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 Hot Water Beach.
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.
Hot Water Beach
Valid Reviews
252 Valid Reviews
The Hot Water Beach experience has a total of 252 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 252 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 70 |
|
28% |
| 9/10 | 64 |
|
25% |
| 8/10 | 53 |
|
21% |
| 7/10 | 36 |
|
14% |
| 6/10 | 8 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 10 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 7 |
|
3% |
| 3/10 | 4 |
|
2% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
82.94% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Hot Water Beach valid reviews is 82.94% and is based on 252 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
226 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 252 valid reviews, the experience has 226 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 226 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 64 |
|
28% |
| 9/10 | 58 |
|
26% |
| 8/10 | 47 |
|
21% |
| 7/10 | 31 |
|
14% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 10 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 6 |
|
3% |
| 3/10 | 3 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
83.19% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Hot Water Beach face-to-face reviews is 83.19% and is based on 226 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
81.16%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | 3/10 | 990 days | 100% |
| Edward Lowe | 4/10 | 1082 days | 76% |
| Patricio Vidal | 10/10 | 1174 days | 93% |
| Jeny Smolders | 10/10 | 1423 days | 84% |
| Elli | 5/10 | 1733 days | 58% |
| Carina Weber | 5/10 | 1735 days | 58% |
| David | 10/10 | 1738 days | 72% |
| Gretha | 9/10 | 1740 days | 72% |
| May | 4/10 | 1763 days | 55% |
| Rik van der Niet | 6/10 | 1765 days | 58% |
| Lea Celerier | 8/10 | 1791 days | 66% |
| Leigh Dodds | 8/10 | 1808 days | 65% |
| Elizabeth Braidotti | 9/10 | 1848 days | 67% |
| Bernd Muller | 9/10 | 1975 days | 63% |
| Jana Ebelina | 9/10 | 1979 days | 62% |
| Celina | 8/10 | 1979 days | 59% |
| Alberto | 8/10 | 1993 days | 59% |
| Camilla Geert | 4/10 | 2006 days | 48% |
| Bas Marinus | 9/10 | 2010 days | 61% |
| Virginia Saez | 7/10 | 2014 days | 55% |
| Philipp | 3/10 | 2015 days | 47% |
| Matthew Palmer | 7/10 | 2016 days | 55% |
| Andre | 8/10 | 2018 days | 58% |
| Sybille | 8/10 | 2018 days | 58% |
| Stefan Hahn | 6/10 | 2023 days | 50% |
| Manibod Vannaphone | 8/10 | 2023 days | 58% |
| Alex Schott | 10/10 | 2026 days | 61% |
| Matias Santos | 5/10 | 2032 days | 49% |
| Ruben Toorwe | 7/10 | 2032 days | 55% |
| Pablo Garcia | 10/10 | 2033 days | 60% |
| Boukje Diijkstra | 9/10 | 2034 days | 60% |
| Aaron Stalley | 3/10 | 2034 days | 46% |
| Clement Delrue | 7/10 | 2038 days | 55% |
| Theo Pargemin | 8/10 | 2038 days | 57% |
| Floren Hoenschler | 7/10 | 2040 days | 55% |
| Johannes Koch | 7/10 | 2040 days | 55% |
| Feline Herbst | 9/10 | 2042 days | 60% |
| Dawn Howard | 7/10 | 2043 days | 54% |
| Verena | 7/10 | 2044 days | 54% |
