# Why do identification leaderboards vary?

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**Created:** [January 14, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/why-do-identification-leaderboards-vary/48197 "2024-01-14T03:28:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![thebeachcomber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/thebeachcomber/32/12748_2.png) [@thebeachcomber](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/thebeachcomber)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/why-do-identification-leaderboards-vary/48197/2 "2024-01-14T03:31:56Z")

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see eg [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inconsistencies-in-identification-counts-for-taxa/43701](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inconsistencies-in-identification-counts-for-taxa/43701), and the other threads linked in that one

the various different leaderboards count IDs in different ways

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