How are you tracking that "10k+ people a month see steem" becuase of you? I'm not questioning the accuracy of your statement, just trying to learn how to track that sort of thing myself. We used to see some view statistic on our posts here, although my understanding is that is was removed due to inaccuracy. When it did exist, though, I could see lots of views on my posts long after the 7 day payout period. And I even had people join Steemit just so they could leave me a comment.