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What is measured

Trust

56.0

Based on 4 of 4 measures

Life Time is heard from in volume, and the volume isn't kind. Review Volume Confidence sits at 87.1, well up the range, so this is not a small-sample accident: Average Rating at 63.1 and Review Sentiment at 51.2 both land in the bottom third of the Index, and Inverted Complaint Intensity at 29.8 says that when members are unhappy about something, they are loud about it. Trust lands at 56 - the score of a brand members keep paying and won't defend, which is dependability, not devotion.

Salience

53.5

Based on 4 of 4 measures

Life Time's momentum is real and its share of the category conversation is not: search momentum sits at 86.8 while Relative Search Salience sits at 27.1. The people already looking for Life Time are looking harder - branded search demand at 52.1, follow-through to actual traffic at 68.2 - which means the funnel works once someone thinks of the name. Salience of 53.5 is the price of that gap: rising interest inside a small circle, not a brand the category defaults to.

Meaning

42.8

Based on 4 of 4 measures

Life Time is understood, not distinguished. Association Clarity at 38.1 sits somewhat above the middle of the Index - customers can name what the brand is associated with - but Differentiation Language at 22 is middling, and Audience Affinity at 73.7 is fondness that sits where nearly every brand's sits, so neither one buys separation. Category Audience Fit at 34.3 falls somewhat below the middle and Meaning lands at 42.8: recognized for what it is, not for what only it is.

Emotional Connection

41.2

Based on 3 of 4 measures · missing: Community Engagement

Members feel good inside a Life Time club and stop short of calling it theirs. Emotional Sentiment reaches 49.2 while Attachment Language falls to 30.8 - the experience earns a pleasant review, not a bond, and Emotional Connection settles at 41.2 as the average of those two truths. Identity and belonging language at 40 confirms it: people go to Life Time, they don't belong to it.

Advocacy

37.7

Based on 2 of 4 measures · missing: Conversation Volume, Earned Mention Velocity

Life Time's members talk about it more warmly than they recommend it: positive word of mouth sits at 40.5 while recommendation language lands at 34.3. Speaking well of a gym costs nothing - telling a friend to sign a contract and show up puts your own judgment on the line, and Life Time's members stop short of that. Advocacy at 37.7 says the club is enjoyed, not championed.

Not yet scored

Pricing Power2 of 5

Membership prices are published for part of this group, but the discount and promotion measures need a product catalogue with a price history - which a gym or studio does not have.

The full Devotion Score needs all six factors. A factor is scored once at least half of its measures have data behind them. The rest appear as their sources connect.

Devotion Score
48
Based on 5 of 6 factors
United States
#20 of 25
#15 of 17
85
Directional
Aug 10, 2026

5 of 6 factors measured so far, from customer reviews, search interest and audience research. Each factor on this page shows the measures behind it and any that are missing.

Category

Wellness/Fitness

Gyms and studios

Compared with the other brands here that are measured the same way. See the rankings for where this brand sits.

Measured from customer reviews of its locations. Brands measured in different places are not compared with each other.

This brand was measured in the United States, where its locations operate - it has few or no locations of its own in Canada.

Six Factor Scores

Trust56Salience53Meaning43EmotionalConnection41Advocacy38Pricing PowerNOT YET

A dashed spoke is a factor not yet measured - it is left off the shape rather than drawn as a low score.

Life Time | Brand Devotion Score