A Chart of Where You Have Been, Not Just Where You Are
The ranking panel introduced in STARmeter tracking now draws a full history: weekly, monthly or yearly, with your own credits and press items marked on the line.
Markers are what make it readable
A line on its own invites you to invent explanations. A line with a marker showing that a film was released in the third week of March, and another showing a review published two days later, lets you see cause and effect instead of guessing at it.
The markers come from records you already keep: dates on your credits and on your press items. Which is a decent reason to put accurate dates on both.
Three shapes worth recognizing
The spike and collapse. Something got attention and the attention went. Normal. What matters is whether the line settles above where it started.
The slow climb. No single event, a steadily rising floor. This is what sustained work looks like and it is the most encouraging shape on the chart.
The long flat. Nothing moving for months. Not a crisis, and extremely common, but if it coincides with a period where you were also not submitting or training then the chart is telling you something you already knew.
Comparison is off by default, deliberately
You can plot against a general population band. We made that opt-in rather than default, because comparing your line to somebody else's is the fastest available route to a bad afternoon and it changes no decision you will make.
Exporting
The history downloads as a file. Occasionally genuinely useful: some grant and visa applications ask for evidence of professional standing, and a dated chart plus press items is a reasonable exhibit.
Keep it in proportion
This is one number among several, and it is the one with the loosest connection to whether you are working. Read it alongside your site traffic and mentions, and remember that all three together still measure visibility rather than employment.
Related reading: setting realistic goals.
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