What is an interquartile range?

The interquartile range (IQR) is useful for identifying the middle spread of a data distribution. It serves as an indicator used by CreatorDB to measure the consistency of a creator’s content performance. A quartile divides a data distribution into four equal parts, ranked from lowest to highest. The IQR is the difference between the third quartile (75%) and the first quartile (25%), representing the middle 50% of the dataset. In simpler terms, it focuses on the range of values between the 25th and 75th percentiles. A larger IQR suggests greater variability in the data, indicating inconsistency, while a smaller IQR reflects more consistent performance. A large IQR could mean the creator’s videos sometimes attract very few viewers and occasionally many viewers.