How much do Witnesses make? Week 1 Report: Witness Rewards

Have you ever wondered what witnesses make?

STEEM witnesses are the secret sauce that make Steemit function. Every post you submit, transfer you send, and vote you cast are processed by the witnesses. Being a witness is a big responsibility, and the equipment and maintenance can be expensive and time-intensive. Because of this, witnesses are compensated with SP for every "block" of transactions that they process.

The blockchain, through the witnesses, processes 21 blocks of transactions in each 63-second round. The top 19 witnesses get 1 block every round, with the other 2 blocks being distributed among the other active witnesses according to their ranking.

We have run a script that has analyzed every block over the last 7 days to calculate what each witness earned over the week.

Here is a cluster chart to give you an idea of the distribution of blocks among the witnesses:

As you can see, the Top 19 are in the middle with the lion's share of the earnings.

This bar chart gives a good visualization of the reward curve amongst witnesses:

For a more detailed breakdown of the witness income over the last week, see the table below. Note that the $ value attributed is based on the current STEEM price at the time publishing of $6.48. This price has fluctuated wildly over the last few months.

Rank	Witness	SP	$ Value
1	jesta	1,522.77	$9,867.56
2	timcliff	1,523.15	$9,870.01
3	gtg	1,522.77	$9,867.56
4	roelandp	1,523.15	$9,870.03
5	blocktrades	1,522.58	$9,866.32
6	someguy123	1,523.15	$9,870.02
7	good-karma	1,522.77	$9,867.56
8	aggroed	1,524.29	$9,877.41
9	smooth.witness	1,522.96	$9,868.79
10	lukestokes.mhth	1,523.34	$9,871.25
11	clayop	1,522.39	$9,865.10
12	anyx	1,523.15	$9,870.02
13	xeldal	1,381.71	$8,953.45
14	curie	1,523.53	$9,872.48
15	ausbitbank	1,522.77	$9,867.56
16	furion	1,526.00	$9,888.49
17	pharesim	1,522.96	$9,868.79
18	netuoso	1,523.15	$9,870.02
19	pfunk	1,409.42	$9,133.01
20	riverhead	1,462.91	$9,479.66
21	thecryptodrive	384.09	$2,488.88
22	busy.witness	592.55	$3,839.73
23	liondani	341.31	$2,211.68
24	wackou	333.68	$2,162.24
25	jerrybanfield	327.01	$2,119.01
26	bhuz	309.85	$2,007.80
27	cervantes	282.19	$1,828.58
28	followbtcnews	285.06	$1,847.19
29	klye	281.24	$1,822.45
30	drakos	276.48	$1,791.60
31	abit	247.88	$1,606.25
32	fyrst-witness	236.44	$1,532.13
33	teamsteem	231.67	$1,501.22
34	ihashfury	221.18	$1,433.28
35	utopian-io	206.88	$1,340.60
36	aizensou	188.77	$1,223.22
37	charlieshrem	183.05	$1,186.16
38	themarkymark	167.79	$1,087.31
39	yabapmatt	169.70	$1,099.66
40	joseph	148.73	$963.75
41	chainsquad.com	145.86	$945.20
43	steemed	132.52	$858.73
45	blueorgy	127.75	$827.84
46	delegate.lafona	125.84	$815.46
47	theprophet0	122.98	$796.94
48	neoxian	111.55	$722.82
51	chitty	92.48	$599.26
52	nextgencrypto	87.71	$568.37
53	steemychicken1	80.08	$518.94
54	arcange	58.16	$376.88
55	reggaemuffin	62.92	$407.73
56	blockbrothers	66.74	$432.46
57	liberosist	68.64	$444.82
58	patrice	64.83	$420.11
59	krnel	66.73	$432.44
60	boatymcboatface	66.74	$432.46
62	bitcoiner	1.91	$12.35
63	steemgigs	65.78	$426.26
64	ats-witness	60.06	$389.20
65	dragosroua	58.16	$376.85
66	blockchained	54.34	$352.14
71	adsactly-witness	43.86	$284.20
72	ocd-witness	6.67	$43.23
73	viva.witness	33.36	$216.18
74	rival	39.09	$253.29
75	steem-id	36.23	$234.77
77	felixxx	35.28	$228.59
78	sircork	32.41	$210.03
79	kushed	31.46	$203.88
80	inventor16	30.51	$197.68
81	bitrocker2020	28.60	$185.32
82	sc-steemit	26.69	$172.97
83	masteryoda	27.65	$179.17
84	bue	24.79	$160.62
85	jatinhota	24.79	$160.62
88	fubar-bdhr	23.83	$154.44
90	swelker101	22.88	$148.26
91	demotruk	21.93	$142.09
92	suggeelson	21.93	$142.11
94	anarcho-andrei	19.07	$123.56
95	prc	18.11	$117.38
96	yehey	17.16	$111.20
98	ura-soul	15.25	$98.83
99	silversteem	15.25	$98.85
100	skenan	13.34	$86.47
101	hagie	14.30	$92.67
102	gmuxx	5.72	$37.06
103	rcarter.witness	12.39	$80.30
104	bsameep	12.40	$80.32
105	windforce	11.44	$74.12
106	stuwhisson	8.58	$55.62
107	mahdiyari	10.49	$67.97
110	guiltyparties	7.63	$49.41
112	moisesmcardona	6.67	$43.24
114	dimitrisp	6.67	$43.24
117	precise	2.86	$18.53
120	rycharde	1.91	$12.38
122	cloh76.witness	2.86	$18.56
123	pcste	1.91	$12.35
125	nnnarvaez	0.95	$6.18
128	dropahead	2.86	$18.53
130	zeartul	1.91	$12.35
132	beerbot	0.95	$6.18
134	evildido	1.91	$12.35
143	cryptohazard	0.95	$6.18
190	jamzed	2.86	$18.53

Please note that the rewards for each block are paid in Steem Power, which can be withdrawn via powering down over time, but is not immediately liquid.

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