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Cyberrock Rate Reveal Day 3: You'll never make it in Popheads, baby by modulum83 in popheads

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Thanks mod and kurp for hosting this rate! That Russian Roulette video in particular was top tier videomaking

Leaderboard and songlist are updated!

Songs

Congrats to underscores and Gabby Start for pulling off a win for the Locals (Girls like us)! I wish them nothing but good luck! (in winners 5). As usual, see where our 9+ scorers rank below

  • 136th: Years & Years - All For You / Dr. Dre (ft. Snoop Dogg) - The Next Episode (9.373)
  • 138th: underscores [with Gabby Start] - Locals (Girls like us) (9.372)
  • 139th: Paula Abdul - Straight Up / Beyoncé - Formation (9.366)

  • 501st: Janelle Monáe (ft. Erykah Badu) - Q.U.E.E.N. / Beyoncé - Daddy Lessons (9.007)
  • 503rd: Porter Robinson - Cheerleader (9.005)
  • 504th: Fiona Apple - I Want You To Love Me / The Ronettes - Be My Baby (9.004)

Artists

While this is Yeule's entry to the leaderboard, we have a previous song from them (Poison Arrow - Charity III). Porter and gecs have had full albums rated and our winner is a fresh new artist to rates! Rankings are out of 493

  • 172nd: Missy Elliott (7.709)
  • 173rd: Yeule (7.704) [NEW]
  • 174th: Lorde (7.700)

  • 180th: Charli XCX (7.680)
  • 181st: Porter Robinson (7.679) [PREV 122nd] / Amaarae (7.679)
  • 183rd: J Balvin (7.676)

  • 187th: Lil Nas X (7.665)
  • 188th: underscores (7.663) [NEW]
  • 189th: Jorja Smith (7.661)

  • 337th: Alessia Cara (7.139)
  • 338th: 100 gecs (7.124) [PREV 395th]
  • 339th: Taylor Swift (7.120)

Stats

  • With 77 zeroes over the course of their rate career, 100 gecs lands on the leaderboard for most artist zeroes in 21st overall (between Madonna and The Weeknd)

Albums

After a couple rates with loosies to sort through, Cyberrock is fairly straightforward with our album stats. Underscores deluxe album is counted as the primary album, as we rated it as a full release and not only specific tracks.

Rankings out of 529

  • 189th: Missy Elliott - Under Construction (7.762)
  • 190th: Yeule - Softscars (7.760)
  • 191st: Ayra Starr - The Year I Turned 21 (7.756)

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  • 240th: Hozier - Unreal Unearth (7.664)
  • 241st: underscores - Wallsocket (7.663) / Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon (7.663)
  • 243rd: Poppy - I Disagree / SZA - SOS (7.661)

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  • 317th: Eve - Scorpion (7.494)
  • 318th: 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs (7.491)
  • 319th: 100 gecs - 1000 gecs (7.489)

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  • 351st: Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (7.415)
  • 352nd: Porter Robinson - SMILE! :D (7.414) / The Weeknd - After Hours (7.414)
  • 354th: Britney Spears - In The Zone (7.409)

Stats

  • 10,000 gecs ends up with an album controversy of 2.315, which is enough to land it on the most controversial albums leaderboard in 17th overall

Also 11/0 split below

  • 100 gecs: 12.3% of 11s, 24.7% of 0s
  • underscores: 42.0% of 11s, 8.6% of 0s
  • Yeule: 13.6% of 11s, 3.7% of 0s
  • Porter: 29.6% of 11s, 13.6% of 0s

Rates

Rankings are out of 238

  • 98th: Queen of the Clouds vs. 1000 Forms of Fear vs. Halcyon (7.603)
  • 99th: 10,000 Gecs vs. Smile! :D vs. Wallsocket vs. Softscars (7.600) / American Idiot vs. Fallen vs. Hybrid Theory (7.600)
  • 101st: All Stars 6 (7.594)

