**dMania** is a “9GAG on Steem”. This application uses Steem blockchain and allows users to post memes and some other funny staff. [It was introduced in October 2017](https://steemit.com/steem/@zombee/introducing-dmania-9gag-on-steem-make-money-with-memes) by @zombee. Despite the fact that the application is only 3,5 months old it is interesting to look at some results it has reached in 2017. #### Outline 1. Scope of Analysis; 2. Tools; 3. Posts and comments summary; 4. Payouts distribution; 5. Authors with most posts, comments and payouts; 6. Applications used to posts 7. Short summary 8. Сonclusion #### 1. Scope of Analysis * Date of the analysis: 20.01.2018 * Timeframe of the analysed data: from 01.10.2017 to 31.12.2017 (three months) #### 2. Tools * **Valentina Studio** to get data from [SteemSQL](http://www.steemsql.com/); * **Google Sheets** to organize and sum up data; * **Google Data Studio** to make graphs. #### 3. Posts and comments summary In 2017 users created 24240 posts and 21847 comments. Here is the distribution by month: The graph clearly demonstrates the growing interest in the category (posts quantity growing +65% in November and +129% in December). According to @penguinpablo daily reports (from October to December) usually on average 1 steemit post has more than 2 comments. As we can see posts under `dmania` category have fewer comments (0.9 per post) - this is the specialty of **dMania** as an app for mainly posting images and GIFs without any text. That doesn’t provoke any discussion as a rule. #### 4. Payouts distribution In 2017 authors and curators got: * $13043.92 as author rewards (in SBD and STEEM POWER) * $4244.59 as curation rewards (in STEEM POWER)
Here is the distribution of post payouts by month: Here is a chart to to see payouts distribution among posts: 56.2% of all `dmania` posts got 0$ in payouts. 37.2% of posts got something between $0.01 and $0.99. Only 2.5% earned more than $5 in payouts. #### 5. Authors with most posts, comments and payouts 1156 authors created at least 1 post in `dmania` category. 854 (74%) of them earned at least $0.01 from all of their posts. создавали посты в категории dmaina. ##### *5.1 Top authors by number of posts* The most productive user is @midobashamido who has created 3635 posts (15% of total number of posts)! His nearest closest pursuer @linuxmom authored “only” 541 posts. Here is a table with top 10 users by number of posts in `dmania` category: Author | Number of posts | % of all posts ------------ | ------------- | ------------- @midobashamido | 3635 | 15.00% @linuxmom | 541 | 2.23% @venom642 | 521 | 2.15% @ufuk | 488 | 2.01% @danthundercloud | 393 | 1.62% @saragold | 372 | 1.53% @beautyphotos | 371 | 1.53% @red.kryptonite | 346 | 1.43% @kingoflion | 341 | 1.41% @booster916 | 298 | 1.23%
##### *5.2 Top authors by posts payouts* Here is a table with top 10 users by summary posts payouts in `dmania` category: Author | Number of posts | Post payouts ------------ | ------------- | ------------- @zombee | 31 | $1,394.79 @waliafridi | 76 | $829.67 @cnts | 32 | $623.09 @beautyphotos | 371 | $619.22 @ufuk | 488 | $601.86 @midobashamido | 3635 | $458.76 @redpill | 30 | $445.05 @nickfost | 48 | $379.89 @cryptovisitor | 35 | $318.14 @cryptocoiners | 85 | $270.86
##### *5.3 Top authors by average post payout per post* The next point to examine: what authors had the biggest average payout per post? Here is a table with top 10 users by average posts payout per post in `dmania` category: Author | Number of posts | Payout per post ------------ | ------------- | ------------- @michelle.gent | 1 | $69.76 @journeyoflife | 1 | $58.29 @nicniezgrublem | 1 | $57.75 @jefft | 1 | $50.58 @anaman | 1 | $50.02 @zombee | 31 | $44.99 @kwakumax | 1 | $40.48 @ashe-oro | 4 | $29.13 @bulleth | 1 | $28.89 @catwomanteresa | 1 | $26.90 In that list most users has only 1 post in `dmania` category. **dMania**’s founder @zombee is on the 7th place with a nice average payout at $44.99.
##### *5.4 Top authors by number of upvotes* Here is a table with top 10 users by average posts payout per post in `dmania` category: Author | Number of posts | Total number of upvotes | Upvotes per post ------------ | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- @midobashamido | 3635 | 16337 | 4.5 @nickfost | 48 | 8179 | 170.4 @elechuzo | 16 | 7060 | 441.3 @beautyphotos | 371 | 4466 | 12.0 @linuxmom | 541 | 3216 | 5.9 @venom642 | 521 | 3019 | 5.8 @ufuk | 488 | 2771 | 5.7 @red.kryptonite | 346 | 2560 | 7.4 @arindammroy | 133 | 2300 | 17.3 @twoitguys | 17 | 2274 | 133.8 That TOP is shared by users that have some realistic numbers like 5-12 upvotes per post and users that have some cruel numbers like 133.8, 170.4 and 441.3 votes per post.
##### *5.5 Top authors by comments under their posts* The last one index to explore is: TOP 10 authors by comments under their posts. Here is the table: Author | Number of posts | Total number of comments | Comments per post ------------ | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- @midobashamido | 3635 | 1608 | 0.44 @zombee | 31 | 655 | 21.13 @havok777 | 92 | 599 | 6.51 @waliafridi | 76 | 598 | 7.87 @cnts | 32 | 538 | 16.81 @beautyphotos | 371 | 503 | 1.36 @ufuk | 488 | 395 | 0.81 @ebruaydogdu | 140 | 380 | 2.71 @alamin0263 | 100 | 340 | 3.40 @red.kryptonite | 346 | 312 | 0.90 #### 6. Applications used to posts It was interesting for me to see what apps do authors use for posting under `dmania` category. Here is the result of my research: Application | Number of posts | % of posts created with an app ------------ | ------------- | ------------- dMania | 23332 | 96.25% Steemit | 865 | 3.57% eSteem | 29 | 0.12% Busy | 6 | 0.02% Steepshot | 4 | 0.02% Steemauto | 2 | 0.01% Streemian | 1 | 0.004% Zappl | 1 | 0.004% **dMania** application is the King with more than 96% posts published using it. **Steemit** is on the second place with 3,57% share. All other applications have inconspicuous share. #### 7. Short summary Here is a brief summary for **dMania** in 2017: * Total number of posts created under `dmania` category: 24240 * Total number of upvotes for `dmania` category: 171082 * Total number of comments for `dmania` category: 21847 * Total unique authors posted under `dmania` category: 1156 * Total payout for posts made under `dmania` category: $17288.51 ($13043.92 author rewards paid in SBD and STEEM POWER and $4244.59 curation rewards paid in STEEM POWER) #### 8. Сonclusion **dMania** is at the very beginning of its life but already got growing interest by the community. Every months the number of posts/comments and payouts increases. And with [the latest news from dMania’s founder](https://steemit.com/steem/@zombee/steemit-supports-dmania-with-500k-steem-power-bot-rules-update) @zombee (Steemit Supports dMania with 500k Steem Power) I’m sure that **dMania** is going to accelerate it’s growth!