Harpd Answers · Explained
What is the Harpd Overall board?
The Overall board is the all-time Harpd Rank leaderboard: every approved product in a category. Rank Points set the order for RP holders; products without RP follow in approval order. It never resets.
Quick answer
What is the Harpd Overall board?
The Harpd Overall board is the all-time view of a category leaderboard. Every approved product in the category appears. Products with Rank Points are ordered by total RP, with positive-RP ties broken by when the total was reached; products with 0 RP follow in approval order. Unlike the Monthly and Weekly boards, it never resets.
- Products tracked
- 1,197 on Harpd Rank
- Categories
- 27 product categories
- Update model
- Live leaderboard, continuous
Data source: Harpd Rank first-party dataRank methodologyPublic dataset
Limitations
- Harpd Rank Points are promotional placement, not an editorial quality score.
- Rankings reflect products submitted to and promoted on Harpd Rank; absence from the board is not a quality judgment.
Data source: Harpd Rank first-party data
How it works
The mechanics, plainly
Approval puts a product on the Overall board at 0 Rank Points, in order of entry. Credits add permanent points, which accumulate rather than expire, so the Overall board is effectively a ledger of promotional placement to date. Visits and saves feed the separate Trending view; they do not change Rank position.
How it compares
Harpd vs the traditional approach
| Aspect | Harpd / this model | Traditional |
|---|---|---|
| Window | All time, never resets | Usually a fixed publish date |
| Ordering | Rank Points; 0-RP products by approval time | Editorial rank |
| Accumulation | Points persist until out-spent | Resets each edition |
| Machine access | JSON dataset per board | HTML only |
Why it matters
An all-time board answers "who has invested the most visibility here over time", which is a different and often more useful question than "who is hot this week". Publishing both, labelled, lets a reader pick the right signal instead of guessing.
Frequently asked questions
Do Rank Points expire on the Overall board?
No. Rank Points are permanent placement. A listing keeps its position until a competitor out-spends it.
How is the Overall board different from Monthly?
The order is based on the same rules; Monthly restricts eligible Rank Points to a UTC calendar month and is archived when that period closes. Overall is the accumulated, all-time view. Products with 0 RP appear in approval order.
Where can I fetch it?
The ranking dataset at /data/rank.json reflects the overall board, with a CSV twin at /data/rank.csv.