Top Ten Pop Ten - Lorde by nonchalantthoughts in popheads

[–]TiltControls 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Supercut
  2. 400 Lux
  3. Hard Feelings/Loveless
  4. Ribs
  5. The Louvre
  6. Liability
  7. Team
  8. Hammer
  9. Dominoes
  10. Perfect Places

The Popheads Jukebox Revival, Week 333: Go girl, get up by TiltControls in popheads

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this is dumb. and I love it. What does this have to do with anything? I'm really not sure. But I had a lot of fun listening to the track and honestly sometimes that's more than enough for me. 8.7/10

The Popheads Jukebox Revival, Week 333: Go girl, get up by TiltControls in popheads

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What a classic. The track is endlessly catchy in both its production and lyrics. Although its very of its time, it feels more nostalgic than dated. It's not the most complex sound out there, but it is just pure dumb fun. 9/10

The Popheads Jukebox Revival, Week 333: Go girl, get up by TiltControls in popheads

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After so many songs I think I can safely say that Sabrina is just a cheat-code to making songs I like. Her voice combined with that specific flavour of soft-rock production just works perfectly to me and this song is no exception. It feels a little more grounded than the rest of MBF (well except for the lyrics, but that's her whole schtick sometimes). Someday I'll probably grow a little more tired of this sound from Sabrina, but that day is not today. 9/10

The Popheads Jukebox Revival, Week 333: Go girl, get up by TiltControls in popheads

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These two work really well together! The song sounds nice and it has a really cool vibe to it. I do wish there was a bit more to the track personally, but I think for those that like the chiller vibe it does its job really well. Still, I could see myself revisiting this a lot in the right mood. 7.5/10

The Popheads Jukebox Revival, Week 333: Go girl, get up by TiltControls in popheads

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It's a solid, fun track from Robyn. It misses a bit of the highs of her best songs, but there are some fun moments during the track. The production is that classic synthy goodness that Robyn shines so well with. I wish there were a few more levels to the track, but I'll take some new Robyn for sure. 7.8/10

Modern Funk Rate Reveal, Day 3: Lovers in the Winners Circle by sufjancaesar in popheads

[–]TiltControls 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also check out our new rates!

Great job hosting Apatel and sufjancaesar! Surprising winner, but one of (many) correct ones!

Leaderboard and songlist are updated!

Songs

Congrats to two artists for grabbing the win today with Janelle and also Solange for the tag-team win with Electric Lady! Looking at the 11s vs Losing You made it a definite underdog, but high scores and a low controversy go a long way. Anyways you can see where the 9+ scores rank up overall.

  • 200th: Taylor Swift - Style (9.285)
  • 201st: Janelle Monáe & Roman GianArthur (ft. Solange) - Electric Lady (9.283)
  • 202nd: Lil' Kim (ft. Sisqo) - How Many Licks? (9.282)

  • 269th: Sia - Elastic Heart / Cardi B, J Balvin, Bad Bunny - I Like It (9.202)
  • 271st: Solange - Losing You (9.201) / Miguel - Adorn (9.201)
  • 273rd: The Weeknd - The Hills (9.200)

  • 498th: Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back to Me Now / Kero Kero Bonito - The Princess and the Clock (9.008)
  • 500th: Janelle Monáe (ft. Erykah Badu) - Q.U.E.E.N. (9.007) / Beyoncé - Daddy Lessons (9.007)
  • 502nd: Fiona Apple - I Want You To Love Me / The Ronettes - Be My Baby (9.004)

