I don't know for certain but it seems like ranking is not just by upvotes within a time period, but also what the topic content is, based on how I've seen posts

I don't know for certain but it seems like ranking is not just by upvotes within a time period, but also what the topic content is, based on how I've seen posts ranked before. Kind of politicized non-tech things don't seem to get priority even if there are lots of upvotes it seems. Just based on my observations, I could be mistaken. Edit: as others mentioned it could factor in people flagging the post, comment to upvotes ratio, etc