| Jakub Ira | 7/10 | 2046 days | 54% |
| Michal Putnar | 10/10 | 2046 days | 60% |
| Ales Bronec | 10/10 | 2046 days | 60% |
| Aneta Hambergeroua | 7/10 | 2046 days | 54% |
| Patrick Veber | 4/10 | 2046 days | 47% |
| Megan Lenox | 9/10 | 2048 days | 60% |
| Briony | 5/10 | 2055 days | 48% |
| David Schelensky | 7/10 | 2055 days | 54% |
| Theresa Huelk | 5/10 | 2062 days | 48% |
| Eric Hertort | 10/10 | 2063 days | 59% |
| Christian Meyer | 10/10 | 2063 days | 59% |
| Miriam Hack | 8/10 | 2068 days | 56% |
| Livia and Dave | 7/10 | 2072 days | 53% |
| Rafaella | 8/10 | 2098 days | 55% |
| Sebastian and Susanna | 6/10 | 2112 days | 47% |
| Jessica and Leonie | 7/10 | 2113 days | 52% |
| Fabienne Strobel | 10/10 | 2118 days | 57% |
| Julia Waenninger | 7/10 | 2125 days | 52% |
| Jan B | 6/10 | 2126 days | 47% |
| Dan | 10/10 | 2137 days | 56% |
| Ahmed Mohsen Aly | 7/10 | 2146 days | 51% |
| Richard Thompson | 9/10 | 2178 days | 55% |
| Emma Keegan | 7/10 | 2361 days | 43% |
| Elisabeth Ringswandl | 8/10 | 2380 days | 45% |
| Thomas Haslbeck | 7/10 | 2380 days | 43% |
| Stuart Cook | 10/10 | 2381 days | 47% |
| Daniela Wall | 8/10 | 2381 days | 45% |
| Carmen | 10/10 | 2382 days | 47% |
| Jade Cownley | 10/10 | 2405 days | 46% |
| Martha Taatz | 10/10 | 2426 days | 45% |
| Maria Ulitzsch | 10/10 | 2467 days | 44% |
| Antoine Lerin | 7/10 | 2474 days | 39% |
| isabel Zander | 10/10 | 2725 days | 34% |
| Franz Birkefeld | 10/10 | 2736 days | 33% |
| Rainer | 8/10 | 2750 days | 31% |
| Laura | 9/10 | 2751 days | 33% |
| Phil Bromby | 10/10 | 2754 days | 33% |
| Joanna Mulcahy | 10/10 | 2754 days | 33% |
| Hirsch Svenja | 9/10 | 2760 days | 33% |
| Mahr Svenja | 10/10 | 2760 days | 33% |
| Konrad Ullmann | 9/10 | 2763 days | 32% |
| Lukas Lehmeyer | 9/10 | 2763 days | 32% |
| Friederike Kranzin | 10/10 | 2764 days | 32% |
| Sarah | 7/10 | 2765 days | 29% |
| Daniel Garcia Dezgado | 10/10 | 2766 days | 32% |
| Jennifer Garner | 10/10 | 2770 days | 32% |
| Emeline Brocard | 10/10 | 2771 days | 32% |
| Marvin Koever | 9/10 | 2771 days | 32% |
| Luisa Bach | 10/10 | 2773 days | 32% |
| Klaus Petersen | 8/10 | 2775 days | 30% |
| Alex Sheldon | 9/10 | 2782 days | 32% |
| Piotr Jurkowski | 10/10 | 2801 days | 31% |
| Anne Collet | 9/10 | 2809 days | 31% |
| Evian Bolz | 7/10 | 2814 days | 28% |
| Chen Levin | 8/10 | 2814 days | 29% |
| nimrod yaron | 10/10 | 2815 days | 30% |
| Pioter Jurkowski | 10/10 | 2816 days | 30% |
| Alex Artigues | 8/10 | 2819 days | 29% |
| Brian | 6/10 | 2908 days | 22% |
| Mark Hayes | 10/10 | 2938 days | 26% |
| Anton Thisted | 9/10 | 3089 days | 20% |
| Josefine Sjodin | 9/10 | 3089 days | 20% |
| Katie Fleck | 9/10 | 3089 days | 20% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 8/10 | 3091 days | 19% |
| Mark Faulk | 8/10 | 3091 days | 19% |
| Iban Dupont | 7/10 | 3105 days | 17% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 8/10 | 3105 days | 18% |
| Lorraine Doyle | 6/10 | 3108 days | 16% |
| Sean Hurley | 5/10 | 3108 days | 15% |
| LiseMarie Leger | 9/10 | 3112 days | 19% |
| Jeremy Eng | 7/10 | 3122 days | 17% |
