Ranking Score Explained

Hi there, thanks for your interest in how we calculate an experience's ranking score. It's at the core of Rankers so I'm pleased you're curious.

The ranking score percentage is used to compare and sort experiences in ranking tables. It is not necessarily a direct measurement of the quality of a particular experience as rated by its customers. I've found it a useful tool to allow me to find the best experiences with confidence. But I've also found it important to read the customer reviews before making any final judgements!

We calculate an experience's ranking score using a multi-factor data model instead of a raw data average (mean). This model takes into account several important questions. For instance - is there a trusted body of reviews? What is the age of a review and is the review from a credible source?

Below you'll find details around some of the important factors that went into calculating the ranking score for Kauaeranga Kauri Trail (Pinnacles Walk).

If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz. We don't believe this is perfect or complete so we're always interested in ways we might make improvements.

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Kauaeranga Kauri Trail (Pinnacles Walk)

Valid Reviews

76 Valid Reviews

The Kauaeranga Kauri Trail (Pinnacles Walk) experience has a total of 76 valid reviews. There are no invalid reviews that are excluded from the calculation. Reviews can be excluded only when a reviewer is not verified or after an investigation by our team determines the reviewer is not genuine.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 76 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 18
24%
9/10 25
33%
8/10 21
28%
7/10 10
13%
6/10 2
3%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

86.18% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kauaeranga Kauri Trail (Pinnacles Walk) valid reviews is 86.18% and is based on 76 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Face-to-Face Reviews

71 Face-to-Face Reviews

The Rankers team meets with travellers while they’re in New Zealand and conducts face-to-face surveys. These reviews, in our opinion, are the most trusted in the industry and represent a critical control sample. To our knowledge, we are the only travel review website in the world that has gone to this extent.

More about face-to-face reviews

Within the 76 valid reviews, the experience has 71 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 71 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 17
24%
9/10 22
31%
8/10 21
30%
7/10 9
13%
6/10 2
3%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

86.06% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kauaeranga Kauri Trail (Pinnacles Walk) face-to-face reviews is 86.06% and is based on 71 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

83.02%

Rankers calculates a weighted mean as a base average on which we can improve. Individual review's ratings are given a weight based on several factors. The weight of a review determines the overall impact it'll have on the final weighted average.

Recent reviews have more weight as they are more relevant and reflect the experience as it currently operates. Over time reviews become less relevant and loose their impact on the ranking score.

Low rating reviews carry slightly less weight. This dampens the effect of very low ratings for every experience across the board. This is especially important when the experience has few reviews overall and a single negative rating can grossly mischaracterise an experience. Consistent poor reviews will still result in the experience receiving a comparitively low ranking score.

Credible sources provide reviews that can be trusted. If we have verified a reviewer is genuine via a face-to-face meeting then the review carries additional weight.

