"Super recogniser" is a term coined in 2009 by Harvard and University College London researchers for people with significantly better-than-average face recognition ability. Super recognisers are able to memorise and recall thousands of faces, often having seen them only once.

How many Super Recognisers are there?

'Super Recognisers' is a term used for people with extraordinarily good facial recognition abilities. Estimated that only 1–2% of the population have this ability. Think you're a Super Recogniser?

What percent of people are super recognizers?

Super-recognizers belong to an elite group — experts estimate their numbers at less than 2 percent of the population — and are at the top end of a facial cognition spectrum that includes prosopagnosia, or “face blindness,” or exceptionally poor facial recognition, at the bottom.