| Stephanie Belanger | 10/10 | 3125 days | 19% |
| Brendon Furney | 10/10 | 3126 days | 19% |
| Sebastian | 7/10 | 3126 days | 17% |
| Selina Lott | 8/10 | 3126 days | 18% |
| Annika | 5/10 | 3126 days | 15% |
| Fabian | 8/10 | 3126 days | 18% |
| Jonas Herrmann | 5/10 | 3126 days | 15% |
| Missy and Chaz | 8/10 | 3132 days | 17% |
| Neele & Philipp | 5/10 | 3132 days | 15% |
| Fabian Koitka | 7/10 | 3142 days | 16% |
| Jill Fischer | 10/10 | 3150 days | 18% |
| Christina Rodewald | 9/10 | 3155 days | 17% |
| Andre and Marina | 9/10 | 3155 days | 17% |
| Jo Sutton | 9/10 | 3181 days | 16% |
| Lauret Stulemeyer | 9/10 | 3200 days | 16% |
| Aurelie Morin | 8/10 | 3203 days | 15% |
| Paul Lawrence | 7/10 | 3210 days | 14% |
| Andreas and Christine and Nora Busch | 10/10 | 3211 days | 15% |
| Doan | 10/10 | 3217 days | 15% |
| Milena Heinrich | 10/10 | 3218 days | 15% |
| Faassen | 9/10 | 3220 days | 15% |
| Julie Lamart | 9/10 | 3221 days | 15% |
| Henzen | 8/10 | 3221 days | 14% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 3222 days | 15% |
| suemax | 10/10 | 3456 days | 6% |
| Jonathan Tuthill | 9/10 | 3472 days | 5% |
| Heiner Reinecke | 10/10 | 3479 days | 5% |
| Jens Moller | 7/10 | 3480 days | 4% |
| Chris Sylvia | 9/10 | 3480 days | 5% |
| Selwindt | 9/10 | 3481 days | 5% |
| Michael Touzer | 8/10 | 3482 days | 5% |
| A Ormsby | 8/10 | 3484 days | 5% |
| Jaroslav Gajdos | 8/10 | 3490 days | 4% |
| Carolin Haas | 7/10 | 3497 days | 4% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 3498 days | 4% |
| Peter Dellen | 8/10 | 3499 days | 4% |
| Tom Pratt | 9/10 | 3499 days | 4% |
| Elise Violet | 8/10 | 3500 days | 4% |
| Eline Vakentijn | 8/10 | 3501 days | 4% |
| Lepied | 8/10 | 3503 days | 4% |
| Slangen | 8/10 | 3509 days | 4% |
| Samplonius | 9/10 | 3511 days | 4% |
| Guillaume Milcent | 9/10 | 3513 days | 4% |
| Roberto Hallblom | 8/10 | 3514 days | 3% |
| Mike1952 | 7/10 | 3516 days | 3% |
| Sandy & Michaela | 8/10 | 3529 days | 3% |
| CMJ | 8/10 | 3547 days | 2% |
| Nick Selzler | 9/10 | 3561 days | 2% |
| Manuela Zimmerti | 7/10 | 3579 days | 1% |
| Robert Carswell | 7/10 | 3584 days | 1% |
| Steve Neilson | 10/10 | 3585 days | 1% |
| Natascha & Greg | 8/10 | 3590 days | 1% |
| Andy Lever | 10/10 | 3593 days | 1% |
| Waldemar Schuler | 9/10 | 3594 days | 1% |
| Rudy Witt | 9/10 | 3594 days | 1% |
| JadesWorld | 8/10 | 3608 days | 0% |
| Max Grimmeiss | 8/10 | 3792 days | 17% |
| Ralph & Marloes Meyers | 7/10 | 3821 days | 16% |
| Julie Norton | 10/10 | 3823 days | 18% |
| Lindsey Clough | 8/10 | 3831 days | 17% |
| Knapen | 4/10 | 3833 days | 14% |
| Andreas Blessing | 10/10 | 3833 days | 18% |
| Franzi & Tobi | 10/10 | 3833 days | 18% |
| Boehmer | 6/10 | 3837 days | 15% |
| Nicola Thackray | 10/10 | 3840 days | 18% |
| Wheeler | 8/10 | 3842 days | 17% |
| Andy Johnson | 9/10 | 3844 days | 18% |
| Kari Tervo | 4/10 | 3845 days | 14% |
| Katy Bourne | 9/10 | 3847 days | 18% |
| Roman & Esther | 10/10 | 3850 days | 18% |
| Lauren McKeone | 4/10 | 3851 days | 14% |
| Alan Munday | 9/10 | 3851 days | 18% |
