TOP 200 effective Steemit curators in PHOTOGRAPHY category for the last week (2019.07.01-2019.07.07)

I want to share with you statistics about the most effective Steemit curators in PHOTOGRAPHY category.

This statistic is not about how much the authors or curators have earned. This statistics shows the list of curators, whose contribution to the reward pool distribution is the most significant.

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Once I have published a post where I made a researsh what categories are most profitable on Steemit.

I showed there that PHOTOGRAPHY category took the biggest part of the reward pool on that week. The main theme of my blog and my main hobby is photography. So I decided to made a top of the most effective Steemit curators in PHOTOGRAPHY category.

The category is a first tag in the post

What does this mean?

You can say that there is nothing interesting in this statistics. That it is clear that the reward pool is distributed by whales. But!

The most interesting thing is how the curator distributes the reward pool. He can vote only for his posts and his comments. He can vote for a selected circle of authors and affiliated accounts. But also he can vote for a large number of authors who publish interesting content.

Thus, an effective curator is a curator who has sufficient Steem Power (he can be an investor or a popular author who has earned his Steem Power by publishing interesting content), devoting time and effort to the content curating at Steemit and distributing a reward pool in favor of the authors. And the efficiency level is estimated by how much SBD curator distributes among as many authors as possible.

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How it works?

Votes - Each curator distributes a certain part of the reward pool with his votes (upvote / flag).

Authors - This part of the pool he distributes between a certain number of authors.

VAS (vote average strength) - For general awareness, we can estimate the average vote strength in percents (%), with which the curator votes.

Contr. (SBD) (Contribution in SBD) - The distributed part of the pool is the contribution of the curator, it is calculated in SBD. In this case, the author's reward is taken into account. The curator's reward is not taken into account.

Share % - The percentage of the curator contribution among the contributions of all curators, we can also estimate for information purposes in %.

Eff. - The effectiveness of the curator is estimated in conventional units and is calculated as follows.

The total number of authors who published their posts for the period under study is determined.
Then the contribution of the curator is divided by the total number of authors, and then multiplied by the number of authors for whom the curator voted for the period.

Thus, we see that, having distributed even a smaller number of SBD between a larger number of authors, the curator can be more effective than other curators. At the same time, having a greater voice power, but not actively voting, supporting a small number of authors, the curator takes a lower position in the rating.

And now, statistics.

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596 authors published their posts during this week.

18315 accounts participated in the content curating according to information from the database.

95603 votes were made during this week.

3765,66 SBD - is the total author rewards for this week.

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TOP-200 effective curators for for the last week

