Puma Velocity Nitro 4
Puma Velocity Nitro 4: Great tier, Consider, medium confidence — synthesized from 21 reviews across 8 creators, freshest review Oct 2, 2026.
TL;DR
The Puma Velocity Nitro 4 is an excellent, fun-to-run daily trainer that delivers a bouncy, responsive ride at a price that undercuts most competitors. It earned multiple "shoe of the year" nods from Sagasu Running for its versatility, value, and ride quality (mention 94d81de2-e30f-423c-91e3-dd1fb2e78ff8, mention a291720e-d8fb-41b9-b71b-5594c2552e27). The narrow fit is the main barrier: if your feet are on the wider side, the Velocity Nitro 4 may be too constricting, and you should try it on first or look elsewhere. For runners who fit well in it, this is a standout daily trainer that punches well above its price point.
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Score
88/100
Great tier
Verdict
Consider
Medium confidence
freshest review · Oct 2, 2026
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The Puma Velocity Nitro 4 is a versatile daily trainer that does almost everything well. Best for runners who want a single shoe to handle easy recovery runs, daily miles, and the occasional uptempo workout. It's especially well-suited for heel strikers (thanks to the 10mm drop and soft heel foam) and runners with narrow to standard-width feet. The full-length supercritical Nitro foam provides a light, bouncy, responsive ride that "punches well above its weight," while the Puma Grip outsole offers excellent traction on road and light gravel. This is not a max-cushion cruiser for ultra-long runs or a super-shoe racer — it's a nimble, flexible, fun "do it all" shoe that feels great at easy paces and can still kick down to tempo. Avoid if you have wide feet or need stability/motion control.
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01 · The score
88 out of 100
Built from 111 attributed opinions, weighted by creator consensus, reviewer authority, and agreement between reviewers. Recency, reach, and buzz are not score inputs. What you see here is the engine’s output, unpacked — not a second calculator. This page does not infer a score from views, recency, or the editorial stages.
- Creator consensus (evidence-weighted)86.7% weightContribution: 0.786
- Reviewer authority6.7% weightContribution: 0.033
- Agreement between reviewers6.7% weightContribution: 0.065
Excluded from score. Freshness and attention are deliberately excluded from the score so the tier means quality, not recency or buzz. They are surfaced separately as the trending signal.
88
the engine returns 88 / 100 — these inputs explain the shape, they don’t produce it.
02 · The tier
Lands in the Great band
The matching engine trace assigns the score to Great at its 86.3-point cutoff.
DCBAS
floor≥ 76.0≥ 81.0≥ 86.3≥ 89.3
88 · here — inside the A band (Great).
03 · The recommendation
Why “Consider”
The trace evaluates raw consensus and confidence, not the score. The real BUY_NOW condition and returned values are shown here. Price is a value note, never a gate— a strong shoe keeps its recommendation even when it isn’t on sale.
BUY_NOW: consensus_numeric >= 0.8 AND confidence == HIGHraw 0.944 · MED— not met
Returned confidence is HighMED— not met
The verdict reads the RAW consensus (share of creators recommending), not the score. A shoe can therefore be tier A yet CONSIDER rather than BUY_NOW when confidence is below HIGH.
Engine recommendationConsider
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What reviewers said
- Reviewers are nearly unanimous that the midsole foam is the star.
- The switch to an ATPU (aliphatic TPU) Nitro foam gives the shoe a bouncy, responsive, and fun ride that reviewers love.
- Sagasu Running says this foam "took a shoe that was reliable and great, but more of a traditional kind of boring ride into something that still ticks all those boxes" (mention 4e27cc43-b285-4489-8247-4c0fa548ba84).
- The fit is the most common critique.
- Multiple reviewers flag the narrow fit in the midfoot and toe box.
The reviews behind this verdict
The cited creator reviews, watchable — press play to jump to the moment each one informed the verdict.
