The Vikshy Score is only as trustworthy as what it refuses to price in. These inputs never move a number on their own.
| Rumours & unverified leaks | A screenshot, a "sources say", an unlabelled benchmark. Until a primary or independent source stands behind it, it earns nothing. |
| Paid promotion & marketing reach | Ad spend, sponsored placements, follower counts, launch-day hype. Attention is not capability. |
| Unverified social posts | A single X or Reddit post is community signal at most, capped, and never establishes a fact on its own. |
| Opinion & punditry | Op-eds and hot takes describe sentiment; they do not move a factor. |
| Vibes & vendor self-claims | A provider's own "state of the art" line is not evidence. Independent measurement is. |
Regulation, court rulings and safety gates are measured for market-access and operational impact only, whether a provider can ship, where, and to whom, never as moral or political judgment.
Even a real, well-sourced launch earns only a bounded, decaying lift (about +1 point on day one). A provider climbs durably only when independent benchmarks, real user preference and adoption data confirm the change. See the full methodology and the evidence log.