There are some interesting findings so far.
Currently, the mods with the best balance are: 1. Interstellar Imperium, 1. Starsector+ Content, 3. Pirates Plus, 3. The Infernal Machine, 5. Uomos' Sector Content, 6. Exerelin Content, 7. Shadowyards Heavy Industries, 8. Junk Pirates, 8. Tore Up Plenty, 10. Obsidian Void, 11. Citadel, and 12. Project Ironclads, 12. Project Batavia.
The worst balance goes to: 39. Neutrino Corp, 38. The Confederacy of Free Stars, and 37. Biomancy Genetic Engineering.
The mods with the best gameplay are: 1. Blackrock Driveyards, 2. Exigency Incorporated, 3. Shadowyards Heavy Industries, 4. ICE, 5. Uomoz's Sector Content, 6. Neutrino Corp, 7. The Mayorate, 8. Scy, and 9. Interstellar Imperium, 9. Starsector+ Content.
No mods reached the worst gameplay threshold. Well done!
The mods with the best design are: 1. Blackrock Driveyards, 1. Exigency Incorporated, 3. Shadowyards Heavy Industries, 4. Neutrino Corp, 5. Interstellar Imperium, 5. ICE, and 7. Obsidian Void.
The mod with the worst design, unfortunately, is: 39. The Confederacy of Free Stars.
The mods with the best polish are: 1. Blackrock Driveyards, 2. Starsector+ Content, 3. Exigency Incorporated, 3. Shadowyards Heavy Industries, 5. Interstellar Imperium, and 6. Neutrino Corp.
Lastly, the worst polish goes to: 39. Eternal Nox, 38. The P9 Colony Group, 37. Firestorm Federation, and 36. Biomancy Genetic Engineering.
Fun facts:
Blackrock Driveyards is ranked #1 in all but one category.
Interstellar Imperium is the only mod in the top tier (full green, or the top 1/6 of the score range) for every category.
If Neutrino Corp's 6 "Very OP", 4 "OP", and 0 "Balanced" votes were instead 10 "Balanced" votes, Neutrino Corp would be ranked #2 overall.
Only 7 out of a total 39 mods have a "below-average" score. Unlike the previous poll, this one does not normalize the average, meaning that the theoretical average of 3.0 is much lower than the actual average of 3.59.
A mod's Polish score is the best predictor for overall ranking. Content score is the worst, having almost no correlation to overall ranking whatsoever.