Sagasu Running
“on the Velocity Nitro 4, that's a 26 in the forefoot, 36 in the heel at 10 mil uh drop. That's 240 g.”
cited at 21:09
Road To Trail
“daily trainers which I really like running in like the Velocity Nitro 4 here”
cited at 0:00
Road To Trail
“Puma Velocity Nitro 4. What an amazing shoe. Did 935 km in this pair here. I absolutely love this one. I think a lot of the Chinese shoes are on this level, but I've yet to find something quite like this. Very basic daily trainer in terms of its geometry, but it has such a fantastic foam in this. This Nitro, I think this is ATPU foam. Ooh, very dirty as well. Yeah, paired with this pretty classic geometry, a very well-fitting upper, very narrow, but it's okay for me. This was so much fun. I love this one. And this is still the most mileage I've ever put in a single pair of shoes. 935 km.”
cited at 24:14
jogoncrago
“The velocity Nitro 4 is worth a mention for the Centuri 3 as well. Also having a more traditional geometry with an upgraded midsole foam, the alifhatic TPU.”
cited at 12:41
Yowana
“Something like the Puma Velocity Nitro 4, when I was running the highest mileage of my life in the summer, 130 and 140 miles a week, that wasn't getting a lot of pull from me”
cited at 0:00
MidLife Runner
“Puma Velocity 4, On Cloudsurfer 2, please, what a banger. Absolutely love it”
cited at 0:00
Ben Parkes
“the Puma Velocity Nitro 4, which is really one of the best value shoes out there at the moment.”
cited at 4:56
EDDBUD
“Appears to use a similar tongue design to the Velocity Nitro 4, which has been very well received in all fairness”
cited at 0:00
MidLife Runner
“Puma last year took the velocity 4 and uh put some of their juicy foam into it.”
cited at 0:02
jogoncrago
“I'm probably going to lean more towards a velocity Nitro 4 for something like that compared to the Mega Blast.”
cited at 6:21
jogoncrago
“the final one is the Velocity Nitro 4 um which is extremely fun with the alifhatic TPU.”
cited at 9:45
EDDBUD
“you got the Puma Velocity Nitro 4. That lacks the same level of impact protection there, but has good energy return in the forefoot. Though, I think the looks aren't a patch on the EvoRide SL. It's got a real traditional vibe here. And so, I think that perhaps hampers the sales of the Velocity Nitro 4.”
cited at 6:35
The Run Testers
“It's Pum Velocity Nitro 4, another narrow shoe that's maybe not the most stable, but a really comfortable daily trainer with a great foam in the midsole that responds well to a range of paces as well.”
cited at 17:11
Yowana
“the Velocity Nitro 4, that was a sleeper. That was my favorite daily trainer in that category of low to the ground, lightweight, and that foam was just so soft, man. So soft and bouncy.”
cited at 1:00:46
The Run Testers
“There are some lighter shoes around here that offer really nice daily training feel like the Puma Velocity Nitro 4”
cited at 22:21
Road To Trail
“in terms of this upper, I think this is almost like a copy-paste of the Velocity Nitro 4. So, fairly thin and a bit stretchy up front here, fairly thin tongue, but quite a lot of padding around the ankle collar here, and it does have a nice bit of structure down here. But, this is a bit different than the Velocity Nitro 4 in one aspect, and that is that the shoe is a whole lot wider fitting”
cited at 0:19
EDDBUD
“If I had to pick one, I think I'd probably pick the Puma Velocity Nitro 4. I think it's a real marvel, especially at the retail price. Lots of shoe and tech for your 110 quid.”
cited at 6:41
EDDBUD
“Another super deal from Start Fitness. this time from Puma, the Velocity Nitro 4. They've got a wide range of colors, discounted down to £75 from the £110, but you can do better with that new season 15 code. That brings the shoe down to 64 quid.”
cited at 0:00
The Run Testers
“Our runner up for the value marathon shoe is the Human Velocity Nitro 4. Now, this shoe is very good value. It's It's even cheaper than the Evo SL. Um, it's a very balanced shoe. It has a bit more stability than the Evo SL”
cited at 5:32
jogoncrago
“That's putting it at right up against the KD900 X2, the Velocity Nitro 4 from Pummer.”
cited at 11:12
jogoncrago
“that's cheaper than the velocity nitro 4 which I would say is the kind of last uh real running shoe I would say for that kind of price point”
cited at 6:12
The Run Testers
“or even the Velocity Nitro 4, which is a fair bit cheaper and is less cushioned than the Magnify and indeed the Ghost Max 3. But if you're looking for maybe a slightly less cushioned daily trainer to pick up those runs, it's a really good option. It's really lightweight, very fun shoes.”
