Zillow Rating Calculator
Enter your current Zillow rating, review count, and target rating to see how many new 5-star reviews it takes to get there.
New Zillow reviews needed to go from 3.8★ to 4.5★
Zillow uses a simple average, so this estimate is exact. See how Zillow's rating actually works or Zillow review management.
What actually shapes an agent’s Zillow rating
An agent’s overall Zillow rating is a direct average of the "likelihood to recommend" scores left by reviewers, on a 1–5 scale, where 5 means very likely to recommend and 1 means very unlikely. It is not weighted toward a neutral baseline the way some platforms’ scores are — each new review simply becomes part of the average.
Reviewers can also rate an agent on four sub-categories — local knowledge, process expertise, responsiveness, and negotiation skills — plus leave a free-form written review. Those sub-ratings display alongside each review rather than being folded into the single headline number.
- Simple averaging — the headline rating is a direct average of "likelihood to recommend" scores across all published reviews, with no recency or Bayesian weighting.
- Eligibility — only buyers and sellers who communicated with or worked with the agent (including documented "attempted contact") can submit a review.
- Moderation — every review passes through Zillow Group’s fraud filters and a trained human moderation team before it publishes.
- Review volume — Zillow’s own guidance notes that the number of reviews on a profile influences contact volume independent of the rating itself, so a thin five-star profile isn’t necessarily an advantage over a larger, slightly lower-rated one.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is this calculator for Zillow?
Zillow's rating is a simple average, so for a given current rating, review count and target, the number this calculator gives you is exact — not an estimate.
Does review volume alone move my Zillow rating?
Simple averaging — the headline rating is a direct average of "likelihood to recommend" scores across all published reviews, with no recency or Bayesian weighting.
Where can I see more on how Zillow's rating works?
See our full breakdown of Zillow's rating mechanics, or go straight to Zillow review management if you'd rather have this handled for you.