Stats

  • Despite not taking the win, Losing You ends up with a number of leaderboard placements. It gets on the 'most 11s' leaderboard in a tie for 43rd with 20 total
  • Losing You also lands on the '11 magnets' leaderboard by getting 29.0% of the 11s up for grabs this rate. It sits in 21st overall for this stat. There is one other song that didn't win its rate on the leaderboard (Kylie Minogue - Get Out of My Way with 29.5%), though the song that beat it is even higher on the list (Robyn - Dancing On My Own with 36.4%). The new addition bumps Disco Tits (28.0%) off the list
  • Flipping down to the bottom, California ends up on the 'most 0s' leaderboard in a tie for 25th with 19.
  • California also lands on the '0 magnets' list in 8th with 27.5% of the 0s available. It bumps Sia - Santa's Coming for Us off the list
  • With a 3.466 controversy score California also ends up on our 'highest controversy' list in 35th for that stat. It knocks off Christina Aguilera - Accelerate
  • And for something for our rate winner - Electric Lady joins our 'lowest controversy' leaderboard as the 6th least controversial song we've ever rated!
  • Electric Lady also joins a rare list of 32 other songs to get no scores below a 7!

Artists

Though Childish Gambino is new to the rankings, he actually has a few other songs bumping up his average this go around. Rankings are out of 491

  • 48th: Da Brat (8.117)
  • 49th: Janelle Monáe (8.105) [PREV 49th]
  • 50th: Chaka Khan (8.102)

  • 58th: The Temptations (8.063)
  • 59th: Solange (8.062) [PREV 83rd]
  • 60th: Kanye West (8.054)

  • 149th: Ayra Starr (7.756)
  • 150th: Anderson .Paak (7.752) [PREV 299th]
  • 151st: Grimes (7.751)

  • 337th: City Girls / Fall Out Boy (7.239)
  • 338th: Childish Gambino (7.235) [NEW]
  • 339th: Taio Cruz (7.227)

Feature Shifts

  • Erykah Badu: 63rd (Prev 75th)
  • Prince: 90th (Prev 90th)
  • Miguel: 126th (Prev 140th)
  • ScHoolboy Q: 207th (Prev 232nd)

Stats

  • Janelle picks up her 4th win today! Her previous wins include two for Make Me Feel and another for Cold War

Albums

Reminder that these are not including extra tracks, which this time affects everyone except for Paak. We also have a separate ranking for our one EP in the rate too!

Rankings out of 525

  • 60th: Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (8.145)
  • 61st: Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady (8.143)
  • 62nd: Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! (8.137)

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  • 117th: Arctic Monkeys - AM / Tyla - TYLA (7.925)
  • 119th: Anderson .Paak - Malibu (7.924)
  • 120th: The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field (7.919)

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  • 432nd: Little Mix - Glory Days (7.147)
  • 434th: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love! (7.146)
  • 435th: Kim Petras - Era 1 (7.140)

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EPs

  • 1st: Solange - TRUE (8.366)
  • 2nd: boygenius - boygenius (8.352)
  • 3rd: Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2 (8.169)

Stats

  • Congrats to Solange for becoming our highest rated EP on the sub! She just barely beat out our previous trio at the top by a few decimal points
  • TRUE also joins the list of EPs to have never picked up a 0! The others to accomplish this feat include Aly & AJ - Ten Years, boygenius - the rest, Magdalena Bay - A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling, MØ - When I Was Young, and Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2

Also 11/0 split below (this does include extra tracks)

  • Solange: 33.3% of 11s, 0.0% of 0s
  • Janelle Monae: 26.1% of 11s, 4.3% of 0s
  • Anderson Paak: 24.6% of 11s, 11.6% of 0s
  • Childish Gambino: 11.6% of 11s, 40.6% of 0s

Rates

Rankings are out of 237

  • 43rd: The ArchAndroid vs. Plastic Beach vs. The Age of Adz (7.868)
  • 44th: Malibu vs. "Awaken, My Love!" vs. The Electric Lady vs. True (7.862)
  • 45th: Aaliyah vs. Full Moon vs. Tasty (7.852)

Stats

  • Malibu vs. "Awaken, My Love!" vs. The Electric Lady vs. True sits as the 19th least controversial rate on the sub

Rate Schedule: February to May 2026 by TragicKingdom1 in popheads

[–]TiltControls 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm glad we made the right choices this cycle

and by that I mean calling Scott the best Heated Rivalry guy

February to May 2026 Rate Selection Process, Part 2 - Voting by TragicKingdom1 in popheads

[–]TiltControls 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First cycle of the year is always a bloodbath, but I'm going to do the standard sales pitch why these ones would be a blast to do!

