What does "Change" represent in the User Leagues?

Question

What does the Change field represent on the User Leagues page for SO? Refer to the highlighted areas in the image below:

User League Ranking

Rank: the user's ranking for the selected time period (week, month, quarter, year)
Change: +/- change representing... ???
Total Reputation: the user's total reputation
[Time Period] Reputation: the user's reputation for the selected time period (week, month, quarter, year)

So what is the Change field measuring?

There's definitely potential for confusion here, given the number of questions about this issue (and the mere fact that I too landed here). How about adding column headers to clarify? — Dan Dascalescu, Commented Oct 12, 2014 at 9:22

Community · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-18 12:21:28Z

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The change of rank relative to the previous time interval.

For example, on the week of 2010 Aug 23rd, Pekka's rank was #7, and on the previous week his rank was #23, so the change is 23 − 7 = +16.

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answered Sep 4, 2010 at 19:08

kennytm

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A feature request should be raised to rename it to rank changed. Its really confusing to many like me..
– Sazzad Hissain Khan
Commented Mar 29, 2020 at 22:05

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