Ranking Score Explained
Hello 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
81.49%
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 | 1318 days | 83% |
| Edward Lowe | 4/10 | 1410 days | 82% |
| Patricio Vidal | 10/10 | 1502 days | 100% |
| Jeny Smolders | 10/10 | 1751 days | 88% |
| Elli | 5/10 | 2061 days | 58% |
| Carina Weber | 5/10 | 2063 days | 58% |
| David | 10/10 | 2066 days | 73% |
| Gretha | 9/10 | 2068 days | 72% |
| May | 4/10 | 2091 days | 55% |
| Rik van der Niet | 6/10 | 2093 days | 58% |
| Lea Celerier | 8/10 | 2119 days | 66% |
| Leigh Dodds | 8/10 | 2136 days | 65% |
| Elizabeth Braidotti | 9/10 | 2176 days | 67% |
| Bernd Muller | 9/10 | 2303 days | 61% |
| Jana Ebelina | 9/10 | 2307 days | 61% |
| Celina | 8/10 | 2307 days | 57% |
| Alberto | 8/10 | 2321 days | 57% |
| Camilla Geert | 4/10 | 2334 days | 46% |
| Bas Marinus | 9/10 | 2338 days | 59% |
| Virginia Saez | 7/10 | 2342 days | 53% |
| Philipp | 3/10 | 2343 days | 44% |
| Matthew Palmer | 7/10 | 2344 days | 53% |
| Andre | 8/10 | 2346 days | 56% |
| Sybille | 8/10 | 2346 days | 56% |
| Stefan Hahn | 6/10 | 2351 days | 48% |
| Manibod Vannaphone | 8/10 | 2351 days | 55% |
| Alex Schott | 10/10 | 2354 days | 58% |
| Matias Santos | 5/10 | 2360 days | 46% |
| Ruben Toorwe | 7/10 | 2360 days | 53% |
| Pablo Garcia | 10/10 | 2361 days | 58% |
| Boukje Diijkstra | 9/10 | 2362 days | 58% |
| Aaron Stalley | 3/10 | 2362 days | 44% |
| Clement Delrue | 7/10 | 2366 days | 52% |
| Theo Pargemin | 8/10 | 2366 days | 55% |
| Floren Hoenschler | 7/10 | 2368 days | 52% |
| Johannes Koch | 7/10 | 2368 days | 52% |
| Feline Herbst | 9/10 | 2370 days | 58% |
| Dawn Howard | 7/10 | 2371 days | 52% |
| Verena | 7/10 | 2372 days | 52% |
| Jakub Ira | 7/10 | 2374 days | 52% |
| Michal Putnar | 10/10 | 2374 days | 58% |
| Ales Bronec | 10/10 | 2374 days | 58% |
| Aneta Hambergeroua | 7/10 | 2374 days | 52% |
| Patrick Veber | 4/10 | 2374 days | 44% |
| Megan Lenox | 9/10 | 2376 days | 57% |
| Briony | 5/10 | 2383 days | 45% |
| David Schelensky | 7/10 | 2383 days | 52% |
| Theresa Huelk | 5/10 | 2390 days | 45% |
| Eric Hertort | 10/10 | 2391 days | 57% |
| Christian Meyer | 10/10 | 2391 days | 57% |
| Miriam Hack | 8/10 | 2396 days | 53% |
| Livia and Dave | 7/10 | 2400 days | 51% |
| Rafaella | 8/10 | 2426 days | 52% |
| Sebastian and Susanna | 6/10 | 2440 days | 44% |
| Jessica and Leonie | 7/10 | 2441 days | 49% |
| Fabienne Strobel | 10/10 | 2446 days | 54% |
| Julia Waenninger | 7/10 | 2453 days | 48% |
| Jan B | 6/10 | 2454 days | 44% |
| Dan | 10/10 | 2465 days | 53% |
| Ahmed Mohsen Aly | 7/10 | 2474 days | 47% |
| Richard Thompson | 9/10 | 2506 days | 51% |
| Emma Keegan | 7/10 | 2688 days | 38% |