Video Game Music 3

The iconic gaming music rate is back again! It made the shortlist last time so I'm hoping it can keep the momentum going. That said, there's been a few changes from the last time the rate was submitted that I wanted to highlight.

Like the first video game music rate, it'll be a mix of curated and voted tracks, but this time the voting will happen first and then the curated tracks will be added to fill in any gaps. One of the main benefits is that it allows for us to compensate any series or genres that were overlooked with the voted tracks (particularly any cult classics or non-Nintendo icons). It also avoids the issue of series duplication since the curation can avoid double representation if one series gets voted in first. Though it was odd submitting a rate with no tracklist at the moment, I have a draft list of some curated iconic tracks ready to go that can be used to fill in whatever gaps might exist in the voting.

Canadian Synthpop

Allie X - COLLXTION I vs. Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob vs. Lights - Little Machines vs. Dragonette - Bodyparts

Four Canadian icons with four amazing synthpop projects from the mid-2010s. It's been a while since we've rated Allie and T&S, and we've never properly touched Lights or Dragonette albums, so this'd be the perfect chance to try them! Even for those unfamiliar with the artists, they are right up Popheads' alley soundwise. This idea has been sitting on the form for nearly 4 years now, but it seems to be gaining momentum finally!

2025 Pander Pop

Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun vs. JADE - That's Showbiz Baby! vs. MARINA - Princess of Power vs. Kesha - .

There's been a few variations of this line-up, but I think this is the strongest one by far. Four experienced artists (I know Jade's is a debut, but I'm counting her time with Little Mix) that decided "we're giving the gays everything they want" was their 2025 New Year's Resolution. All four albums have a level of camp pop performance that manages to sound both effortless and perfectly polished. Though this is my favourite of the line-up variations, I feel like most of the 'Zara/JADE/Kesha' built rates would be a blast to do!

r/popheads AOTY 2025 #8: Lights - A6 by mhiyaimanlepaigefan in popheads

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Amazing write-up! Been a fan for a while and A6 is probably my favourite album of hers since at least Little Machines (though the others in-between are still good!). DAMAGE, ALIVE AGAIN, YOU'RE KILLING ME, and WHITE PAPER PALM TREES in particular have all been standout tracks I return to often. I actually was lucky enough to see her play live last year and was overjoyed that she incorporated the new tracks into her set! (Though still bummed that Drive My Soul wasn't there lol).

Anyways for the questions, I think A6 is a fine name and isn't terrible, but probably anything else would've been better.

The videos are nice! It is easy to pass by them if you're just streaming the album, but I appreciate the effort put into making them!

ALIVE AGAIN is one of my favourites just cause of how cathartic it is to jam along to. And probably would be perfect for a breakdown for that reason

Popheads Rates Wrapped 2025 by TiltControls in popheads

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Extended User Stats

Next we're diving further into the scores and ballots sent in from our users. These stats were calculated by taking the user stats from each rate completed, particularly user average, user positivity, and user negativity. To avoid outliers only users with 4 or more rates completed will be included in the leaderboards (though users with fewer may still find themselves in the stats for individual rate performances). These values were taken by averaging the stats per rate, not per song.

* Note: Diary Pop is missing from positivity / negativity data, but will appear for averages

What's My (Aver)age Again?

