Steemit: The Curation Leagues - 15 STEEM in Prizes!

Hi all!

This weeks' curation league post is again brought to you from the sunny Island of Mauritius!

A minimum of 15 STEEM in prizes are available next week by stating your interest below. You will be entered into both leagues (which are probably best called tables, as they are reset each week!)

On your marks, get set, curate!


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Introduction

My general views on maximizing curation rewards are:

  • Voting in the first minute will earn you a curation reward of almost 0.000

  • Voting between 1 and 29 minutes will earn an increasing % of the curation rewards split, this value peaking at 30 minutes and remaining the same from this point onwards

  • The goal is to get in prior to the big hitters, but not too early!

  • It is commonly suggested that 20-25 minutes is the 'best' time to vote (especially on known 'power author' posts because they are likely to have more auto-votes coming in at these times - and you want to be ahead of these votes)

  • A vote of equal weight and equal Steem Power at 30 minutes will give more reward than a vote at, for example 1 hour - first come first served, but don't arrive to early :)

  • Voting on good dtube content and utopian-io approved contributions (prior to the vote by @dtube / @utopian-io )can earn some very good curation rewards

As you can see, a combination of many variables such as Steem Power, voting strength, voting weight, time of vote, (and more) all play a part in the amount of rewards received.

My general opinion on maximizing engagement is:

  • Spread your vote and write lots of engaging comments!

The data for league 1

The raw data has been collected from SteemSQL - @arcange's MS SQL Server copy of the Steem Blockchain.

SteemSQL is now a monthly subscription service and so your support in this post is greatly appreciated!

The key formula used for 'quality of financial curation skill' is:

Curation Rewards DIVIDED BY Steem Power MULTIPLIED BY 1000

This will return the amount of Curation rewards gained per 1000 Steem Power held


The rules (which will cause auto-filtering of your account if not met so just enter anyway and see what happens!) to appear in this league:

  • Must have voted at least once on a piece of content in the past 7 days

  • Must not have leased or delegated Steem Power in the last 14 days

  • Must not have Started a Power Down (withdrawal of Steem Power) in the last 15 days

The 2nd and 3rd points above are required to reduce distortion of the figures.

And, as curation rewards for the past week are actually taken from votes made up to 14 days ago, we need a 15 day window as mentioned above.

Don't let this put you off entering though - you will be automatically be excluded/appear depending on the criteria above.

Curating for maximizing returns - League 1

UserC RewardsSteem PowerVotes CastReward per 1000 SP
miniature-tiger6.6408761681.2928361633.949863
edje3.05245948.1817121463.219267
steemitri7.6846492684.9476123932.862122
instructor212114.2804555889.1832781312.424862
curie247.119319109538.379530842.256007
greenrun13.5696056941.112792141.954961
fiveboringgames27.80719414544.888323131.911819
pataty690.203963120.0815242491.698538
sco1.276792768.4740061571.661465
osm0sis2.6096231623.8883672171.607021
choogirl39.33826825246.7400613661.558152
steemtrail18.04190811668.592181321.546194
joe.nobel0.386921278.130136791.391152
dandesign863.0364182332.3063564271.301895
lordjames0.03099224.013708811.290588
clumsysilverdad1.4567571135.8852861971.282486
jlordc0.148971116.8541371231.274844
htliao22.95718120360.288243751.127547
xervantes5.7340595231.9713652361.095965
connecteconomy1.4187681304.4792511661.087612
aburmeseabroad1.7236561639.180433941.051535
halcyondaze0.57691555.5309771511.038483
betbuddha2.5826282512.2538672201.028012
goldendawne10.70333310618.022414511.008035
sneakyninja0.849857856.02951250.99279
erikaflynn0.977821985.7762022210.99193
tumutanzi14.43072315206.11821470.949008
cranium6.4899956978.2217586700.930036
teamsteem387.520399419595.454914970.923557
gniksivart1.6247221765.7623641340.920125
cryptoctopus311.905313340449.6923650.916157
costanza4.5533295147.9480292230.884494
limabeing0.9119071039.142841560.877556
haphazard-hstead5.3791166330.3877451860.849729
steemibu3510.03199237.955182840.842882
beanz43.77837952608.654211080.832152
ammonite0.475916572.047185670.831953
revisesociology1.0278021261.1263972930.814988
smasssh4.3802365577.3603392210.78536
dontstopmenow3.9963935148.9142411840.776162
amariespeaks0.172975224.945992660.768964
soyrosa0.593887808.6406331270.734426
yura810.01099814.99669730.733331
karensuestudios6.2749598752.287231230.716951
rok-sivante62.62291292683.642684660.675663
bashadow0.273954407.3061992150.672599
rosemarynoble0.02299535.0252732380.656512
maintain4real-eu0.092987149.4173493150.622329
clio3.6293695883.6688671310.616855
jaeydallah0.01899732.7671433090.579743
dragonking0.05599111.2387971560.503334
jawad090.06499132.909645420.488977
rayne1220.074987154.7609261040.484532
funbobby510.03199668.4875866550.467185
kawsar0.00799917.203438150.464964
mammasitta7.07176515214.974754320.46479
paulag0.099981240.025792760.416542
majes.tytyty6.52491115807.566793390.412771
killerkuasha0.043994126.728408510.347151
retiredinsamar0.293947904.209811660.325087
thinknzombie1.8706587373.69402460.253694
djmalith0.064987306.36731280.212121
hazelgrace250.024997143.974042470.173624
steemit.lover20.00699843.009945400.162718
pariza0.00499931.044914440.161015
littlejoeward0.024996288.04787470.086777
darkerhorse0.008999104.55271260.086069
cemke0.012998173.781551710.074792
sunnyofoz0.00114.99569800.066669
kaysar070.00472.001989750.055551
ikrahch0.035991879.9853941750.040899
fernando260.00128.9393150.034552
UserC RewardsSteem PowerVotes CastReward per 1000 SP

