What Does 'Rating Bombing' Mean?

[ SOCIAL MEDIA ][ DEGEN ECONOMY ]

FORCE: Degen EconomyUNIVERSE: Social MediaCLUSTER: Reputation Manipulation

A coordinated mass campaign of negative star ratings without necessarily writing full reviews, distinct from review bombing by targeting the numeric score alone rather than accompanying written criticism.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"The app's rating cratered overnight from rating bombing with no actual reviews attached."

LORE & ORIGIN

Emerged as app stores and rating-only platforms made it possible to tank a score without writing anything, a lower-effort variant of the review bombing pattern.

FIRST SEEN

2015

PEAK POPULARITY

2026 (Reputation Manipulation)

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

阅读中文版 →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Leer en español →Ler em português →Lire en français →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

中文 zh-CN刷差评分 →日本語 ja-JPレーティング爆撃 →한국어 ko-KR평점 폭격 →Español es-ESrating bombing →Português pt-BRrating bombing →Français fr-FRrating bombing →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↑ HIGH RISING FAST · MODERATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2015

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