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AhaSlides Ranking: presenter screen with four perks ranked by the audience beside a participant phone ranking items
A Ranking slide lets your audience prioritise a list of options that you provide, not just pick their favourite. Instead of asking “What do you like?”, you’re asking “What matters most?” — and results update instantly as responses come in.

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Ranking at a glance

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Create a Ranking slide

AhaSlides Ranking slide type highlighted in the slide type picker
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Open your presentation

Open your presentation in the AhaSlides editor.
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Add a Ranking slide

Click New Slide and choose Ranking.
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Enter your question

Type your question in the Your question field.
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Add items to rank

Enter the list of items you want participants to rank — up to 10 items. You provide the whole list before you present; participants then pick a set number of those items and rank only the ones they picked — set how many with Picks per participant (default 2).
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Add images (optional)

Click the image icon next to the question or any item to add an image.
AhaSlides Ranking slide in the editor with the items to rank in the Content panel
To make a good Ranking slide:
  • Be clear and specific — make sure participants understand exactly what they’re ranking and based on what criteria.
  • Allow enough time — around 60 seconds for in-person sessions, 90 seconds for virtual sessions.
  • Use ranking for prioritisation — choose Ranking when you need order and trade-offs, not just general opinions.
  • Narrow down first if needed — if you have a long list, use a poll to shortlist options before asking participants to rank them.
  • Focus on top results — the top and bottom items are usually the most reliable; middle rankings may vary more.
Prefer to watch? This video tutorial shows how to set up and run a Ranking slide:

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Present a Ranking slide

Participants take these steps on their own devices:
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Join the presentation

Join via link or QR code.
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Select items to rank

Tap the items to select them. Tap an item again, or drag it back to the list, to unselect it.
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Reorder items

Drag items into their preferred order.
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Submit

Submit the response. Once submitted, responses can’t be changed.

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How Ranking scoring works

Each participant scores only the items that participant picks. The Picks per participant setting sets how many items each participant picks. Ranking slides use a weighted scoring system (Borda count): higher-ranked items get more points, lower-ranked items get fewer points, and all points are combined to determine the final order. The top result may not have the most votes — it reflects the highest overall priority. For example, in a list of 10 items, a participant’s #1 choice gets 10 points, #2 gets 9 points, #3 gets 8 points, and so on down to their last choice getting 1 point. Points from every participant are added together, and the item with the highest total score wins.

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Ranking settings

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Ideas for using Ranking

Workshops and Strategy Sessions

Prioritise initiatives, ideas, or projects, and help teams align on what to focus on first.

Training and Education

Encourage learners to evaluate trade-offs by ranking competing factors or solutions.

Product and Feature Prioritisation

Identify which features or improvements should be built first based on team or customer input.

Retrospectives and Team Meetings

Rank challenges or improvement areas to decide what to address in the next sprint.

Employee Engagement and HR Planning

Understand which programmes, benefits, or development areas employees value most.

Customer Research and Surveys

Capture deeper insights by asking respondents to prioritise needs, preferences, or features.
Have a question? Contact our support team — if you’re logged in, use the chat bubble in the bottom-right of your dashboard; otherwise contact us here or email hi@ahaslides.com. Want to connect with other users? Join the AhaSlides community to share tips, request features, and see how others engage their audiences.