Speaker summary
⁠91%5 analyzed articles/videos64 analyzed words
BS Summary: These NordVPN results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Halo Effect, and Loss Aversion, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 64 hits. Analysis detected 194 faulty-reasoning hits from 64 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 37.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠56% (11,770 of 26,730 speakers). This NordVPN is worse (more manipulative) than 56.00% of the peer group.
NordVPN
Speaker details
Total words: 64
Article count: 5
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

56% percentile
025507510056.0% percentile
37.9% BS Score5 analyzed videos64 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 56.3%56.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 43.8%43.8%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 37.5%37.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 26.6%26.6%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 12.5%12.5%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 14.1%14.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 12.5%12.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 56.3%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 43.8%, sitewide 6.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 37.5%, sitewide 2.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 26.6%, sitewide 6.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 14.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 0.8%Special Pleading: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 0.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos