Methodology
How we choose
Every MyTop30 catalog follows the same rules. Each category adds a short note of its own.
01
Evidence first
Every entry is backed by independent professional sources—trade press, reviews, lab tests and reporting—listed with the entry. A maker’s or operator’s own website can corroborate a fact, but it never counts as independent evidence on its own. Where a source has a publication date, we show it; where it has none, we show none.
02
Lists are not padded
Thirty is a ceiling, not a target. A catalog lists only what the editors judge among the best in its category, so most editions are shorter.
03
Editorial scores
Each entry carries editorial scores from 0 to 10 on criteria that fit its category, plus an overall score. The overall score is an editorial judgment, not an arithmetic average, and the text of each entry explains what drives it.
04
Who prepares a catalog
Category specialists prepare each ranking; the editor reviews it before it is published. There is no paid placement, and no entry can buy its way onto a list.
05
Dated editions
Catalogs are published as dated editions when they are ready, not on a fixed calendar. Every page shows when its edition was published, and What’s new lists every edition.
06
Photographs
We show a photograph only when its licence allows it, and we credit the photographer, licence and source beside the image. Where no licensed photograph exists, the entry gets a typographic tile instead—never a stock or invented image.
07
Not advice
The catalogs are editorial. They are not investment, medical, legal or purchasing advice, and some categories carry a notice saying so.
08
Category notes
Each catalog explains its own scope and criteria under “How this catalog was made”: