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Introducing SeatScore™ - Helping Fans Find the Best Seats

Updated Apr 30, 2020 / by Keith Hanson
Originally Published Jan 16, 2015

Ticket Listings with SeatScore
SeatScore™ now accompanies more than 2.5 million ticket listings on RateYourSeats.com

What is SeatScore™?

For more than a year we've been researching and testing ways for fans to easily identify and compare the best tickets at games and concerts. Out of that research SeatScore™ was born.

SeatScore™ is an algorithm which generates a 1 to 5-star rating for tickets and seating sections. The higher the star rating, the better the seats!

Facts and Figures

  • More than 20 variables are considered when SeatScore™ is calculated
  • A fan element, a human expert element and a calculated element all contribute to the calculations
  • Nearly 90% of ticket listings on RateYourSeats.com are accompanied by a SeatScore™

What's Next?

There are a lot of other exciting details surrounding SeatScore™, which we'll be sharing in follow-up posts. These include an in-depth analysis of SeatScore™, algorithm updates and improvements and answering your questions!