Steem(it) Statistics Week 4

This post is a weekly, evolving post, analysing Steem(it) by numbers and deducing trends of interest for this project moving forward. Apologise for the late post, I was away on business over the weekend, however all the figures are from Saturday afternoon as usual

This week, I can provide the first Month on Month results for Steem(it) statistics along side the normal Week on Week changes. Over the coming weeks (probably starting Week 6), I will have collected enough results to begin to provide charts to illustrate Steem(it)'s growth trajectory, and how users interactions are evolving.

The Steemit platform continues to evolve and I have been seeing some marked improvements in Variety and Quality of posts. That's being said, I couldn't have picked a more subjective way to start a statistics post, so let's get down to the nitty gritty of Steem(it) by numbers this week.

I would also invite anyone with special knowledge of Steem(it) to provide analysis (who, what, how, why, witness updates...) of my findings, and I will add this information where relevant to this post. There has been some very valuable contribution to this post in the past few weeks which is much appreciated.

Steem(it) Statistics Week 4 Highlights

Top 100 Accounts Control of Steem Power Continues to Fall;
Whether you include @steemit account in your calculation (-0.36%) or not (-0.56%), the results are the same, another week on week fall in the Top 100 Steem(it) Accounts Control of Steem Power. Steem Distribution is still ongoing, and I expect to this result recreated next week.
User Base Growth Largely Flat Week on Week:
We can see there has been an increase in user accounts, whilst a small decline in Weekly and Daily active users. Obviously a single week is not significant, however this will be an interesting metric to watch moving forward.
Post's Up 28% Week on Week
A positive result, and a good reflection of user base interactions on the increase
Internal Market Volume Falls Dramatically -80%
This could be the trigger for the reinstatement of liquidity rewards. However, there have been no obvious pains in the Steem market place from this fall in volume. It will be interesting to see if we hear anything on this topic over the coming weeks...

NOTE: Many of the Month on Month figures have been thrown out by various updates which have reduced certain Bot activity over the last month. I expect to see a truer reflection of these figures in the weeks to come.