cited at 20:00
Sagasu Running
“the Puma Velocity Nitro 4, that's one of the few shoes that I think can go from easy all the way to max effort and everything in between. However, the sweet spot and where it's happiest is that easy into steady”
cited at 20:01
The Run Testers
“the Puma Velocity Nitro 4”
cited at 15:56
jogoncrago
“the velocity Nitro 4 has come out for $180 which has a full alifhatic TPU midsole”
cited at 15:16
EDDBUD
“The velocity nitro fours are about 50 odd quid at the moment from some places and that is a incredible shoe for the money.”
cited at 11:56
jogoncrago
“Then we have the Puma Velocity Nitro 4. Now this is probably the spot where I think the K101 might lose out a little bit in terms of the forgiveness.”
cited at 11:35
kofuzi
“I'd pick the Velocity over the Mach”
cited at 9:56
The Run Testers
“There's also the Puma Velocity Nitro 4 in this area which has a more traditional setup than the Mac in that it's not really very rockered. It's got quite a flat ride, quite a snappy ride. It's another lightweight shoe with a really good foam in the midsole, alifhatic TPU midsole which gives you a nice responsive feel. The Mac 7, I think, is a little bit cruisier, a bit more comfortable, you know, slightly more rockered. They're two really good shoes. They're two of my favorite shoes out there. It's hard to pick between those two really. Uh, I think, you know, maybe I generally gravitate more towards slightly rocker shoes, so maybe the Mac 7 might tip, might just take it for me. But the Plottsy Nitro, I think, has a slightly more energetic foam in the midsole, and I think lots of people might prefer that to the Mac.”
cited at 5:17
Ben Parkes
“Starting out with something like the ASICS Novablast version 5, Nike's Vomero 18, or the Puma Velocity Nitro 4 is a really good more budget option.”
cited at 3:08
Ben Parkes
“Something like the Puma Velocity Nitro version 4, which you can regularly pick up for well under £100. Currently on sale at a few places for around £58. There's no plate in that shoe, but it's going to be a far better option that you can do all of your different types of runs in. Great grip and durability with that one as well. It's going to last a long time.”
cited at 6:41
EDDBUD
“Similar softness to the rubber here on the Velocity Nitro 4 that held up really well over time.”
cited at 6:43
Yowana
“vibes vibe check very similar to the four”
cited at 27:21
jogoncrago
“I love the Velocity Nitro 4.”
cited at 5:52
EDDBUD
“you got viable daily workhorse shoes like the Puma Velocity Nitro 4 that are just fun to run in and don't cost the earth”
cited at 6:43
EDDBUD
“At position three is the Puma Velocity Nitro 4. An absolutely superb daily trainer. I think this is probably the best value for money shoe you can get out there.”
cited at 6:45
Sagasu Running
“And the wonderful Puma Velocity Nitro 4 26 mil in the forefoot. These are still your best low-stack”
cited at 10:27
jogoncrago
“probably the main competitor which I think does a fair bit more than this one. A little bit lighter, a little bit bouncier, but it is very narrow in fit.”
cited at 0:00
The Run Testers
“things like the Hoka Mach 7 or the New Balance Rebel even or the ASICS Evo Ride or Pure Velocity Nitro 4”
cited at 11:54
The Run Testers
“Pumlosy Nitro 4. Not nowhere near as cushioned as this, but I would use it for similar things.”
cited at 6:23
EDDBUD
“I think the Velocity Nitro 4 is probably a better bet.”
cited at 3:27
The Run Testers
“foams that Puma is using, the Nitro infused foams in shoes like the Velocity Nitro 4 and Magnify Nitro 3, I think give a little bit more back in terms of responsiveness”
cited at 5:26
The Run Testers
“The Puma Velocity Nitro 4 costs £110 or $140. It weighs 266 g or 9.4 oz for men in a size 8 and the drop is 10 mm.”
