diff --git a/tag.h b/tag.h
index 591a808..fb9d0eb 100644
--- a/tag.h
+++ b/tag.h
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ inline TagDataType Tag::proposedDataType(KnownField field) const
     switch (field) {
     case KnownField::Bpm:
     case KnownField::Bps:
-    case KnownField::Rating:
     case KnownField::PartNumber:
     case KnownField::TotalParts:
         return TagDataType::Integer;
@@ -306,8 +305,13 @@ inline TagDataType Tag::proposedDataType(KnownField field) const
         return TagDataType::StandardGenreIndex;
     case KnownField::MCDI:
         return TagDataType::Binary;
+    case KnownField::Rating:
+        // could also be a plain integer but popularity should generally be used (and can be converted
+        // to an integer)
+        return TagDataType::Popularity;
     case KnownField::SynchronizedLyrics:
-        return TagDataType::Undefined; // not supported so far
+        // not supported
+        return TagDataType::Undefined;
     default:
         return TagDataType::Text;
     }
diff --git a/tagvalue.cpp b/tagvalue.cpp
index 5552323..043634c 100644
--- a/tagvalue.cpp
+++ b/tagvalue.cpp
@@ -365,6 +365,8 @@ std::int32_t TagValue::toInteger() const
             return *reinterpret_cast<std::int32_t *>(m_ptr.get());
         }
         throw ConversionException("Can not convert assigned data to integer because the data size is not appropriate.");
+    case TagDataType::Popularity:
+        return static_cast<std::int32_t>(toPopularity().rating);
     default:
         throw ConversionException(argsToString("Can not convert ", tagDataTypeString(m_type), " to integer."));
     }
diff --git a/tests/tagvalue.cpp b/tests/tagvalue.cpp
index 5515d72..4c74d3b 100644
--- a/tests/tagvalue.cpp
+++ b/tests/tagvalue.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ void TagValueTests::testPopularity()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE("conversion to popularity (rating)", 42.0, popularity.rating);
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE("conversion to popularity (play counter)", std::uint64_t(123), popularity.playCounter);
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE("conversion to string", "foo|42|123"s, tagValue.toString());
-    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_THROW_MESSAGE("failing conversion to other type", TagValue("foo|bar"sv, TagTextEncoding::Latin1).toInteger(), ConversionException);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE("conversion to string", 42, tagValue.toInteger());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_THROW_MESSAGE(
+        "failing conversion to other type", TagValue("foo|bar"sv, TagTextEncoding::Latin1).toPopularity(), ConversionException);
 }
 
 void TagValueTests::testString()