№	Account	Votes	Authors	VAS(%)	Contr. (SBD)	Share %	Eff.
1	@esteemapp	96	49	5	54,99	1,46	4,52
2	@mariusfebruary	65	47	6	32,34	0,86	2,55
3	@curie	36	26	6	35,05	0,93	1,53
4	@blocktrades	8	8	23	110,84	2,94	1,49
5	@shaka	48	32	19	24,22	0,64	1,3
6	@redes	43	27	17	19,8	0,53	0,9
7	@acidyo	10	8	68	52,17	1,39	0,7
8	@dobartim	40	6	51	60,52	1,61	0,61
9	@s4s	28	11	42	28,16	0,75	0,52
10	@newhope	24	16	18	18,27	0,49	0,49
11	@steemitboard	166	140	1	1,78	0,05	0,42
12	@firepower	24	11	46	22,29	0,59	0,41
13	@blewitt	140	75	6	2,82	0,07	0,35
14	@ripperone	24	17	18	11,33	0,3	0,32
15	@mbp	25	10	44	18	0,48	0,3
16	@nanzo-scoop	30	12	13	12,67	0,34	0,26
17	@sean-king	18	3	96	51,8	1,38	0,26
18	@mangos	27	18	17	8,63	0,23	0,26
19	@slowwalker	23	7	11	21,81	0,58	0,26
20	@good-karma	96	49	5	2,81	0,07	0,23
21	@accelerator	303	130	1	1,02	0,03	0,22
22	@steemtank	32	11	36	11,25	0,3	0,21
23	@map10k	323	142	1	0,88	0,02	0,21
24	@therealwolf	40	12	27	9,83	0,26	0,2
25	@tombstone	46	34	1	3,38	0,09	0,19
26	@daveks	47	9	43	12,77	0,34	0,19
27	@onceuponatime	19	7	68	15,38	0,41	0,18
28	@michaeljn	80	41	85	2,43	0,06	0,17
29	@wackou	39	29	3	3,4	0,09	0,17
30	@kommienezuspadt	11	5	95	18,14	0,48	0,15
31	@cornerstone	32	6	67	14,82	0,39	0,15
32	@elviento	106	47	26	1,83	0,05	0,14
33	@chorock	50	11	30	7,54	0,2	0,14
34	@luxbet	52	20	18	4,08	0,11	0,14
35	@t-bot	30	12	13	6,96	0,18	0,14
36	@foruni73	52	19	100	4,25	0,11	0,14
37	@khanza.aulia	27	10	35	7,48	0,2	0,13
38	@coreabeforekorea	14	8	93	10,02	0,27	0,13
39	@steempty	8	3	90	23,47	0,62	0,12
40	@asgarth	25	12	65	6,05	0,16	0,12
41	@vortac	27	19	7	3,92	0,1	0,12
42	@johannpiber	80	36	12	1,91	0,05	0,12
43	@silver-hammer	21	1	90	67,39	1,79	0,11
44	@arcange	96	62	2	1,02	0,03	0,11
45	@imealien	74	23	21	2,74	0,07	0,11
46	@sultan-aceh	81	21	4	3,12	0,08	0,11
47	@exyle	5	4	80	16,76	0,45	0,11
48	@xeldal	2	2	85	28,59	0,76	0,1
49	@alexis555	12	8	17	7,57	0,2	0,1
50	@drakos	16	9	25	6,67	0,18	0,1
51	@fminerten	8	3	90	20,48	0,54	0,1
52	@ssg-community	17	4	32	15,55	0,41	0,1
53	@donkeypong	26	6	9	10,03	0,27	0,1
54	@vact	36	26	6	2,1	0,06	0,09
55	@share2steem	42	18	4	2,91	0,08	0,09
56	@wherein	17	4	24	13,84	0,37	0,09
57	@roelandp	35	19	17	2,82	0,07	0,09
58	@kr-coffeesteem	7	5	88	11,2	0,3	0,09
59	@staticinstance	53	24	3	1,93	0,05	0,08
60	@photocircle	27	19	47	2,61	0,07	0,08
61	@mmmmkkkk311	16	7	24	6,99	0,19	0,08
62	@hasoon	8	4	92	11,74	0,31	0,08
63	@talentclub	30	19	9	2,46	0,07	0,08
64	@ocd	5	5	66	10,09	0,27	0,08
65	@samantha-w	8	3	90	14,6	0,39	0,07
66	@gtg	5	5	34	8,55	0,23	0,07
67	@kus-knee	42	6	11	6,72	0,18	0,07
68	@photoman	23	1	100	43,89	1,17	0,07
69	@joeparys	7	6	32	7,04	0,19	0,07
70	@mehta	70	49	18	0,68	0,02	0,06
71	@jphamer1	7	6	100	5,74	0,15	0,06
72	@alcibiades	34	9	71	3,94	0,1	0,06
73	@stackin	42	13	23	2,68	0,07	0,06
74	@broncnutz	7	3	46	12,45	0,33	0,06
75	@penguinpablo	20	13	7	2,84	0,08	0,06
76	@grumlin	32	2	100	17,47	0,46	0,06
77	@ace108	27	10	14	3,86	0,1	0,06
78	@hendrikdegrote	36	26	6	1,45	0,04	0,06
79	@grandpawhale	53	24	3	1,42	0,04	0,06
80	@lafona-miner	5	3	89	12,47	0,33	0,06
81	@steemyoda	6	4	21	8,74	0,23	0,06
82	@armentor	27	10	37	3,33	0,09	0,06
83	@virus707	8	3	11	9,59	0,25	0,05
84	@vannour	79	51	21	0,58	0,02	0,05
85	@warofcraft	51	32	20	0,98	0,03	0,05
86	@spectrumecons	6	4	84	8,08	0,21	0,05
87	@karlosbadz	58	44	50	0,68	0,02	0,05
88	@followbtcnews	23	20	13	1,47	0,04	0,05
89	@ngc	4	2	79	15,73	0,42	0,05
90	@cryptoctopus	10	5	44	6,05	0,16	0,05
91	@kevinwong	24	20	1	1,42	0,04	0,05
92	@ocd-witness	11	8	100	3,58	0,1	0,05
93	@mammasitta	69	49	3	0,48	0,01	0,04
94	@harkar	37	20	27	1,3	0,03	0,04
95	@sp-group	29	17	24	1,42	0,04	0,04
96	@canadian-coconut	5	4	16	6,26	0,17	0,04
97	@tomhall	15	4	42	5,86	0,16	0,04
98	@gamezine	120	79	3	0,29	0,01	0,04
99	@darktemplar444	11	8	100	3,07	0,08	0,04
100	@enlil	5	3	82	8,65	0,23	0,04
101	@jobere	6	4	100	6,53	0,17	0,04
