Global Leaderboards
See how the community ranks albums and artists, powered by Elo ratings.
What the leaderboards rank
The leaderboards are the canonical community rankings on TakeRank. Every album and track on these boards has been compared, head to head, against many others. The Elo system used here is the same maths that ranks chess players, professional poker, and football teams. It does not care how famous an artist is or how much they sell. It only cares about who wins when listeners are asked to pick.
You will see boards for the top albums, the top tracks, and the top artists. Album and track boards rank specific records; individual albums and tracks each get their own Elo rating. Artist boards take the average of an artist's catalogue, so an act with one classic and four duds may rank lower than an act with five solid records. There is no "weighted by recency" or "weighted by popularity" trick. Volume matters, but only because more votes make the rating more confident.
Albums ranked head-to-head across different artists, from cross-artist voting.
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Leaderboards vs trending
The leaderboards are slow. They tell you what the community has decided is the best, after enough votes have stacked up to make a call. The trending page is fast. It tells you what people are arguing about right now. Both are useful. The leaderboards are where you go to settle "what is the best album of all time"; the trending page is where you go to find something new to listen to tonight.
Vote on enough albums yourself and you will start to see how your personal rankings compare to the community boards. Sometimes they line up. Sometimes you will end up with a top ten that looks nothing like the public leaderboard, and that is genuinely interesting - it is the moment you find out what makes your taste yours.