Display percentage of endorsements per uniquie download

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When comparing two mods: looking at the number of endorsements or downloads doesn't really say much about which mod is better, especially when one mod is much more popular than the other.

So my suggestion is to simply display the percentage of endorsements per unique download to make it easier for users to compare between mods, and to help smaller mods get more appreciation.

 

Take these two mods for example:

1. Surreal ENB ( https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/19028)

2. Ruvaak Dahmaan ENB ( https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6009 )

 

Both of these mods are ENBs, you can't use both of them at the same time, so you must choose one, so let's try to make a comparison from the information we get from their pages.

Nexusmods currently shows 4 statistics about the mod:

1. Endorsements: Surreal has 685 - Ruvaak has 293

2. Unique DLs: Surreal has 22,623 - Ruvaak has 3,671

3. Total DLs: Surreal has 34,819 - Ruvaak has 7,332

4. Total views: Surreal has 136,473 - Ruvaak has 49,853

By looking at these number we might get the impression that Surreal ENB is the better choice. However, all these numbers only show that Surreal ENB is a more popular mod, and not necessarily better.

So, I've come up with a simple method to try and figure out which mod is the better choice: we calculate the percentage of people who have endorsed the mod after they've downloaded it:

for Surreal ENB we get: 685/22623 * 100 ≈ 3%

for Ruvaak ENB we get: 293/3671 * 100 ≈ 8%

Which means that after downloading Ruvaak ENB, 8% of users liked it enough to go back and endorese it, as opposed to Surreal ENB's 3%.

Which means - statistically speaking - I am more likely to enjoy Ruvaak than Surreal.

 

Now of course these numbers don't necessarily mean that Ruvaak is better, but I think they give a much better form of comparison than the number of endrorsements/downloads.

I have been using this method of comparing mods for a few months now and I have to say it has made choosing the right mods a lot quicker and easier.

And I wish the site would display these percentages so I don't have to keep a calculator nearby while browsing mods.