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Everything you need to write about, cite, or critique Internet Standing. Free data, a free API, direct contact, and no PR-speak required.
For journalists and researchers · We respond to press inquiries within 24 hoursThe one-liner
Internet Standing is the public’s standing for every creator, journalist and public figure: one record for each person, across every platform, with a Standing from 0 to 100 built from trust-weighted ratings, raid defences, and a free public API.
Talking points
Cleared for direct quotation. Each point is also linked from a longer page on the site if you want more depth.
What it is
One public record for each creator, journalist, commentator and public figure, with all their accounts linked: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, Twitch, Telegram. The public rates them from one to five stars, and the record shows a Standing from 0 to 100 once it has enough ratings. News outlets and sites have records too, second, with a lean line and accuracy.
Raid defences
Each rating is weighted by the rater’s own record. A new rating waits 36 hours before it counts. Anonymous taps never publish anything alone, and a day’s taps weigh at most a quarter of what signed-in raters weigh. When the raid check sees a spike, a lean pile-on or a wave of throwaway accounts, the Standing freezes at its previous value (the record says “Standing frozen”) until a moderator reviews it.
Scale
455 records are on the register today: creators, journalists, politicians and public figures, and the outlets they work for. Anyone can add the next person by pasting a link to any of their accounts.
What’s different about Internet Standing
Follower counts measure reach. Internet Standing measures regard: what the public thinks of someone, across every platform, in one number. We don’t decide what’s true about anyone; we publish what many people think of them over time, labelled as opinion, and the person can claim their record and answer.
Fair to the people on it
Nothing shows until a record has 20 ratings. Controversies are labelled as allegations, marked credible or doubtful by established accounts, and the subject can respond beside them. Claiming a record is free and never changes the number. The full rules are in the methodology.
Pull quotes
“Crowd ratings have one obvious failure mode: fan armies and hate raids. Our method assumes both are real and defends against them in the open. We don't pretend the crowd is neutral; we weight it, hold it, and freeze it when it is pushed.”
“A Standing isn't a ruling on a person. It's what the public thinks of them over time, measured carefully and labelled as opinion, with a place for them to answer.”
Using our data
A Standing is free to cite with a link to the record. For more than a handful of records, use the free API: every record comes with its Standing and band.
Right now the register holds 455 records and 0 ratings. A Standing is published only once a record has 20 ratings, so many records have no standing yet. Cite the ones that do, call it the public’s opinion, and say how many ratings it rests on: every record shows it.
Brand assets
What we’re available to talk about
- The method: the weighting, the 36-hour hold, the raid freeze, and why a Standing is labelled opinion.
- A specific record: why someone sits where they do, how many ratings it rests on, and what the public’s words say.
- Fairness to the people rated: the quorum, controversies as allegations, the right to respond, and how we handle complaints.
- Creators across platforms: one record for someone who is big on YouTube, small on X and new on TikTok.
- India and beyond the US: the register holds Indian channels, sites and accounts alongside US and UK ones.
- Critiques of crowd ratings: we'll defend the choices we're confident in and acknowledge the ones we're still working on.
Writing about Internet Standing?
We respond to press inquiries within 24 hours. Direct quotes, data verification, source for stories — happy to help.