New author wondering about how the ranking system works

#1
Hi, 

I recently started writing my first fiction here on Royal Road, and so far the response has been good. What I was wondering was how the rank on my fiction dashboard is calculated - is it dependent on views, reviews, comments etc. ?  Also, is the rank on my dashboard the same ranking as the Best Rated list? For example, if my story was ranked 800, would it be the 800th fiction on the Best Rated category?

Thanks for the help.

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RE: New author wondering about how the ranking system works

#3
'Necamijat' pid='833788' dateline='1521993613' Wrote: We use a system around something called Lower bound of Wilson score confidence interval for a Bernoulli parameter. This calculates how our ranking list will be. It takes all the reviews and ratings into account and weighs them in accordingly.

And yes, if your rank is #800, that's your place on the Best Rated category.

Thanks for the response!