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
81.34%
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 | 1114 days | 83% |
| Edward Lowe | 4/10 | 1206 days | 82% |
| Patricio Vidal | 10/10 | 1298 days | 100% |
| Jeny Smolders | 10/10 | 1547 days | 89% |
| Elli | 5/10 | 1857 days | 62% |
| Carina Weber | 5/10 | 1859 days | 62% |
| David | 10/10 | 1862 days | 76% |
| Gretha | 9/10 | 1864 days | 76% |
| May | 4/10 | 1887 days | 59% |
| Rik van der Niet | 6/10 | 1889 days | 62% |
| Lea Celerier | 8/10 | 1915 days | 70% |
| Leigh Dodds | 8/10 | 1932 days | 69% |
| Elizabeth Braidotti | 9/10 | 1972 days | 71% |
| Bernd Muller | 9/10 | 2099 days | 66% |
| Jana Ebelina | 9/10 | 2103 days | 66% |
| Celina | 8/10 | 2103 days | 62% |
| Alberto | 8/10 | 2117 days | 62% |
| Camilla Geert | 4/10 | 2130 days | 51% |
| Bas Marinus | 9/10 | 2134 days | 64% |
| Virginia Saez | 7/10 | 2138 days | 58% |
| Philipp | 3/10 | 2139 days | 49% |
| Matthew Palmer | 7/10 | 2140 days | 58% |
| Andre | 8/10 | 2142 days | 61% |
| Sybille | 8/10 | 2142 days | 61% |
| Stefan Hahn | 6/10 | 2147 days | 53% |
| Manibod Vannaphone | 8/10 | 2147 days | 61% |
| Alex Schott | 10/10 | 2150 days | 64% |
| Matias Santos | 5/10 | 2156 days | 51% |
| Ruben Toorwe | 7/10 | 2156 days | 58% |
| Pablo Garcia | 10/10 | 2157 days | 63% |
| Boukje Diijkstra | 9/10 | 2158 days | 63% |
| Aaron Stalley | 3/10 | 2158 days | 49% |
| Clement Delrue | 7/10 | 2162 days | 57% |
| Theo Pargemin | 8/10 | 2162 days | 60% |
| Floren Hoenschler | 7/10 | 2164 days | 57% |
| Johannes Koch | 7/10 | 2164 days | 57% |
| Feline Herbst | 9/10 | 2166 days | 63% |
| Dawn Howard | 7/10 | 2167 days | 57% |
| Verena | 7/10 | 2168 days | 57% |
| Jakub Ira | 7/10 | 2170 days | 57% |
| Michal Putnar | 10/10 | 2170 days | 63% |
| Ales Bronec | 10/10 | 2170 days | 63% |
| Aneta Hambergeroua | 7/10 | 2170 days | 57% |
| Patrick Veber | 4/10 | 2170 days | 50% |
| Megan Lenox | 9/10 | 2172 days | 63% |
| Briony | 5/10 | 2179 days | 50% |
| David Schelensky | 7/10 | 2179 days | 57% |
| Theresa Huelk | 5/10 | 2186 days | 50% |
| Eric Hertort | 10/10 | 2187 days | 62% |
| Christian Meyer | 10/10 | 2187 days | 62% |
| Miriam Hack | 8/10 | 2192 days | 59% |
| Livia and Dave | 7/10 | 2196 days | 56% |
| Rafaella | 8/10 | 2222 days | 58% |
| Sebastian and Susanna | 6/10 | 2236 days | 50% |
| Jessica and Leonie | 7/10 | 2237 days | 54% |
| Fabienne Strobel | 10/10 | 2242 days | 60% |
| Julia Waenninger | 7/10 | 2249 days | 54% |
| Jan B | 6/10 | 2250 days | 49% |
| Dan | 10/10 | 2261 days | 59% |
| Ahmed Mohsen Aly | 7/10 | 2270 days | 53% |
| Richard Thompson | 9/10 | 2302 days | 57% |
| Emma Keegan | 7/10 | 2484 days | 45% |