| Elisabeth Ringswandl | 8/10 | 2708 days | 39% |
| Thomas Haslbeck | 7/10 | 2708 days | 37% |
| Stuart Cook | 10/10 | 2709 days | 41% |
| Daniela Wall | 8/10 | 2709 days | 39% |
| Carmen | 10/10 | 2710 days | 41% |
| Jade Cownley | 10/10 | 2733 days | 40% |
| Martha Taatz | 10/10 | 2754 days | 39% |
| Maria Ulitzsch | 10/10 | 2795 days | 37% |
| Antoine Lerin | 7/10 | 2802 days | 33% |
| isabel Zander | 10/10 | 3053 days | 24% |
| Franz Birkefeld | 10/10 | 3064 days | 24% |
| Rainer | 8/10 | 3078 days | 22% |
| Laura | 9/10 | 3079 days | 23% |
| Phil Bromby | 10/10 | 3082 days | 23% |
| Joanna Mulcahy | 10/10 | 3082 days | 23% |
| Hirsch Svenja | 9/10 | 3088 days | 23% |
| Mahr Svenja | 10/10 | 3088 days | 23% |
| Konrad Ullmann | 9/10 | 3091 days | 23% |
| Lukas Lehmeyer | 9/10 | 3091 days | 23% |
| Friederike Kranzin | 10/10 | 3092 days | 23% |
| Sarah | 7/10 | 3093 days | 20% |
| Daniel Garcia Dezgado | 10/10 | 3094 days | 22% |
| Jennifer Garner | 10/10 | 3098 days | 22% |
| Emeline Brocard | 10/10 | 3099 days | 22% |
| Marvin Koever | 9/10 | 3099 days | 22% |
| Luisa Bach | 10/10 | 3101 days | 22% |
| Klaus Petersen | 8/10 | 3103 days | 21% |
| Alex Sheldon | 9/10 | 3110 days | 22% |
| Piotr Jurkowski | 10/10 | 3129 days | 21% |
| Anne Collet | 9/10 | 3137 days | 20% |
| Evian Bolz | 7/10 | 3142 days | 18% |
| Chen Levin | 8/10 | 3142 days | 19% |
| nimrod yaron | 10/10 | 3143 days | 20% |
| Pioter Jurkowski | 10/10 | 3144 days | 20% |
| Alex Artigues | 8/10 | 3147 days | 19% |
| Brian | 6/10 | 3236 days | 12% |
| Mark Hayes | 10/10 | 3266 days | 14% |
| Anton Thisted | 9/10 | 3417 days | 7% |
| Josefine Sjodin | 9/10 | 3417 days | 7% |
| Katie Fleck | 9/10 | 3417 days | 7% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 8/10 | 3419 days | 6% |
| Mark Faulk | 8/10 | 3419 days | 6% |
| Iban Dupont | 7/10 | 3433 days | 5% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 8/10 | 3433 days | 5% |
| Lorraine Doyle | 6/10 | 3436 days | 4% |
| Sean Hurley | 5/10 | 3436 days | 4% |
| LiseMarie Leger | 9/10 | 3440 days | 6% |
| Jeremy Eng | 7/10 | 3450 days | 4% |
| Stephanie Belanger | 10/10 | 3453 days | 5% |
| Brendon Furney | 10/10 | 3454 days | 5% |
| Sebastian | 7/10 | 3454 days | 4% |
| Selina Lott | 8/10 | 3454 days | 4% |
| Annika | 5/10 | 3454 days | 3% |
| Fabian | 8/10 | 3454 days | 4% |
| Jonas Herrmann | 5/10 | 3454 days | 3% |
| Missy and Chaz | 8/10 | 3460 days | 4% |
| Neele & Philipp | 5/10 | 3460 days | 3% |
| Fabian Koitka | 7/10 | 3470 days | 3% |
| Jill Fischer | 10/10 | 3478 days | 4% |
| Christina Rodewald | 9/10 | 3483 days | 3% |
| Andre and Marina | 9/10 | 3483 days | 3% |
| Jo Sutton | 9/10 | 3509 days | 2% |
| Lauret Stulemeyer | 9/10 | 3528 days | 1% |
