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Cheerios includes 24 scored items from the "Gut Check" series from Good Mythical Morning.

In all charts, Rhett's data is RED, Link's data is BLUE, and combined data is PURPLE.

Episode Cheerios

Items scored 24

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 24 items in Cheerios, including rankings, score distributions, disagreement counts, and derived measures.

Dataset snapshot refreshed June 3, 2026 6:57 AM.

Methods

The selected ranking method is applied within this episode only. Rank ties are preserved. Original final rankings are reported separately from recalculated rankings shown under the selected method.

Raw score. Sum of Rhett and Link scores.

Formal notation R = S_R + S_L

Normalized score. Episode-relative placement measure.

Formal notation N = f_episode(R)

Consensus score. Normalized score with disagreement penalty.

Formal notation C = g_episode(N, |S_R - S_L|)

Results

1. Combined Results Raw Score

Table 1. Original Episode Final Ranking
Final Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link	Numeric Rank
1	Honey Nut Cheerios	175	82	93	1
2	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Chocolate	147	60	87	3
3	Apple Cinnamon Cheerios	144	84	60	4
4	Chocolate Cheerios	149	80	69	2

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Chocolate Cheerios	4	2	2	149	80	69
Cheerios Oat Crunch, Chocolate	2	3	1	147	60	87
Apple Cinnamon Cheerios	3	4	1	144	84	60
Honey Nut Cheerios	1	1	0	175	82	93

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Cheerios.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Cheerios.

Figure 3. Score distribution by ranking method after rescaling each method to a 0-100 index.

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Cheerios.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Cheerios on a 0-100 scale.

Figure 6. Items with the largest absolute Rhett-Link score difference.

Score source	0	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90
Rhett	1	1	2	2	6	2	5	2	3	0
Link	0	8	3	2	1	3	2	2	2	1
Combined	1	1	4	2	6	2	4	3	1	0

Figure 7. Heatmap of score bucket counts by score source.

Average Score

94

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Figure 8. Peanut Butter Quotient by score source.

Figure 9. Nice! Factor occurrences by score source.

Table 3. Highest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Honey Nut Cheerios	175	82	93
2	Chocolate Cheerios	149	80	69
3	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Chocolate	147	60	87
4	Apple Cinnamon Cheerios	144	84	60
5	Fruity Cheerios	138	79	59
6	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Oats 'N Honey	136	48	88
7	Maple Cinnamon Hearty Nut Medley Cheerios	123	49	74
8	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Cinnamon	122	51	71
9	Confetti Cheerios	112	61	51
10	Frosted Cheerios	108	58	50

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 4. Lowest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Straweberry Cheerios Protein	13	2	11
2	Cookies & Creme Cheerios Protein	34	17	17
3	Cheerios Veggie Blends Blueberry Banana	42	27	15
4	Original	45	27	18
5	Multi Grain Cheerios	56	37	19
6	Cinnamon Cheerios Protein	58	31	27
7	Cheerios Veggie Blends Apple Strawberry	71	41	30
8	Pumpkin Spice Cheerios	76	47	29
9	Frosted Lemon Cheerios	82	65	17
10	Banana Caramel Cheerios	83	68	15
	Strawberry Banana Cheerios	83	44	39

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 5. Largest Score Differences
Rank	Item	Score Difference	Rhett	Link
1	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Almomd	63	74	11
2	Banana Caramel Cheerios	53	68	15
3	Frosted Lemon Cheerios	48	65	17
4	Very Berry Cheerios	45	67	22
5	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Oats 'N Honey	40	48	88
6	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Chocolate	27	60	87
7	Maple Cinnamon Hearty Nut Medley Cheerios	25	49	74
8	Apple Cinnamon Cheerios	24	84	60
9	Fruity Cheerios	20	79	59
10	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Cinnamon	20	51	71