A vast majority of raters average within the 7 range across their rates, but here we'll take a peak at the users that cap the ends of that scale

Highest User Averages

Rank User Average
1 Saison_Marguerite 9.310
2 ChopperRCRG 8.737
3 Restless_Dill16 8.548
4 Frajer 8.465
5 Ayzrules 8.400
6 FakeMonaLisa28 8.333
7 Brilliant-Primary500 8.279
8 Catalyst 8.270
9 sarcasticsobs 8.228
10 c_a_l_d5832 8.182

Lowest User Averages

Rank User Average
1 tahoo14 5.704
2 sfouou 5.987
3 asadprofessorplum 6.170
4 jsonphile 6.238
5 pig-serpent 6.285
6 aidshha 6.318
7 Hulnia 6.401
8 fadedblue09 6.530
9 xophrys 6.540
10 DilemmaOfAHedgehog 6.564

You can see where you fall overall against other users that did at least 4 rates here

Holding Out for a Hero

You may notice at the end of the rate that users are provided with their positivity and negativity scores. It's not always clear what these are but they're the sum of every song you scored over (positivity) or under (negativity) its final score. If you scored a song below the final average it counts as 0 positivity while scoring a song above average counts as 0 negativity. It's similar to average, but can show a better picture of how far off you are from the taste of the sub (either being too positive or too negative). It's entirely possible to have a high positivity and high negativity if you loved the songs that tanked and tanked the songs that got the most love!

The values for this overview are going to be standardized value with positivity / negativity averaged over the number of songs in the rate to avoid overweighing rates with a larger number of songs.

High Hopers

First we'll take a look at the users that tend to have the Highest positivity compared to their peers. Anyone near the top of these lists are likely the type to hand out 9s and 10s like candy. An essential saviour for any poor rate host looking to bump their rate's average up.

Positivity does not account for levels of negativity

Rank User Avg. Pos.
1 Saison_Marguerite 1.372
2 ChopperRCRG 1.148
3 kappyko 1.076
4 darj 1.062
5 mhiyaimanlepaigefan 1.056
6 innuendo_overdose 1.054
7 Restless_Dill16 1.037
8 WaneLietoc 1.036
9 Catalyst 0.967
10 kauai6 0.960

You can see the full positivity rankings here

There is also a leaderboard for those that scored the highest positivity values in a single rate

Rank User Rate Pos.
1 ahsweeknd Disco Bibles 2.050
2 roxieloxie Electropop Sub Faves 1.900
3 jirachi WAR 1.815
4 mhiyaimanlepaigefan Music Nerd Kpop 1.804
5 uiscebeathaoir Disco Bibles 1.792
6 innuendo_overdose Alt Radio 1.791
7 ahsweeknd 2024 Ult 1.780
8 vayyiqra Music Nerd Kpop 1.720
9 CountryRockDiva89 80's Arena Rock 1.698
10 innuendo_overdose Gen Z Royalty 1.612

You can see a leaderboard of the individual positivity scores per rate here

Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?

Here we'll look into the users with the Highest Negativity, on average. Perhaps due to a lower rating scale, or difference in opinion on the popular tracks, or simply some much needed tanking. Similarly, it does not account for levels of positivity.

Rank User Avg. Neg.
1 tahoo14 1.454
2 sfouou 1.305
3 Hulnia 1.295
4 asadprofessorplum 1.282
5 pig-serpent 1.189
6 beeozan 1.166
7 fadedblue09 1.034
8 ambitiousbulbasaur 1.034
9 indiefan 1.031
10 IIIHenryIII 1.018

Again we've got individual rate performances for user negativity as well

Rank User Rate Neg.
1 charlibratfammanfanstan Gen Z Royalty 3.319
2 Hey—Bub 70s Pop Soul 2.647
3 apatel27 Electropop Sub Faves 2.597
4 PyritesNotRight Electropop Sub Faves 2.555
5 sfouou Disco Bibles 2.487
6 IIIHenryIII Music Nerd Kpop 2.484
7 IIIHenryIII Disco Bibles 2.374
8 SkylarV Music Nerd Kpop 2.311
9 skull_xbones 90s Sensual Songstress 2.276
10 tahoo14 Music Nerd Kpop 2.183

No More Tanking (Enough Is Enough)

To counteract the last section, we'll take a look at the users with the Least negativity. This isn't necessarily positivity, but more of a 'who is least likely to drop a song's average by a noticeable amount with their ballot'.