| Elisabeth Ringswandl | 8/10 | 2504 days | 46% |
| Thomas Haslbeck | 7/10 | 2504 days | 44% |
| Stuart Cook | 10/10 | 2505 days | 48% |
| Daniela Wall | 8/10 | 2505 days | 46% |
| Carmen | 10/10 | 2506 days | 48% |
| Jade Cownley | 10/10 | 2529 days | 47% |
| Martha Taatz | 10/10 | 2550 days | 47% |
| Maria Ulitzsch | 10/10 | 2591 days | 45% |
| Antoine Lerin | 7/10 | 2598 days | 40% |
| isabel Zander | 10/10 | 2849 days | 34% |
| Franz Birkefeld | 10/10 | 2860 days | 33% |
| Rainer | 8/10 | 2874 days | 31% |
| Laura | 9/10 | 2875 days | 33% |
| Phil Bromby | 10/10 | 2878 days | 33% |
| Joanna Mulcahy | 10/10 | 2878 days | 33% |
| Hirsch Svenja | 9/10 | 2884 days | 32% |
| Mahr Svenja | 10/10 | 2884 days | 32% |
| Konrad Ullmann | 9/10 | 2887 days | 32% |
| Lukas Lehmeyer | 9/10 | 2887 days | 32% |
| Friederike Kranzin | 10/10 | 2888 days | 32% |
| Sarah | 7/10 | 2889 days | 29% |
| Daniel Garcia Dezgado | 10/10 | 2890 days | 32% |
| Jennifer Garner | 10/10 | 2894 days | 32% |
| Emeline Brocard | 10/10 | 2895 days | 32% |
| Marvin Koever | 9/10 | 2895 days | 32% |
| Luisa Bach | 10/10 | 2897 days | 32% |
| Klaus Petersen | 8/10 | 2899 days | 30% |
| Alex Sheldon | 9/10 | 2906 days | 31% |
| Piotr Jurkowski | 10/10 | 2925 days | 31% |
| Anne Collet | 9/10 | 2933 days | 30% |
| Evian Bolz | 7/10 | 2938 days | 27% |
| Chen Levin | 8/10 | 2938 days | 28% |
| nimrod yaron | 10/10 | 2939 days | 30% |
| Pioter Jurkowski | 10/10 | 2940 days | 30% |
| Alex Artigues | 8/10 | 2943 days | 28% |
| Brian | 6/10 | 3032 days | 22% |
| Mark Hayes | 10/10 | 3062 days | 25% |
| Anton Thisted | 9/10 | 3213 days | 18% |
| Josefine Sjodin | 9/10 | 3213 days | 18% |
| Katie Fleck | 9/10 | 3213 days | 18% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 8/10 | 3215 days | 17% |
| Mark Faulk | 8/10 | 3215 days | 17% |
| Iban Dupont | 7/10 | 3229 days | 16% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 8/10 | 3229 days | 17% |
| Lorraine Doyle | 6/10 | 3232 days | 14% |
| Sean Hurley | 5/10 | 3232 days | 14% |
| LiseMarie Leger | 9/10 | 3236 days | 17% |
| Jeremy Eng | 7/10 | 3246 days | 15% |
| Stephanie Belanger | 10/10 | 3249 days | 17% |
| Brendon Furney | 10/10 | 3250 days | 17% |
| Sebastian | 7/10 | 3250 days | 15% |
| Selina Lott | 8/10 | 3250 days | 16% |
| Annika | 5/10 | 3250 days | 13% |
| Fabian | 8/10 | 3250 days | 16% |
| Jonas Herrmann | 5/10 | 3250 days | 13% |
| Missy and Chaz | 8/10 | 3256 days | 16% |
| Neele & Philipp | 5/10 | 3256 days | 13% |
| Fabian Koitka | 7/10 | 3266 days | 15% |
| Jill Fischer | 10/10 | 3274 days | 16% |
| Christina Rodewald | 9/10 | 3279 days | 15% |
| Andre and Marina | 9/10 | 3279 days | 15% |
| Jo Sutton | 9/10 | 3305 days | 14% |