cited at 0:00
jogoncrago
“does eliminate it from being that kind of nippy speedy allrounder like a Peg Plus or a Velocity Nitro 4”
cited at 3:07
kofuzi
“I think the Velocity Nitro 4 is a good example of that cuz while the shoe is really fun, it is really cushioned and it also is really bouncy and fast, I do find that it's a little bit more firm of an experience than you're getting with the Rebel version 5”
cited at 6:33
The Run Testers
“things like, I don't know, the Hoka Mach 7, the Puma Velocity Nitro 4, the New Balance Rebel they're all way, you know, 50-60 g less than this shoe”
cited at 0:02
Road To Trail
“Same thing goes for the Velocity Nitro 4 as well. think there's really not that much in it. Okay, Pegasus Plus two once again more expensive. This is €170, which is pushing it, I think, for a daily trainer. But then again, um this has to be more expensive than the standard Pegasus. Of course, it is a Pegasus Plus, so yeah, in the Nike world, I guess €170 makes sense. Um yeah, I think it's just about justifiable, but yeah, this is cheaper. But once again, uh, Velocity Nitro, definitely a very neutral shoe. Not much structure to this one at all. By the way, I did 1,000 km. Actually, I think I'm at like 990 km now. So, yeah, just about 1,000. And it's not looking that great anymore. But this has done an amazing job for me. And this is one of my favorite shoes pretty much ever.”
cited at 7:40
The Run Testers
“So top of the list here for me is the Puma Velocity Nitro 4. It's particularly good value in the UK. In the US, it's more in line with her daily trainers, but it undercuts them here in the UK whilst outperforming most of those classic daily trainers.”
cited at 12:37
The Run Testers
“the top pick for this, which will come as no surprise to a lot of you, is the Puma Velocity Nitro 4”
cited at 13:30
FORDY RUNS
“At £99, you can currently get the Velocity Nitro 4. And I may be talking out of school, but I swear that blend of Nitro foam has got ATPU in it, which is unbelievable.”
cited at 0:00
Running Warehouse
“We saw a big update in version 4 as we saw an all new ATTPU based foam compound in the mid sole that was light, responsive, and long-lasting.”
cited at 0:04
Sagasu Running
“the Velocity Nitro 4 from last year was probably my best fitting shoe of last year. I love the fit of that shoe, but I know a lot of people found that way too narrow.”
cited at 10:03
jogoncrago
“some of the stuff that I've tried in the Velocity 4 and also the Magnum 3 didn't show any uh like change to the surface texture at all over, you know, 80ks of running”
cited at 9:05
Sagasu Running
“The Velocity Nitro 4 is a shoe that is just a great allaround daily trainer. I've done almost everything in this shoe and it's excelled at everything. There's a reason why this was my shoe of the year last year in 2025.”
cited at 0:00
kofuzi
“If you have experience in the Velocity Nitro 4 though, I felt like that shoe had a pretty shallow toe box.”
cited at 3:46
The Run Testers
“Definitely a bit faster than the um Velocity uh Nitro uh 4.”
cited at 15:02
The Run Testers
“would choose it over the Velocity Nitro 4. I think it's worth the extra”
cited at 13:52
Believe in the Run
“with the Velocity Nitro 4, they went crazy with the overlays. Like they were really going ham on that.”
cited at 6:26
jogoncrago
“I would probably prefer to use a Velocity Nitro 4 compared to the Mag Max in terms of the ideal longr run shoe for me.”
cited at 5:28
jogoncrago
“I love the Velocity Nitro 4. I would probably use that for my daily training over this one.”
cited at 8:47
The Run Testers
“I'd probably go for the Velocity Nitro 4 because it performs very well as an easy day shoe for me and then it's a bit lighter and I like that”
cited at 5:34
RoadTrailRun
“Velocity Nitro 4, all ATP ATPU foam and quite soft. This is the lowest stack height shoe of the bunch with a uh 3626 stack height. So, uh this is kind of your old school uh trainer uh of the traditional sort... we all felt it was a bit thin in the forefoot sort of reminding a bit of the on the original on cloud surfer.”
cited at 4:39
kofuzi
“Although you're getting a retro design motif with the Velocity Nitro 4 and a very modern and streamlined approach with the Cloud Surfer 2.”
cited at 13:52
RoadTrailRun
“So, Puma's really has a fun shoe here. I think it'll be good for high school, college runners. Runners faster kind of daily training paces, moderate distances, 10K, 15K.”
cited at 0:00
Sagasu Running
“I think the move to this formula of ATPU Nitro foam is one of the best decisions Puma could have made on this shoe because it took a shoe that was reliable and great, but more of a traditional kind of boring ride into something that still ticks all those boxes”
cited at 10:36
jogoncrago
“Bringing that all together, the Puma Velocity Nitro 4 punches well above its $180 price point.”
