The State of Steem By the Numbers - User Activity Rising! - [steem] [blockchain]

Even before the Crypto-Market began heating up, Steem User activity was showing signs of increasing as early as mid-February. Thanks to @penguinpablo from providing the charts and data that I then use to try to get an idea of the State of Steem. Using the Steem Posts Chart and tracking the Higher Lows of Daily Posts (which includes comments), we clearly see a slow rise in posting activity by Steemians. This show that even on slower activity days the general trend of Steem user activity is still on the uprise.

The next chart shows active Steem user accounts that transacted on the Steem blockchain. This means that watching a video or reading a post does not count for this data. The user has to have made some sort of action that led to the Steem Blockchain logging that action, be it a vote, comment, Power up, account creation etc etc. This chart actually shows Steem overall interaction to have started a slight increase very late last year 2018. Then the trend shows that since Mid-February Steem activity was rising and gaining momentum.

The set of data is interesting because it could provide a little more information to the 75/25 vs. 50/50 debate over Steem Post payout. I believe there are some that feel that Steemians that Up Vote posts should be receiving an equal share of the reward, where as right now, the author of the Steem Posts receives 75% of the Reward, and the Up Voters have to divide the the remaining 25% of the Reward. To me, this chart and data shows that currently, Steem Users are happier Voting and Commenting, and the Data shows a huge rise in this activity, rather than creating the Posts, which shows that Steem Post creating is going sideways by the Purple line. The orange line tracks the Higher Lows of Steem Posts, which ultimately meets again with the Purple line. At first I thought sharing the Post rewards equally might incentivize more Steem account creation and activity, growing the overall user base. But after seeing this chart, I wonder if doing so would slow down some of the current Steemians that consistently post Videos, pictures, and articles here on Steemit and all the Steem dAPPs due to lower Rewards for them as Content Creators. Maybe with this recent up trend in Steem price and overall Market sentiment, more Steem Posts are created, giving Steemians more to comment on, which Steemians seem to love to do by looking at this chart because it is on a steep up trend.

The next set of data is my favorite because it concerns Steem Power Up vs. Steem Power Downs. As I have been recently saying about this struggle, the tide was about to turn. Steem Power Downs were definitely beating overall Steem Power ups, but a huge Power Down that had been happening for 13 Weeks is now over. So far no other large account seems to be powering down, and now it seems that Power Ups vs. Power Downs will be more evenly matched, as you can see by the data below. The data in the White Box shows that Power Ups are more evenly matched to Power Downs, and I think that for now, as long as no other Large Whale starts a Power Down they will remain more closely matched.

In fact this data makes me think June 1st would be great for another SPUD event, SPUD #2. Now that the 13 Week Power Down from that large Whale is over, and overall Steem User Activity is up and increasing, a second SPUD event just might really impact the Steem Power Up vs. Steem Power Down battle.

Let me know what you all think about a second SPUD event in your comments below. We Still have Time to make a go of it!

+++ @streetstyle

Sources:
Charts and Numbers from @penguinpablo

Silly colored lines and boxes by Me.