A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to this month's #HivePUD, either through powering up, posting, offering prizes, or spreading the word. Altogether we had:

144 posts on the 1st tagged with #HivePUD and/or #HPUD.
125 people who powered up and posted on the 1st using #HivePUD and/or #HPUD, with 70 of those qualifying for prizes.
24,052 Hive (worth approx $15,331 USD) powered up from Hive Power Up Day participants during the hours of the first via their local time.
90,814 Hive (worth approx $57,884 USD) powered up by 358 people during the 24 hour UTC time set to earn @hivebuzz badges (check out their Feedback from the May 1st Hive Power Up Day post for more info).

All in all, it was most definitely another wicked awesomesauce Power Up Day, my Hive friends!

Now, for the official results...

Official Winners list
May 1st, 2021

Placeholder	Account	Hive Powered Up	Starting Hive Power	% HP Growth
1	@failingforwards	584.499	229.4904566	254.7%
2	@an-man	387.602	315.8501051	122.7%
3	@brutalisti	225	233.5494959	96.3%
4	@bulldog-joy	517	973.6387263	53.1%
5	@iikrypticsii	50.002	145.7956136	34.3%
6	@finguru	101.06	320.5184404	31.5%
7	@moretea	50	199.4660909	25.1%
8	@palimanali	63.5	296.5965654	21.4%
9	@ablaze	167.44	786.5419752	21.3%
10	@keco	100	495.7915969	20.2%
11	@jay-one	25	147.5893008	16.9%
12	@baiboua	50.502	317.9765855	15.9%
13	@chmoen	80.263	511.7515253	15.7%
14	@manuvert	133.333	868.1866921	15.4%
15	@juecoree	208.065	1848.358183	11.3%
16	@niko.lemark	50	466.4382707	10.7%
17	@successchar	50	470.2573104	10.6%
18	@jackyvergara	12	114.3914021	10.5%
19	@rupinder	11	107.9479418	10.2%
20	@camikirari	15	152.9792271	9.8%
21	@puza	10.5	111.7821001	9.4%
22	@jfang003	41.85	451.9734002	9.3%
23	@maddogmike	150	1728.777255	8.7%
24	@yuza	10.5	125.2464978	8.4%
25	@gicartalacant	12.758	154.4001684	8.3%
26	@junkfeathers	325.479	4037.233044	8.1%
27	@jennynas	25	311.1420783	8.0%
28	@rafaelgreen	45	574.2876689	7.8%
29	@oceanbee	17.759	230.0863185	7.7%
30	@skylinebuds	150	2094.976243	7.2%
31	@anaclark	21.78	311.4837927	7.0%
32	@princessbusayo	15	222.2242459	6.7%
33	@ctrpch	10	155.8160863	6.4%
34	@eglois	10	171.933131	5.8%
35	@morenow	10.118	178.6477226	5.7%
36	@mau189gg	22.611	413.5716775	5.5%
37	@desraizada	10	186.4165116	5.4%
38	@photowanze	50	959.4017517	5.2%
39	@friendlymoose	89.537	1754.35516	5.1%
40	@mballesteros	170.958	3511.415644	4.9%
41	@eimy7	15.5	323.4364549	4.8%
42	@happyfrog420-new	10.174	225.6000748	4.5%
43	@cryptosimplify	145	3280.679782	4.4%
44	@manuelmusic	28.702	665.5585843	4.3%
45	@thatcryptodave	270.2	6472.542019	4.2%
46	@edwing357	15	411.0903976	3.6%
47	@imfarhad	34.538	956.7682246	3.6%
48	@ynwa.andree	50	1407.20209	3.6%
49	@juanmiguelsalas	95.265	3010.276375	3.2%
50	@graciadegenios	43.667	1496.654832	2.9%
51	@gvkanten	10	361.8142548	2.8%
52	@harpreetjanda	21	761.9818426	2.8%
53	@juanvegetarian	50.104	2103.141591	2.4%
54	@miketr	100	5038.041894	2.0%
55	@stevenson7	27.108	1373.203917	2.0%
56	@damarysvibra	13	741.503849	1.8%
57	@leslieebano	30	1843.466474	1.6%
58	@mafalda2018	35	2466.125629	1.4%
59	@ahmadmangazap	10	717.6247482	1.4%
60	@elianaicgomes	50.225	3834.406791	1.3%
61	@jesymarcano92	10.02	777.9855633	1.3%
62	@nenio	55	4607.01314	1.2%
63	@long888	10	884.5555706	1.1%
64	@richardfyates	62.898	5610.775161	1.1%
65	@the-bitcoin-dood	46	4155.475706	1.1%
66	@miriannalis	20	1836.351431	1.1%
67	@gurseerat	11	1021.987571	1.1%
68	@thales7	46.433	6107.546804	0.8%
69	@guurry123	11	1577.690402	0.7%
70	@photobook	10.072	1962.184397	0.5%

@victoriabsb has her preliminary results out - Hive Power UP Day : Hispanic Preliminary Results May 2021 [ENG/ESP] || #HPUD and when she posts her official, I'll edit it in here. So if you're part of the Spanish community and were unable to qualify for this prize pool, be sure to check it out. Oh, and follow both her Hive and her Twitter accounts to make extra sure you see it, plus she's an amazing person to follow for any reason - she has tons of initiatives, communities, and chats going all the time. She is the busiest & most amazing Hive Momma ever!