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Honey Nut Cheerios	175	82	93
2	Chocolate Cheerios	149	80	69
3	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Chocolate	147	60	87
4	Apple Cinnamon Cheerios	144	84	60
5	Fruity Cheerios	138	79	59
6	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Oats 'N Honey	136	48	88
7	Maple Cinnamon Hearty Nut Medley Cheerios	123	49	74
8	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Cinnamon	122	51	71
9	Confetti Cheerios	112	61	51
10	Frosted Cheerios	108	58	50
11	Very Berry Cheerios	89	67	22
12	Chocolate Strawberry Cheerios	85	42	43
	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Almomd	85	74	11
13	Strawberry Banana Cheerios	83	44	39
	Banana Caramel Cheerios	83	68	15
14	Frosted Lemon Cheerios	82	65	17
15	Pumpkin Spice Cheerios	76	47	29
16	Cheerios Veggie Blends Apple Strawberry	71	41	30
17	Cinnamon Cheerios Protein	58	31	27
18	Multi Grain Cheerios	56	37	19
19	Original	45	27	18
20	Cheerios Veggie Blends Blueberry Banana	42	27	15
21	Cookies & Creme Cheerios Protein	34	17	17
22	Straweberry Cheerios Protein	13	2	11

Figure 10. Counts of instances in which Rhett, Link, or neither assigned the higher score.

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Cheerios	16	7	1

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Cheerios.

Average Score

52

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Apple Cinnamon Cheerios	84
2	Honey Nut Cheerios	82
3	Chocolate Cheerios	80
4	Fruity Cheerios	79
5	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Almomd	74
6	Banana Caramel Cheerios	68
7	Very Berry Cheerios	67
8	Frosted Lemon Cheerios	65
9	Confetti Cheerios	61
10	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Chocolate	60

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 9. Rhett Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Straweberry Cheerios Protein	2
2	Cookies & Creme Cheerios Protein	17
3	Cheerios Veggie Blends Blueberry Banana	27
	Original	27
4	Cinnamon Cheerios Protein	31
5	Multi Grain Cheerios	37
6	Cheerios Veggie Blends Apple Strawberry	41
7	Chocolate Strawberry Cheerios	42
8	Strawberry Banana Cheerios	44
9	Pumpkin Spice Cheerios	47
10	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Oats 'N Honey	48

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Results

3. Link

Figure 12. Distribution of Link scores within Cheerios.

Average Score

42

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Chocolate Cheerios

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Honey Nut Cheerios	93
2	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Oats 'N Honey	88
3	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Chocolate	87
4	Maple Cinnamon Hearty Nut Medley Cheerios	74
5	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Cinnamon	71
6	Chocolate Cheerios	69
7	Apple Cinnamon Cheerios	60
8	Fruity Cheerios	59
9	Confetti Cheerios	51
10	Frosted Cheerios	50

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 11. Link Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Straweberry Cheerios Protein	11
	Cheerios Oat Crunch, Almomd	11
2	Cheerios Veggie Blends Blueberry Banana	15
	Banana Caramel Cheerios	15
3	Cookies & Creme Cheerios Protein	17
	Frosted Lemon Cheerios	17
4	Original	18
5	Multi Grain Cheerios	19
6	Very Berry Cheerios	22
7	Cinnamon Cheerios Protein	27
8	Pumpkin Spice Cheerios	29
9	Cheerios Veggie Blends Apple Strawberry	30
10	Strawberry Banana Cheerios	39

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Notes

4. Definitions and Notes

* Peanut Butter Quotient is calculated as the difference between the average score for peanut-butter-focused flavors and the average score for non-peanut-butter flavors. Flavors designated as peanut-butter-focused in this episode are: None in this episode

Formal notation PBQ = x̄_PB - x̄_non-PB

** Nice! Factor is the number of times a score of 69 appears.

Formal notation NF = Σ 1(score = 69)

Rank Drift is the absolute difference between the original final rank and the rank produced by the currently selected ranking method.

Limitations. Scores are treated as interval values although the underlying tasting process is subjective.