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

77 Valid Reviews

The Kauaeranga Kauri Trail (Pinnacles Walk) experience has a total of 77 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 77 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 19
25%
9/10 25
32%
8/10 21
27%
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%

86.36% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kauaeranga Kauri Trail (Pinnacles Walk) valid reviews is 86.36% and is based on 77 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 77 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

89.14%

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
Cymen Crick 10/10 113 days 97.98 100%
Haefele Lilja 7/10 752 days 21.52 22%
Chris Arnold 7/10 1367 days true 4.07 4%
Dan Schmidt 8/10 1373 days true 4.23 4%
Niels Bellaar 9/10 1379 days 4.44 5%
Riccardo 9/10 1380 days true 4.44 5%
Emely Walker 8/10 1382 days true 4.22 4%
Kristal Lavender 9/10 1421 days true 4.36 4%
Jamosch Dooffler 8/10 1431 days true 4.13 4%
Janina 8/10 1432 days true 4.12 4%
Barbara 10/10 1436 days true 4.33 4%
Gazmira Molina 10/10 1443 days true 4.32 4%
Thomas 9/10 1462 days true 4.28 4%
Mikulas and Dominika 7/10 1468 days true 3.89 4%
Sylvie Smets 9/10 1672 days true 3.87 4%
Anais Roux 8/10 1677 days true 3.67 4%
Milan Maiwald 8/10 1682 days true 3.66 4%
Alex 8/10 1684 days true 3.65 4%
Antonia Gillett 10/10 1686 days true 3.84 4%
Cora 8/10 1688 days true 3.65 4%
Selina 8/10 1688 days true 3.65 4%
Saskia Peek 10/10 1689 days true 3.84 4%
Anna Lerchl 10/10 1692 days true 3.83 4%
Madeleine Panholzer 10/10 1694 days true 3.83 4%
Andrea Le Stunff 6/10 1697 days true 3.17 3%
Jan Homann 7/10 1699 days true 3.47 4%
Pablo Garcia 10/10 1703 days true 3.81 4%
Julia Scharbert 8/10 1703 days true 3.62 4%
Annalies Beard 7/10 1706 days true 3.46 4%
Max von Felde 9/10 1708 days true 3.8 4%
Teo Golja 8/10 1715 days true 3.6 4%
Max Mustermann 7/10 1720 days true 3.44 4%
Irene Marvelli 9/10 1722 days true 3.77 4%
ks ks 8/10 1722 days true 3.58 4%
Florent Callet 7/10 1727 days true 3.42 3%
Ambrosio Loojs 8/10 1728 days true 3.57 4%
Sophia Harnisch 9/10 1728 days true 3.76 4%
Markus Wabing 10/10 1730 days true 3.76 4%
Theresa Huelk 9/10 1732 days true 3.75 4%
Rebecca Winzig 6/10 1732 days true 3.12 3%
Michele Winzig 9/10 1732 days true 3.75 4%
M J 8/10 1735 days true 3.56 4%
Johannes Marold 8/10 1741 days true 3.55 4%
Lucilo Del Castillo 8/10 1743 days true 3.55 4%
Nils 9/10 1747 days true 3.72 4%
Elizabeth Nash 9/10 1788 days true 3.64 4%
Stephanie Piou 8/10 2052 days true 2.97 3%
Michael Stibor 9/10 2053 days true 3.13 3%
Martha Taatz 10/10 2096 days true 3.04 3%
Jasper van den Weyde 9/10 2108 days true 3.02 3%
Bart Hanssen 9/10 2130 days true 2.97 3%
Claudia Bauch 10/10 2425 days true 2.4 2%
Hirsch Svenja 9/10 2430 days true 2.39 2%
Tobias Thull 9/10 2430 days true 2.39 2%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 2438 days true 2.37 2%
Joy Lambez 10/10 2452 days true 2.34 2%
Claudia 10/10 2464 days true 2.32 2%
Rey Germain 9/10 2768 days true 1.73 2%
Kiki Wykstra 9/10 2780 days true 1.7 2%
Sarah Horn 9/10 2780 days true 1.7 2%
Sebastian Russell-Smits 10/10 2780 days true 1.7 2%
N smith 9/10 2851 days 1.56 2%
Ruben Kunze 9/10 3147 days true 0.98 1%
Numa Brouimet 10/10 3153 days true 0.97 1%
Carolin Haas 8/10 3167 days true 0.9 1%
Franziska & Katrin 7/10 3178 days true 0.84 1%
Lucie Rutherfurd 8/10 3184 days true 0.87 1%
Mary Hamilton 10/10 3278 days 0.73 1%
Mirka Tinterova 10/10 3525 days true 0.24 0%
Cymen Crick 9/10 3796 days 0.0 0%
Michael Egli 9/10 3879 days true 0.0 0%
beetley 10/10 3885 days true 0.0 0%
Jamie Hallifax 7/10 3907 days true 0.0 0%
joe Reibli 7/10 3913 days true 0.0 0%
alasiac 10/10 3978 days true 0.0 0%
carolineder 8/10 3978 days true 0.0 0%
Andrea and Craig Swinson 8/10 4002 days true 0.0 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

89%

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.