 0.5% | 3.0% | ▼−1.3% |
▶ 62 | Popularity | 6.59 | 0.1% | 0.5% | 2.9% | ▲+0.1% |