8 Days ago I posted about how only 7.5% of active Steemit accounts are voting for Steemit witnesses. Since this is an important topic, I plan to do a regular weekly report on account voter engagement.
I'm using a new primary metric for this report as I think those with real value in Steem should have the most incentive to vote to secure it. From that perspective, I'm looking at accounts with more than 100,000 VESTS which gives us a current engagement rate of:
19.9%
If you're not sure what a witness vote is, or why it's important, please see this post from 2 months ago: Steemit is Free, But Your Witness Vote Determines its Future.
For this report, I used @arcange's STEEMSQL.
MV stands for Million VESTS.
VESTS are like vested shares in Steemit and relate to Steem by a ratio (484.369 Steem per MV as of this report).
VESTS impact the weight of your vote on posts and the influence of your vote for Steemit Witnesses.
The three ways I'm filtering the data are:
All Accounts: No filter applied, includes all accounts.> 100,000: Accounts with 100,000 or more VESTS which is ~48 STEEM (~$62).> 0 Posts: Accounts which have posted at least once.
Overview
This shows the total number of accounts and VESTS
| Filter | Number of Accounts | VESTS | % of Total (Accounts / VESTS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Accounts | 298,712 | 383,235 MV | (100% / 100%) |
| > 100,000 VESTS | 24,505 | 378,826 MV | (8.2% / 98.8%) |
| > 0 Posts | 120,752 | 304,619 MV | (40.4% / 79.4%) |
Voters
This shows the total number of accounts and VESTS which have voted for a witness or set a proxy.
| Filter | Number of Accounts Voted (%) | VESTS Voted (%) |
|---|---|---|
| All Accounts | 11,915 (4%) | 134,302 MV (35%) |
| > 100,000 VESTS | 4,871 (19.9%) | 134,133 MV (35.4%) |
| > 0 Posts | 8,405 (7%) | 100,395 MV (33%) |
Voting For Inactive Witnesses
This shows the number of accounts which are currently voting for witness accounts in the top 100 there not currently active witnesses. This number should be 0.
| Filter | Number of Accounts Voting for Inactive | VESTS on Inactive |
|---|---|---|
| All Accounts | 1,993 (0.66%) | 35,524 MV (9.3%) |
| > 100,000 VESTS | 1,052 (4.3%) | 35,501 MV (9.4%) |
| > 0 Posts | 1,883 (1.6%) | 34,803 MV (11.4%) |
If you're voting for any of these inactive witness accounts, you should remove your vote unless you know they are only temporarily inactive:
nexus-dev
bitcube
hagie
dantheman
silversteem
blackwidow
steve-walschot
jabbasteem
tdv.witness
picokernel
kushed
bue
nextgencrypto
cyrano.witness
datasecuritynode
blockchained
moisesmcardona
enki
linouxis9
nonlinearone
mckenziegary
royaltiffany
dele-puppy
l0k1
My goal with this report is to collect this data over time and graph it so we can watch the trend as new accounts join Steemit and as accounts vote for witnesses.
Here are the top 50 accounts by VESTS (excluding 18 accounts which I think are Steemit employee accounts) which are not currently voting for a Steemit Witness:
| Account | VESTS |
|---|---|
| mottler | 4617011297 |
| databass | 3500010180 |
| ranchorelaxo | 2673733493 |
| proskynneo | 2403253522 |
| created | 1730004336 |
| safari | 1500015009 |
| batel | 1310388186 |
| bob | 1077657897 |
| alice | 954075907 |
| goku1 | 855564655 |
| recursive | 827310003 |
| newsflash | 728256264 |
| alvaro | 696470304 |
| azeroth | 560365384 |
| creator | 476774626 |
| systema | 463408410 |
| imadev | 445256469 |
| livingfree | 416472979 |
| another | 414009397 |
| skan | 399409869 |
| eeqj | 393434434 |
| kidrock | 353800013 |
| tyler | 333264283 |
| done | 326363327 |
| hiva | 309000000 |
| node1 | 278318186 |
| virus707 | 274804629 |
| figaro | 259935943 |
| sigizzang | 257718819 |
| damarth | 236365809 |
| bitcointalker | 234000000 |
| moderator | 232557143 |
| extrospect | 231760318 |
| moses153 | 228350578 |
| otisbrown | 225389254 |
| temet-nosce | 221877801 |
| natsu | 220050870 |
| ctrl-alt-nwo | 217425583 |
| modprobe | 216844448 |
| famunger | 209638899 |
| bramd | 206091554 |
| node2 | 202241146 |
| cornucopia | 199003496 |
| tim | 196183040 |
| biggest | 189000000 |
| trevonjb | 188288245 |
| bayrene | 188192516 |
| eclipse | 184318875 |
| layz3r | 182204153 |
| faddy | 180946157 |
These top 50 have 33,226 MV which could be applied to witness votes.
If you know people on this list, maybe encourage them to set a proxy voter or ask them why they aren't voting right now. Those like myself who are working to move up the witness ranks would sure appreciate their support.
Have You Voted for a Witness?
If you haven't voted yet, please consider setting @lukestokes as your proxy voter. Otherwise, go vote for some Steemit Witnesses you've interacted with and respect to do what's in the best interest of the network. I hope that includes my witness, @lukestokes.mhth.
Again, if you're not sure what a witness vote is, or why it's important, please see this post from 2 months ago: Steemit is Free, But Your Witness Vote Determines its Future.
Thank you! I hope you found this useful.
