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Trust

73.3

Based on 4 of 4 measures

SoulCycle is rated well by the people who bother to rate it. Average Rating sits at 85.2 and Inverted Complaint Intensity at 76.7, both in the top third of the Index, so the praise runs warm and the loud complaints stay rare; Review Sentiment at 65.8 sits above the middle, a cooler reading than the ratings alone imply. What keeps Trust at 73.3 is the thinness of the record - Review Volume Confidence reads 65.6, bottom third - which makes this trust attested by few, not trust proven at scale.

Emotional Connection

36.0

Based on 3 of 4 measures · missing: Community Engagement

SoulCycle built a business on belonging, and its Emotional Connection score sits at 36. Sentiment is the healthiest thing here at 51.3 - riders feel fine about the brand - but identity and belonging language comes in at 29.8 and attachment language at 20.8, which means people who once called themselves SoulCycle riders now just describe a workout they took. That's affection without identity: pleasant enough to book again, not strong enough to survive a closer studio.

Meaning

35.3

Based on 4 of 4 measures

SoulCycle is liked and unexplained. Audience Affinity sits at 70.7 on a measure where brands cluster, so the warmth buys nothing on its own; Association Clarity at 22.4 sits below the middle of the Index and Differentiation Language at 10.6 sits in the bottom third, which means its own customers have thin language for what the brand is and almost none for what makes it unlike anything else. Meaning lands at 35.3 - affection without articulation, and affection nobody can put into words is affection a competitor doesn't have to work to take.

Advocacy

34.8

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

Advocacy sits at 34.8. SoulCycle riders will tell you about the class; far fewer will tell you to take it - positive word of mouth reads 40.3, while the language of an actual recommendation sits at 28.2. Enthusiasm that stops short of an invitation is conversation, not advocacy.

Salience

22.8

Based on 4 of 4 measures

SoulCycle is a name people know and no longer look for: salience sits at 22.8, with Relative Search Salience at 5.4 - the category's conversation is happening almost entirely without it. Search momentum of 56.6 says the curiosity that remains is trending up, but branded demand at 17 and follow-through at 26.5 say it dead-ends before it becomes a class booking. That's cultural residue, not presence - SoulCycle is being remembered, not chosen.

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
40
Based on 5 of 6 factors
United States
#25 of 25
#17 of 17
72
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

Trust73EmotionalConnection36Meaning35Advocacy35Salience23Pricing PowerNOT YET

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

SoulCycle | Brand Devotion Score