| Aurelie Morin | 8/10 | 3531 days | 1% |
| Paul Lawrence | 7/10 | 3538 days | 0% |
| Andreas and Christine and Nora Busch | 10/10 | 3539 days | 1% |
| Doan | 10/10 | 3545 days | 0% |
| Milena Heinrich | 10/10 | 3546 days | 0% |
| Faassen | 9/10 | 3548 days | 0% |
| Julie Lamart | 9/10 | 3549 days | 0% |
| Henzen | 8/10 | 3549 days | 0% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 3550 days | 0% |
| suemax | 10/10 | 3784 days | 20% |
| Jonathan Tuthill | 9/10 | 3800 days | 20% |
| Heiner Reinecke | 10/10 | 3807 days | 20% |
| Jens Moller | 7/10 | 3808 days | 18% |
| Chris Sylvia | 9/10 | 3808 days | 20% |
| Selwindt | 9/10 | 3809 days | 20% |
| Michael Touzer | 8/10 | 3810 days | 19% |
| A Ormsby | 8/10 | 3812 days | 19% |
| Jaroslav Gajdos | 8/10 | 3818 days | 19% |
| Carolin Haas | 7/10 | 3825 days | 18% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 3826 days | 20% |
| Peter Dellen | 8/10 | 3827 days | 19% |
| Tom Pratt | 9/10 | 3827 days | 20% |
| Elise Violet | 8/10 | 3828 days | 19% |
| Eline Vakentijn | 8/10 | 3829 days | 19% |
| Lepied | 8/10 | 3831 days | 19% |
| Slangen | 8/10 | 3837 days | 19% |
| Samplonius | 9/10 | 3839 days | 20% |
| Guillaume Milcent | 9/10 | 3841 days | 20% |
| Roberto Hallblom | 8/10 | 3842 days | 19% |
| Mike1952 | 7/10 | 3844 days | 18% |
| Sandy & Michaela | 8/10 | 3857 days | 19% |
| CMJ | 8/10 | 3875 days | 19% |
| Nick Selzler | 9/10 | 3889 days | 20% |
| Manuela Zimmerti | 7/10 | 3907 days | 18% |
| Robert Carswell | 7/10 | 3912 days | 18% |
| Steve Neilson | 10/10 | 3913 days | 20% |
| Natascha & Greg | 8/10 | 3918 days | 19% |
| Andy Lever | 10/10 | 3921 days | 20% |
| Waldemar Schuler | 9/10 | 3922 days | 20% |
| Rudy Witt | 9/10 | 3922 days | 20% |
| JadesWorld | 8/10 | 3936 days | 19% |
| Max Grimmeiss | 8/10 | 4120 days | 19% |
| Ralph & Marloes Meyers | 7/10 | 4149 days | 18% |
| Julie Norton | 10/10 | 4151 days | 20% |
| Lindsey Clough | 8/10 | 4159 days | 19% |
| Knapen | 4/10 | 4161 days | 15% |
| Andreas Blessing | 10/10 | 4161 days | 20% |
| Franzi & Tobi | 10/10 | 4161 days | 20% |
| Boehmer | 6/10 | 4165 days | 16% |
| Nicola Thackray | 10/10 | 4168 days | 20% |
| Wheeler | 8/10 | 4170 days | 19% |
| Andy Johnson | 9/10 | 4172 days | 20% |
| Kari Tervo | 4/10 | 4173 days | 15% |
| Katy Bourne | 9/10 | 4175 days | 20% |
| Roman & Esther | 10/10 | 4178 days | 20% |
| Lauren McKeone | 4/10 | 4179 days | 15% |
| Alan Munday | 9/10 | 4179 days | 20% |
| S and A Koehue | 10/10 | 4181 days | 20% |
| Mirka Tinterova | 9/10 | 4183 days | 20% |
| Anne | 10/10 | 4183 days | 20% |
| Claudio | 10/10 | 4187 days | 20% |
| H Hensen | 7/10 | 4195 days | 18% |
| Selina Mueller | 10/10 | 4195 days | 20% |
| Birgette Weiner | 7/10 | 4195 days | 18% |