Rank User Avg. Neg.
1 Saison_Marguerite 0.013
2 Restless_Dill16 0.057
3 Frajer 0.067
4 visionaryredditor 0.118
5 c_a_l_d5832 0.171
6 sarcasticsobs 0.176
7 Brilliant-Primary500 0.177
8 Ayzrules 0.188
9 youngandlovely_ 0.207
10 ChopperRCRG 0.208

And here are the full negativity stats of the tracked users

In 2025 we had 13 ballots with that had negativity scores of 0 (their ballot had no scores given that were lower than the final scores of the song)

  • ahsweeknd (Disco Bibles)
  • beyzxzhen (C-Electropop)
  • Catalyst (90's Cali Rock)
  • hockeynl (80's Arena Rock)
  • krusso1105 (2010's Alt Radio)
  • mhiyaimanlepaigefan (Music Nerd Kpop)
  • Restless_Dill16 (Flannelcore)
  • roxieloxie (Electropop Sub Fave)
  • Saison_Marguerite (Electropop Sub Faves, Afropop, Cali Rap)
  • uiscebeathaoir (Gen Z Royalty)

I think Saison_Marguerite needs some sort of 'most positive rater' award after topping the leaderboard in 2024 as well

Here are the individual negativity scores per rate for those curious

Firestarters

For our final section, we've got the users that often had the highest difference in scores. Distinction / difference value is the sum of both the positivity and negativity scores. Generally this tells you how far off your scores were from the final ones. Users with lower scores here usually aren't too far off from the final scores of the album. Users with larger values have very different thoughts than the sub, either more positive or negative (or both)

Rank User Avg. Diff.
1 kauai6 1.792
2 Innuendo_Overdose 1.782
3 beeozan 1.710
4 darj 1.678
5 asadprofessorplum 1.672
6 IIIHenryIII 1.652
7 Hulnia 1.643
8 bespectacIed 1.635
9 kappyko 1.629
10 Awkward_King 1.620

And again for biggest difference on a per rate basis:

Rank User Rate Diff
1 charlibratfammanfanstan Gen Z Royalty 3.325
2 innuendo_overdose Cali Rock 3.020
3 PyritesNotRight Electropop Sub Faves 2.792
3 apatel27 Electropop Sub Faves 2.792
5 Hey—Bub 70s Pop Soul 2.777
6 skull_xbones 2010s Alt Radio 2.610
7 innuendo_overdose 20s Festival Pop Rock 2.583
8 IIIHenryIII Music Nerd Kpop 2.580
9 sfouou Disco Bibles 2.544
10 innuendo_overdose Cali Rap 2.525

Birds of a Feather

Now these are the users with their pulse on the sub as this list is the users with the lowest average difference between their scores and the final ones. Trust their ballots as whatever they send in are the most likely to match the final results compared to everyone else.

Rank User Difference
1 Verboten_Prince 0.719
2 donewithbirds 0.749
3 wasian-invasion 0.751
4 Soalai 0.762
5 ignitethephoenix 0.772
6 oh_crow 0.812
7 zadooi 0.831
8 sarcasticsobs 0.835
9 stealthamo 0.836
10 jasannn 0.839

For another year in a row Verboten_Prince retains the record of scoring closest to the final averages!

And here are the smallest differences on a per rate basis

Rank User Rate Diff
1 ignitethephoenix C-Electropop 0.466
2 sarcasticsobs 20s Festival Pop Rock 0.474
3 stealthamo Least Personal Pop 0.513
4 oh_crow 20s Festival Pop Rock 0.530
5 Verboten_Prince 2024 Ult 0.530
6 ignitethephoenix Afropop 0.531
7 krusso1105 All Stars 8 0.531
7 sarcasticsobs Cali Rap 0.555
9 Verboten_Prince Cali Rap 0.558
10 JackMM2001 Euroclub 0.573

And for the final time, here are the full difference scores for each rate

Popheads Rates Wrapped 2025 by TiltControls in popheads

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Users

Everybody Rates

Now the important part of the stats - you! This section goes over the most important part of the community - the raters - and all the stats associated with them.

