I probably shouldn’t share this and keep it secret until I can take all the advantage from it,
but I have learned so much from so many of you that the least I can do is return the favor.
Most people believe that the most lucrative topics are “steemit”, “life”, “photography”, “art” because they often seem them at the top on the right column of the Steemit site.
However, these are NOT the most lucrative categories.
They do receive, as a category, the highest payouts, but
because they are so popular, they also have a larger amount of posts,
making each most less lucrative on average.
To find out which category is IN FACT the most lucrative for individual posts. I gathered all the data from the tags page and ran some simple formulas.
HIGHEST PAYOUT PER POST
First I divided total payouts by total posts for each category.
This showed me how much payout each post was receiving on average.
As you can see, “steemit” falls all the way to the 45th place, very far from #1.
The topic of “life”, which is thought to be the 2nd best topic to write about, is actually ranking as #78. “Photography” which is thought as #3, is actually ranking at #111.
Things are not what they seem, you got to dive deeper to find the truth. Here is the table showing how “topics” TRULY rank in terms of payout per post.
MOST COMMENTS PER POST
The second thing I did was to analyze which topics are getting the most comments per post.
Once again, the “Steemit” topic ranked way lower than expected at #54, receiving just 2.2 comments per post on average.
“Life” was found all the way at #107, with less than 1 comment per post.
The most rational use of this information would be to use it to write about topics that average the most comments since comments lead to more comments, more upvotes, more followers and more monetary gains for everyone.
Here is all the data for your delight:
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
After seeing these charts you may think that you now need to start spamming these topics in order to make the most gains.
This, however, would be a futile approach because,
if others do the same, that would lead to topic saturation and reduce the payout and comment averages for everyone.
It is also important to consider that, even though some topics are very lucrative, they will not produce high earnings for everyone who uses them, regardless of how high the average payout is.
The reason for this is that posts with those topics tagged are usually written by people who know about those topics.
It is likely that the average new user will not be proficient in understanding or exploring ideas dealing with the “witness-category”, “bitshares”, “steemfest” or “steemdev” and readers of blogs with these tags will surely be able to differentiate between expert content and content by users trying to get one up on the system.
HOW TO USE THIS INFORMATION
The most effective way to use this data is by simply sticking to the topics you are already good at and
checking the data to see which meaningful tags are best to use.
This is how I have been using it:
I simply write about whatever I want to write and then go down the list,
adding the first keyword that appear to be relevant and have a high payout average.
Of course, I will need to re-do this analysis in a few months, especially if this post becomes popular.
So go ahead, follow me, and stay tuned for updates and useful information to improve your Steemit experience.
Blessings
@BrunoTreves
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