I would want to knw on wat basis does the rank of a svr is determined ?

Will it be on the basis of
i.average ppl playing ?
ii.Will there be be any effect if new players come to svr..i mean the rank of svr is determined on the basis of hw many new players r playing on the svr whether or not the svr has got gud avg players..
iii.I have a very small grp who play regularly on my svr.. nevertheless my svr will b 18 players at any given time except in the early mornings..DOES GT SCAN HW MANY NEW PLAYERS COME TO THE SERVER? ON WAT BASIS DOES IT CHK ? NICK R IP ? popularity means getting new players r increasing avg no. of players ?
iv.Will the no. of slots affect ? again the avg no.of players..if a svr X has 25 slot wid avg players of 17 and another server Y which has avg players of 20..if u c here only 8 slots r wasted in X server where r 12 in Y svr..whereas the avg players r more in Y server..so who gets better ratings?

P.S:- I have seen many svrs who have lesser avg players comparitively to other svrs wid high avg players..is it due to the time of the origin of the svr ? is it due to more no. of NEW PLAYERS playing in the svr ?

Hope my queries are addressed
Thanx!

Rank is determined from the previous 30 days of data. In simple terms, the rank is reflected by the average number of players. However, the activity in the recent week or so counts more towards the rank of the server.

2, 3. The number of unique players does not determine the rank. GT does track the players that visit your server by nickname.
4. Yes, the more slots, the better rank you could potentially obtain.

In the future, please spell your words properly so I can understand each question better.