Chess rating laugher

I have a daily rating of 1456. The stats tell me this is at the 97.3 percentile. I can't stop laughing. That rating is VERY low and could not possibly be in the 97th percentile of anything...except maybe in a tournament consisting of absolute beginners. What gives?

Ah yes, you've come across something interesting with statistics and the power of player pools. Let me explain...but before I do, yes 1456 is probably about 97.3 percentile for chess.com daily rating

So here is what is up, the "average" (meaning about half of all players are lower rated than you and about half of all players are higher rated than you) is skewed down. The average rating is shifted down because there are MANY more beginners and children learning the rules compared to strong players like chess Grandmasters (GMs). The number of chess Grandmasters and International masters COMBINED make up less than half of 1% of all chess players! Conversely, there are many beginners. 

There are more reasons, but this is the main one.

You're amazing,  that's what it's telling you.

Don't underestimate how hard it is to get to 1500 on here.
Compared to the average online chess enthusiast that's already an achievement.
So the 97% may well be correct. I'm 1750-1800 and in the top 2% if it matters.
Keep it up.

97.3% of the time it's right 50% of the time.

It's because there's a lot of people joining chess.com son the average rating is low