How to read your osu! stats: a beginner's guide to the profile page
Your osu! profile page packs a lot of numbers into a small space. Most of them fall into three groups: skill metrics (pp, accuracy, grades), volume metrics (play count, play time, total score), and ranking metrics (global rank, country rank). Skill metrics describe how well you play; volume metrics describe how much you've played; ranking metrics are positions relative to other players. This guide walks through each group and explains which numbers to watch when.
Skill metrics
The most-discussed number is pp — your skill rating, calculated from your top 100 plays. After pp comes accuracy (weighted across your top plays) and your grade counts (how many SS / S / A grades you've earned overall). These together describe how well you play.
Volume metrics
Play count is the total number of plays you've submitted; play time is the cumulative time you've spent in gameplay, in hours; ranked score and total score are score totals (ranked-only and overall). These all only grow over time — they're a record of commitment, not a measure of skill.
Ranking metrics
Global rank is your worldwide position by pp; country rank is the same restricted to your country. These move every time someone else gains or loses pp, so your rank can shift even on a day you don't play.
Which numbers should you watch?
For session-by-session improvement: watch pp gain and rank movement. For long-term progress: watch your top 100 turning over — new top plays mean real progress, even when pp gains are small. Volume metrics are the slowest-moving and the least informative on a single session.
By carrot12_. Last updated 2026-05-08.