Ranking Score Explained

Kia ora, 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 Tongariro Northern Circuit.

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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Tongariro Northern Circuit

Valid Reviews

74 Valid Reviews

The Tongariro Northern Circuit experience has a total of 74 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 74 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 40
54%
9/10 16
22%
8/10 10
14%
7/10 6
8%
6/10 1
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
1%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

91.35% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Tongariro Northern Circuit valid reviews is 91.35% and is based on 74 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

70 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 74 valid reviews, the experience has 70 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 70 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 36
51%
9/10 16
23%
8/10 10
14%
7/10 6
9%
6/10 1
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
1%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.86% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Tongariro Northern Circuit face-to-face reviews is 90.86% and is based on 70 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

92.90%

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
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 2686 days 100%
Matti Picus 10/10 2948 days 83%
Vic Baughen 9/10 2968 days 80%
Ingrid Kiselka 10/10 2968 days 81%
Susannah Arrowsmith 10/10 2979 days 80%
Kallan Mrozek 9/10 3020 days 77%
Frank Fabian 8/10 3037 days 74%
Sabine Schwandegger 10/10 3037 days 76%
Carmen Stanow 10/10 3061 days 75%
Adrien Richard 9/10 3267 days 59%
Estelle Coquard 10/10 3270 days 60%
Juliane Mueller 10/10 3273 days 60%
Julia 10/10 3284 days 59%
Bjoern 10/10 3284 days 59%
Floren Hoenschler 9/10 3313 days 56%
Simone De Angiou 10/10 3318 days 56%
William Lendway 10/10 3319 days 56%
Morgan Fog 10/10 3319 days 56%
Jan 10/10 3327 days 56%
Lorne Paterson 10/10 3327 days 56%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3331 days 55%
Kyle Johnson 9/10 3331 days 55%
Tamara 8/10 3331 days 54%
Markus Wabing 9/10 3333 days 55%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3333 days 55%
Jessica Ruhland 10/10 3333 days 55%
Edwine 6/10 3346 days 44%
Sara Kuenzi 9/10 3348 days 53%
Maxime Louis 10/10 3349 days 54%
Lukas Schenke 10/10 3378 days 52%
Till 10/10 3393 days 51%
Nicolas Justin 8/10 3655 days 31%
Damaris Mayer 8/10 3704 days 28%
Friederike Kranzin 10/10 4037 days 5%
Marc Engstle 7/10 4052 days 3%
Matthias Freiling 10/10 4056 days 4%
Johannes 9/10 4057 days 4%
Max Grabowski 10/10 4058 days 4%
Victor Herranz 10/10 4061 days 4%
Nimh Oudhof 8/10 4062 days 3%
Harel Cliad 9/10 4087 days 2%
Alex 10/10 4089 days 2%
Aitnan Melman 9/10 4091 days 1%
Alex Artigues 7/10 4092 days 0%
Simon Zenzen 10/10 4092 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 4393 days 17%
Marketa 10/10 4395 days 17%
Lusi13 10/10 4395 days 17%
Jana Simcikova 10/10 4397 days 17%
Tobi 10/10 4400 days 17%
Jacob Bernhardt 10/10 4400 days 17%
Jean Raisin 10/10 4401 days 17%
Tony and Helene 8/10 4403 days 17%
Missy and Chaz 10/10 4405 days 17%
Evyatar Tulipman 7/10 4408 days 15%
Anne Rodofsen 9/10 4475 days 17%
Michael Neumann 10/10 4747 days 17%
Be Groen 7/10 4752 days 15%
Ian Sainsbury 7/10 4774 days 15%
Anika 9/10 4788 days 17%
John Jacobs 9/10 4817 days 17%
snoopidoops 10/10 4820 days 17%
Natascha & Greg 9/10 4863 days 17%
Robin van der Linden 9/10 5076 days 17%
Zoe Barker 10/10 5100 days 17%
R Tearle 4/10 5104 days 5%
Susannah Eduart 8/10 5106 days 17%
Boi Sagarra 8/10 5109 days 17%
Nadia Husain 8/10 5154 days 17%
anon 10/10 5498 days 17%
Marcel Baessle 10/10 5505 days 17%
Karen Raven 7/10 5588 days 15%
bdevries 8/10 5592 days 17%
Pavol 10/10 5935 days 17%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Tongariro Northern Circuit does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

0.65% Adjustment

Every experience's review score is adjusted to balance out the disproportional number of negative reviews that are contributed.

You won't be surprised to learn that disgruntled folk are more likely to leave a review than happy ones. They are motivated to share their experience and warn others. We consider this a good thing and it's why reading the reviews is important. However we've learned it can misrepresent the experience in a more overall sense.

We apply a balancing adjustment to counteract this effect and ensure the ranking score is a more fair representation of the experience. This adjustment is applied equally to all experiences.

Final Ranking Score

94%

The final ranking score once any adjustments, ratings, and rounding has been applied. This value is recalculated each day and a short rolling average is applied. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.