Our results show that computer-based models are significantly more accurate than humans in a core social-cognitive task: personality judgment. Computer-based judgments (r = 0.56) correlate more strongly with participants’ self-ratings than average human judg- ments do (r = 0.49). Moreover, computer models showed higher interjudge agreement and higher external validity (computer-based personality judgments were better at predicting life outcomes and other behaviorally related traits than human judgments). The potential growth in both the sophistication of the computer models and the amount of the digital footprint might lead to computer models outperforming humans even more decisively.