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रिंग साइज़र खोलेंEarring gauge chart · No sign-up
20g is thinner than 18g.
The gauge scale runs backwards, which is why people order the wrong size. Every gauge below is drawn at its real diameter — hold an earring you already own against the screen and find the match.
Step 1. Calibrate the screen — or reuse the scale from another tool here.
Using your saved calibration.
Screen scale: — CSS pixels per mm
Step 2. Hold the post of an earring you already own against each circle. Every one below is drawn at its true physical size.
Your gauge
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Length is a separate number.Gauge is how thick the bar is; length is how far it spans. Both appear in a listing, and either can be wrong on its own.
Why the numbers run backwards
The gauge scale counts manufacturing steps rather than thickness. It comes from wire drawing, where the number recorded how many times a wire had been pulled through progressively smaller dies. More passes meant thinner wire and a higher number.
The convention outlived the reason for it, so a 20g post is thinner than an 18g one, which is thinner than 16g. Nothing about the number tells you that, and it catches people out constantly — which is the entire reason this page draws the sizes instead of listing them.
How to find yours
- 01
Calibrate the screen
Match a bank card, a coin from your own currency or a folded sheet of paper against the outline. Without this the circles below are drawn at whatever size your display happens to make them, which is no use for comparison.
- 02
Hold a post against the circles
Take an earring you already wear and hold the post against each circle until one matches. Every circle is drawn at its true physical diameter, so the one that matches is your gauge — no measuring, no reading a scale.
- 03
Check the length separately
Gauge is how thick the bar is. Length is how far it spans, and it's a different number that's just as often wrong. Both appear in a listing and both have to be right.
Gauge to millimetres chart
Thinnest at the top. The millimetre figures are the conventional trade values that jewellery is actually manufactured to, rather than the unrounded wire-gauge numbers they derive from.
| Gauge | Millimetres | Inches | Commonly used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22g | 0.6 mm | 0.024″ | Fine nose studs, some delicate earrings |
| 20g | 0.8 mm | 0.031″ | The usual standard earring post; nostril |
| 18g | 1 mm | 0.039″ | Common for cartilage and upper lobe |
| 16g | 1.2 mm | 0.047″ | Helix, tragus, eyebrow, septum |
| 14g | 1.6 mm | 0.063″ | Navel, industrial, tongue |
| 12g | 2 mm | 0.079″ | Larger lobe, some septum |
| 10g | 2.4 mm | 0.094″ | Stretched lobe |
| 8g | 3.2 mm | 0.126″ | Stretched lobe |
| 6g | 4 mm | 0.157″ | Stretched lobe |
| 4g | 5 mm | 0.197″ | Stretched lobe |
| 2g | 6 mm | 0.236″ | Stretched lobe |
| 0g | 8 mm | 0.315″ | Stretched lobe |
| 00g | 10 mm | 0.394″ | Stretched lobe; the largest common gauge |
Post and bar lengths
A separate measurement from gauge, and just as often the thing that's wrong.
- 5 mm — Snug lobe studs; thin lobes
- 6 mm — The most common lobe stud length
- 8 mm — Thicker lobes, cartilage, most hoops' inner diameter starting point
- 10 mm — Cartilage with swelling allowance; navel curves
- 12 mm — Industrial and longer barbells
Earring gauge questions
What gauge is a standard earring?
Why does a higher gauge number mean a thinner earring?
How do I convert earring gauge to millimetres?
Can I measure an earring gauge on my screen?
What is the difference between gauge and length?
Are earring gauge sizes the same everywhere?
This page covers measurement only. Questions about getting pierced, stretching, or whether a piercing has healed are for a professional piercer — a sizing tool isn't in a position to answer them, and shouldn't pretend otherwise.