cited at 11:41
The Run Testers
“the same across the previous model and this one in terms of the stack item drop. And the geometry hasn't really changed much on the shoe, but the different foam in the midsole does make it feel a lighter, poppier, you know, more fun all round shoe to run in”
cited at 6:05
Marathon Handbook
“the Velocity Nitro 4, which has quietly become one of the best training shoes out there.”
cited at 0:00
Sagasu Running
“the Velocity Nitro 4 was too just constricting, too narrow”
cited at 6:50
The Run Testers
“Um this is pretty similar to the 4. I've still got a good space for my big toe.”
cited at 0:00
EDDBUD
“the midsole was magic in the V4”
cited at 0:00
FORDY RUNS
“what they did with the Velocity in version 4 was so epic. They put aliphatic TPU material in here. And they did that for a price of £110”
cited at 0:00
Sagasu Running
“the two Velocity Nitros 4 and 5, again, they're identical. I do not think there is a difference actually in run dynamics between those two shoes.”
cited at 13:23
EDDBUD
“I really like that shoe. The midsole in that thing was fantastic. Lots of bounce. I just wish that there was more of it, a little bit more on the forefoot”
cited at 0:00
Sagasu Running
“Versatile, durable, a ton of value, cushioned, neutral, protective, a lot of fun. Just a few words and phrases that describe the Puma Velocity Nitro 4 and make it my shoe of the year for 2025.”
cited at 0:00
kofuzi
“I'm much preferring what's going on with the Puma in this situation”
cited at 7:17
The Run Testers
“The Pum Velocity Nitro 4 is a little bit cheaper as well. And you know, another one of the best shoes on the market.”
cited at 11:30
MidLife Runner
“I haven't run in the Puma Velocity 4, but I heard that one's a banger.”
cited at 7:56
jogoncrago
“we're seeing brands kind of buck that trend now with Pummer with the Velocity Nitro 4 just whacking alathatic TPU straight into it”
cited at 12:02
Yowana
“Some of the Puma shoes as well, the Velocity Nitro 4, that's another Aliphatic TPU shoe or race foam shoe with a 10 millimeter drop. That's great.”
cited at 14:05
EDDBUD
“if this is the new springy ATPU stuff that we saw in the velocity nitro 4”
cited at 0:00
jogoncrago
“I've said this before for shoes like the Puma Velocity Nitro 4. This is the kind of shoe which really makes me enjoy running”
cited at 5:50
EDDBUD
“Last one up from me is the Velocity Nitro 4 from Puma. A great value daily shoe out there.”
cited at 3:34
EDDBUD
“I did want to include the Velocity Nitro 4 here, but I feel that the DV8 Pure Nitro is perhaps a better fit... Velocity Nitro 4 just hasn't got that 4 foot stack for everybody.”
cited at 6:43
EDDBUD
“They've also got the Velocity Nitro 4, which is probably my which is probably my daily shoe of the year.”
cited at 0:00
Marathon Handbook
“the entire mid-sole is made out of Puma super critical Nitro foam, which is an upgrade from previous versions of the Velocity. Now, this makes the shoe light and fast and fun to run in, but still supportive enough for an easy running shoe.”
cited at 0:00
The Run Testers
“The Bum Velocity Nitro 4 continues that trend, but makes a few tweaks across the shoe to make it lighter and provide a higher level of energy return thanks to a fulllength nitrofoam midsole.”
cited at 11:21
The Run Testers
“the Velocity Nitro 4 and the Magnify Nitro 3 have been positioned...they've got nitrogen infused alifhatic TPU and peop the best foams in the market and I think that hopefully will prompt other brands to do the same”
cited at 32:08
The Run Testers
“I'd have the other two through in any order. ... Cielo Velocity Nitro 4 and Hoka Cielo X1 3.0.”
cited at 17:42
Ben Parkes
“Another amazingly comfortable budget shoe at the moment is the Puma Velocity Nitro version 4. The RRP up at 110 pounds you can usually get this for around about 70 up to 90 pounds.”
cited at 9:15
Sagasu Running
“for the daily trainer, we have the Puma Velocity Nitro 4... it still is a little bit lower stack. You can do easy running in that, you can do workouts in that, you can do everything in between. I think it actually runs a lot more protective than it actually is given the drop in that shoe.”