| S and A Koehue | 10/10 | 3853 days | 18% |
| Mirka Tinterova | 9/10 | 3855 days | 18% |
| Anne | 10/10 | 3855 days | 18% |
| Claudio | 10/10 | 3859 days | 18% |
| H Hensen | 7/10 | 3867 days | 16% |
| Selina Mueller | 10/10 | 3867 days | 18% |
| Birgette Weiner | 7/10 | 3867 days | 16% |
| Valerie | 10/10 | 3867 days | 18% |
| Tayler Gray | 9/10 | 3868 days | 18% |
| Mike | 9/10 | 3869 days | 18% |
| Luise Jaeger | 5/10 | 3871 days | 14% |
| David | 9/10 | 3871 days | 18% |
| Jessie Currie | 3/10 | 3872 days | 14% |
| Jonathon Heaney | 7/10 | 3874 days | 16% |
| Sue & Graham Mullin | 9/10 | 3876 days | 18% |
| Elinor Bell | 9/10 | 3876 days | 18% |
| Brandt | 9/10 | 3878 days | 18% |
| penz | 9/10 | 4096 days | 18% |
| Gea Middelbos | 10/10 | 4150 days | 18% |
| David | 8/10 | 4151 days | 17% |
| joycevanb | 9/10 | 4157 days | 18% |
| heather Cardinal | 8/10 | 4173 days | 17% |
| Bjorn Sall | 6/10 | 4199 days | 15% |
| Brian Bishop | 10/10 | 4204 days | 18% |
| Silke Seemann | 8/10 | 4209 days | 17% |
| Matilda Hansson | 9/10 | 4209 days | 18% |
| Mark and Natasha UK | 8/10 | 4220 days | 17% |
| Kay Beaumont | 8/10 | 4220 days | 17% |
| David Milner | 9/10 | 4224 days | 18% |
| Gail Mckinstry | 7/10 | 4224 days | 16% |
| Elisabeth Egerup | 10/10 | 4225 days | 18% |
| Mike Brunt | 10/10 | 4226 days | 18% |
| Wolfgang Engelke | 10/10 | 4227 days | 18% |
| Peter Koeck | 10/10 | 4227 days | 18% |
| Sue Bennett | 9/10 | 4228 days | 18% |
| Will Jemma | 10/10 | 4231 days | 18% |
| Fam Leinden | 8/10 | 4240 days | 17% |
| Mick Thexton | 8/10 | 4241 days | 17% |
| Arne van Schol | 8/10 | 4242 days | 17% |
| Wim Van Gastel | 9/10 | 4244 days | 18% |
| Sebastien Briant | 8/10 | 4245 days | 17% |
| Ines Diana | 10/10 | 4245 days | 18% |
| Pizzanelli | 7/10 | 4245 days | 16% |
| Jakob Jurgen | 8/10 | 4260 days | 17% |
| Beute Hjel | 10/10 | 4262 days | 18% |
| Sabine Locker | 8/10 | 4262 days | 17% |
| deanlaw | 10/10 | 4291 days | 18% |
| menzel | 9/10 | 4291 days | 18% |
| ursinab | 9/10 | 4292 days | 18% |
| friasj | 10/10 | 4292 days | 18% |
| Lynn Maguire | 10/10 | 4294 days | 18% |
| jameswhite | 10/10 | 4300 days | 18% |
| gereldineb | 9/10 | 4302 days | 18% |
| asiacritics | 10/10 | 4308 days | 18% |
| Sandra M | 9/10 | 4310 days | 18% |
| Tim Beuzeval | 9/10 | 4315 days | 18% |
| Christy | 9/10 | 4318 days | 18% |
| Rebecca Jenner | 9/10 | 4319 days | 18% |
| Hansjoerg Ehrmann | 9/10 | 4319 days | 18% |
| Christine Van Den Berg Michele Imbach | 10/10 | 4331 days | 18% |
| Wim Put | 8/10 | 4334 days | 17% |
| Karen Fisher | 9/10 | 4334 days | 18% |
| CarinaB1 | 10/10 | 4536 days | 18% |
| BryonyS | 10/10 | 4540 days | 18% |
| BouterG | 9/10 | 4548 days | 18% |
| Arjan Muis | 8/10 | 4554 days | 17% |
| Mikey | 9/10 | 4557 days | 18% |
| Viktoria Stoffel | 10/10 | 4559 days | 18% |
| Falk | 9/10 | 4568 days | 18% |
| WiebkeS | 10/10 | 4568 days | 18% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Hot Water Beach does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Final Ranking Score
81%
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.