Choosing the Right Leaderboard Reset Cadence

The leaderboard reset cadence is one of the smaller settings in the platform, and one of the most consequential for how competitive — or discouraging — the leaderboard actually feels.

Weekly resets favour momentum

A weekly reset means anyone can realistically compete for the top spot regardless of how last month went. This works well for smaller, close-knit teams where visible weekly competition is motivating rather than exhausting, and where a bad week doesn’t feel like a permanently lost cause.

Monthly resets favour sustained effort

A monthly cadence rewards consistency over a longer window and suits larger teams, where a weekly reset might feel like starting from zero too often to feel meaningful. It also gives quieter, steady contributors more chance to place well compared to someone with one spectacular week.

What doesn’t work well

Never resetting the leaderboard at all tends to concentrate the top spots permanently among your earliest, most active adopters — new employees or late starters have no realistic path to a visible ranking, which discourages participation rather than encouraging it.

Matching cadence to team size

As a rough guide: teams under twenty people often do well with weekly resets, since competitive dynamics stay personal and visible. Larger teams, or multi-department rollouts, tend to suit monthly resets better, since a full month gives enough time for participation patterns to average out fairly.

It’s not a permanent decision

Reset cadence can be changed later without disrupting the underlying points system — if a weekly reset feels too frenetic after a month, moving to monthly is a low-risk adjustment, not a rebuild.

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