102	@czechglobalhosts	3	2	75	11,61	0,31	0,04
103	@coinmarketcal	124	34	60	0,67	0,02	0,04
104	@bil.prag	70	35	24	0,76	0,02	0,04
105	@svemirac	20	14	65	1,52	0,04	0,04
106	@steemchoose	15	11	93	2,09	0,06	0,04
107	@levycore	17	3	93	7,14	0,19	0,04
108	@z8teyb289qav9z	4	2	79	13,13	0,35	0,04
109	@ctime	23	21	3	1,01	0,03	0,04
110	@nikv	36	12	46	1,36	0,04	0,03
111	@redpalestino	3	2	100	8,74	0,23	0,03
112	@roxane	8	6	44	3,11	0,08	0,03
113	@steemychicken1	12	3	59	5,79	0,15	0,03
114	@karja	25	20	21	0,78	0,02	0,03
115	@kaylinart	13	10	93	1,88	0,05	0,03
116	@hingsten	13	2	45	8,53	0,23	0,03
117	@vancouverdining	3	2	100	8,65	0,23	0,03
118	@qustodian	26	6	54	2,98	0,08	0,03
119	@leylar	20	13	65	1,41	0,04	0,03
120	@nrg	18	14	100	1,11	0,03	0,03
121	@superpromoter	14	7	75	2,14	0,06	0,03
122	@pixelfan	99	18	4	0,84	0,02	0,03
123	@smartmonsters	27	10	81	1,84	0,05	0,03
124	@arunava	12	4	37	4,77	0,13	0,03
125	@helpie	11	11	21	1,53	0,04	0,03
126	@msp-curation	5	5	92	4,1	0,11	0,03
127	@introvert-dime	16	3	59	6,67	0,18	0,03
128	@sorin.cristescu	5	5	100	3,52	0,09	0,03
129	@borran	31	14	32	1,34	0,04	0,03
130	@dexter-k	62	28	14	0,62	0,02	0,03
131	@solominer	61	24	11	0,63	0,02	0,03
132	@markkujantunen	37	12	54	1,39	0,04	0,03
133	@jt7577	41	5	100	3,77	0,1	0,03
134	@hkfund	13	2	100	7,51	0,2	0,03
135	@boxcarblue	38	5	55	3,86	0,1	0,03
136	@r2cornell	12	8	27	2,03	0,05	0,03
137	@nateaguila	7	4	77	4,05	0,11	0,03
138	@tonyz	57	27	66	0,64	0,02	0,03
139	@eric-boucher	41	28	8	0,6	0,02	0,03
140	@steempress-io	10	3	3	5,2	0,14	0,03
141	@uwelang	28	9	14	1,92	0,05	0,03
142	@blueorgy	40	28	12	0,59	0,02	0,03
143	@ozchartart	6	2	86	8,15	0,22	0,03
144	@nothus	35	14	98	1,08	0,03	0,03
145	@schamangerbert	16	12	34	1,3	0,03	0,03
146	@fundition	1	1	66	12,01	0,32	0,02
147	@ovidiu1991	18	9	30	1,14	0,03	0,02
148	@memehub	4	2	100	5,21	0,14	0,02
149	@delegate.lafona	6	5	33	2,19	0,06	0,02
150	@steemitbloggers	14	6	22	1,94	0,05	0,02
151	@neoxian	4	4	23	2,49	0,07	0,02
152	@xpilar	13	2	26	7,4	0,2	0,02
153	@ezzy	6	2	57	5,97	0,16	0,02
154	@cervantes	4	4	23	3,55	0,09	0,02
155	@organduo	16	7	10	1,96	0,05	0,02
156	@swedishdragon	15	7	33	1,32	0,04	0,02
157	@worldcapture	39	8	72	1,71	0,05	0,02
158	@davidad	14	4	88	3,2	0,08	0,02
159	@a0i	21	10	79	1,47	0,04	0,02
160	@celebr1ty	32	2	100	4,58	0,12	0,02
161	@make-a-whale	25	10	22	1,49	0,04	0,02
162	@flipstar	6	3	90	3,31	0,09	0,02
163	@abh12345	24	13	17	0,89	0,02	0,02
164	@oldtimer	19	10	77	1,26	0,03	0,02
165	@tomsmaid	30	18	62	0,69	0,02	0,02
166	@zord189	52	24	9	0,47	0,01	0,02
167	@lichtblick	7	7	53	1,74	0,05	0,02
168	@crimsonclad	23	20	13	0,72	0,02	0,02
169	@melinda010100	23	14	22	0,84	0,02	0,02
170	@shikika	17	9	100	1,15	0,03	0,02
171	@bippe	13	2	52	5,56	0,15	0,02
172	@reflektor	13	2	26	6,88	0,18	0,02
173	@steemmonsters	2	1	37	13,58	0,36	0,02
174	@canadianbacon	6	3	96	3,81	0,1	0,02
175	@astrophoto.kevin	33	18	18	0,65	0,02	0,02
176	@adsactly	1	1	100	11,84	0,31	0,02
177	@nonameslefttouse	7	6	51	1,81	0,05	0,02
178	@curators	23	1	100	11,79	0,31	0,02
179	@team	20	16	10	0,79	0,02	0,02
180	@steem-tube	9	2	100	6,19	0,16	0,02
181	@m31	8	8	69	1,81	0,05	0,02
182	@gonen	10	5	22	1,99	0,05	0,02
183	@macoolette	38	27	4	0,46	0,01	0,02
184	@bro-rando	7	4	36	2,55	0,07	0,02
185	@ghasemkiani	17	4	61	2,27	0,06	0,02
186	@c-squared	17	15	19	0,72	0,02	0,02
187	@achim86	68	21	100	0,46	0,01	0,02
188	@jaydih	3	2	100	6,37	0,17	0,02
189	@tattoodjay	73	21	12	0,7	0,02	0,02
190	@nanzo-snaps	30	12	13	0,75	0,02	0,02
191	@devsup	38	36	7	0,38	0,01	0,02
192	@jarvie	15	10	64	1,49	0,04	0,02
193	@bluesniper	70	64	2	0,17	0	0,02
194	@vikisecrets	13	6	30	1,9	0,05	0,02
195	@hedge-x	14	4	100	2,44	0,06	0,02
196	@mshahabi	13	8	66	1,45	0,04	0,02
197	@bdvoter	2	2	25	5,48	0,15	0,02
198	@lovemetouchme2	59	18	11	0,59	0,02	0,02
199	@mantishands	12	4	100	2,33	0,06	0,02
200	@steemitportugal	39	13	22	1,01	0,03	0,02

