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 Routeburn Track.
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.
Routeburn Track
Valid Reviews
137 Valid Reviews
The Routeburn Track experience has a total of 138 reviews. There are 137 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 137 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 59 |
|
43% |
| 9/10 | 43 |
|
31% |
| 8/10 | 26 |
|
19% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
4% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
90.80% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Routeburn Track valid reviews is 90.80% and is based on 137 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
131 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 137 valid reviews, the experience has 131 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 131 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 55 |
|
42% |
| 9/10 | 42 |
|
32% |
| 8/10 | 25 |
|
19% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
90.61% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Routeburn Track face-to-face reviews is 90.61% and is based on 131 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
91.30%
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 | Relative Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Christoph | 10/10 | 1703 days | 100% |
| Dorothy and Graham Glen | 10/10 | 1703 days | 100% |
| Laura Kudo | 8/10 | 1928 days | 83% |
| Melanie and Pascal | 10/10 | 1954 days | 86% |
| Remy and Rebecca Mans | 10/10 | 1957 days | 86% |
| Holloway | 10/10 | 1959 days | 86% |
| Fi | 8/10 | 1980 days | 80% |
| Simon | 10/10 | 2001 days | 83% |
| Mikkel Thomassen | 10/10 | 2052 days | 81% |
| Jannika Cao | 10/10 | 2052 days | 81% |
| Kat | 8/10 | 2053 days | 76% |
| Austin Jurgensmeyer | 10/10 | 2078 days | 79% |
| Susan H | 10/10 | 2095 days | 78% |
| Hector | 9/10 | 2283 days | 68% |
| Carlos | 9/10 | 2283 days | 68% |
| Ivanova R | 10/10 | 2284 days | 68% |
| Jenna Kuittinen | 7/10 | 2296 days | 60% |
| Stephen Timko | 10/10 | 2300 days | 67% |
| Jeeyoung Kim | 10/10 | 2302 days | 67% |
| Marie | 10/10 | 2304 days | 67% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 8/10 | 2306 days | 63% |
| Chao Lai | 9/10 | 2306 days | 67% |
| Virginia Fradin | 8/10 | 2306 days | 63% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 2307 days | 66% |
| Derick Trotter | 9/10 | 2307 days | 66% |
| Kathryn Nolan | 10/10 | 2309 days | 66% |
| Molly Bogeberg | 10/10 | 2310 days | 66% |
| Pierre Mathis | 8/10 | 2312 days | 62% |
| Judy | 9/10 | 2314 days | 66% |
| Lea Kisbye | 7/10 | 2315 days | 59% |
| Max | 7/10 | 2317 days | 59% |
| Manuel El-Amine | 8/10 | 2318 days | 62% |
| Bernardo Galeazzo | 8/10 | 2322 days | 62% |
| Kim | 8/10 | 2326 days | 62% |
| Stephanie Pope | 9/10 | 2332 days | 65% |
| Maike Santelmann | 9/10 | 2334 days | 65% |
| Remi Lopez | 10/10 | 2335 days | 65% |
| Yarden Oliva | 10/10 | 2337 days | 65% |
| Mia Gaynor | 10/10 | 2338 days | 65% |
| Lisa | 8/10 | 2339 days | 61% |
| Gonne Clasen | 8/10 | 2359 days | 60% |
| Samantha Heim | 10/10 | 2388 days | 62% |
| Iker Peeters | 10/10 | 2407 days | 61% |
| Ixtaso Roncal | 10/10 | 2440 days | 59% |
| Sue Strebe | 8/10 | 2700 days | 42% |
| Elisa Felising | 10/10 | 2706 days | 44% |
| David McIntosh | 9/10 | 2717 days | 44% |
| Dawn Mulligan | 8/10 | 2723 days | 41% |
| Karolina Gren | 9/10 | 3016 days | 27% |
| Moritz Lepple | 9/10 | 3033 days | 26% |
| Simon Galpin | 8/10 | 3045 days | 24% |
| Andreas Jung | 9/10 | 3054 days | 25% |
| Maria = Moller Hansen | 10/10 | 3058 days | 25% |
| Bjorn Houlberg | 9/10 | 3058 days | 25% |
| Marinette | 9/10 | 3062 days | 25% |
| Barbara | 9/10 | 3062 days | 25% |
| Natalie Boehm | 10/10 | 3063 days | 24% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 7/10 | 3063 days | 22% |
