Do you mean it is fake rating ?
Yes mostly are, this rating can change at any time. I have encountered a few projects that were rated as 5 stars but after the project failed to meet up their softcap or proven as a scam project, the rating went back to 3 or 2 stars. Some raters on rating websites are charging for money if your project wants to get rated as a good project, not only that you can request the context that will be posted on review too.
This mean this rating websites changes the rating whatever they want, but way it is popular ?