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I took all vote bots (most of them are working like pay for vote) in the separate table. Because we can't call them effective curators. Their work depends on authors payments and activity.
If you know another bots in the list above please tell me about it.

№	Account	Votes	Authors	VAS(%)	Contr. (SBD)	Share %	Eff.
1	@ocdb	22	16	16	289,63	7,69	7,78
2	@tipu	34	17	7	79,48	2,11	2,27
3	@buildawhale	30	5	31	246,79	6,55	2,07
4	@busy.pay	103	40	3	29,28	0,78	1,97
5	@booster	20	11	10	81,18	2,16	1,5
6	@therising	9	7	22	119,66	3,18	1,41
7	@smartsteem	9	6	21	105,35	2,8	1,06
8	@partiko	108	58	2	9,95	0,26	0,97
9	@qurator	83	32	6	15,65	0,42	0,84
10	@smartmarket	76	21	5	21,67	0,58	0,76
11	@steembasicincome	37	31	21	14,29	0,38	0,74
12	@upmyvote	14	9	37	44,21	1,17	0,67
13	@appreciator	7	5	23	63,86	1,7	0,54
14	@upmewhale	7	5	16	62,57	1,66	0,52
15	@steem-ua	65	30	3	6,62	0,18	0,33
16	@rocky1	6	5	20	35,9	0,95	0,3
17	@sbi2	40	36	10	4,77	0,13	0,29
18	@steem-plus	80	34	5	3,73	0,1	0,21
19	@sbi4	48	38	12	3,26	0,09	0,21
20	@sbi3	41	34	10	3,43	0,09	0,2
21	@sneaky-ninja	6	5	43	15,71	0,42	0,13
22	@minnowvotes	7	5	23	15,4	0,41	0,13
23	@minnowbooster	5	4	65	17,78	0,47	0,12
24	@boomerang	6	4	21	15,79	0,42	0,11
25	@postpromoter	8	3	44	21,86	0,58	0,11
26	@spydo	8	2	91	22,49	0,6	0,08
27	@merlin7	5	5	94	7,92	0,21	0,07
28	@sbi5	23	20	25	2,01	0,05	0,07
29	@jerrybanfield	6	4	47	8,47	0,22	0,06
30	@sbi7	23	21	28	1,33	0,04	0,05
31	@inciter	10	5	14	5,62	0,15	0,05
32	@partiko-promoter	47	31	10	0,95	0,03	0,05
33	@minnowsupport	5	4	28	6,11	0,16	0,04
34	@brupvoter	7	3	59	8,16	0,22	0,04
35	@brandonfrye	8	3	41	5,9	0,16	0,03
36	@sbi6	18	15	25	1,09	0,03	0,03
37	@promobot	3	3	19	4,42	0,12	0,02
38	@sbi8	17	15	30	0,62	0,02	0,02

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Now you know all these heroes. Their daily work gives hope to some authors, and some even a decent income. Their work attracts new authors in Steemit.

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Information sources

All information is prepared by querying data from a SteemSQL - SQL database containing information from Steem's blockchain, as well as by calculations based on this data.

Special thanks to @arcange for SteemSQL and for the advice provided to me during the development of this project.