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That Strange Little Number...
When you first join Steemit, you’ll notice that there is a number hovering next to your account name both on your blog page as well as next to every one of your comments and post previews. This is your Steemit Reputation Score. Today, we’ll explain an overview of what the score is, what it means both technically and socially, and why it is an important feature of the Steemit ecosystem.
The Basics
Simply put, the Reputation Score is an indicator of your standing in the Steemit community. This score is affected by a number of factors and influences but before we explore any calculations, here are the basic facts and ideas you should know -
- Every new account starts with a (25) reputation score
- Your score increases with the number of upvotes and proportional strength of those upvotes
- Your score decreases with flags/downvotes
- Each successive number increment (i.e. 44 to 45) is more difficult to achieve than the former
As your posts and comments gain upvotes, your reputation score will increase. If you post something that others deem “bad” for whatever reason (check the guidelines post by @steemcleaners for a general rubric of what is typically downvoted), your rating will go down. The reputation score overall is just one metric of how your presence, history, and contribution to Steemit is valued.
To understand how exactly to calculate your Reputation Score, we recommend you look at the article on steem.center and @sevinwilson’s post from earlier this year.
What Your Reputation Means
Your reputation score can be an indicator of of many things, including how long the user has been on the platform, how much their content is valued by the whole of the Steemit community, and how much their account has been punished by flags/downvotes. For the sake of fun and clarity, we’ve made a visual rubric that generalizes accounts based on their ratings.
| Rating | Description |
|---|---|
 | Baby! Everyone begins Steemit with the same rating, 25. This number means that you have not yet received any upvotes for blogging or your comments. |
 | Toddler. At this point, you've done some blogging and introduced yourself to the Steemit community but are still getting your bearings on the blockchain. |
 | Kid on the block(chain). Steemians with this rating know their way around Steemit and have done well gathering support for their posts and comments. |
 | Blogger. You are good at earning Steem and contribute quality content to the blockchain ecosystem. The 50's require a lot of hard work and dedication. |
 | Professional. You've earned an established following for creating consistently valuable content. You know the way around and impart your wisdom unto others. |
 | Guru. Steemians with over a 70 rating are experts of the Steem blockchain. They are likely early adopters and know the inner workings of this world. |
What the Rating is NOT
The reputation score can indicate a number of aspects concerning your account but doesn’t always tell the whole story. Here are some points about what the number does not indicate -
The rating is not directly correlated to your voting power or the amount of STEEM/SBD in your account. Many investors store STEEM in auxiliary accounts and use them to vote. Since those accounts typically don’t post or comment, they usually remain at the 25 rating.
Higher ratings do not equate to “higher quality” or “better” content. It is not a metric to compare two accounts, only a number to indicate the amount of overall rewards and upvotes an account has received.
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Thanks for reading! We hope you found this "Reputation Score Article” useful. If you have any questions or ideas for future toolkits, please don’t hesitate to reach out in the comments section. Check out our other resource posts for helpful tips and ideas on our Master Toolkit Post.
It's a pity Steemit cannot incorporate your icons as reputation indicators. They're far more fun than just a bland number. :-)
Thanks for the kind words @dickturpin :)
It would be neat if they could include these as a placeholder until that user adds their own profile pic!
That's a great idea! I am would definitely like to suggest it to @fabien who is working on busy.org, which I am also helping out with. I am upvoting and following your post and see if we can make it happen :)
I like this idea!
Hi, please explain the number next to the the graph looking for arrow. Perhaps a post on what all the different icons and symbols mean! I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much. (If you already have a post like that up, please can someone send me a link to it)
Hi @mohamm, thanks for your question - take a look at this post on Browsing the Basics of Steemit's Interface and let us know if that helps!
For more resources and tutorials - https://steemit.com/toolkit/@sndbox/master-toolkit-steemit-sndbox-resources-update-3
Thanks you for sharing this very informative article, I have been wanted to know all this before now.. Thanks for sharing the knowledge
seems like am not the only one who has been wondering
Lol!, thats life, you can't be the only one in a situation... You must have a mate...
Hi,thank you so much for sharing
I would like to ask i few questions with respect to the rating
1)Does the rating affect the amount of money we make from each post?
2)Are the number of upvotes the main factor affecting the amount of money we make from each post
3)What does the percentage beside the voters list stand for?
I would really appreciate it if you could reply :)
Hi @investorkjj :)
Thank you for your reply! Learnt something new today:)
Amazing guide and really love the illustrations :D
Thank you!
Reputation is one of the biggest measures to understand the power of the blogger (artist, writer, poet etc.). Also, it is exponentially difficult to rise from 60 to 70. A blogger with 60 has to create quality blogs to increase his reputation. However, there is a issue with upvote bot or whale bot, that can help to increase reputation. Some cases, reputation may not represent real quality since someone with huge SP can use selfvote or, buy whale votes to increase reputation significantly. However, beyond 65 reputation that mechanism may not help. Thanks again for explain reputation in easy and visual terms.
Sweet guide, thanks for posting!
Good explication post ;) Thank you
Im still kid on the block. 😁😁😁
Still figuring things out . God bless us everyone 😊😁
Welcome to the block ;)
Haha thank you , good luck to us 😁
Informative.
I learnt here that highest reputation at the moment is 78. 😎
I want to hit 79 😂
Go for 80! I wonder what that level will be like...
Haha. Best of luck to me🐒
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I think we can easily consider 80 a major milestone in the life of the community.
Do you agree maybe?
Yes! We remember when 70 seemed completely unattainable... 80 is on the horizon.
Oh yeah, and an additional interesting thought is that while each "x0 milestone" is more and more far, the increasing popularity of the site may keep the pace.
And I really wonder if it will.
It would be a Super Blogger or Super Steemian?
Thanks for sharing great content. It is amazing how you structure such nice posts. I will keep myself learning from you guys. Gracias amigos.
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really helpful, thanks for thr information and illustrations! It's a pity Steemit cannot incorporate your icons as reputation indicators.
Great article @Sndbox! I have always wondered what the number meant and whether they hold any value to my account. The levels are a great way for the community to value users! Thank you for the great explanation and illustrations to go along! I am very much inspired by your design stylings and have picked up a tip or 2 from it.
Thank you for the kind and thoughtful reply @ansonoxy :) No single number tells the entire story but it is an interesting metric to learn more about a steemit user / their interaction with others.
Very useful information about stamens rank. I am much impressed
Thanks for the support!
Hey @sndbox, I'm new here, so maybe this question has already been addressed. But, does reputation have anything to do with the reach of a post, or the equivalent of reach on steemit?
Precisely!!
Hai... This is my first time joining Steemit and directly find this useful tips. Can be said, this is the first article I read. It helps me know the basic of steemit a lot.
Great article, keep it up!
Hi @sndbox. I I have translated this post into Indonesian. This is the link:
https://steemit.com/toolkit/@isaideureka/apa-arti-skor-reputasi-steemit-disertai-dengan-panduan-ilustrasi
Hope you like it!
Thanks @isaideureka! We'll add it to the next masterpost =)
That's a good explanation. Reputation is valuable and it's easy to lose if people think you are abusing the system. A good reputation shows you are serious. I'm amazed how well I've done.
/me points at the Guru. :-)
Aw shucks :) I'm just an over-enthusiastic amateur.
You should wear a tee shirt saying:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Just call me Ozzy :)
On Steemwhales I'm ranked pretty highly by number of posts, but by reputation and earnings I'm way down. I'm a medium fish in a small lake. It's nice that people come to me for advice, but they can over-estimate my influence and knowledge. If/when Steemit gets to millions of users I'll just be one of the herd.
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. :-)
It is easier for a rich man to enter a camel than... Something
I'm rubbish at quotes
A guru in our midst! Thanks for the support @steevc :) Reputation is an interesting metric that Steemit provides. It's just one mechanism but does provide an interesting scorecard for others to see / interpret.
I do check the reputation of people who comment on my posts. If it's low then I may try to help them unless they are abusing the system
used to think that people who have been in the system for a year + are then allocated with rep of 60+ and the higher your rep the higher your steempower, thanks for making it clear as well, it all depends on once contribution to steemit
I don't have as much SP as some. I have posted a lot and people seem to like what I write.
wow seriously? probably the things you write are usually original, that just goes to show that it is good to be original
Maybe it's because people fear repercusions? Just guessing but a whale can tank someone in a matter of a few flags. Sounds more like an oligarchy than a democracy or am I wrong? I hope I'm wrong.
With your reputation @steevc and @sndbox as well, you guys have been proving you are taking this serious .
Greeting from a puberty rep... ;)
I'll take note of this and add this up to my next orientations. Thanks @sndbox! Your blogs are always helpful! :)
Worth my 10 cents of 100% upvote and resteem!
Thanks so much for the support @jassennessaj! :)
posnya sangat bagus tapi saya tidak tahu harus bilang
Upvote mengeposkan saya https://steemit.com/life/@imamalkimas/adat-that-is-in-indonesia-tropical-countries-20171018t23133676z
I've only been here a couple months and I'm level 53. I have no idea what I am doing or what's going on
Haha well the 50's are very honest too... :)
Actually I was wondering if it became harder to level up. Thanks for this post! :)
Yes! Each level gets a little bit harder ;)
thanks for the clarity, used to think the higher your rep, the higher your SP in otherwords a user with 30rep can have a SP over 20,000+? @sndbox
Yes, there are quite a lot of these 'investor accounts'. They don't write anything, just comment and vote, some are pure bots.
lol exactly been seen more of this account lately
Yeah that's a common misunderstanding. Your reputation score has nothing to do with the $ in your wallet. :)
saw something related to that today, the user joined probably 4wks back and his rep was low but guess what his SP was above 20,000
good post , i have entered this community since 10 days, it is useful for me
Welcome to Steemit! Glad this post could be helpful as you get your footing here :)
All right, so I'm a blogger on the way to become professional. Good to know ;-)
Hah, you're just 4 rep points away @jefpatat ;)
really helpful @sndbox, thanks for thr information
Thank you!
Is there any site to count the amounf people belonging to each reputation values? Like, "number of people with the reputation of 70" or "above 70" or something.
That'd be awesome to see and plot as time passes by.
If you haven't seen Steem Whales already - here's a helpful list that measures Steemit members based on their reputation score / wallet / following etc..! https://steemwhales.com/?p=1&s=reputation
So I have to scrap from HTML either way - no problem though, better thank nothing. Thanks!
Kid on the block!! 😁😁
Next target to be a bloger
Nice work! :)
this is a great post. It is information I have been looking for. I have resteemed it because I found it so helpful! Thank you for taking the time to make this information clear.
Thank you very much for the kind words @sandsoftime!
Great post! Your guides are the best, always simple and beautifully explained, and that's what new and not so new ones need :)
Without doubt this will be another post that I will translate to spanish. Keep it up this great job guys!
That's very kind of you to say, thanks @angelgarz :)
Great explanation of the reputation score.
Thanks for that simplification.
May I ask if it's allowed to use your illustration?
Kind regards
Thank you @modernpastor, yes! Absolutely, just make sure to source any images back to the original post and attribute @sndbox as well.
Of course, I will do that :)
Thanks for the permission.
Yes, the 50s seem to be a tough "decade" to work though. It would be very interesting to know what strategies are best to help move up. And is there any way of knowing how many accounts there are in the 50s, 60s and 70s?
It's a decade requiring some grind! The best methods revolve around consistency and engagement. Here's a post that gets into a bit about this - https://steemit.com/blog/@sndbox/submit-a-story-tips-for-crafting-your-steemit-blog-post
Check out Steem Whales - it's a helpful list that measures Steemit members based on their reputation score / wallet / following etc..! https://steemwhales.com/?p=1&s=reputation
Thanks for shedding some light on reputation scores for everyone explained in an easy to understand format. Some information I have come across is missing key elements as well as being very hard to understand. This is a great help especially for newbies. Keep Steeming :)
Thank you @beccadeals, glad to hear that :D
Legit description of leveling up here on Steemit - feel like I've done a decent job of progression in the first 3 weeks here. Been learning a lot, probably the best thing about the platform to me.
Excellent! We've been learning a lot as well and hopefully these posts help new users as much as other Steemians have helped us.
Clear and informative explanations! (as per usual ;-))
Very useful info indeed. Looking forward to the climb in score. Got the desire to read and comment. Will have to challenge myself to write and contribute content.
Great breakdown! I guess I can call myself a blogger now. It's pretty hard to move out of the 50's though. Its gonna take some work for me to get there.
Thank you, I'm one of them that no have any idea of what that numbers means
Very clear explanation that will be very helpful to new users. Well done!
Thanks @tarekadam!
Hey @SndBox thank you for the informative post, but i just got to give you kudos for all the amazing graphics and illustrations you/ your team does. Every time you make a post its easy to spot the familiar colors and the design style - It sure looks like a lot of thought and work went into it. So as a visual creator myself, I really appreciate the significance you give to the graphic aspect of your post/content. Keep it up! <3
Thank you so much for the support @ankapolo and the appreciation of our aesthetic playfulness =)
@sndbox, this is very good. Glad i stumble on this post. Been wondering how the reputation thing works. Now i have a better understanding. @sndbox, i have a couple of question i would like to ask. Can private chat you on steemit chat or discord?
Hi @ceepee, thanks for the support and absolutely, you can reach us at @hansikhouse in steemit.chat
I'm so close to 50! Lol Steem on everyone
Cool, I didn't know someone was doing clear, easy crypto information. Nice.
I didn't know about that fact.I've read the full article. Now I know the reason of that little numbers.
Thank you @sndbox
Great info for newbies
I am a Toddler feels bad man !
I didn't know any of this. thank you for the education.