# Twilio Health Score for Messaging

The deliverability score is a metric that offers an overview of your Twilio messaging traffic's performance. It includes five subscores: Sent Rate, Compliance, Fraud, Latency, and Engagement.

The total score is the sum of these five subscores, with a maximum possible score of 100.

### Subscores

* **Sent Rate**: Measures the success of message delivery attempts relative to total traffic.
* **Compliance**: Evaluates adherence to regulatory, carrier, and platform-specific policies.
* **Fraud**: Assesses fraud issues in message traffic.
* **Latency**: Measures the efficiency and timeliness of message delivery.
* **Engagement**: Evaluates message delivery performance in terms of user interaction.

### Advantages

Monitoring your Deliverability Score offers several advantages:

* **Issue identification**: By regularly checking your scores, you can quickly identify and address issues in your messaging traffic.
* **Benchmarking**: Compare your performance against industry standards to understand where improvements are needed.
* **Optimization**: Use insights from subscores to optimize specific areas of your messaging strategy.
* **Compliance assurance**: Monitor adherence to regulatory and carrier guidelines.