Prize list

The following prizes have all been CONFIRMED (✔️) and the sponsors will be awarding them in the coming days. I'll also be announcing/confirming my sponsored prizes in the comment section like everyone else does, to make this post a little less cumbersome. And because it's just about bedtime here in my neck of the woods, I'll be back in the morning to do my delegations & drawings.

1st Place -

600 HIVE Power delegation for 30 days - - Sponsored by @theycallmedan, and distributed by @eddiespino through the @aliento account. ✔️
300 HIVE Power delegation for 4 weeks - Sponsored by @traciyork ✔️
5 HIVE Basic Income units/levels Gift - Sponsored by @improv ✔️
150 HIVE Power delegation for 21 days - Sponsored by @alokkumar121 ✔️

2nd Place -

500 HIVE Power delegation for 30 days - - Sponsored by @theycallmedan, and distributed by @eddiespino through the @aliento account. ✔️
200 HIVE Power delegation for 4 weeks - Sponsored by @traciyork ✔️
5 HIVE Basic Income units/levels Gift - Sponsored by @improv ✔️
150 HIVE Power delegation for 21 days - Sponsored by @alokkumar121 ✔️

3rd Place -

400 HIVE Power delegation for 30 days - - Sponsored by @theycallmedan, and distributed by @eddiespino through the @aliento account. ✔️
100 HIVE Power delegation for 4 weeks - Sponsored by @traciyork ✔️
5 HIVE Basic Income units/levels Gift - Sponsored by @improv ✔️
150 HIVE Power delegation for 21 days - Sponsored by @alokkumar121 ✔️

4th-20th Place Each -

5 HIVE Basic Income units/levels Gift - Sponsored by @improv ✔️

ADDITIONALLY -

9th & 15th places on the power up list will each win 1 HIVE Basic Income unit/levels Gift - Sponsored by @cmplxty ✔️
Three delegations of 100 HIVE Power each for 3 weeks, based on her usual criteria - Sponsored by @fionasfavourites ✔️
200 HIVE Power delegation for 4 weeks to 1 person who often posts under the #naturalmedicine tag and power up (as stated by @riverflows in her comment here and details can be found in this more recent post here ) - Sponsored by @naturalmedicine ✔️
100 HIVE Power delegation for 3 weeks (as announced here, criteria TBD) - Sponsored by @hiveph ✔️
All HivePUD Prize participants who qualify for the prize pool will be entered into a giveaway of 10 HIVE POWER (5 lucky winners) - Sponsored by @traciyork (courtesy of Hive supplied by @theycallmedan) ✔️

PLUS -

All HivePUD Prize participants who qualify for the prize pool will be entered into a giveaway of 10 HIVE (1 lucky winner) - Sponsored by @traciyork ✔️
Winner of @traciyork's prize will receive 100 HIVE Power delegation for 3 weeks - Sponsored by @jeanlucsr ✔️
All HivePUD Prize participants who qualify for the prize pool will be entered into a giveaway of 10 HIVE POWER (1 lucky winner) - Sponsored by @livinguktaiwan ✔️
Winner of @livinguktaiwan's prize will receive 100 HIVE Power delegation for 3 weeks - Sponsored by @jeanlucsr ✔️

Special #HPUD Prize pool

As I've said before, when @victoriabsb started her #HPUD initiative, she wanted to make sure the smallest Spanish participants were still able to win some delegations, even if they didn't qualify based on the above rules. The details can be found in her announcement post, Hive Power UP Day: Ha Comenzado 💪 Reglas y Premios Mayo 2021 [ENG/ESP] || #HPUD , but essentially those winners will receive:

1st Place -

600 HIVE Power delegation for 21 days - Sponsored by @walterjay ✔️
250 HIVE Power delegation for 15 days - Sponsored by @victoriabsb ✔️
150 HIVE Power delegation for 4 weeks - Sponsored by @traciyork ✔️
100 HIVE Power delegation for 21 days - Sponsored by @r1s2g3 ✔️

2nd Place -

500 HIVE Power delegation for 21 days - Sponsored by @walterjay ✔️
100 HIVE Power delegation for 15 days - Sponsored by @victoriabsb ✔️
150 HIVE Power delegation for 4 weeks - Sponsored by @traciyork ✔️
100 HIVE Power delegation for 21 days - Sponsored by @r1s2g3 ✔️

3rd Place -

300 HIVE Power delegation for 21 days - Sponsored by @walterjay ✔️
150 HIVE Power delegation for 4 weeks - Sponsored by @traciyork ✔️
100 HIVE Power delegation for 21 days - Sponsored by @r1s2g3 ✔️

Random Winner

100 HIVE Power delegation for 21 days - Sponsored by @walterjay ✔️

Coming in June 2021

Once again, a little buzzing bee told me there will be more @hivebuzz fun to be had coming up in the months ahead, so be sure to follow them (on Hive and on Twitter) so you don't miss out on any announcements (plus, they're wicked cool peeps!).

Last, but certainly not least...

THANK YOU!

Again, I truly appreciate everyone for making this #HivePUD event such an awesomesauce success! I've said it before, and I'll say it again - the #Hive community ROCKS!