Public Leaderboard

The Freedomwise leaderboard is an opt-in public ranking of Freedom Scores. It's designed to give users a reference point for where they stand relative to their peers, not to expose personal financial data.

What's shown publicly

When you opt in, the leaderboard shows:

Your display handle (not your real name unless you choose)
Your Freedom Score as a range (e.g., 65–69, not the exact number)
Your FIRE stage
Your SFS or AFS badge
Age bucket (e.g., "30–35", not exact age)

Nothing more. Asset values, income, and exact expenses are never shown.

What's not shown

Exact Freedom Score (ranges only)
Exact age (buckets only)
Exact corpus or asset values
Real name (unless you set your display handle to your real name)
Income, expenses, or any financial detail

Opt-in and opt-out

Go to Settings → Leaderboard to enable or disable your public listing. Opt-in is off by default. When you opt out, your listing is removed from the public view within 24 hours.

You can also update your display handle at any time.

Peer comparison

The Peers page (/peers) shows aggregate distributions by age group and FIRE stage. This uses bucketed, anonymised data and requires a minimum cohort size to be displayed. Individual scores can never be reverse-engineered from aggregate data.

The peer distributions answer questions like "What's the median Freedom Score for people aged 30–35?" without exposing anyone's individual score.

Why this exists

Financial journeys are often isolating in India — we don't talk about money openly. The leaderboard gives users an optional, privacy-preserving way to see how they compare and to get recognition for financial progress. The SFS/AFS badge system makes the data more trustworthy without requiring everyone to share personally identifiable information.