How to Create a Star Rating System in Excel
Traditional and modern methods explored.
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11 min readJan 19, 2022
Star rating systems are commonly used to rank things like films, TV shows, hotels, and shopping products. Typically, they are done on a scale of 1–5 (or 0–5), although you may have seen the odd six-star hotel or 10-star energy-rated home. Some sources also use half stars to add a touch of ambivalence.
This article explores the methods you can use in Excel to create star rating systems.
Before We Start
Download the example workbook:
Use an Excel for Microsoft 365 desktop version for maximum compatibility.
There are four worksheets: Part A, Part B, Part C, and Extras.