| Valerie | 10/10 | 4195 days | 20% |
| Tayler Gray | 9/10 | 4196 days | 20% |
| Mike | 9/10 | 4197 days | 20% |
| Luise Jaeger | 5/10 | 4199 days | 15% |
| David | 9/10 | 4199 days | 20% |
| Jessie Currie | 3/10 | 4200 days | 14% |
| Jonathon Heaney | 7/10 | 4202 days | 18% |
| Sue & Graham Mullin | 9/10 | 4204 days | 20% |
| Elinor Bell | 9/10 | 4204 days | 20% |
| Brandt | 9/10 | 4206 days | 20% |
| penz | 9/10 | 4424 days | 20% |
| Gea Middelbos | 10/10 | 4478 days | 20% |
| David | 8/10 | 4479 days | 19% |
| joycevanb | 9/10 | 4485 days | 20% |
| heather Cardinal | 8/10 | 4501 days | 19% |
| Bjorn Sall | 6/10 | 4527 days | 16% |
| Brian Bishop | 10/10 | 4532 days | 20% |
| Silke Seemann | 8/10 | 4537 days | 19% |
| Matilda Hansson | 9/10 | 4537 days | 20% |
| Mark and Natasha UK | 8/10 | 4548 days | 19% |
| Kay Beaumont | 8/10 | 4548 days | 19% |
| David Milner | 9/10 | 4552 days | 20% |
| Gail Mckinstry | 7/10 | 4552 days | 18% |
| Elisabeth Egerup | 10/10 | 4553 days | 20% |
| Mike Brunt | 10/10 | 4554 days | 20% |
| Wolfgang Engelke | 10/10 | 4555 days | 20% |
| Peter Koeck | 10/10 | 4555 days | 20% |
| Sue Bennett | 9/10 | 4556 days | 20% |
| Will Jemma | 10/10 | 4559 days | 20% |
| Fam Leinden | 8/10 | 4568 days | 19% |
| Mick Thexton | 8/10 | 4569 days | 19% |
| Arne van Schol | 8/10 | 4570 days | 19% |
| Wim Van Gastel | 9/10 | 4572 days | 20% |
| Sebastien Briant | 8/10 | 4573 days | 19% |
| Ines Diana | 10/10 | 4573 days | 20% |
| Pizzanelli | 7/10 | 4573 days | 18% |
| Jakob Jurgen | 8/10 | 4588 days | 19% |
| Beute Hjel | 10/10 | 4590 days | 20% |
| Sabine Locker | 8/10 | 4590 days | 19% |
| deanlaw | 10/10 | 4619 days | 20% |
| menzel | 9/10 | 4619 days | 20% |
| ursinab | 9/10 | 4620 days | 20% |
| friasj | 10/10 | 4620 days | 20% |
| Lynn Maguire | 10/10 | 4622 days | 20% |
| jameswhite | 10/10 | 4628 days | 20% |
| gereldineb | 9/10 | 4630 days | 20% |
| asiacritics | 10/10 | 4636 days | 20% |
| Sandra M | 9/10 | 4638 days | 20% |
| Tim Beuzeval | 9/10 | 4643 days | 20% |
| Christy | 9/10 | 4646 days | 20% |
| Rebecca Jenner | 9/10 | 4647 days | 20% |
| Hansjoerg Ehrmann | 9/10 | 4647 days | 20% |
| Christine Van Den Berg Michele Imbach | 10/10 | 4659 days | 20% |
| Wim Put | 8/10 | 4662 days | 19% |
| Karen Fisher | 9/10 | 4662 days | 20% |
| CarinaB1 | 10/10 | 4864 days | 20% |
| BryonyS | 10/10 | 4868 days | 20% |
| BouterG | 9/10 | 4876 days | 20% |
| Arjan Muis | 8/10 | 4882 days | 19% |
| Mikey | 9/10 | 4885 days | 20% |
| Viktoria Stoffel | 10/10 | 4887 days | 20% |
| Falk | 9/10 | 4896 days | 20% |
| WiebkeS | 10/10 | 4896 days | 20% |
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 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.