@paulag, thank you for this detailed statistics. Count yourself lucky to be earning an average of $50/post. I've been on this platform for almost a year & can't remember ever earning up to $50 on my post, even with the aid of bots which I seldom use. This is very discouraging, I must confess.

The % of posts with a payout value of <=$1 is 64.17% in Jan up from 56.77% in December and 30% in Jan 17

The number of posts that earned over $500 increased from 3 in Jan 17 83 in December to 220 in January 18

A system where over 50% earn <=$1/post is not a fair one, IMO. I understand that rewards are relative to stake holdings in the HF 19.0-Equality era and many of the planktons AKA *redfish (< 500 SP) do not have much stake/vests. However, with the likes of @haejin & @me-tarzan allegedly & apparently constantly raping the reward pool with impunity, there might be very little hope for some of us who believe in the steemit ecosystem . I have 8,400 SP (personal), yet the average earning/post for me is $10, without using bid bots. The upcoming HF 20- Velocity might not solve these problems.
My question is those 220 people earning over $550/post, what are they writing?

@maryfavour, founder of @redfishpillar project.