LR scoring methodology
A score with its count attached.
The LR score summarizes deliberately published listener ratings. It does not replace the editorial verdict, and its exact contribution count is always part of the claim.
- Editorial author
- Listening Record
- Content reviewed
One current contribution per rater
Each rater can contribute one deliberately published 0–100 rating to a work. Publishing a later rating updates that contribution instead of creating another vote.
Private ratings, drafts, withdrawn ratings, and duplicate rows do not contribute. Rater identities are not exposed by the aggregate.
A transparent arithmetic mean
The public aggregate is the arithmetic mean of the latest eligible published contribution from each rater. The display includes the exact rating count and the latest aggregate update date.
A single contribution is labeled plainly—for example, “LR score 92 · 1 published rating.” The value uses one decimal place only when the mean requires it.
Legacy scores stay attributable
A legacy public score can contribute only after it is bound to its originating account as one migrated contribution. A later deliberately published rating from that account replaces the legacy contribution rather than adding to it.
Visible and structured values match
When a rating aggregate appears in structured data, its score and count must match the values a visitor can read on the page. No aggregate is emitted when there are no eligible published ratings.
The verdict still matters
A numeric mean cannot explain reporting quality, tone, sensitivity, strengths, caveats, or who a work suits. Those judgments live in the editorial review and may be more useful than the score for a particular listener.