| Anna Guzewiez | 7/10 | 3066 days | 21% |
| David Krasner | 8/10 | 3072 days | 22% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 3101 days | 22% |
| Trish Pope | 10/10 | 3110 days | 22% |
| Philipp Haass | 10/10 | 3115 days | 22% |
| Christin Woelk | 5/10 | 3376 days | 4% |
| Audrey Ripoche | 9/10 | 3388 days | 6% |
| Stientje van den Heuvel | 10/10 | 3398 days | 6% |
| Tom Somers | 10/10 | 3398 days | 6% |
| Andy Cummins | 10/10 | 3399 days | 6% |
| Cervenka Jaroslav | 10/10 | 3404 days | 6% |
| Jitka Zenahlikova | 10/10 | 3404 days | 6% |
| Katey Justice | 9/10 | 3407 days | 5% |
| Kathryn Pisco | 10/10 | 3418 days | 5% |
| Mike Pisco | 10/10 | 3418 days | 5% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 3422 days | 5% |
| Helen and Ogi | 10/10 | 3425 days | 4% |
| Francis Runge | 10/10 | 3426 days | 4% |
| Peter Moederer | 8/10 | 3429 days | 3% |
| Tobias Sowade | 9/10 | 3438 days | 4% |
| Liam Day | 8/10 | 3488 days | 0% |
| Alexandra van den Brack | 9/10 | 3499 days | 0% |
| Katharina Pape | 9/10 | 3500 days | 0% |
| Debbie | 10/10 | 3503 days | 0% |
| Michael Neumann | 10/10 | 3764 days | 20% |
| Oliver Hardt | 8/10 | 3766 days | 19% |
| Val Phillips | 10/10 | 3770 days | 20% |
| D Esson | 8/10 | 3771 days | 19% |
| Hanna Clement | 8/10 | 3771 days | 19% |
| Keith Helen | 10/10 | 3777 days | 20% |
| Fleming Lauridsen | 9/10 | 3786 days | 20% |
| Siegfried Richter | 8/10 | 3787 days | 19% |
| Beeny | 9/10 | 3787 days | 20% |
| Carolin Haas | 9/10 | 3787 days | 20% |
| Vincent & Lian | 9/10 | 3787 days | 20% |
| Alan Findlay | 10/10 | 3792 days | 20% |
| Lynn Robinson | 10/10 | 3798 days | 20% |
| Francis Corrigan | 10/10 | 3807 days | 20% |
| Jackie & Ray | 9/10 | 3819 days | 20% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 3837 days | 20% |
| Rob O'Neill | 9/10 | 4114 days | 20% |
| David Brown | 9/10 | 4116 days | 20% |
| David Taylor | 6/10 | 4117 days | 15% |
| R Tearle | 9/10 | 4121 days | 20% |
| Helen Evans | 6/10 | 4126 days | 15% |
| Helen | 9/10 | 4133 days | 20% |
| Katherine and Pete Smal | 9/10 | 4133 days | 20% |
| Wouter Moui | 8/10 | 4135 days | 19% |
| Ben Akin-Smith | 7/10 | 4137 days | 18% |
| K & J Overton | 9/10 | 4137 days | 20% |
| Estel la Prado | 9/10 | 4137 days | 20% |
| Elise van Haastert | 9/10 | 4142 days | 20% |
| Geert Van Tittelboom | 9/10 | 4147 days | 20% |
| Carmel | 10/10 | 4147 days | 20% |
| Janine Diehl | 10/10 | 4148 days | 20% |
| Daniel Hammersley | 9/10 | 4148 days | 20% |
| Becky Foley | 10/10 | 4157 days | 20% |
| Van den Borne | 9/10 | 4157 days | 20% |
| Angela Clarke | 9/10 | 4158 days | 20% |
| Liz Foxwell-Canning | 10/10 | 4158 days | 20% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 9/10 | 4163 days | 20% |
| Sue Haward | 9/10 | 4166 days | 20% |
| Christian Foerster | 9/10 | 4171 days | 20% |
| dollimyxture | 10/10 | 4202 days | 20% |
| mnm | 9/10 | 4202 days | 20% |
| Ann Michle | 9/10 | 4428 days | 20% |
| Victoria Slater | 8/10 | 4482 days | 19% |
| Margie | 10/10 | 4486 days | 20% |
| Inbar Yizhar Barnea | 10/10 | 4496 days | 20% |
| Graeme + Jane Ryan | 10/10 | 4498 days | 20% |
| Peter Brown | 8/10 | 4504 days | 19% |
| David Hobson | 10/10 | 4528 days | 20% |
| Ross & Catherine Litherland | 8/10 | 4549 days | 19% |
| Primavesi | 10/10 | 4610 days | 20% |
| Tim_P | 8/10 | 4839 days | 19% |
| Thomas1646 | 10/10 | 4849 days | 20% |
| JuergenSchnitzer | 10/10 | 4858 days | 20% |
| Gillian | 9/10 | 4862 days | 20% |
| Mette | 9/10 | 4886 days | 20% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Routeburn Track does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Final Ranking Score
91%
The final ranking score once any adjustments, ratings, and 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.