@Jerrybanfield called out for someone to write a post on this subject, and I thought that looking at the most successful Steemians, and trying to analyse how they do what they do would be a super interesting topic. I am not great with data, but I got my lovely husband 
Hive account@rlamasb to help me pull the stats, so here is my analysis of what the Top 50 Authors(for the last 30 days) posting strategies are and how you can try to utilise these strategies for your own success. Look out for the whale hints and tips along the way 🐳:
👑 What Tags Do They Use? 👑
Here is a list of the most frequently used main tag by the Top 50 authors
🐳 I was surprised that tags like 'Food' and 'Life' ranked higher than things like 'Steemit' and 'Cryptocurrency', given the nature of the platform, but hey... I guess we are all alive and we all have to eat food to stay alive, right?🐳
Speaking of food, those 205 posts were made by 11 out of the Top 50 authors, 
Hive account@abdullar, 
Hive account@allasyummyfood, 
Hive account@barrydutton, 
Hive account@craig-grant, 
Hive account@darthnava, 
Hive account@doitvoluntarily, 
Hive account@gringalicious, 
Hive account@knozaki2015, 
Hive account@papa-pepper, 
Hive account@razvanelulmarin, 
Hive account@slowwalker and 
Hive account@sweetsssj
Top authors blogging about the most popular topic of 'Life' in the last 30 days were: Hive account@abdullar, Hive account@allasyummyfood, Hive account@barrydutton, 
Hive account@calaber24p, Hive account@darthnava, 
Hive account@firepower, 
Hive account@furionm 
Hive account@jerrybanfield, 
Hive account@jrcornel, 
Hive account@kafkarnachy84, 
Hive account@kaylinart, 
Hive account@kevinwong, 
Hive account@kyriacos, 
Hive account@meesterboom, 
Hive account@mynameisbrian, Hive account@papa-pepper, Hive account@razvanelulmarin, Hive account@sweetsssj, 
Hive account@thecryptofiend, 
Hive account@trafalgar
Bitcoin: Top authors who have posted with the main tag bitcoin in the last 30 days were: 
Hive account@acidyo, Hive account@barrydutton, Hive account@calaber24p, Hive account@craig-grant, 
Hive account@hilarski, 
Hive account@joseph, Hive account@jrcornel, 
Hive account@kafkanarchy84, 
Hive account@kingscrown, Hive account@thecryptofiend and 
Hive account@zer0hedge.
🐳 If you are wanting to be more successful in your Steemit blog I would definitely reccomend checking out any one of these authors listed above. One thing to notice is that Hive account@craig-grant appears to post in each one of those 3 most popular topics, making himself as appealing as possible to a wider audience! 🐳
👑 What do their posts consist of? 👑
Word Count
You can see the Top 19 average under a maximum of 900 words. Some of those with fewer word count average such as Hive account@craig-grant, Hive account@allasyummyfood and Hive account@knozaki2015 are using a mixture of texts, links to videos on their Youtube channels and pictures.
Some of the top authors with the higher average wordcount are Hive account@jerrybanfield and 
Hive account@roelandp, Hive account@hilarski has a lower word count - often choosing to use bold images to enhance his ideas, and GIFs as well to add some humour! Hive account@mynameisbrian has the lowest average word count - because his blog is made up of original comic strips.
👑 How much are they getting paid? 👑
I hadn't heard of Hive account@darthnava before (I'm new here!) but was shocked when looking at highest payout over the last 30 days to see such an amazing figure, more than 
Hive account@dollarvigilante received for his Introduceyourself. I found it quite heartwarming to see the highest paid out post of the top 50 authors was for someone in need of funds for medical treatment. That made me feel like: Wow, Steemit is pretty amazing!
Aside from Hive account@darthnava, here are some of the other max and average payout figures from authors in the Top 50, showing that they really are raking in those dollar bills.
🐳 I thought Hive account@craig-grant's average was interesting as it is one of the lowest, but then when I saw that his average posting frequency is every 3 hours it seems his tactic to earning big bucks is just to consistently be pumping out the quality content that his followers love to upvote. 🐳
👑 How Often Are They Posting? 👑
This table shows the average posting frequency per author
🐳 As you can see, everyone is different but still relatively consistent. Just looking at these results, I would say that posting daily is probably a good idea, and you wouldn't want to go any long than 2 days without posting on your blog. 🐳
Were you surprised by any of the tactics of the Top 50 Authors? Will you try and change anything about the way you post by writing more often, changing your tags or even changing the amount of text and pictures you use? Let me know in the comments!!
Thanks so much for reading, please upvote, resteem and follow me if you liked this post! 😍 Check out the social network analysis that my husband Hive account@rlamasb made for the Top 50 posts from the Top 50 Authors here: https://goo.gl/57mDjV