Reviewer Rating Age Face-to-Face Weight Relative Weight
Haefele Lilja 7/10 292 days 86.49 100%
Chris Arnold 7/10 907 days true 12.72 13%
Dan Schmidt 8/10 913 days true 12.3 12%
Niels Bellaar 9/10 919 days 9.91 9%
Riccardo 9/10 920 days true 11.82 12%
Emely Walker 8/10 922 days true 11.69 12%
Kristal Lavender 9/10 961 days true 9.41 9%
Jamosch Dooffler 8/10 971 days true 8.92 8%
Janina 8/10 972 days true 8.88 8%
Barbara 10/10 976 days true 8.69 8%
Gazmira Molina 10/10 983 days true 8.39 8%
Thomas 9/10 1002 days true 7.64 7%
Mikulas and Dominika 7/10 1008 days true 7.44 7%
Sylvie Smets 9/10 1212 days true 5.81 5%
Anais Roux 8/10 1217 days true 5.8 5%
Milan Maiwald 8/10 1222 days true 5.79 5%
Alex 8/10 1224 days true 5.79 5%
Antonia Gillett 10/10 1226 days true 5.78 5%
Cora 8/10 1228 days true 5.78 5%
Selina 8/10 1228 days true 5.78 5%
Saskia Peek 10/10 1229 days true 5.78 5%
Anna Lerchl 10/10 1232 days true 5.77 5%
Madeleine Panholzer 10/10 1234 days true 5.77 5%
Andrea Le Stunff 6/10 1237 days true 5.77 5%
Jan Homann 7/10 1239 days true 5.76 5%
Pablo Garcia 10/10 1243 days true 5.76 5%
Julia Scharbert 8/10 1243 days true 5.76 5%
Annalies Beard 7/10 1246 days true 5.75 5%
Max von Felde 9/10 1248 days true 5.75 5%
Teo Golja 8/10 1255 days true 5.74 5%
Max Mustermann 7/10 1260 days true 5.73 4%
Irene Marvelli 9/10 1262 days true 5.73 4%
ks ks 8/10 1262 days true 5.73 4%
Florent Callet 7/10 1267 days true 5.72 4%
Ambrosio Loojs 8/10 1268 days true 5.72 4%
Sophia Harnisch 9/10 1268 days true 5.72 4%
Markus Wabing 10/10 1270 days true 5.71 4%
Theresa Huelk 9/10 1272 days true 5.71 4%
Rebecca Winzig 6/10 1272 days true 5.71 4%
Michele Winzig 9/10 1272 days true 5.71 4%
M J 8/10 1275 days true 5.7 4%
Johannes Marold 8/10 1281 days true 5.69 4%
Lucilo Del Castillo 8/10 1283 days true 5.69 4%
Nils 9/10 1287 days true 5.68 4%
Elizabeth Nash 9/10 1328 days true 5.62 4%
Stephanie Piou 8/10 1592 days true 5.18 4%
Michael Stibor 9/10 1593 days true 5.18 4%
Martha Taatz 10/10 1636 days true 5.11 4%
Jasper van den Weyde 9/10 1648 days true 5.09 4%
Bart Hanssen 9/10 1670 days true 5.05 4%
Claudia Bauch 10/10 1965 days true 4.57 3%
Hirsch Svenja 9/10 1970 days true 4.56 3%
Tobias Thull 9/10 1970 days true 4.56 3%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 1978 days true 4.55 3%
Joy Lambez 10/10 1992 days true 4.53 3%
Claudia 10/10 2004 days true 4.51 3%
Rey Germain 9/10 2308 days true 4.01 2%
Kiki Wykstra 9/10 2320 days true 3.99 2%
Sarah Horn 9/10 2320 days true 3.99 2%
Sebastian Russell-Smits 10/10 2320 days true 3.99 2%
N smith 9/10 2391 days 3.22 2%
Ruben Kunze 9/10 2687 days true 3.38 2%
Numa Brouimet 10/10 2693 days true 3.37 2%
Carolin Haas 8/10 2707 days true 3.35 2%
Franziska & Katrin 7/10 2718 days true 3.33 2%
Lucie Rutherfurd 8/10 2724 days true 3.32 2%
Mary Hamilton 10/10 2818 days 2.64 1%
Mirka Tinterova 10/10 3065 days true 2.76 1%
Cymen Crick 9/10 3336 days 1.93 0%
Michael Egli 9/10 3419 days true 2.18 0%
beetley 10/10 3425 days true 2.17 0%
Jamie Hallifax 7/10 3447 days true 2.13 0%
joe Reibli 7/10 3453 days true 2.12 0%
alasiac 10/10 3518 days true 2.02 0%
carolineder 8/10 3518 days true 2.02 0%
Andrea and Craig Swinson 8/10 3542 days true 1.98 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kauaeranga Kauri Trail (Pinnacles Walk) does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Final Ranking Score

83%

The final ranking score once rounding has been applied. This value is cached and recalculated each day. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.

If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz.