Interest Stacks

Titles labeled Certified Fresh™ are those with an adjusted score that ranks in the top 10% of anime I’ve watched, based on a Bayesian average. The calculation blends two factors: an anime’s own MAL score (weighted by how many members rated it) and the global mean score of all anime (weighted by a fixed constant of 130,000 “minimum votes”).

In simpler terms, the more members an anime has, the more its own score drives the result. If it has relatively few members, the adjusted score leans toward the global mean instead. This keeps small, obscure shows from being artificially boosted by a handful of ratings, while well-watched shows with large sample sizes stand on their own.

See Google Sheet for more information: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1661rTFjlvMFahJh5jwqScDe5BiysSU0Vav7NjeGlkPc/