| Lauret Stulemeyer | 9/10 | 3324 days | 14% |
| Aurelie Morin | 8/10 | 3327 days | 13% |
| Paul Lawrence | 7/10 | 3334 days | 12% |
| Andreas and Christine and Nora Busch | 10/10 | 3335 days | 13% |
| Doan | 10/10 | 3341 days | 13% |
| Milena Heinrich | 10/10 | 3342 days | 13% |
| Faassen | 9/10 | 3344 days | 13% |
| Julie Lamart | 9/10 | 3345 days | 13% |
| Henzen | 8/10 | 3345 days | 12% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 3346 days | 13% |
| suemax | 10/10 | 3580 days | 3% |
| Jonathan Tuthill | 9/10 | 3596 days | 2% |
| Heiner Reinecke | 10/10 | 3603 days | 2% |
| Jens Moller | 7/10 | 3604 days | 1% |
| Chris Sylvia | 9/10 | 3604 days | 2% |
| Selwindt | 9/10 | 3605 days | 2% |
| Michael Touzer | 8/10 | 3606 days | 1% |
| A Ormsby | 8/10 | 3608 days | 1% |
| Jaroslav Gajdos | 8/10 | 3614 days | 1% |
| Carolin Haas | 7/10 | 3621 days | 1% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 3622 days | 1% |
| Peter Dellen | 8/10 | 3623 days | 1% |
| Tom Pratt | 9/10 | 3623 days | 1% |
| Elise Violet | 8/10 | 3624 days | 1% |
| Eline Vakentijn | 8/10 | 3625 days | 1% |
| Lepied | 8/10 | 3627 days | 1% |
| Slangen | 8/10 | 3633 days | 0% |
| Samplonius | 9/10 | 3635 days | 0% |
| Guillaume Milcent | 9/10 | 3637 days | 0% |
| Roberto Hallblom | 8/10 | 3638 days | 0% |
| Mike1952 | 7/10 | 3640 days | 0% |
| Sandy & Michaela | 8/10 | 3653 days | 20% |
| CMJ | 8/10 | 3671 days | 20% |
| Nick Selzler | 9/10 | 3685 days | 21% |
| Manuela Zimmerti | 7/10 | 3703 days | 19% |
| Robert Carswell | 7/10 | 3708 days | 19% |
| Steve Neilson | 10/10 | 3709 days | 21% |
| Natascha & Greg | 8/10 | 3714 days | 20% |
| Andy Lever | 10/10 | 3717 days | 21% |
| Waldemar Schuler | 9/10 | 3718 days | 21% |
| Rudy Witt | 9/10 | 3718 days | 21% |
| JadesWorld | 8/10 | 3732 days | 20% |
| Max Grimmeiss | 8/10 | 3916 days | 20% |
| Ralph & Marloes Meyers | 7/10 | 3945 days | 19% |
| Julie Norton | 10/10 | 3947 days | 21% |
| Lindsey Clough | 8/10 | 3955 days | 20% |
| Knapen | 4/10 | 3957 days | 17% |
| Andreas Blessing | 10/10 | 3957 days | 21% |
| Franzi & Tobi | 10/10 | 3957 days | 21% |
| Boehmer | 6/10 | 3961 days | 18% |
| Nicola Thackray | 10/10 | 3964 days | 21% |
| Wheeler | 8/10 | 3966 days | 20% |
| Andy Johnson | 9/10 | 3968 days | 21% |
| Kari Tervo | 4/10 | 3969 days | 17% |
| Katy Bourne | 9/10 | 3971 days | 21% |
| Roman & Esther | 10/10 | 3974 days | 21% |
| Lauren McKeone | 4/10 | 3975 days | 17% |
| Alan Munday | 9/10 | 3975 days | 21% |
| S and A Koehue | 10/10 | 3977 days | 21% |
| Mirka Tinterova | 9/10 | 3979 days | 21% |
| Anne | 10/10 | 3979 days | 21% |
| Claudio | 10/10 | 3983 days | 21% |
| H Hensen | 7/10 | 3991 days | 19% |
| Selina Mueller | 10/10 | 3991 days | 21% |