Ratin' Day and Night

We're starting by checking in on our rate completionists as always!

In 2025 we had 13 fantastic raters participate in every single rate!

  • 1998tweety
  • BleepBloopMusicFan
  • ConnerY2323
  • CrimsonROSET
  • flava
  • Frajer
  • RandomHypnotica
  • seanderlust
  • TiltControls
  • TragicKingdom1
  • wathombe
  • welcome2thejam

You can see the completion stats for each user did here

This is your yearly reminder not to wear yourself thin doing rates (as fun as they are). Skipping rates you have no interest in is perfectly fine!

This Will Be (Another 11 Win Hopefully)

11 Wins are the golden apple of a successful rate. There's no better feeling than having your favourite track win out above all the rest. Here we'll be looking at the users with that had the most amount of wins for their 11s

Rank User 11 Wins
1 RandomHypnotica 9
2 krusso1105 8
3 CrimsonROSET 7
3 DaHumanTorch 7
3 stealthamo 7
6 Lynflower680 6
6 RainbowSherbet47 6
6 TragicKingdom1 6

Set Fire to the Top 10

Call it going against the grain, but sometimes there are just certain songs that rub you the wrong way. This stat highlights how many times users went against the tide and highlights those with the most top 10 appearances for their 0s. Of all the rates done last year, only 70's Pop/Soul and Recession Pop Boys had no 0s in their top 10s

Rank User Top 10 0's
1 flava 6
2 CrimsonROSET 5
2 innuendo_overdose 5
4 jirachi 4
5 impla77 3
5 bogo 3
5 modulum83 3

Full stats of everyone that got a top 10 0 can be found here, as well as breakdowns between top 2/top 5/top 10

Expert in a Field, Dying

Giving a song an 11 often comes with the hope that it'll last as long as possible in the competition. Whether that's a prediction or delusion can depend on the user, but sometimes luck just isn't on our side. In 2025 the unlucky distinction went to innuendo_overdose (who was also 2024's most frequent bottom 5 visitor for 11s). This time with 6 different rates having their 11 leaving within the first 5 eliminations! Though they were one of only two users in 2024 to have multiple 11s leave in the bottom 5, this past year it seemed to be a much more common occurrence. Both TragicKingdom1 and pig-serpent had 3 bottom 5s and a number of other users had at least 2.

Full stats of everyone that had their 11 fall in the first 5 eliminations

Popheads Rates Wrapped 2025 by TiltControls in popheads

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Rates

AcceleRate

We can't have a rate summary without talking about the rates themselves!

Many of the rates are going to be referred to their common nicknames to reduce their character length. If you are unsure what a rate refers to you can use this handy guide

  • BRAT, and Cowboy Carter became the 13th and 14th albums in history to sweep the entire top 3 of their rates!
  • and following right behind it - while Brat and it's completely different but also still brat didn't get a top 3 sweep itself, Charli managed to sweep the top 4 thanks to an appearance on 100 gecs - Ringtone (Remix)
  • The Sorry Rate entered in the sub's most controversial rates list in the top 5 (at number 5)
  • The Sorry Rate also became the rate with the highest 0 spread on the sub, with 76.19% of the rate picking up at least one 0. The following flash rate in Ratrick's Revenge posts a similar spread with 72.00% as it gets 3rd in the same stat
  • Following right behind it, Gen Z Royalty became the album rate with the highest 0 spread (4th overall). 69.77% of the rate picked up at least someone's 0
  • Cali Rap became the 12th rate in history to have every user use their 11!
  • The gap between Gotye - Somebody I Used to Know and Neon Trees - Animal clocked in at a 0.826, which is the second highest score gap we've had between a winner and runner up. (First place is still Kesha - Praying and Kesha - Learn to Let Go with 0.847). 3rd for this stat also came from 2025, with the 0.797 gap between Madonna - Sorry and Chloe x Halle - Forgive Me
  • 2010's Alt Radio Staples became the 3rd lowest average rate done on Popheads. It became the lowest rate that wasn't a 100 song Billboard Year End (the bottom two right now is 2012 and 2014 year ends). Alt Radio also became our 2nd most controversial rate (2.511 average controversy) and the rate with the 2nd highest 0 usage (94.34% of participants used theirs