cited at 9:20
Sagasu Running
“more modern or really dynamic materials like the foam that's in the Puma Velocity Nitro 4”
cited at 6:40
Road To Trail
“Puma Velocity Nitro 4. This is the one I've done 900 km in”
cited at 15:12
EDDBUD
“if you want softness in a daily shoe, get the Velocity Nitro 4. That's a softer feel”
cited at 0:00
EDDBUD
“But I choose models that don't feature a plate like the Evorunner cell or the Megablast or Velocity Nitro 4 even over this one.”
cited at 6:00
EDDBUD
“Use the code summer10 to reduce the price down even further for the Puma Velocity Nitro 4. So, 58 pounds 50. I mean, that is an amazing price. An absolutely amazing price for what you get in this shoe. An ATTPU midsole, great grip, top daily like upper that's not too bulky and one of the best value running shoes on the market right now. Light enough that you can use it for some faster work if you want to. Perhaps not the ultimate long run shoe cuz it's a little bit of a lower stack than most. There's other shoes that are more suited for that, but the midsole feel and the energy return from it is just wild, really. ... A hugely underrated model, this one.”
cited at 6:42
EDDBUD
“I like the nononsense upper on top of that excellent midsole. And then of course, you got superb puma grip on the outsole to top it all off.”
cited at 0:00
EDDBUD
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cited at 0:00
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2.7Mtotal review views
1.2Mcombined reachadditive across channels · may overlap
98creator reviews
attention vs the catalogtop 5% in class
Heavily watched, with a mixed verdict — attention isn't a clear win here.
attention over the product’s life
How the score was calculated
Calculated by Yeah’s verdict engine from weighted review evidence.
111 mentionsMED confidence
How creator opinions explain it
A theme-by-theme synthesis of creator opinions has not been published for this shoe yet.
Under the hoodengine v1
Score
88.47shown as 88
score = 100 × weighted mean of the signals below (weights renormalized). Freshness & attention are excluded on purpose.
- Creator consensus (evidence-weighted)0.867×0.907=0.786
- Reviewer authority0.067×0.500=0.033
- Agreement between reviewers0.067×0.975=0.065
Consensus shrinkage raw consensus 0.944 is pulled toward the catalog prior 0.83 (strength 10) over 21 reviews → 0.907. That shrinkage is why a thinly-unanimous shoe doesn’t outrank a deeply-loved one.
Excluded Freshness and attention are deliberately excluded from the score so the tier means quality, not recency or buzz. They are surfaced separately as the trending signal.
Tier
A
The highest rung whose cutoff the score clears.
- S≥ 89.3
- A≥ 86.3
- B≥ 81.0
- C≥ 76.0
- Dfloor
0.83 points from the next rung up.
Verdict
CONSIDER
Evaluated in order on the raw consensus (0.944) and the MED confidence band; first match wins.
- SKIPconsensus_numeric < 0.6
- BUY NOWconsensus_numeric >= 0.8 AND confidence == HIGH
- CONSIDERotherwise
The verdict reads the RAW consensus (share of creators recommending), not the score. A shoe can therefore be tier A yet CONSIDER rather than BUY_NOW when confidence is below HIGH.
Confidence
MED0.662
A weighted mix of how the evidence stacks up:
- How many independent creators0.450×0.800=0.360
- Depth of each mention0.250×0.951=0.238
- Evidence recency0.200×0.070=0.014
- Reviewer authority0.100×0.500=0.050
- HIGH≥ 0.75
- MED≥ 0.45
- LOWfloor
Publishable?
Published
A grade publishes only with enough independent creators AND at least one volume bar met.
- Independent creators8 / 3 needed
- Reviews where this shoe is the primary subject21 / 10 needed
- Total mentions111 / 30 needed
Behind it: 111 mentions (21 primary-subject) from 8 creators, 7 dedicated reviews.
Stages A/B/C (extract, synthesize, write) produce the editorial narrative only. No stage A/B/C value is an input to score, tier, verdict or confidence — those come solely from the consensus engine over stored mentions. Per-stage counts live on the `reasoning` block.
Verdicts synthesize public creator reviews — not personalized. The reasoning explains the grade; it never computes it.