We thought this might be a good time to share the lifetime stats from the best Curie curators. It has been almost two years since the project started and below are some of the curators who work(ed) tirelessly to discover exceptional content on Steemit.

Curator	Submissions	Approved	Closed	AR	CS
misterakpan	466	400	14	0.885	313.26
milosm2302	340	321	4	0.955	292.98
carlgnash	328	305	6	0.947	273.65
geekgirl	384	312	17	0.850	225.49
tamacvet	234	228	3	0.987	222.12
markangeltrueman	239	220	8	0.952	199.55
lordkingpotato	290	231	9	0.822	156.11
llfarms	216	183	2	0.855	133.82
laniakea1	167	153	3	0.933	133.16
svemirac	169	151	1	0.899	121.99
thatdamiguy	163	136	3	0.85	98.26

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Previously active curators

Curator	Submissions	Approved	Closed	AR	CS
liberosist	945	870	39	0.960	802.23
alcibiades	770	699	53	0.975	664.34
littlemozart	829	574	62	0.748	321.47
teofilex11	358	338	4	0.955	308.14

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_{AR - Approval rating, percentage of approved submissions
CS - Curation score = (Approval rating)^2 * number of approved submissions}

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Direct curators can vote independently of the general platform but these are the necessary criteria to earn that spot

1. Curator's activity and the direct follow percentage will be assessed at the end of each month.
2. Cumulative CS >250, AR >95 over 6 months earns a direct follow from @curie.
3. Curation score determines the percentage of direct follow. As of now, minimum of 250 CS gives the baseline 5% follow, 500 CS equals 10%. This may vary over time.
4. Curators with direct follow can continue to submit posts and improve their CS which means the percentage of the following vote will be upgraded
5. Curators with direct follow are permanent top curators with unlimited submissions, but they have to maintain minimum AR required, otherwise the submission limit drops to 15. They will have to regain the top curator spot to stay there long term.
6. The requirements for direct follow will vary over time and increase with every 2 curators who match it. For example, if 2 curators earn the direct follow with 250 CS requirement, it might increase to 300. Which makes it a competition of who gets there first.
7. Reviewers, if required, will be selected by existing reviewers with priority for those with highest CS