docs(platform:actors): Actor quality score

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+title: Actor quality score
+description: The Actor quality score tells you how well your Actor is doing in terms of reliability, ease of use, popularity and other quality indicators. The score ranges from 0 to 100 and influences your visibility in the Store.
+slug: /actors/publishing/quality-score
+sidebar_position: 5
+---
+
+The Actor quality score is a metric that evaluates your Actor's overall performance across multiple dimensions, including reliability, ease of use, popularity, and other quality indicators. Scores range from 0 to 100 and directly influence your Actor's visibility and placement in the Apify Store.
+
+---
+
+## How to view your score
+
+Navigate to Console → Insights → Actor Quality Tab → Select Actor
+
+![Actor quality score](./images/actor-quality-score.png)
+
+## Overview
+
+The Actor quality score aggregates multiple performance and quality metrics into a single numerical rating. This score serves as a key indicator of your Actor's health and user satisfaction, affecting its discoverability in the Store.
+
+The platform provides in-app recommendations to help you identify improvement opportunities and optimize your Actor's quality score.
+
+There are seven quality categories:
+
+- reliability
+- popularity
+- feedback and community
+- ease of use
+- congruency of texts
+- history of success
+- pricing transparency
+
+The following section provide detailed guidance on each quality category.
+
+## Quality score categories
+
+### Reliability
+
+Reliability measures your Actor's operational stability and consistency. A reliable Actor maintains high run success rates and passes automated quality assurance tests. Poor reliability significantly impacts your quality score. For more information on testing requirements, see [Automated Testing](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/publishing/test).
+
+Implementing an [input schema](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/actor-definition/input-schema) helps prevent runtime failures by validating user input before execution begins, reducing errors caused by invalid or malformed inputs.
+
+### Popularity
+
+Popularity reflects user engagement and adoption of your Actor. This metric considers factors such as the number of users running your Actor, save counts, and return usage patterns. Building an Actor that addresses a clear use case and provides a seamless user experience is fundamental to achieving strong popularity metrics.
+
+### Feedback and community
+
+Users who have run your Actor multiple times are invited to provide reviews and ratings. User feedback significantly influences your quality score, making it essential to deliver a positive experience from the first run. Focus on creating clear onboarding flows and intuitive interfaces. Negative reviews impact your score, so prioritize addressing critical issues promptly and maintaining active communication with your user base to foster long-term success.
+
+### Ease of use
+
+Ease of use evaluates how quickly users can understand and successfully run your Actor. Provide clear, concise titles and descriptions that accurately convey your Actor's functionality. Input field descriptions should be self-explanatory and guide users toward correct usage. A [well-structured README](https://docs.apify.com/academy/actor-marketing-playbook/actor-basics/how-to-create-an-actor-readme) is equally important, particularly for Actors with complex use cases or configuration options. Strong ease of use facilitates user onboarding and improves retention rates.
+
+### Pricing transparency
+
+Pricing transparency evaluates how clearly users can understand and predict the costs of running your Actor. Transparent pricing models help users make informed decisions and budget accordingly. The [Pay Per Event (PPE)](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/publishing/monetize/pay-per-event) monetization model provides predictable, event-based pricing that makes costs explicit and easier to estimate.
+
+Consider offering Store Discounts for Bronze, Silver, and Gold subscription tiers. These incentives reward committed platform users and can increase your Actor's adoption among engaged customers.
+
+### Congruency
+
+Congruency measures the consistency and coherence across your Actor's components. A well-designed Actor maintains alignment between its title, description, documentation, and schemas. Ensure that your [input schema](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/actor-definition/input-schema), [dataset schema](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/actor-definition/dataset-schema), [key-value store schema](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/actor-definition/key-value-store-schema), and README documentation all reflect consistent terminology and accurately describe the Actor's behavior. This coherence reduces user confusion and improves the overall experience.
+
+### History of success
+
+Developers with a proven track record of publishing successful Actors receive recognition in their quality scores. This factor acknowledges the value of experienced developers who consistently deliver high-quality Actors to the platform.