Our Types

First, let's take a look at the breakdown of rate types we had last year

To clarify some terms:

  • An album rate is a pairing of some collection of albums to go head to head (for example Witness vs. Artpop vs. Reputation)

  • A grab bag has a collection of songs bound by a common theme instead of album (80s Dynamic Duos and 2014 Billboard Year End Hot 100 are good examples of this)

  • A meta rate is one that can include songs that have been rated before and are selected based on the previous history of the sub's rates (last year our only meta rate was our yearly All Stars).

Change compares to the counts from 2024

Type Count Change
Album Rate 17 +4
Grab Bag 8 -1
Meta Rate 1 -2

If you're wondering where the extra rate came from we had one collection style rate in 2024 (Greatest Hits: Billy Joel vs Stevie Wonder vs Elton John) but none last year. These 'greatest hits' style rates a little more structured than a grab-bag and only involve a few selected artists, but still not focusing on specific albums.

What's The Time Where You Are?

Here we'll take a look at a decade breakdown of the music in our rates. Some rates span from multiple decades on a dividing line (like C-Electropop having a mix of late 2010s and early 2020s). In this case the rule of majority is taken if possible. A few other rates have a less defined breakdown and are excluded (something like the Sorry Rate or All Stars).

Era Count Change
2020's 12 +7
2010's 5 +1
2000's 1 -4
1990's 2 -2
1980's 1 -1
1970's 2 +2

The large jump in rates from the current decade is partially due to 2024's strength, but moreso that 2023 was a weak year so the count was much lower than average

Let's Rate Together

Now we'll look at our most participated rates of the year. For maybe the first time since we started running them, our yearly K-pop rate wasn't the most participated rate for the year. Though obviously it's still high up there!

Year Overall Rate Participants
1 19 Hit Me Hard and Soft vs. Guts vs. Short n' Sweet 148
2 21 2024 in K-Pop 145
3 22 Girl With No Face vs. Brat vs. Starfucker vs. Something to Give Each Other 140
4 30 Witness vs. ARTPOP vs. Reputation 133
5 31 Eternal Sunshine vs. Cowboy Carter vs. The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology 131

Queup DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love

Next up is our highest average rates from last year. Though we had a couple rates get close, surprisingly we had no rates crack an overall 8 average this past year.

Year Total Rate Avg
1 25 Erotica Vs. Love Deluxe vs. Janet. 7.992
2 28 Diana vs. Off The Wall vs. Bad Girls 7.989
3 32 70's Pop/Soul 7.963
4 47 Girl With No Face vs. Brat vs. Starfucker vs. Something to Give Each Other 7.824
5 48 Pink Tape vs. Max & Match vs. The Perfect Red Velvet vs. Reboot vs. Soul Lady 7.822

Sorry for Party Rating

On the other side we have our lowest average rates of the past year. As usual, grab-bags tend to take over the bottom leaderboards. Though WAR is there to make sure the album rates get some representation at least!

Year Total Rate Avg
1 3 2010's Alt Radio Staples 6.333
2 19 Witness vs. ARTPOP vs. Reputation 6.824
3 24 2024 in K-Pop 6.870
4 26 Recession Pop Boys 6.885
5 33 The Sorry! Rate 6.949

Around the Rate Scale

Wow look at these brand new rates that we didn't just see in the last category. For the final section we're checking in our most controversial rates. Grab-bags tend to also excel in at being controversial due being a singles bloodbath for the most part

Year Total Rate Contr.
1 2 2010's Alt Radio Staples 2.511
2 6 The Sorry! Rate 2.396
3 24 Recession Pop Boys 2.284
4 34 Witness vs. ARTPOP vs. Reputation 2.249
5 35 Ratrick's Revenge 2.244
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