The end column is what I think is a genuine indicator of how well you are financially working the curation game with the tools,including vested Steem Power, that you have at your disposal.


Chart and Analysis

Amount of SP earned per 1000 Steem Power owned



This weeks' results:

( @zapncrap 17.92, @curx 14.61, @qsounds 5.96 , @biophil 5.07, and @credo 4.57 removed for bots/trails sorry! )

  • @miniature-tiger takes first spot this week, well done master curator!

  • @edje takes 2nd, the sound of music is in the air!

  • @steemitri in 3rd, well done the curating mannequin!

Well done to @instructor2121 and @greenrun who also performed very well this week.


  • The average curation reward/Steem Power this week is 1.49, up from 1.36 last week.

Community Curation Excellence - League 2

This new league is not based around rewards and relates to engagement.

Everyone currently on my master list has a chance here - delegation dealings or not.

I've used some metrics (which is the fancy way of saying that made up some numbers) relating to:

  • Comments (number and amount of text)
  • Comments outside of your own blogs
  • Up-votes to others
  • Up-votes to unique others
  • Self-votes (a minus score for this one sorry!)
  • Witness engagement

The top 20

NameAshers engagement/excellence rating
@davemccoy2524532.6
@goldendawne2458442.8
@blazing2017041.4
@yura812014358.6
@coolguy1231807987.2
@carlgnash1739254.2
@lpessin1708636.6
@teamsteem1597475.4
@cheneats1570010.8
@biophil1522852.8
@pataty691463256
@choogirl1350129.4
@gniksivart1216860
@beeyou1154585.6
@bashadow1147541.4
@maverickinvictus1108576
@limabeing1074829.8
@swelker1011006115
@wwf969383.6
@josephsavage962224.4


Firstly, if you are placed in this league you are doing great - 1st place or 20th!

Well done to @davemccoy who tops the league of engagement and excellence this week! Dave is a recent delegate of mine and has started his Steemit career excellently!

Also, very well done to @goldendawne (one of the #stewardsofgondor) and @blazing (huge commentator!) who have finished 2nd and 3rd - well done both!

Want to be a part of the league next week? Let me know below!

Calculations may vary from week to week but still with a goal to find top community engagers.


Prizes sent!

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Finally

A few points:

  • If you have spotted any glaring errors in my post, please let me know so I can fix them

  • If you would like to be added or removed from my personal curation league, let me know

  • If you have any other comments or suggestions, please enter them into the box below


I am part of a Steemit Business Intelligence community. We all post under the tag #blockchainbi. If you have analysis you would like to be carried out on Steemit data, please do contact me or any of the #blockchainbi and we will do our best to help you.

I am contactable on many discord channels under the same username.

Data was collected on the 11th February 2018 at 6pm (UTC)


Thank you for your support, have a great day!

Asher @abh12345

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