Fan ratings
A show's rating is the plain average of every public rating given by Gigcult members who logged that show, on a scale from half a star to five. We show how many ratings it is based on next to the number, so "4.0 from 1 fan" and "4.0 from 300 fans" never look the same. Ratings are not weighted, edited or boosted, and we never show ratings from anywhere other than Gigcult members.
Who can rate
Only members who logged the show in their diary. Private and followers-only entries are left out of every public number.
Reviews, photos & videos
Reviews, photos and videos on show pages come from members who logged the show and chose to make their entry public. They appear without the member's name. Anything removed by moderation disappears from public pages straight away.
Setlists
Setlists come from fans who were there and from public setlist records. Songs are listed in the order they were played; encores and covers are marked. A show without a setlist says so, and anyone who logged it can add one.
"Songs played most"
On artist pages we count, for each song, how many of the artist's recent shows included it. We look at up to their 30 most recent shows and only use shows that have a setlist. A song counts once per show. The section only appears once there are at least three setlists, because one gig is not a pattern. "Songs per show" is the average setlist length across those same shows.
Concert listings
Upcoming concerts come from public listings and are matched so the same show appears once, even when it is announced in several places. Dates are shown in the venue's own time zone. Long-running stage productions, tribute acts and listings that look wrong are kept out of city and venue pages. Listings refresh daily.
"Big shows"
City and venue pages highlight shows by widely followed artists, based on how many people listen to them. It is a prominence signal, not a quality judgment, and nobody can pay to be featured.
Show and artist counts
"Shows on record" and "cities" on artist pages count every concert in Gigcult's catalogue for that artist, past and upcoming, after duplicates are merged. Counts update as new concerts are added.
Quick answers
How is a show's rating calculated?
It is the average of the public ratings given by Gigcult members who logged the show, from half a star to five, shown with the number of ratings it is based on.
Are ratings or reviews ever paid for?
No. Ratings and reviews come only from members who logged the show, and nobody can pay to change them or to be featured.
How are "songs played most" chosen?
By counting how many of an artist's recent shows (up to 30, with a setlist) included each song, once a minimum of three setlists is available.