| Birgette Weiner | 7/10 | 3991 days | 19% |
| Valerie | 10/10 | 3991 days | 21% |
| Tayler Gray | 9/10 | 3992 days | 21% |
| Mike | 9/10 | 3993 days | 21% |
| Luise Jaeger | 5/10 | 3995 days | 17% |
| David | 9/10 | 3995 days | 21% |
| Jessie Currie | 3/10 | 3996 days | 16% |
| Jonathon Heaney | 7/10 | 3998 days | 19% |
| Sue & Graham Mullin | 9/10 | 4000 days | 21% |
| Elinor Bell | 9/10 | 4000 days | 21% |
| Brandt | 9/10 | 4002 days | 21% |
| penz | 9/10 | 4220 days | 21% |
| Gea Middelbos | 10/10 | 4274 days | 21% |
| David | 8/10 | 4275 days | 20% |
| joycevanb | 9/10 | 4281 days | 21% |
| heather Cardinal | 8/10 | 4297 days | 20% |
| Bjorn Sall | 6/10 | 4323 days | 18% |
| Brian Bishop | 10/10 | 4328 days | 21% |
| Silke Seemann | 8/10 | 4333 days | 20% |
| Matilda Hansson | 9/10 | 4333 days | 21% |
| Mark and Natasha UK | 8/10 | 4344 days | 20% |
| Kay Beaumont | 8/10 | 4344 days | 20% |
| David Milner | 9/10 | 4348 days | 21% |
| Gail Mckinstry | 7/10 | 4348 days | 19% |
| Elisabeth Egerup | 10/10 | 4349 days | 21% |
| Mike Brunt | 10/10 | 4350 days | 21% |
| Wolfgang Engelke | 10/10 | 4351 days | 21% |
| Peter Koeck | 10/10 | 4351 days | 21% |
| Sue Bennett | 9/10 | 4352 days | 21% |
| Will Jemma | 10/10 | 4355 days | 21% |
| Fam Leinden | 8/10 | 4364 days | 20% |
| Mick Thexton | 8/10 | 4365 days | 20% |
| Arne van Schol | 8/10 | 4366 days | 20% |
| Wim Van Gastel | 9/10 | 4368 days | 21% |
| Sebastien Briant | 8/10 | 4369 days | 20% |
| Ines Diana | 10/10 | 4369 days | 21% |
| Pizzanelli | 7/10 | 4369 days | 19% |
| Jakob Jurgen | 8/10 | 4384 days | 20% |
| Beute Hjel | 10/10 | 4386 days | 21% |
| Sabine Locker | 8/10 | 4386 days | 20% |
| deanlaw | 10/10 | 4415 days | 21% |
| menzel | 9/10 | 4415 days | 21% |
| ursinab | 9/10 | 4416 days | 21% |
| friasj | 10/10 | 4416 days | 21% |
| Lynn Maguire | 10/10 | 4418 days | 21% |
| jameswhite | 10/10 | 4424 days | 21% |
| gereldineb | 9/10 | 4426 days | 21% |
| asiacritics | 10/10 | 4432 days | 21% |
| Sandra M | 9/10 | 4434 days | 21% |
| Tim Beuzeval | 9/10 | 4439 days | 21% |
| Christy | 9/10 | 4442 days | 21% |
| Rebecca Jenner | 9/10 | 4443 days | 21% |
| Hansjoerg Ehrmann | 9/10 | 4443 days | 21% |
| Christine Van Den Berg Michele Imbach | 10/10 | 4455 days | 21% |
| Wim Put | 8/10 | 4458 days | 20% |
| Karen Fisher | 9/10 | 4458 days | 21% |
| CarinaB1 | 10/10 | 4660 days | 21% |
| BryonyS | 10/10 | 4664 days | 21% |
| BouterG | 9/10 | 4672 days | 21% |
| Arjan Muis | 8/10 | 4678 days | 20% |
| Mikey | 9/10 | 4681 days | 21% |
| Viktoria Stoffel | 10/10 | 4683 days | 21% |
| Falk | 9/10 | 4692 days | 21% |
| WiebkeS | 10/10 | 4692 days | 21% |
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.