I last reported the numbers in a post that covered through January 31, 2018.
Each month I monitor what is going on with new accounts and the amount of MVests in each category. I do this to determine what trends are taking place.
Now that we are at end of month, time to post the numbers again.
I want to thank @arcange for the work done each day compiling these numbers and making the charts.
We have 3 months worth of data for analysis purposes to see how the 90 trend might be.
The first chart is from August of 2017, the month I started on Steem. It is placed here to provide some contrast to see how things are changing over a longer period of time.
Here is the breakdown.
8/1/2017
The total MVests here is 336,932.
On a percentage basis:
Whales 75.44%
Orcas 14.86%
Dolphins 7.16%
Minnows 2.14%
Red Fish .01%
Inactive .40%
12/31/2018
The total MVests here is 412,175
On a percentage basis:
Whales 57.13%
Orcas 20.10%
Dolphins 12.95%
Minnows 6.47%
Red Fish 1.06%
Inactive 2.29%
The change over that time period is as such:
Whales -1.43%
Orcas +4.14%
Dolphins +1.01%
Minnows -1.07%
Red Fish -6.19%
Inactive +1.32%
1/31/2019
The total MVests here is 404,463.
On a percentage basis:
Whales 55.82%
Orcas 20.79%
Dolphins 13.29%
Minnows 6.67%
Red Fish 1.08%
Inactive 2.34%
The change over that time period is as such:
Whales -1.27%
Orcas +3.43%
Dolphins +2.62%
Minnows +3.09%
Red Fish +1.88%
Inactive +2.18%
2/28/2019
The total MVests here is 400,015.
On a percentage basis:
Whales 55.17%
Orcas 22.25%
Dolphins 13.30%
Minnows 6.82%
Red Fish 1.06%
Inactive 2.40%
The change over that time period is as such:
Whales -2.96%
Orcas +7.02%
Dolphins +.07%
Minnows +2.25%
Red Fish -1.85%
Inactive +2.56%
Latest charts found in this post:
https://busy.org/@arcange/steem-statistics-20190228-en
So what does this all tell us?
To start: The system is working as designed.
The Whales are losing power.
This month saw the end of the major power down of Steemit Inc. In spite of that, the Whales did see a significant drop in MVests.
The big shift this month was with the Orcas. Looking at the account charts, we see the reason for this.
01-31-2019
02-28-2019
There was a jump of 17 accounts. The Whales dropped one meaning the rest were from smaller accounts moving up. Dolphins saw a new decrease of 5 accounts.
This is a positive sign that accounts are moving up showing there is organic growth either through the reward pool or people buying STEEM.
There are now 11,556 accounts who qualify as either Dolphin or Minnow. It was only a few months back when the total accounts above the approximate 500 SP (level to be a Minnow) was under 10K.
On December 31, 2018, the Whales and Orcas had 318,339 MVests (77.23% of the total); on January 31, 2019, 309865 MVests (76.61% of the total)...a decrease of .8%....On February 28, 2019, 305,720 MVests (76.42% of the total)...an decrease of .25%.
It is important to remember these numbers are owned SP. This is not delegated. Since @steemhunt came into being, a lot of SP was delegated so it is equivalent to a Whale yet does not register as such. This is vital since that SP is used to upvote content by the members who post on that application. Ergo, we have a Whale (equivalent) upvoting smaller accounts.
In conclusion, the numbers are changing over time. It might not be happening as fast as some like but it is taking place. Continual working of the system does yield dividends.
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